Project Runway: Part 1 of Season Finale Sends Michael Costello Home

I don't remember when I've seen such devastation on a Reality TV Show as what we saw when Michael Costello realized he was out on Project Runway.

I think among the sobbing I heard Michael say that this setback would have his family demanding he get married again. So, that is where the kid came from? He'd been married?

Anyway, Tim Gunn checking in on the final 4 at home was interesting.

Andy South, in Hawaii, was the most likable he has been. But, I totally don't get why he was not the one who was out, what with the bizarre bikini. Andy's back sob story caused me to find him a little less annoying. Apparently they'd escaped from Laos. And now operate a farm where catfish are grown among other things.

Hawaii made Andy seem like much more of a macho man than New York City did. Andy horrified Tim by picking up a live catfish and made Tim scream like a school girl when Andy suggested handing the catfish to Tim so he could have fun holding it. Andy was also very adept and breaking open a coconut.

I  think next up was Mondo in Denver. Mondo's family seemed nice. Funny dialogue between Tim and Mondo's mother about the raising of Mondo. Apparently Mondo was forced to place baseball (short stop) if he wanted to take piano lessons. His family seemed quite proud of Mondo now, especially his sister.

And then it was to Palm Springs to check in on Michael. Michael had a lot of friends there, all male, and his little boy. And his live-in boyfriend. Apparently Michael's family have long given him a hard time about his lifestyle choices.

And then it was off to Portland to check in on Gretchen Jones. Well, Gretchen has been a Reality TV Show Goldmine. I've gone for really disliking her and wanting her to have a humiliating comeuppance, to sort of liking her and sort of feeling sorry for her. Apparently Gretchen returned to Portland to find her life destroyed,   abandoned by her significant other (was not made clear what gender. I suspect male.), her bank account wiped out, no place to live. I forget what else was in Gretchen's litany of woe.

Then it was back to NYC where each had to put 2 things from their collection and one new item on the Runway. Andy's was the one among the 4 that seemed really really bad to me. But, what do I know?

Michael Costello just seems like a much better one to keep around, just for the making good TV factor. Andy is really not made for TV.

Tim Gunn and the others were eventually able to get Michael's hysterical sobbing to stop and get him back laughing. In the end Michael really did win everyone over. Except, I suppose, for Ivy.

Project Runway: Ivy Accuses Michael of Cheating While Mondo Does Not Win 4 in a Row Due to Andy Winning Instead

Mondo did not make it a record 4 wins in a row, this week, on Project Runway. He came close, though.

Andy South won. Andy South wears on my nerves. That is Andy South staring at who knows what in the picture.

This week the remaining 6 had to make something called active wear that matched the look of a line of action wear that Heidi Klum will be hawking on Amazon.com

The designers had to use fabric that Heidi had already acquired, augmented with other fabric, should they feel the need.

Mondo was a bit overwhelmed due to Heidi's colors being a bit bland compared to Mondo's usual color choices. Mondo was being a bit of a prima donna diva this episode. This slightly reduced his likability.

Heidi showed up with Tim Gunn in the workroom. She did not like what Mondo was making. Heidi thought Mondo was rolling his eyes at her. I forget now what it was Heidi did not like about what Mondo was making. This was the point when Mondo went into diva mode and left the work room to pout for a bit.

And then Heidi came to Gretchen. Heidi really did not like what Gretchen was doing. Even I knew Gretchen was not following the criteria Heidi had made clear.

And then Heidi through them another curve. They had an extra day and had to design 2 more pieces to go with the look. Oh, what panic.

But then Heidi told them they'd have helpers. For Michael Costello this meant all the people who hated him were coming back. Things had been going well for Michael, with the remaining people figuring out he was not the devil incarnate.

So, 6 of those who had been cut came back. Mondo got to choose first. Soon there was a lot of sewing going on, when Ivy launched into Michael about cheating. This was real bizarre to me and I understood none of it. This led to Tim Gunn showing up and basically clearing Michael of the cheating charge, that somehow involved using tape, rather then sewing. No one called it Tapegate.

The most amusing moment of the episode came when the ultra bad loser bitch Ivy was referencing karma and how it would bite Michael in the future, after which we saw the sewing machine attack Ivy with a needle.

After the Runway Show it was Gretchen, Michael and Christopher in the bottom, with April, Mondo and the aforementioned Andy as the Top 3.

I'd grown to sort of like Gretchen over time. But this episode she brought back her bad self. When Heidi and Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and the guest judge, who's name I can't possibly be expected to remember, discussed who to give the win to and who was out, Heidi was pretty funny describing Mondo's workroom attitude, but she was real funny discussing Gretchen's oversized ego and overbearingness.

In the end, after Heidi told Gretchen she was in, Heidi advised Gretchen to learn to take construction criticism, which then caused Gretchen to complain about the quality of the constructive criticism. I think this is what is known as irony.

I forgot to mention, it was Christopher who was out. He seemed to take it well. I also forgot to mention that Heidi like all 3 of Andy's designs so much she was putting all of them on Amazon. Originally Heidi said 1 design would be picked for Amazon. Andy seemed thrilled. Does Andy get paid for his design?