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- Previously on "RuPaul's Drag Race"...

My queens. [all cheering]

Seven of your sisters started their journey last week.

And this week, you'll be judging each other.

The top two queens will lip sync for the win.

- Somebody is going to play a dirty game.

- For the first position, I'm going to say Geneva.

- A cash prize.

- In first position, Plane Jane,

because she really surprised me.

- And immunity from a future elimination.

[dramatic music]

Plane Jane, you're a winner, baby.

[all cheering]

Enjoy this moment,

because this competition is just getting started.

[upbeat music]

- [sighs]

- [vocalizes]

Nobody went home.

We survived Rate-A-Queen and we are safe, baby.

- Ugh.

I just won,

and I'm feeling amazing.

- Congratulations, smuts.

- Yes. [applause]

- For the Jane.

- It feels unreal. Ugh.

It feels correct, though.

It feels correct.

Take notes, ladies.

[laughter]

- Oh, mama is on top of the world.

But the faster they rise, they fall even harder.

So you know, good luck, girl.

[laughs]

- Well, how'd y'all feel about Rate-A-Queen?

- You know, I was on the fence about it at first,

but now I feel great about it.

- Well, of course you do, miss woman.

- I wouldn't mind knowing where I placed, but yeah.

[siren wails]

- Ooh, girl. - Oh no.

- She done already done had herses.

- What's going on?

- Damn, can I have a break to, like, breathe already?

- Peek-a-Ru, I see you.

- Is this, like, the new season of American Whore Story?

- Don't get too comfortable in there.

[maniacal laughter]

- [coughing]

- OK, girl.

- What the hell?

- [evil laughter]

- Oh, my God.

[all exclaiming]

- Ugh. Send in the clowns.

Let's meet these other girls.

[all ooh-ing] - Oh, my God, shoot.

Go back. Go back. - Girl.

- More and more queens start filing into the Werk Room,

trying to be intimidating.

[all ooh-ing] - Oh, bitch.

- Oh, gosh. Another big titty dumbo.

- OK.

- These girls should be shaking in their boots.

I want to strike fear into their hearts.

- Hi, you monsters.

[all screaming]

- Oh, my God.

[laughter] - Oh, my God.

- I'm happy to see my New York girls.

- Oh, my God, New York, New York.

- Plasma, she's a Broadway girl.

She talks a lot.

- The girls in New York are talking.

- But she's funny and talented.

[laughs] - I know a few of these girls.

- What are you doing here?

- I have no idea.

- This was my thing.

- I know Megami from Brooklyn.

- Come on, sit down, bitch.

- Ooh, OK.

- Her reputation is kind of Eeyore of drag.

- Well, it's nice to see y'all. How was the day?

- Yeah, you guys go first, since you came second.

[all screaming]

[laughter]

- Oh, my God, inciting violence from the get go.

- We're a shady group. We're a shady group.

- But we're fun.

- The girls are being catty.

They think they're better than us.

But they walked in first, they might leave first.

- I'm Amanda Tori Meating.

I'm an LA girl.

Hollywood diva.

- I think Amanda's drag looked hideous.

I'm so sorry to the "Drag Race" audience

for having to witness such a goblin.

- I'm Mhi'ya Iman LePaige, and I'm from Miami.

- Oh, another Miami diva.

She thought she was going to be the only Miami girl.

[laughter]

- I'm here.

I know Morphine.

And she's cute.

Cute.

But her drag is very basic.

- I'm Plane Jane and I'm also from Miami.

Yes. No, I'm from Boston.

[laughter]

- I was going to say. I was going to say.

- Plane, I know you from back where I know you from.

- Bitch.

Morphine is my sister.

This is my older sister.

- Older?

- Oh. [laughter]

- Prettier.

- She got a big ass and a shady personality.

I'm just--I'm a Morphine stan.

- Y'all related?

- We share--we share a mother, kind of.

My drag mother has about 30 kids,

and Plane happens to be kind of one of them.

She's like an honorary daughter.

- She's the biological daughter.

I'm the adopted, you know, garbage baby.

- Right.

- I want to know who won the talent show.

- Who do you think, first of all?

- I'm a little surprised you won.

[all screaming]

No, it's not shady. - No shade, no shade.

- I'm not being shady.

- I knew you would be surprised,

which is why I wanted to let you

in particular know that I won.

[laughter]

- I love my sister Plane to death,

but we're both competitive.

And I think she's going to either have me as an alliance

or throw me into the crocodiles.

- Who won on y'all's side?

- Miss Sapphira over here. - I won.

- Yes. - I'm an opera singer.

- We already knew which vocal part you sang, miss diva.

[low voice] Miss bass.

- Did Strawberry Shortcake try to come for me?

Oh baby, you come for me, you come for yourself.

Actually, I sang soprano

because I have a six octave range, my dear.

- Oh, it's Julie Andrews in the flesh.

Miss thing thinks she's somebody.

But as a fellow singer,

I'm interested to hear what she has to bring.

- Ladies, in a true moment of sisterhood,

let's all put our hands in and scream season 16.

all: Season 16!

[screaming]

- The race has started. The flag has been waved.

I'm going to put my foot on the gas

and I am not going to let up.

- Buckle up, bitches,

this is going to be a bumpy fucking ride.

[laughs]

- [singing] Start your engines

Wah, wah, wah, wah

- [singing] RuPaul's Drag Race

- The winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race"

receives a one year supply

of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics

and a gag worthy grand prize of $200,000,

served by Cash App.

With extra special guest judge Isaac Mizrahi.

RuPaul's Drag Race

May the best drag queen win

Best drag queen win

[upbeat music]

- [vocalizes]

- Yes.

- [vocalizing]

- It's a new day in the Werk Room,

and I'm feeling claustrophobic

because there are 14 bitches in here.

- Ooh, these boxes, girl.

- I see these two random ass boxes

and I'm just thinking, who's going to pop out of there?

What's going on?

- They have your name and your name, the two winners.

- I'm going to open my box open.

I'm gonna open it. - Should we?

- Open it together.

- One, two, three.

- Ooh.

[all ooh-ing] - Wow, immunity.

- Our immunity potion.

