Does anyone else find it weird how darn nice the judges get at the end? Heidi, less so, but Nina looked beside herself with worry over who to choose for Mercedes Benz Bryant Park Fashion Week. And Mr. Kors was abnormally generous with his accolades. Or at least less forthcoming with the catty smackdowns. It's disconcerting.

In any event, it is going to be quite the runway show next week. Seth Aaron's collection was fantastically him, but Tim was right to advise him to push it. Project Runway history, however, shows that directive tends to result in a hot tranny mess (aw, I miss Christian). Emilio's collection was downright dreadful. Matronly doesn't even begin to describe it. So obviously his designs will be pretty amazing by the time they hit the catwalk.

As for the third runway designer, Mila was the right choice, though I think her singular vision will be her downfall. Still, given the time she had in her own studio, she actually produced clothes I would like to wear (I loooooved the jacket). Hopefully the aubergine she is gambling her dream on will pay off.

Jay Nicholas is doing interesting things, but it's still a little too interesting, if you know what I mean. I really liked the gators but there's was a whole lotta lotta going on there. Dial it back and focus, kid, and then you'll have something.

My money's on Seth Aaron. And I will pay money to make it happen just to see the sucker punch of humility hit Emilio's face. Meow ladies!

MacGuyver would have trouble with this challenge

This was one of those love/hate episodes. On the one hand, if you can rise to the challenge, you are sure to elevate yourself far above the competition. On the other hand, asking people to stretch their creativity with mediums that are not only completely foreign to them but may actually require some level of materials science education to use, isn't even a train wreck worth watching. Case: Emilio. WTF? Nice save on the "everyone else was making dresses and I wanted to be different" excuse, regardless of its truthiness. But while the bathing suit was wildly hoochie, the greater sin was it was just plain ugly. And if he had more money, it would have been an ugly dress. Though it did make me wonder if they still make silly string.

All of the designs had that 1st-year art school vibe to them. And believe me, as someone who had no business taking sculpture classes but enrolled in three, the end results were all too predictable. Jesse's was very tin-man but not worse than Emilio's. Even Maya's design, while laudable, was only impressive because it fit. I'll give her the necklace, but considering 90% of jewelry is inherently hard ware, it was really more of a savvy choice of accessory to make than amazing display of talent. I'm not even going to go into Color-Block's design. I would have picked Jonathan's instead, though I was distracted by Oscar gossip on the internet while Mila's design went down the runway and didn't notice the fantastic flow of her blocks of white and black plastic. Was it as bedazzling as guest judge Stephen Webster thought? Also missed, why were there four judges this episode?

Jay Nicholas unmistakably owned this runway. It was a dicey start but he perfectly executed his vision. Kudos to you, sir.

Is there a breeze in here?

Whoa! Ping, you are officially on my list. I was willing to go with your cuckoo designs as an honest expression of your aesthetic. But being a little cuckoo is no excuse for stupidity. You need to use the fit model the good lord (or Tim Gunn) gave you. Because the only place you could sell that booty-bearing dress is Las Vegas on Halloween (the sexiest day of the year, yo). But what has set me off, is your sudden inability to understand the English language. Really, you didn't understand the challenge? What a crock. Michael Kors isn't having any of it and neither am I. Lady, I am watching you...

I thought the challenge itself was pretty brilliant and one of my favorite ones yet. It was clever and allowed some real creativity. Pamela's losing dress was pretty horribly executed but at least she had good intentions. Personally, I would have given Jesus the heave-ho for arrogantly disregarding Tim's advice two weeks in a row. Foolish mortals, when will they learn.

As for the top three, the judges could have picked any one of them and I wouldn't have argued. At the time, I preferred Mila's dress but now that it's been a few days, I agree Jay Nicolas' ability to spin potato sack into a luxurious, feathery dream is pretty amazing.

While neither made top 3, Seth Aaron and Emilio are quickly become my favorites.

See all the dresses on the Lifetime Project Runway site.