2:00 Why is being a strong Male considered Toxic? I wish someone would answer this for me. I mean it seems hypocritical to criticize a guy that likes traditionally viewed masculine things while only accepting guys that like the more traditionally feminine things. I mean if a Masculine guy is enjoying his masculine things while NOT willfully attacking Feminine Men, how is this Toxic? Honestly, you have to start being less toxic, and refraining from labeling people if you truly want acceptance. Just mind your own business, do what you do with pride and let other people express their true selves without your input and we won't bother you about being hypocrites. Jeez...you wonder why you get Majority Straight people being afraid of you because you vitriolically label us and not wanting to associate with you because we don't want to be bullied for no reason. Insulting our behavior as straight people when most straight people just want to mind their business and live their lives is the fastest way TO GET people like me, etc. etc. to be afraid of you and distance ourselves from you. Just mind your business, stop labeling people and live YOUR LIVES the way YOU want to and leave us alone for living the way we want to when we give YOU ALL the space you need. Stop all this childish behavior and name calling, seriously.

"what dragqueen is going to make a hotel? wait... fuck" trixie:💃

Dave is an icon. He’s a legend. And he is forgiven for the murder of Judy Garland.

I’m glad Shakesqueer isn’t on the list cause, imo, it’s one of the only “So bad, it’s good” drag race episodes. It’s my favourite episode from Season 7

In my opinion, the worst episode in the entire series is “Evil Twins”. I can’t stand when RuPaul acts like a therapist and making them reveal everything they’re insecure about, and the bottom two were there because…they weren’t deep enough? Fuck that. Fuck exploiting peoples feelings for views. If a queen doesn’t want to talk about her “inner saboteur” then don’t fucking make her. If a queen doesn’t want to bring up her traumatic backstory, don’t make her. I’ve never seen the season 6 makeover you talked about though, mainly because I watched that season on Hulu and they cut it from streaming due to request of the contestant you mention.

In general most acting challenges are hard to excel because the scripts were mostly bad. Also it’s often v unfair that certain parts are much easier to shine.

I absolutely hate when Ru plays psychologist. The drama isn't worth it. I also hated seeing Nancy Pelosi on there and getting celebrated for... clapping?

Okay but the way drag race keeps calling their design challenges “balls” when there is zero actual ballroom is….. a choice. When is WOW going to give us an ACTUAL ballroom challenge 👀👀

That evil twin challenge left me with such a bad taste in my mouth. I was just waiting for one of the queens to turn around and go "it's not a fucking inner saboteur Ru, it's an anxiety disorder" I hate the whole 'inner saboteur' idea actually, I've always felt it almost puts blame on the mentally ill queens for not being 'strong' or 'brave' enough to overcome a literal disorder. Would a queen with migraines or narcolepsy or IBS be told they have an 'inner saboteur'?

The discomentary thing reminds me of something that really bugs me and is mostly Ru showing her age. I hate how throughout seasons she expects queens (who were mostly born in the 90s) to know all of these - fairly niche - 70s references and kinda berates them for NOT knowing them. Like, sure, queer history etc is important in the community, but expecting people to know loads and loads of references (a lot of which are just disco etc and not necessarily queer) from two decades before they were even born is really unfair.

I think a specific problem UK drag race suffers from as well as DU and UK vs the world, to a smaller extent, is Ru not getting the Culture and references and making the challenges about outsider stereotypes which leads to bad challenges. I got so fustrated on a UK season that two challenges were entirely based around american consumer goods, peloton and alexa aren't british they're american and it felt so dismissive of what the UK is and does. Also it kills the snatch game of UK and DU because any national icons we know but an american host doesn't know make it seem like a bad snatch game when in reality it's a lot funnier than its edited to be, as well it means the queens have to think about people ru will know rather than people from home, like scarlet harlet doing a really annoying and unfunny makuley that made ru laugh when I was looking forward to a danny dyer.

evil twins is 100% the worst for me, felt awful for cracker and kameron especially it was basically like a way to retraumatise them

No I’m sorry. Season 14 snatch game could’ve been edited as a better episode with a clear top and bottom. Did we not get corroborated evidence from queens that they cut several laughs from RuPaul throughout the episode just to make them look bad to mettle so they could do the lipsync lalaparuza

Can you do a video about best/worst guest judges? Especially ones that were supposed to give the queens advice for the challenge.