- A potion.

- Not potion.

- Gag, diva, gag.

- All I can hear is siempre viva, live forever.

I'm fully expecting Isabella Ru-ssellini

to come out of the floor.

- If you want to make room, I'll take one.

- I don't.

[laughter]

Some of these queens look so thirsty right now

and they're like, well, I want immunity.

Well, people in hell want ice water.

- Hello, hello, hello.

[all screaming]

My goodness, there's so many of you.

- Too many.

- Jesus.

It's like some Mormon family.

[laughter]

Sapphira and Plane Jane,

I see you've both received your immunity potions.

Now, you can use it to save yourself from elimination

or you can use it to save another queen.

[all gasping]

Shocker.

- Oh, bitch!

- [laughs]

- Immediately, I can smell, like, the blood in the water.

Everybody wants a taste

of what's ever in that little bottle.

- Now, a warning.

- Now a warning?

[laughter]

- You can only use it once.

Plus your potion has an expiration date.

- Oh.

- But more will be revealed about that later.

[all groaning] - Mm-hmm.

Now, family, for this week's Maxi Challenge,

we are having a ball.

[all cheering]

- Yes! - Oh, my God!

- I'm so excited.

It is a design challenge.

This is what I came here to do.

I am so fucking excited.

- I love a ball.

- And not just any ball.

We are throwing the mother of all balls.

- Work.

- Look number one.

Category is Mother Goose.

An outfit inspired by a classic nursery rhyme.

Look number two.

Category is Significant Mother,

an outfit inspired by your favorite famous mom.

And look number three category is

Call Me Mother/Father Eleganza.

- OK.

- What?

- From scratch, you need to create

a mother of the ball outfit

using only menswear.

- Oh, yes.

- Work.

- Manly suits, flannels, work clothes,

and things of that nature.

[laughter] - Manly.

- That's right.

She's my mother and my sister.

She's my daughter and my father and my mother and my sister.

[laughter]

Racers, start your engines,

and may the best drag queen win.

[all cheering] - Come on! Yes!

- Oh!

- These girls are acting like savages.

There's, like, chaos.

You would think it's like Black Friday.

- Oh, pull it right off the hanger, girl.

Right out from under me.

- This is ridiculous.

Everyone and their sticky little fingers

are grabbing every single fucking item that's there.

And I'm looking at this beautiful blue suit.

I already have a concept in mind.

[gasps]

Who took a blazer?

No, they took my color.

Who took the blue blazer?

- Bitch. - Hm?

- You took the blue blazer. - Huh? Huh?

- Well, shit.

I'm stuck.

Y'all hoes took everything.

I'm left with the scraps, honey.

Denim and a couple bolts.

That's all that was left.

They left me out there to dry

like Marilyn Monroe in the street,

just like, oh, my God, this is too much.

Oh, I don't know what to do.

- OK.

- Honey, let's get to work.

- It's a ball challenge this week.

- Oh, my God, how fun. I'm so excited.

- I'm not.

[laughter]

- The first two looks we can pull from our closet,

but we must make our final look using the menswear provided.

I think I'm going to do a gown made out of denim.

- That is such a groundbreaking idea.

- Well, you can be groundbreaking

and I'll just be stunning.

- I know that I'm going to do well in this challenge

because I love to sew.

I love to create.

- Oh, cute. I'm scared of you.

- I'm feeling a little motivated

after being in the top last week

and not snatching that immunity.

This is the challenge that I have been dying for.

I'm just excited to show these girls

exactly what I'm made of.

I think I want to do something, like,

really, like, up,

maybe like a little bit like Vivienne Westwood, punk.

- Sounds very ambitious.

- I usually am pretty ambitious.

- So Q is sitting directly across from me.

So the whole time, I'm, like, sewing,

I'm also like...

- I'm guessing you two are the seamstresses, sewers.

- I think me and Q are having a little bit of a battle today.

- Dawn is my biggest competition in this challenge.

She also sews. She also serves looks.

But this is my challenge to win

and I am going to take it with no holds barred.

- What you can expect from Mirage

is going to be a skin tight mini dress,

an eight-inch heel, and a smile.

I made this too skinny.

It's not going to cover my tits.

[laughter]

- Oh.

It looks like what Robin Williams pops up in

when he comes back in "Jumanji"

after living in the jungle.

Mama, it's shreds.

- Hi.

all: Hi.

- Word up, mothertuckers.

[laughter]

Megami, Mhi'ya, Q, and Mirage, step into my office.

Now, raise your hand if you know how to sew.

Oh, ooh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Oh, oh.

Whose hand is not up there? Mhi'ya.

Mhi'ya, you don't know how to sew?

- No. - You're from Miami.

Morphine is from Miami.

Are you friends?

- Yeah, we're cool.

- Oh, we're cool.

That sounds--that sounds code for "I hate that bitch."

Were you surprised to see her?

- Actually yes.

- OK.

- How much? - Bitch.

- She's not a girl that actually performs.

She's more so a pretty girl that focused on her looks.

So I don't consider her drag as a "Drag Race" superstar.

So I don't expect her to be here that long.

- So Q, there's a lot of pressure on you

because you're already known as someone who knows

how to sew and turn an outfit. - Yeah, I definitely feel it.

- Where did you get your sense of style?

- My grandma taught me a lot of stuff, like, art wise.

We did, like, a lot of crafts and sewing

and stuff like that together.

- Aren't you lucky to have had her?

- Yes. We don't talk anymore.

Last time I talked to her, she said that,

you know, she basically thought I was going to get AIDS

because I did drag.

So like, I don't know

how I'm supposed to have a relationship with someone

that doesn't even, like, see me as, like, a equal or--

- For her to accept your artistry,

she'd have to deconstruct her whole belief system.

And that's what she's afraid of.

Some people get locked into one thing and they say,

"I'm not going to change," even if it means

they have to say goodbye to people they love.

Isn't that ridiculous?

- Yeah, it's hard.

I mean, I do miss--

miss her.

But I've just gotten to a point in my life where

I only surround myself with people who, like, love me and--

- Yeah. Absolutely. Life's too short.

- Yeah.

