This has not been a season packed with queens who are going to thrill audiences with their Drag Race capabilities, but, credit to the producers, this is probably the best top-five episode we were going to get. I bring this up because, while this episode isn’t a masterwork by any means, I do think it could have gone a lot worse. She’s a star, though maybe not the kind she wants to be. Her extremely competitive nature combined with her camp naïveté make her the ideal Drag Race contestant. Not by winning the challenge (we’ll get to it, but obviously, she shouldn’t have won), but by being a ridiculous drama starter without ever realizing that’s what she is. Throughout this episode, and in Untucked, she proves her worth to the Drag Race franchise. She’s a jolt of pure, unadulterated, theater-kid energy that is, yes, objectively annoying but also extremely watchable. She’s not necessarily the most talented queen in the bunch, and she’s not the most likable, but dear God I love watching her on my television screen. Jessica’s been the coup of the season, a queen with so much personality that her presence validates the entire idea of All Stars - why on earth would we want to miss out on more Jessica Wild, no matter how boring the season around her is?Īnd that brings us to Alexis, who has a big, big episode.

Kandy is a whirlwind of drama, and for all that some viewers have been annoyed by her antics and Ru’s supposed favoritism, I have to admit that imagining this season without her makes me sad.

Lala is legitimately funny in confessionals, and given the right challenge, she can turn in something worthwhile. Watching Jimbo constantly dominate is interesting because she can pull out something that you didn’t even know could exist prior to her doing it. This season has mostly been an uninspired romp through the land of serviceability, but looking around the Werk Room this episode, I was struck by the fact that all five of these queens are at least giving something in both the challenges and in the Werk Room. For what it’s worth, All Stars gave us the right top five.

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