They double-screwed Jocelyn. They also VERY obviously put a filter over her brides face after Michelle called her metallic (making her look COMPLETELY different)

Personally the inner sabatour was the worst one for me. The queen's go through sych evals and they have to basically show their mental health on the runway was wrong to me.

JackFed: "What drag queen is going to build a hotel or motel?" Trixie Mattel: "Hold my beer."

DU episode 5 takes the cake for me. I think the producers thought they would have an "Emmy" moment where Ru ends blackface lol . But it just came across as the show trying to gloss over racism. RuPaul accepting an apology that wasn't hers to accept. Then Scarlet won after literally turning the entire audience against her. Incorporating real world issues into the story of the show is always a gamble and they lost hard on this one. They sent Willam home for less.

Season 13 opening, felt so uncomfortable watching it, and then watching the "winner circle" laughing and thinking they are the best... In the beginning of the season i hated all of them for that.

When it comes to acting challenges, I just hope that the producers see the success that was the super teaser from season 14 and continue letting queens write their own scripts. I just can't stand any more acting challenges with outdated and unfunny references 😭😭

One episode in particular I hated was the "One Queen Show" on Season 12. It was WAY too obvious they were pushing Sherry Pie to the finale and doing everything they could to not put her in the bottom. She played the same old lady character she had been doing all season, wasn't funny, and went way over her allotted time. Easily should've been in the bottom that week.

worst episode of the whole drag race franchise to me is Drag Race Italy's episode in which two queens get punished for causing heavy drama (one of them got into a heated fight with production, while the other got mad at the judges) by...lipsync-ing? and so just one of them gets sent home??? what type of punishment is that.

I don't remember everything but I think that one challenge where one team were impersonating Mariah Carey (who has so many iconic quotables) and they weren't even familiar with anything she did. It was hard to watch and I remember how I felt about the episode and how bad it was.

Down under talent show is 100% my worst. I didnt even watch the final after that. I just googled to make sure Scarlett didn't win

"Oowh yeah let's get negative" 👽👽

i've always said that this show is great DESPITE the production, not because of it. Drag Race has always been carried by the queens on the season. the judging has almost always had questionable moments, bad storylines, and just shitty unfair placements overall imo. you can really tell that's all true bc after Sherry's rewrite off of season 12, the production didn't get to meddle nearly as much as they usually did bc a lot had to be re-edited on the fly, and the season was better for it(it still sucked bc they forced that dumb Brita v Aiden storyline but other than that lmao)

about the makeover in season 6, i genuinely don’t know what production was thinking getting that basketball player on. the fact that he was obviously SO touchy about his image to the point where he actually threw up after the runway made for such uncomfortable viewing

The season 11 makeover will forever be my worst episode choice because it wasn’t just bad and cringy to watch, but the judging choices were actively working against good storytelling in favour of pushing production favourites. They could have given Vanjie a long-deserved win and finally sent Silky home, but elected not to for… reasons.

I don't know if I'm missing or forgetting something here, but my first thought would be UK S3 E6. Sure, maybe on its own it's not the single worst episode ever, but I feel like in the context of its season, it just feels so awful to watch. It features a double elimination, coming off the back of one of the most mean-spirited episodes ever where Ru doesn't give anyone a challenge win, so it gives this vibe that Ru just does not care for this cast outside of Krystal at all. The two people eliminated were both fan favourites and honestly up until that point had been the heart and soul of the season, and neither elimination felt fully justified in the context of the challenge or the lipsync. Combined with the actual Snatch Game itself being one of the all-time worst and probably more deserving of a Bottom 6 than S14's, it just left a very nasty taste in my mouth. Maybe strictly speaking it isn't the worst ever, but it's definitely the most negatively I've ever reacted to an episode relative to how invested I was in the season. But that's just my two cents.

“What kinda drag queen is gonna build a motel or hotel” Trixie: “Well… fuck my drag”

Worst episode is when Widow got sent home. Ruined the season for me because of how produced it felt. And then they saved both when it was Heidi and Jackie after so you know they had a double save like wtf ? Gigi being pushed by production so obviously by not being in the bottom. So annoying.

Down Under was such a disappointment because it was clear to the audience that the NZ girls were the most entertaining but production kept trying to make Art, Karen, and Scarlet happen in the most obvious, bullshit way. To Scarlet's credit, I actually did really like her pole dancing routine.

If there is any treatment to a Queen that makes me angry is the one to Electra Shock. My God, miss thing is the entire package, and they threw her away like that! Choices were made I guess.