It feels really good to have Ru on my side.

And, you know, I'm going to keep doing what I do best,

which is being queer and unapologetic

and doing drag and winning this challenge.

[chuckles]

- Ladies, thank you so much. We'll see you out there.

all: Thank you. - All right.

All right, Nymphia, Plane Jane, and Morphine, come on over.

Morphine from Miami, Florida.

- Yes. - So you know Mhi'ya.

- Yeah, I know of her.

[laughter]

- Jane. Jane!

- I watched her perform a couple of times.

I've given her $1.

- [laughs]

- What'd she say?

- So what are you doing?

This is your denim piece right here.

- Yeah.

- I'm going to ask the question everyone is asking.

- Yes.

- Will it be assless?

- Do you have a pen?

- [laughs]

- So Nymphia, you've got a lot of ties around your neck.

- I'm maybe going to deconstruct them

and then make them into one piece of fabric

and do something maybe.

- That seems like it's going to take a lot of time.

- My hands move very quick.

Don't underestimate the banana queen.

Little do they know, I am a very good seamstress--

couturier, one would say.

- I cannot wait for this fashion show.

Bring it.

- They are about to be...

[blows] Blown away...

with this strong gust of wind.

- Amanda, Dawn, Geneva, Hershii, come on over.

Hi. - Hello.

- Amanda, you're prettier without that makeup.

[laughter]

- RuPaul, I just want to tell you

I did not do that makeup last week.

That was my inner saboteur.

- Oh, OK.

OK, so raise your hand if you know how to sew.

OK.

You've all raised your hands.

Now let me tell you which ones I believe.

[all giggling]

Dawn, I believe you can sew. - Yes.

This is my original sketch. - Oh, that's pretty.

- Yeah, lovely, right?

And I think I'm going to have overalls

that go all the way from the top of the boot

over my shoulder.

- Oh, I like that.

- So like a little overall boot, right?

- That's sounds very Jean Paul Gaultier.

- Yes, exactly.

- And what about you, Hershii?

What are you making?

- These socks actually inspired me to make

like, a little, like, pleated skirt.

I was thinking, like, schoolgirl.

- Hershii holds up this, like, skirt of socks.

I think that you have to, like,

infuse a little bit more intentionality,

not just dee, dee, dee.

- Just make sure, you know, embellish it.

Make a statement. That's what we're looking for.

We're looking for your personality,

your aesthetic, see who you are.

- Ru is being encouraging,

but her eyes are saying, girl, this shit look ugly.

- Thank you, ladies. all: Thank you.

- So I'm in some type of tailspin.

[imitates plane whirring]

- All right, ladies, gather round.

Since you've all done such a good job at being judgy

these past two weeks, I'm giving you

one more chance to rate a queen.

[all groaning]

- Oh, my God.

- Now tomorrow right after your runway presentations,

you'll rate each other top to bottom.

Based on your ratings, the three tops

and the three bottoms will remain on stage

to be critiqued by the judges.

In the end, two queens will lip sync for their lives,

and one of you will be going home.

- So we're voting before the critiques?

- Here we go.

- This changes the game.

I'm gagging.

- And by the way, this dossier contains

the Rate-A-Queen results from the first two weeks.

[all screaming]

- Yes.

- Shady.

- I'll leave it here just in case you're curious.

[all screaming] - Oh, my God.

- Knowing how I ranked Nymphia in that first week,

I'm a little bit concerned that the results

will list how every queen voted.

- Who's a shady bitch?

- My voting was shady boots.

So I really am not excited

for these girls to know how I voted for them.

- [clears throat] Group one.

In first place is Sapphira.

- Ooh. - Second place is Q.

In third is Miss Dawn. Fourth, Mirage.

Fifth, Miss Morphine.

- Fifth position out of seven?

How dare these...

put me in fifth position.

Sorry. I'm just a little in shock.

- Kill her.

- Morphine has definitely cracked.

I think she probably would have rated herself much higher.

But that was where she should have been.

- In sixth, Xunami.

And in seventh, Amanda Tori Meating.

- I think that was purely based on runway.

- Did group one rate heavy on runway and not so heavy--

- No, hers was just really bad.

- OK.

All right. The makeup was rotted.

The costume was cute.

- Let me see. Let me see.

The details are not in there.

Phew.

- Shall we do group two?

- Sure.

- [trills tongue] In first place, Plane Jane.

In second place, Geneva.

In third, Nymphia Wind. - Ooh.

- In fourth, your legendary hostess, Miss Plasma.

Fifth, Miss Mhi'ya.

- Girl, hold the fuck on.

[laughter]

- Uh-oh.

- I'm actually gagging right now

because I should have been higher.

And I was the one

that had the actual talent.

- In sixth, Miss Hershii. - [groans]

- And in seventh, Miss Megami.

- Oh.

- [sighs]

Placing last in the ranking is kind of disappointing.

I think I really showed something

different and unique.

- Well, now that I like all of you somewhat,

it's going to be hard.

Now it's going to be hard.

- She's lying, Your Honor.

[laughter]

- After this atrocity placement,

I will definitely find out who put me in fifth position

so I could vote the other bitches off the island.

- We could just put Plane and Sapphira in the bottom

and, like--just saying.

- Bitch, you want my immunity or what?

- What you have to remember is that karma is a bitch.

- The claws are out and I think the girls are going for blood.

- I'm really just grateful that we're all here

to cry over sewing machines together.

- But I'm also ready for someone to go home.

Sorry!

[upbeat music]

- Today we are using menswear

to create fabulous women's wear.

Being a cosplayer who creates my own unique looks,

there is no way in hell I'm going to be in the bottom.

She's ready to twirl for the ball.

- I'm stressed out.

This is not up my alley.

Right now, I'm frustrated with the top

because I've never made a top before.

I don't know what to do.

At this point, I am fucked.

- Mhi'ya, you good?

- Nope.

- Mhi'ya looks absolutely lost,

and I'm already a little scared for her, to be honest.

She made this little tube top and it is...

[sharp inhale]

The tube is not tubing. It's not a cylinder.

It's not cylindrical. It's square, bitch.

Who are you most nervous about?

