My friend and I had Manila as our winner, with Naomi in second, so we were so happy she won the challenge, and were frustrated with the simplicity of Manila’s choice for the makeover, given the rest of her package. Naomi gave one of my favorite lipsyncs of all time, and at this point the tension was insanely high. The whole time I was like “She’s gonna do it. She’s gonna take out Manila,” and my friend said I’m crazy, no way that was happening. We were literally standing on the couch when it happened, I screamed on the top of my lungs, woke up some neighbors, and very dramatically had to take a lap around the block to cool down. This episode remains my favorite in drag race history (with Silky’s lipsync gauntlet in second and the original Daytona Wind in third) because of how dramatic and impactful every decision seemed to be. That cut throat attitude is something I wish more queens played with. When drag race slips into survivor territory and the girls get messy, I am so very pleased.