LMFAO at you putting BOTH of worst Down Under’s episodes from the same season in this! 😂

I had totally forgotten Karen from Finance got away with truly detestable balloon talent while KitaMean and Elektra Shock were thrown in the bottom. I try and defend my hometown show where I can but that just triggered me all over again 😂.

The most recent All Stars acting challenge shows a different angle of weakness in the format of the challenge itself. Everyone is good, so it truly comes down to who has the best roles. In other seasons, small roles might be able to win if the actors in the lead roles aren't good. Jinkxx did absolutely everything she could with her role, but it was never going to be big enough to compensate when more standout characters landed for the queens who go those parts.

Really expected that SheMZ one from All Stars 5 to be on here. It was truly the most bizarre thing to watch + you could really tell it was a challenge the writers pulled out of their asses. not to mention filming them outside on the lot really took you out of the world of the show imo.

the del rio trio in S12 by heidi, jackie and gigi was a pure gold, i love every second of it

Jack, Im happy Bob noticed you on their podcast, congrats!

Honestly, the idea of getting the queens in and immediately splitting them into a "Winner circle" and a "Losers circle" and having them choose who they think is the weakest out of everyone right away is bad not only for the queens who are put in the "Losers circle" because they get put there without the viewers really getting to know them well enough and prove themselves, but also from a production point because it immediately gives the queens in the "Losers circle" a disadvantage which is unfair

It’s the down under black face one lmao

I remember when some of the AS4 queens were posting their clown looks and Mo posted her's and it had such a deep meaning and was so intricate and would've been such a gag on the runway... but they were used for that.

Take care of yourself!!! We love love love your videos but understand life can be a whole lot sometimes so don't feel bad if you need to take your time

The Warhol episode from AS3 is definitely on my list. The challenge with the soup cans and then finding out what went out with Aja and Ru that was cut. Watching it back felt like the judges were so rude to her just because she didn’t buy into the BS that Andy was a great guy. Not to mention her runway look was incredible.

I thought there was something very strange about that "Inner Sabator (sp?)"challenge and the fact that most of the girls were in Cave Woman drag. Awful.

Worst challenge of each season (that I've seen) in my opinion: 1: Female fighter makeover (mostly because of the judging choices) 2: Cherry pie pole dancing challenge 3: Sci-fi movie trailer challenge 4: Pregnant DILFs 5: Final Three (mostly due to how Roxxxy was acting) 6: Drag My Wedding 7: Ru Hollywood Stories (because it was so odd, yet so unmemorable) 8: Drag Politics (just boring to me) 9: Morning talk show challenge (it was just too cluttered and clunky to me. RIP Naya Rivera) 10: Pharmarusical or evil twin challenge 11: Monster Ball (huge missed opportunity. Way too many queens) 12: World's Worst (Heidi, Jackie and Gigi should have been the top team) 13: Social Media Rusical or Henny, I Shrunk the Drag Queens 14: Snatch Game AS1: Gaff-In AS2: Makeover AS3: Wedding skit AS4: Sex and the Kitty Girl AS5: She-MZ UK1: Water commercial challenge UK2: Snatch Game UK3: Dragaton or Draglexa Canada 1: Her-itage Moments Canada 2: Screech, the horror movie challenge UK vs. The World: RuPaul Ball Down Under: The whole thing

Draglexa brought us Michelle's line "The Devil wears PRIMARK!" Which for a British person saved the entire episode 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The thing about snatch game 14 is that, by waiting an extra episode for an elimination, they still basically had a non-elimination

The one on all stars with the American horror story challenge made me pause and stare at the ceiling , wishing a bus would final destination crash though my room so I don't have to finish watching it.

I love adore’s ‘think’ lip sync. Think it really showcases her so well, she looks fierce, it’s just great!

Listen I know the evil twins challenge was rough BUT Aquaria gave us one of the best runways we've seen on the show that episode

Hands down without a doubt, the DU talent show, but if we are just looking at us, probably the s11 makeover. It was badly judged but worst of all, just really boring S10s "evil twin" episode also is one of the worst, its really uncomfortable and cringy that the girls had to exploit their mental issues/illnesses and the fact that the two most mentally drained queens were in the bottom... Idk maybe some people love that episode, I do not.

Aussie here - while we love that our series was a complete shitshow (queens excluded) it is deeply in character for us that our attempt at something, even if it wasn't made by us, would be a shitshow of epic proportions. Very glad you tore it apart :) and please do a deep dive into every little crappy bit of it please if you want to!