- I don't know. I haven't looked around.

I feel like, I mean, that so far is just a bra cup.

[quirky music]

- Plane, how are you holding up, darling?

- Hi, Plane Jane. You're doing so great.

- [laughs] - Beautiful work there.

- Thank you. Thank you, baby. - Beautiful.

Do you need any help?

- Nymphia, you're being so kind to me.

- I know.

It's because you're such a lovely person.

- You know what?

I have that little immunity vial, right?

- Are you going to rate me in the bottom?

[both laugh]

- I would never do that to you.

I would never.

I would never put you in the bottom.

- I'm so curious how you rated the queens...

- I think that you're-- - In the talent show.

Did you put me up sixth?

- I am sort of a little worried that

she somehow knows how I ranked her.

Nymphia Wind.

And that she is now going to exact her revenge on me

and place me in the bottom.

But I'm going to call Nymphia on her bluff.

I play pretty fair.

- Oh, that's cute. - Mm-hmm.

I'm hoping that you will, you know,

take that into account into the next.

- Of course.

- My ass is too big.

Look at this.

- [chuckling] Sister.

- Oh, no, what do I do?

- Sister, you better rearrange some of that fat, honey.

- Are you a handyman?

- I'm a handywoman, baby.

- Since you're almost done, would you like to help us?

Because you know, it's Rate-A-Queen.

You need to make friends. [laughter]

- There's Nymphia, who's being a little chaos goblin.

- Hi, girlies.

- Running around distracting everyone

instead of working on her own thing.

- Sapphira, would you like any help?

- She's campaigning. - You helping girls?

- Vote yellow.

[laughter]

- I think the other queens think I'm, like,

this weird, kooky queen.

So I think they can't really gauge me just yet.

- Strategic. She's right.

She said, I'm playing the game.

- Oh, my God. I'm so annoying.

- [laughs]

- How's it going over here, army lady?

- Girl.

[laughs]

- G.I. Joe.

- I don't know. This is awful.

It's so hard.

I started out with a mini dress.

Can't go wrong, right?

Oh, we are lip syncing this week, bitch.

It went horribly, horribly wrong when I tried

to take it off the mannequin and put it on my body.

[laughing softly]

[tense music]

- Ooh, not good.

Not good.

It looks like seaweed wrapped up on a bread stick.

Yeah, you see it now. You can't unsee it.

- I don't know what to do.

I might have to start over.

- Girl, you in danger, girl.

[upbeat music]

- [singing] It is runway day

Doo, doo, doo!

- Today is the mother of all balls.

[in Boston accent] Ball, ball, ball, ball.

- For the first time, there will be an elimination.

Thank God!

- Don't look. I'm embarrassed.

- What are you trying to do covering it up?

- [laughs]

Hiding from the judges I think is my new strategy.

Somebody is going home today,

and it makes me nervous

mostly because it's a Rate-A-Queen situation.

So I'm hoping that my group one sisters

pull me out of this one.

- Let's look at mine. - I want to see yours.

It looks like the shoulders won't match the hips.

[laughter]

- At least my shoulders won't match my hips

while I'm watching you lip sync, so, um...

[laughter]

- So how are you feeling about today's challenge?

- I am way better than yesterday.

[laughs]

The socks weren't socking, America.

They just weren't doing what they were supposed to do.

So last night, I went back to the table

and got me a whole new fresh look.

And I put together a character that I think

represents Hershii best when it comes to everything

that I can create.

- Sister.

Hi, Miss Geneva.

- Hi, baby.

- I just wanted to check in on you, mother,

and see how you were feeling about your look.

- I know she's going to come and try to throw

some light shade at me.

And she comes and she's like... [whiny voice]

Sister, what are you doing, babe?

- Do you feel, like, confident even with the fact

that you used more stretch fabric

than the non-conventional material

that was being provided?

- Well, I mean, they also provided the stretch fabric.

So if they didn't want us to use them,

they wouldn't have put them there.

- OK. [laughter]

Listen, I like your look. No tea.

- Thank you. - I just wanted to, you know,

just check in on my sister.

- How do you feel about yours?

- I feel good. - It's a little naked.

- No, I don't think so.

I think it's just the right amount of naked.

- OK.

Girl, go fly somewhere else.

You're like those mosquitoes that are so annoying.

She's just trying to make me get in my head

because I was in the top two with her

and she's trying to not have competition at the moment.

- What do your family think about you doing drag?

- Well, at first, they, for a lack of better words,

like, literally hated it.

I've been doing drag since I was like 15.

I always tell people the very first drag queen I ever saw

was Tyler Perry.

I saw how funny he was.

So that's when I started making

my own parody videos in my basement.

Where's the food? Waitress.

Everybody else had the basketball and the football

and all the other things they were doing.

I just wanted to put my little wig on and make videos.

And I thought I was hilarious. [laughs]

But I knew my parents were a little embarrassed.

And I used to walk around looking like

a whole entire crusted brick.

[laughter]

It took a long time, but they finally

brought themselves around to, like, supporting me.

They come to my drag shows and stuff now.

I do drag because ever since I put on that ratty wig in 2005,

I've never felt more myself.

- Ugh, I kind of love this tiny little brow.

- Nymphia, do you want to tell the kids

what I taught you earlier?

- Oh, yeah. - [laughs]

- Nymphia asked me how to say certain things in Spanish,

and I decided to give her a 101 in my own way.

- Teacher, can you refresh?

- [speaking Spanish]

- [speaking garbled Spanish]

- No. [laughter]

- Wow.

- No, no, no.

[both speaking Spanish]

- And she's not joking, bitch.

- So... [speaks Spanish]

Means "Give me more milk."

But it also has another meaning.

- [laughs]

- I will not elaborate further.

[laughs]

- Nymphia.

- Oh.

- Go say to Morphine...

[speaking Spanish]

[all speaking Spanish]

- Morphine.

[speaking Spanish] - Oh.

- [snickering] - Geneva!

- Wait, wait, what did you say? - I can't remember.

- Nymphia somehow has now become

a Spanish messenger pigeon.

- Say... [speaking Spanish]

- Oh!

- [speaking Spanish]

- Oh!

