"AMEN!"

We open on the workroom after Lineysha's elimination, and her sweet message includes the new catchphrase for Puerto Rican queens in seasons to come: "Latino Shade!"

As she erases the mirror, Detox resolves to step her game up and never be in the bottom two again. Meanwhile, Jade and Ivy congratulate Jinkx on her Little Edie win, but before Jinkx has the chance to bask in her victory, we smash-cut to Miss Thang throwing a Tamar party.

(It's at this point, writing this recap, that I realize: for as much grief as the queens who didn't know Grey Gardens got on Facebook and Twitter last week (and boy howdy, did the internet let Coco and Roxxxy have it, to the point that Jinkx had to call off the dogs), it's borderline-irresponsible that I still don't have any idea what Tamar Braxton is like. So I watched this YouTube clip, and I gotta say: Roxxxy fucking nailed it last week. Tamar literally says shit like "That tasted like ass-crack dot com!" and "I am so over this, dot org." Tamar Braxton might not be my spirit animal, but she is the perfect spirit animal for Miss Thang. But I digress.)

Alaska sets down Chekhov's gun on the make-up counter, declaring, "Rolaskatox is firmly intact and ready for the kill!" Jinkx confessionalizes her frustration at not being considered a frontrunner by the other queens, and the editors mix in some over-dramatic music and snoring to really drive home the "Take this one seriously!" message. Roll credits! Prizes! Extra special guest judges!

My new goal: rocking glittery silver leggings in my mid-sixties. This photo is the living definition of "She's still got it!"

Good morning, werkroom! "Rolaskatox!" "Jinkx!" "Jade!" Now that we're past the Snatch Game, the girls feel the second act of their season heat up. Alyssa observes, "It's balls to the walls. Literally." Ooh, are we getting a reprise of that Season Three nude-in-a-corner black-and-white photoshoot mini-challenge?

Nope. We're getting something even better: Drag in the Dark! We watch the girls beat their faces through my new favorite Instagram filter, RuPerv.

Does this moment fulfill a contractual advertising agreement between World of Wonder and Andrew Christian?

I am in love with "Drag In the Dark." I wish we could've seen more than a few moments of its execution, and I hope it becomes an annual mini-challenge! Too soon, though, the challenge is complete. Jinkx throws in a Death Becomes Her reference, the editors know a moment of GIF-bait when they see it, and I'm happy to oblige both of them.

To my dilettante eyes, most of the girls look pretty okay! By far my favorite is Alaska's, who has missed her entire mouth by a couple inches. Hers was absolutely the perfect response to this challenge.

However, RuPaul declares Detox the winner, and announces that as her prize, Detox will assign groups for the main challenge: an inspirational supergroup anthem called "Can I Get an Amen?" Of course, Rolaskatox will work together, and Detox then assigns Jade, Jinkx, and Ivy to a team, leaving Coco and Alyssa as a duo.

Alyssa just laughs it off, but Coco wastes no time in calling Detox a "shady bitch" in front of Ru and everybody. (That challenge where Coco was captain, didn't she pick Alyssa first? And didn't their collaborative dance go really, really well? I think I remember the answer being yes. Anyway, have the commentary GIF and let's move on.)





Alyssa's in a great mood today, and she's making an honest effort to engage Coco and have fun with the challenge. I'd been hot-and-cold on Alyssa for most of the season, mostly because it took me a few episodes to realize that what I'd been misinterpreting as aggression and rudeness was really just her non-stop frankness and a slightly-broken social filter, but her intent is almost never malicious. I really respect the way she handled this challenge, and I'm definitely counting myself as a permanent Alyssa fan these days. I mean really: how can you not love this girl?

(Clock Coco's "Halleloo!" slap-bracelet, by the way.)

Meanwhile, it's Jade's poor luck that she's been paired with two of the best voices in the room. While Jinkx and Ivy harmonize with breezy perfection, Jade feels sidelined, and there's a not-entirely-sweet "Ma, we're trying to include our annoying little sister, but it's not working" vibe in this group. (nb: they're all basically the same age, actually.) Ru floats over and says, "It's like Wilson Phillips is back together!"

I wanted to find a side-by-side where Jinkx, Ivy, and Jade looked like Wilson Phillips. I got distracted.