Hurricane Zu-LAME-a

Sometimes things work out exactly as they should, even in reality tv.
Last week on Project Runway, Zulema narrowly won the 'Thin Ice' challenge over the more deserving, and less obnoxious, Chloe. (i blame you Sasha Cohen! a curse on your next triple lutz!) This week she used her victory to stage a walk-off between the models and then steals Nick's model/muse Tarah, thus sticking Nick with her old model, Rachel, aka 'Elongated Marshmallow With Gumby Legs.' (ouch, Tim Gunn, very ouch) Rachel gets a gold medal for dealing with Zulema's butt-baring sweater dress and what can only be described as 'Adventures in Ruching', all to get dumped at the first available opportunity. Nick is devastated until Nice Daniel gives him a pep-talk. He rallies, focuses on a design that will look good on Rachel, and together they tell Zulema where she can stick her walk-off...or walk her stick off......one of those. Zulema spends the whole episode giving that tired reality-show speech: 'i'm not here to make friends, i'm here to win' that people use to justify shady behavior, and adorable Tarah is stuck in the middle of all of it.
This week's challenge was to run around NYC taking photos, then use one of the photos as inspiration for a design. Zulema takes a picture of a woman in a big red dress and makes-- wait for it-- a big red dress! (Look out, Donna Karan!) Cute Daniel deservingly wins the challenge for taking a photo of an orchid and making a sculpted blouse-and-pencil-skirt combo. Rachel rocks Nick's fishtail skirt and nautical top. The judges call out Zulema and Kara (next week's loser, if there is a God) for their lack of creativity and send egomaniac Zulema packing, thank Lady Justice of Fashion!
But wait! Next week Winner Daniel will have to decide whether he wants to keep pinchy-face Rebecca or rescue Tarah from the train wreck that was Zulema! Oh the DRAMA! And is it just me, or would it be awesome if Seal stopped by as a guest judge? i think he has more than a little insight into the runway world. They could call the challenge 'Crazy' and the contestants would have to design a new uniform for mental patients. Yesssss! i'm calling Heidi right now!