- Did I get that right, teacher?

- You did.

- I totally consider myself trilingual.

Morphine.

Oh, shit. [laughter]

- Don't worry about it.

- And hopefully, that will be my edge in this competition,

you know, being international as I am.

[speaking Spanish] Vote yellow.

[laughter] - I don't know about you,

but I'm voting whatever opposite yellow is.

- Ooh.

- This is low key a shady season, y'all.

- I'm not the shadiest in the group, that's for sure.

- Plane's first words were these.

"I look good and you look ugly."

- Oh. - I never said that.

That's just what you thought.

So... - Ooh!

- Remember we're voting, Plane.

- Sister, I was kidding!

- Rate-A-Queen, Rate-A-Queen. - Sister.

- The second group, they're butting heads.

I'm kind of gagged because that's your people, honey.

Put that bitch in the bottom. Let them take each other out.

[RuPaul's "Cover Girl"]

- [laughs]

Cover girl

Put the bass in your walk

Head to toe

Let your whole body talk

And what?

Welcome to the main stage of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

She's not just a mom. She's a cool mom.

Michelle Visage.

- I may be a cool mom, Ru,

but my pussy is on fire.

[laughter]

Ouch.

- Style superstar Carson Kressley.

Are you a mama's boy?

- Absolutely.

And I also have a thing for daddies.

- [laughs] - Just putting that out there.

- And Brooklyn's most fashionable native son,

Isaac Mizrahi.

Is it safe to say you were your mom's favorite?

- Well, you know, considering I've made

her clothes since I'm nine

and I've made them available on EasyPay, yes.

[laughter]

- Well, darling, you are the special value of the day.

- That won't be the first time, darling.

[laughter]

- This week, we challenged each of our queens

to serve three looks in the mother of all balls.

Racers, start your engines,

and may the best drag queen win.

Category is Mother Goose, an outfit inspired

by a classic nursery rhyme.

Up first, Geneva Karr as Miss Muffet.

- Eating her curds and whey.

- Little Miss Muffet is all grown up

and she's giving, like, 1800s whore.

I own the whorehouse.

Oh, my God, a spider?

- Dawn as Cushy Cow.

- Look at the set of sirloins on her.

- [laughs]

- I'm serving cow on the runway tonight.

Hooved feet, mama.

Get the shoe.

Clip clop, clip clop, motherfucker.

That's all I got to say.

- Hershii LiqCour-Jeté as Burnie Bee.

- It's pollinating season, bitches.

- So Miss Burnie Bee is getting married.

[laughs] Old glamorous lady

is part of the Hershii LiqCour aesthetic.

So that's why I picked Burnie.

- Mirage as Baa Baa Black Sheep.

You know where she gets her hair done?

- Where? - At the Baa Baa Shop.

[laughter]

- I'm giving rich valley girl black sheep fantasy.

Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any wool?

Yes girl, yes girl, three bags full.

- Megami as Little Bo Peep.

- It looks like she's been fleeced.

[laughter]

- I'm giving you very sexy,

deconstructed Little Bo Peep

with my little fancy sheep purse,

which I'm looking for but, oh, there it is.

- Amanda Tori Meating as Little Pussy.

- This one gives me paws. - OK.

- I'm covered in these kitties that used to be my playthings.

Yes, the kitties are dead.

It's giving very Rhoda from "The Bad Seed."

- Morphine as A Man and A Maid.

- Duster.

both: I don't even know her.

- I am giving you a slutty maid who stole your man.

You know, I'm using this little cleaning product,

but honestly, I don't know how to clean anything.

So just look at my ass.

- Mhi'ya Iman LePaige as Mary's Canary.

- I like that she feathered her hair.

- I'm giving you pageant queen.

I'm giving you feathers.

And the color is yellow.

So be cautious, bitches.

- Q as The Man in the Moon.

Now, is she waxing or is she waning?

- I want to give this very whimsical storybook character

and breathe life into it.

And I just feel like a creature

that is out of this world.

- Nymphia Wind as Little Boy Blue.

- This looks like a bad case of blue balls to me.

- This look is serving Rococo.

She's giving you androgyny.

And I'm blowing on horns,

but it doesn't seem to make a sound.

- Sapphira as Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater.

You know, at midnight, she turns back into a whore.

[laughter]

- Mrs. Pumpkin Eater may have been caught in the pumpkin,

but she is still a glamorous bitch, honey.

I'm ready for the runway

because I look sickening, honey.

- Plane Jane as Pussycat by the Fire.

I usually have it by the glass, but...

[laughter]

- I'm just giving you grand dame, roaring '20s.

RuPaul is looking right at my pussy

and he loves every bit of it.

- Xunami Muse as Humpty Dumpty.

- Eggcellent.

- Hunty, not Dumpty. - Oh.

- Oh, she fell and, boom,

cracked and emerged as the egg.

Baby, Huntina is snatched.

I definitely feel like a sexy egg,

if that's a thing, you know.

[laughs]

- Plasma as Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

- She's putting the tweed back in Tweedledee.

- I'm wearing a puppet over my stomach.

I'm both top and bottom.

And mama, that is not usually where we find ourselves.

So I'm giving you a little bit of versatility today.

- Serving dumb and dumber.

- I love it. - [laughs]

- Category is Significant Mother.

Oh!

Up first, Geneva Karr as Salma Hayek.

- Salma Hieee-ek.

- This look is an outfit she wore for the premiere

of "Magic Mike."

Salma Hayek is a huge inspiration to me

because she is from Veracruz, Mexico,

and she's made a name for herself in the U.S.

And that is exactly what I am planning to do.

- Up next, Dawn as Audrey Hepburn.

In the sequel, Dinner at Filene's Basement.

[laughter]

- Audrey Hepburn is not just a mother,

but she is well known as a fashion inspiration.

My dress is just a gorgeous simple black dress.

And I feel like I'm showing the judges the versatility.

- Hershii LiqCour-Jeté as Mother Nature.

Walk into the club Earth first.

- The look is another latex outfit.

And it is very hot, just like global warming.

I'm portraying Mother Nature as a demure woman.

And we need to take better care of her.

- Mirage as La Llorona.

