There is a lot of girls versus guys talk this week, which culminates with the male models attempting a few pranks. First they tape various items of the girls' wardrobes all over the place. Kanani is like, "Is that all you got?" And so they capitalize on her fear of clowns by throwing some sort of wind up clown doll in the room while she's sleeping, which is so upsetting to her that she has to take a puff of her inhaler. This is what happens when you deprive people of the internet for weeks!
The week's challenge has the contestants dividing into three teams and coordinating a whole shoot -- from concept to hair to makeup to photography -- for Emerson clothing. Flixel is involved, as are Random Acts of Modeling. Kanani, Renee and Jourdan put aside any ill feelings to focus on a concept that features them as three orphans adopted by a farmer who are also fixing a tractor. I think. Don, Marvin, Nina and Jeremy set a scene involving a rich farmer who has two workers who are sleeping with his wife behind his back. They are very in love with their teamwork and final product, and while they have the best photo of the bunch they forget to feature women's clothes in it, which is a problem since Emerson is a women's line.
And then there's Cory, Jiana, Chris and Phil. In their concept, Cory is an androgynous alien who landed on a farm and is freaking everybody else out. But the real freaker-outer is Phil, who first rips the sleeves off of a designer shirt, then runs through the shoot for no reason, then falls off a fence, then throws a rock and breaks the fence. It is explained to us that he has ADHD. And also is kind of a tool, I might add. Cory's team winds up on the bottom, while Kanani and co. win.
Back at home, Chris freaks out about his low challenge score and then yells at Nina when she's trying to calm him down. So now he's back down to zero friends, and everybody kind of hopes that Nina just stays away from him from now on because he's not only bad news but also a real pain in the ass.
The show is clearly running out of photo shoot ideas, so this week's concept is centered on Tyra's fascination with nail art. The models finally pose solo, with very elaborate Top Model themed nails. And yes, this means we're forced to revisit "pot ledom." Nina is still mad at Chris, which throws both of them off their game. Kanani has post-traumatic clown disorder and can't seem to get it together, with visions of red noses and big shoes clouding her ability to smize. Jeremy is also unfocused since just before his shoot Jourdan ask why he's desperate and obsessed with her. Conversely, every time she's mean to Jeremy Jourdan only grows in strength and power. Her photo winds up being the best of the week.
The contestants are informed that there will be a double elimination, and Kanani, Jeremy and Phil wind up in the bottom three. All of them look absolutely crazy at panel and seem more suited to a later season of Real World/Road Rules Challenge than a show about modeling. Jeremy is eliminated first, and cries a LOT about how he's let his mom down. And though I thought Phil was going to go the way of a fence post when hit by a thrown rock, it's actually Kanani who is the second elimination of the episode. On her way out, Marvin apologizes for the clowns.