- Sisters to my Sharona.

- Oh, OK.

I was thinking El Niño.

- [laughs] - [imitates wail]

La Llorona is the notoriously bad mother.

She is a ooky spooky, boogeyman-type figure.

I just finished drowning my children in the river.

She's giving nudity.

She's giving inches.

Honestly, I don't care if I ever find these kids.

I look good.

- Megami as Lady Gaga.

Mother Monster. - Mm-hmm. Paws up.

- I am a huge Gaga fan.

I have her tattooed on my body.

I love that I get to honor someone

who gives me such confidence in my own life.

- Amanda Tori Meating as Michelle Visage.

- Oh, it's a walk down mammary lane.

- Oh, yes!

Reduction. Boom.

- I've been obsessed with Michelle

past, present, and future.

I am showing off this beautiful makeup

that I've done.

I want her to see, like,

I am soaking up every critique you give me.

If I'm kissing her ass, I'm kissing her ass.

- Morphine as Kris Jenner.

- Momager on the catwalk.

- I literally feel like the real Kris Jenner,

but 25 years younger.

I'm giving a one-sided suit and I pull out the camcorder

to record the judges in all their glory

and all their action like a momager does.

- Mhi'ya Iman LePaige as Lil' Kim.

- When I think of mothers-- - Uh-huh.

- This is the first one that pops to mind.

- The mother I'm doing is mother of rap.

I love her so much.

And people always tell me I look like Lil' Kim.

- Lil' Kim as Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott.

- OK. - It's a hybrid.

- Q as Mama Judy Garland.

- The mother of us all. - Mm-hmm.

- Classic mother.

Mother to Liza Minnelli, darling.

I am giving this dress that Judy wore in concert.

It's called the poppy dress.

It was one of the most famous dresses that she ever wore.

And I wanted to do it justice.

- Nymphia Wind as Angelina Jolie.

- And all of her children's artwork adorn her gown.

- The look I'm referencing is her wedding dress.

Just like her, I have six drag daughters.

I had my drag family in Taiwan to, you know, paint the dress.

So for me, it was very sentimental

to be able to bring that Taiwan family here.

- Sapphira as Eve.

- What a pain in the ass.

[laughter]

- I am the famous mother, the first mother.

The snake thought he tricked Eve.

But baby, Eve skinned that mothertucker

and turned it into couture.

- Plane Jane as the Octomom.

- I am hobbling down this runway

after just giving birth.

But, oh--oh, I feel another one coming.

Ah!

all: Oh.

- My beautiful children also double as a glamorous stole.

I turn around, get to show my wide birthing hips,

serving nothing but Octomom pussification realness.

- Well, one child left behind.

[laughter] [baby cries]

- Xunami Muse as Kandy Muse.

- [rough voice] I think she looks just like Kandy Muse.

- [laughs]

- I've chosen to recreate

Kandy's entrance look from season 13.

I am celebrating the Muse empire, baby.

This is just the beginning of what the muses

have in store for you.

- Plasma as Anne Boleyn.

- The cuntiest mother in all of Royal British history.

And then she got her head cut off.

Tweedledee and Tweedledum had two heads,

and Anne Boleyn has no head.

So how's your head?

- She performs under the name Guillotina Marie.

[laughter]

[RuPaul's "Call Me Mother"]

- [singing] They call me mother

Welcome back to the mother of all balls.

Category is Call Me Mother/Father Eleganza.

Up first, Geneva Karr.

Vroom vroom.

- Athleisure, I hardly know her.

- [laughs]

- For this look, I'm giving military boss.

It's a deconstructed suit.

I'm using my sexiness, my Latina essence,

letting the judges know that I'm very confident

in what I'm wearing.

- The sergeant commander of the queer brigade.

- [laughs]

Dawn.

- House of Keebler.

- I'm giving you construction worker.

My boots are made out of worker aprons.

My corset is a puffer vest,

and my cape is made out of a lot of menswear

that I picked up in a pile and cut together nicely.

- She's on the patch.

- [chuckling] She certainly is.

Hershii LiqCour-Jeté.

- That is a mother getting her kids in check.

- Oh, OK.

- I wanted to give you

classic, sophisticated, grown woman.

She drives a Nissan Altima.

She demands your attention.

And she looks good.

- I own 51% of this, chicos.

- [laughs]

Mirage.

You heard of Rambo?

Well, this is Glambo.

- For this look, I painted on a black eye

because my dad was a boxer in the army,

and that was what ultimately inspired this look today.

It was a rough day for me, but I got something together,

and I feel hot.

So it's a win for me.

[laughs]

- It turns out we do need another hero, don't we?

- Megami.

Home Depot she better do.

- My look is very Rosie the Riveter

meets Rosie Perez.

I feel like this look turned out really chic and cool.

- Now, the maroon bandanna, that means she likes Merlot?

- [laughs]

Amanda Tori Meating in the ladies room.

- If Lady Gaga were a paralegal.

- I am selling CEO,

woman in the workplace on vacation.

She's still taking calls.

Work is always on her mind.

- Pompadorable. [laughter]

- Morphine.

Talk about Hot Pockets.

- [laughs]

- I don't know what look I was trying to go for,

but I'm feeling very sexy.

And when I spin around, you see my beautiful BBL...

[smooches] Ass.

Last minute, bitch, I decided to do a witch hat.

Don't know why, but it looks great.

- Wrangler, I hardly know her.

[laughter]

- Mhi'ya Iman LePaige.

- You know what she's doing? - What?

- The safety dance.

- [laughs]

- My look is giving you very rocker, very punk.

After piecing the look together, it turned out good,

and I'm actually liking this look.

- I'm not plaid about it.

- Q.

- Madame Mix-A-Lot.

- Sir Madam Mix-A-Lot.

- I'm serving a little bit of Vivienne Westwood

with some Dior sculpture elements

and then a little bit of Thom Browne.

Very also avant-garde, haute couture fashion.

If everybody votes how they should,

I should be in the top this week.

- 50 Shades of hey!

- [laughs]

Nymphia Wind.

- Wow. - Oh, my gosh.

- Wow.

- Nymphia can't come to the phone.

She's a little tied up right now.

- [laughs]

- Ties, ties, ties!

Squiggly ties everywhere.

I feel gorge.

I feel tied up in my own fantasy.

- Well, the pleather was all mine.

- [laughs]

Sapphira.

- It's tool time.

- How's your Phillips head?

[laughter]

- I'm giving you Roberta the Builder.

Honey, this is my take on overalls.

Sapphira Cristál loves big, huge skirts.

I am not as small as I appear in drag,

and I have to use proportions to make it look that way.

- You better work, bitch.

You can start with the washing machine.

[laughter]

Plane Jane.

Gee, I didn't know Frederick's of Hollywood

was back in business.

- Well now it's Frederick's of North Hollywood.

[laughter]

- This outfit is made entirely out of one suit

that I deconstructed.

I am slaying.

And I can see Carson really squinting for the details.

Squint away, mama.

You won't be able to spot a single flaw.

- You've heard of Brooks Brothers, darling?

- Yeah? - These are the Brooks Sisters.

- Oh. [laughter]

Xunami Muse.

- Stop relying on that argyle sock.

- [laughs]

- I created this look out of suits,

boxers, and dress shirts.

I feel like the ditziest schoolgirl

and I'm having so much fun bringing this character alive.

- I'll see you in detention.

- Plasma.

It's not just for TV anymore.

- I am literally giving you my biological mother Stacy

with this floor-length pinstripe gown.

I own 51% of this Men's Warehouse,

and don't fuck with me, fellas.

- Tina, darling, I'm not mad at you.

I'm mad at the gray flannel.

- Barbara, pleats, pleats. - Pleats!

[laughter]

Welcome, queens.

Now that you've seen all of each other's ball looks,

it's time to Rate-A-Queen one more time.

Based on your ratings, the three tops

and the three bottoms will be critiqued by the judges.

Now, you may leave the stage.

[dramatic music]

- It's Rate-A-Queen, round two, electric boogaloo.

And this time there are 13 other girls to rate.

Let's get down to this.

both: In first position...

- I'm going to put Dawn.

- I'm going to be a good girl this time.

In first position, I'm going to choose

my sister, Nymphia Wind.

She looked great.

- In first position, Q.

Maybe let's place her in the second.

The third outfit wasn't as fashionable as I would prefer.

- In second position is Xunami Muse.

both: In third position...

- Plane Jane.

Room for improvement.

both: In the 10th position...

- Let's put Plane Jane.

She was a little bit shady to me while we were painting.

- In 11th position...

- Mhi'ya Iman LePaige.

I need to see her work harder than this.

I felt like she gave up,

and that's why I put her in the bottom three.

- In 12th position, Hershii.

That last look was not good.

- And in 13th... - I'm putting...

- Miss LePaige.

- I pick Mirage.

- In 13th position, Amanda Tori Meating.

Sorry girl, none of what you are giving is for me.

- And that's the tea.

[chimes]

- And that is the tea.

- And that's... - The tea.

both: That's the tea.

- And that's the tea.

- Welcome back, queens.

Your Rate-A-Queen results are in.

[dramatic music]

But before I announce the results, I need to ask,

Sapphira, do you wish to use

your immunity potion this week?

- I'm good.

- OK.

Plane Jane, do you wish to use your immunity potion?

- I'm all set this week, Ru.

- Very good.

Queens, you have made some decisions.

Nymphia Wind,

Q,

Sapphira,

your peers have rated you

as the top queens of the week.

- Ooh! [laughs]

[laughter] [applause]

Geneva Karr,

Hershii LiqCour-Jeté,

Mhi'ya Iman LePaige,

your peers have rated you

as the bottom queens of the week.

- I am fucking pissed off.

These fucking perras.

I should not be in the bottom.

- The rest of you are safe.

You may leave the stage.

Now it's time for the judges' critiques.

Up first, Geneva Karr.

- Your Little Miss Muffet.

I was struggling with seeing your face,

because the hat kept flopping in your face.

- And there was something too cumbersome about the tuffet.

- Then moving on to Salma Hayek,

I was not getting Salma Hayek.

I was getting fancy lady shopping for groceries

in Staten Island.

- And as for this, there's something

about the color on the runway that is a little bit drab.

I don't know what it is.

- Did you plan for it to rise up

in the back like that?

- Well, yes and no.

So no when I started and then yes when I finished.

[laughter]

- Good answer.

- Thank y'all.

- Up next, Hershii LiqCour-Jeté.

- That bee thing in the beginning was so glamorous.

- I thought it was chic.

I thought you sold it well.

Mother Nature, yeah, there were some fit issues.

It looked a little lumpy in places.

- And you did not make those pants.

- Oh, no. [laughs]

- OK, I didn't think so,

because I was like, they are way too--

- I slit the... - Yeah, I saw that.

You put your piece of fabric on the inside pocket.

You didn't make the pants.

The look is very basic.

The shoes don't match for me.

I think the hair is very flat.

- It's giving me Stepford mom, and I think it's funny.

There's a humor to it.

- I was trying to give a little homage

to the mothers in my life.

- Yeah, but it's very realness.

- I could probably sell that on QVC.

- I know you could.

In fact, they're telling me now that the seafoam is gone.

- Oh, no. - The seafoam is sold out.

Well, thank you, Hershii. - Thank you.

- Mhi'ya Iman LePaige.

- Your Mother Goose, I thought it was beautiful.

I mean, color is so important on the runway.

- I think the feathers, the minute you put

your face down, you were blocked.

Now, significant mother,

I didn't get so much Lil' Kim in it.

I was getting more Missy.

- Shockingly, I'm not an expert on Lil' Kim.

- What? - I know.

- With all your Source Awards and your BET Awards?

- [laughing] Oh, you are stupid.

A Source Award!

- Yes.

- I think for me, what went wrong is this a little bit.

The dress goes a little Forever 21 basic,

especially with that belt.

- What was your favorite?

- My favorite?

Mary's Canary.

It kind of reminds me of me.

Loud, vibrant, and--

- You don't seem very loud to me.

So you see yourself as sort of loud

and Mary's Canary-like. - Yes.

- I'm getting a timid feeling from you.

- No.

[tense music]

- All right. Thank you.

Up next, Q.

- Q, darling, The Man in the Moon thing

was my favorite thing all night.

That was just absolutely couture quality.

- And that headpiece, of course, was beyond.

You eclipsed everyone with that.

- And then as someone who identifies as Liza Minnelli...

[laughter]

Judy Garland said mother

more than almost any single thing

in this show tonight.

And then this I think is also so divine.

It's really good work.

- And then the Ann Jillian wig.

For those of you who are watching...

[laughter]

- Your creativity, your artistry, your craftsmanship,

it's all here tonight.

What did you have the most trouble with, with this outfit?

- Nothing.

[laughter]

- Nymphia Wind beneath my wings.

- Little Boy Blue. Yes. My favorite nursery rhyme.

You kind of gave us that little "Blue Boy"

by Thomas Gainsborough,

and then you gave it all these drag tweaks.

It was really fantastic.

- Your significant mother, I'm not going to lie,

I didn't really get Angelina from the look,

but I loved the details.

The kids' art, it was beautiful.

- You're versatile.

You looked so different in each of the passages

presented tonight.

- And this is just... I mean, otherworldly.

- The crowning glory are all these silk ties

that you've made three-dimensional

like they're blowing in the wind.

So fun, so chic, so drag.

- It's really hard to get neutrals to be, like, stunning,

and you nailed that.

It just looks like an Hermès catalog.

It looks expensive.

- It's freaking brilliant.

You make me so proud.

I love it.

- Thank you guys.

- Up next, Sapphira Cristál.

- Your Mother Goose Pumpkin Eater look,

the details I appreciated so much.

How the stem became the bodice

and then it carried up through your wig.

Your significant mother, Eve, was also whimsical

and funny and a wink wink, which is, again,

what we love about drag.

- This too I really like.

It's very "Shucked" and very "Green Acres."

- With a dash of "The Wiz."

- Yes.

- You have, like, an amazing presence.

Like, when you were walking the runway

in all three presentations,

you have a really, really special way of moving.

- Thank you, Sapphira.

- Thank you.

- Thank you, queens.

I think we've heard enough.

While you relax in the "Untucked" lounge,

the judges and I will deliberate.

[dramatic music]

Welcome back, queens.

I've made some decisions.

Nymphia, this week, little girl, you blew us away.

Condragulations, you're the winner

of this week's challenge.

[all cheering]

You've won a cash prize of $5,000.

- [squeals]

I mean, I am a fashion queen,

and if a fashion queen doesn't win,

how is she going to say she's a fashion queen?

- Geneva Karr,

your mother looks needed a goose

and your eleganza came up short.

Hershii LiqCour-Jeté, your Burnie Bee had us buzzing,

but your eleganza was slacking.

Mhi'ya Iman LePaige, this week you gave us Lil' Kim,

but moving forward we're going to need to see

a little more Mhi'ya.

Mhi'ya, you are safe.

You may join the other girls.

[applause]

Geneva, Hershii,

I'm sorry, my dears, but you are up for elimination.

- I still don't agree

that I should have been in the bottom.

I am angry and feeling the fire.

I am definitely going to murder Hershii on this lip sync.

- Two queens stand before me.

Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me

and save yourself from elimination.

The time has come... [thunder crashes]

For you to lip-synch

for your life.

- Start the music and let me eat this girl up real quick.

Geneva cannot outperform me.

- Good luck and don't fuck it up.

[upbeat pop music]

- Come on.

- [singing] Always say you love me, but you

Always make it all about you

Especially when you've had a few

Oh, oh, yeah

- Come on, Hershii.

- [singing] All the things I heard from your ex

Now they make a whole lot of sense

Already feel bad for your next

That have to put up with you

Oh, yeah

Worked on myself

Open my eyes

You hate my friends

Turns out they were right

- All the anger, all the wanting to stay,

I am feeling all these emotions

and I'm channeling them.

I am not going home.

- [singing] But with you, it's always my fault

And you're short-fused just like a time bomb

And I think you should take a second

Just to look at your reflection, baby

Maybe you're the problem

[all cheering]

- I'm staying in character of this church lady

right now, two-stepping.

I just feel like I'm on a stadium stage

just enjoying myself.

- [laughs] - [singing] It's not me, it's you

It's not me, it's you

It's not me, it's you

But with you, it's always my fault

And you're short-fused just like a time bomb

And I think you should take a second

Just to look at your reflection, baby

Maybe you're the problem

Oh, can you, you see a pattern?

Your point of view

Got it all backwards

You should take a little finger

And just point it in the mirror

Baby, maybe you're the problem

Oh

- Crawl, bitch, crawl! Yeah!

- [singing] Can't you take your little finger

And just point it in the mirror

Baby, maybe you're the problem

[all cheering]

- Oh, my God.

- Ladies, I've made my decision.

[tense music]

Geneva Karr, shantay, you stay.

You may join the other girls.

[applause]

Hershii LiqCour-Jeté.

My queen, you are and will always be a Ru Girl.

Now, sashay away.

- Thank you very much, Ru.

And this will be sold everywhere in January.

[laughter]

[cheers and applause]

It's chocolate.

[laughter and cheering]

I wouldn't have done anything differently.

I'm not a seamstress by any means.

Clearly I did the best that I could,

and I'm proud of myself.

I know it's my time for me to start touring.

I want people to know that Hershii LiqCour-Jeté is

a sickening performer and she's worth

every dollar that you tip her.

[laughs]

- Condragulations, queens.

And remember, if you can't love yourself,

how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?

Can I get an amen up in here?

all: Amen!

- All right, now let the music play.

- [singing] A little bit of love

Goes a long, long way

Lifting you up to a brighter day

Can you feel the love?

Next time on "RuPaul's Drag Race"...

You'll be starring in "RDR Live."

[both moaning]

- Hello, hello, hello.

- It was comedian-level funny.

- If you had really hit the nail on the head,

it would have been great.

[tense music]

- I do want to apologize for giving my unsolicited feedback

to you when it wasn't needed.

- Or even relevant to the conversation.

She honestly can eat my fucking ass.