-Any acting challenge is bad for granted, with few exceptions. -Any improv challenge is bad, with even rarer exceptions (and judging is bad as well, weirdly. You gotta pay attention to them to see favoritism). -Comedy and roast challenges, and Snatch Game are a hit or miss, normally a miss. -Design challenges are great, but they tend to be really unfair.

The thing about DU ep5 is frankly, I don't feel it's the place of any one single person of colour to "forgive" racism. Scarlett should've been eliminated on the spot, storyline be damned. Same for Karen from Finance, whose racist doll collection and tattoo were known to production during casting, ffs.

I disagree about ALL improv challenges being bad, in All Stars 4 Kennedy and Ben Della gave us an amazing performance in their improv challenge, others were good too, like Trixie and Shangella.

"What drag queen is gonna build a hotel or motel?" Trixie: 👁👄👁

Great choices! The only ones I'd add are the Spoof! and Despy awards episodes of Season 7, which both suffered from bullshit judging, bad runways and bad lip synchs, and the Cheerleading episode of Season 9, which is possibly tied with Season 12 for being the worst 2nd episode of a regular Drag Race season. Killed all the hype the season had from the premiere, didn't showcase any of the queens, hurt the queens, and had a weird lipsynch.

if this video has taught us anything...we might need some new people deciding what the challenges are, and especially when writing acting challenge scripts. not to replace anyone, per se, but just some new fresh ideas in addition with the tried and true ones.

Coven girls from all stars 6 is one of the most boring acting challenges EVER

11:09 that Alexis Mateo moment was hilarious 😂

The fight in the S4 makeover is so cringe yet so good. The guy trying to play it off as a joke because he was feeling fierce felt so awkward. Chad ate him up though! WITH YOUR RUDE ASS ATTITUDE!

Oh and if you're looking for ideas, a deep dive on what makes a compelling/interesting Untucked vs total snooze fest Untuckeds. I find that Untuckeds are very season dependent. Some queens just have great chemistry in Untucked that makes them great to watch, some have explosive chemistry that lead to fights like in S3 or S4s, and then we get the really weird S7 Untuckeds.

I got a good laugh from the Alexis opening the can clip 😂

* Video starts * Jack: It's morbing time

I've always wondered about the point of the immediate lip syncs in season 13. Do you think that it was a COVID thing that they were trying to somehow build into the show? Like if everyone was supposed to isolate/quarantine/not be in a large group when they first got there, and this was a way of trying to solve that? Otherwise I don't get it.

I really liked discomentary because it’s an amazing challenge… until the judging and boom the episode is unbearable

Ru dislike’s magic act’s & seeing people eat yet those two act’s were safe over Elektra Shock’s dance routine…DIRTY.

For Canada I feel that the first episode on Season ones judging was wack in Regards to Rita’s win and Boa being in the top. I think it should’ve been Kiara and Anastarzia in the top with Anastarzia winning. Rita had the cool coat with the really bad dress underneath and won, but you know who else had a really cool coat with and better outfit under it? Starzie. I don’t think Boa had a bad outfit but in my opinion it wasn’t on the level as Starzie, Kiara, or Jimbo

UKS3’s treatment of Charity Kase was in my opinion the worst production decision for the season. Charity had so much uniqueness to bring, but the judges did not see it. But they should have known fans would see it, and how the season would become more bland after she left, for the viewer.

Opinion: acting challenges should 1000% be written by the girls. The super tease episode last season showed how AMAZING acting challenges can be. That entire episode was everything. One of the best challenges just ever.

Every Drag Race Italia episode, except the makeover. Italias Snatch Game is so hard to watch.

Worlds worst gave us “fierce brock ally” it is peak

Down under 5 also had an awful challenge where only 2 queens really did well and the best of the bad commercials ended up getting the boot

On note of S14 Snatch Game - I think statement that this episode would be hard to save is very debatable. I'm pretty sure Daya said that there were actual tops and bottoms that could be picked. The editing was a choice here. Why? First of all, it's great setup to lip sync episode that they obviously had planned in advance anyways as you said, but also it makes AS7 Snatch Game look good on top of that, which goes very well with edit they went for that season.

As an Australian, Down Under are the worst seasons to come out of drag race. I could go on for hours and hours about how much I hate it, which sucks because I think all the queens did a really good job

that porkchop loading dock episode made me feel so bad. we're seeing people's dreams shatter for a whole episode.

The worst episode: literally all of Drag Race Down Under Season 1

the worst was the British episode when Bagga Chips had her mother who had abandoned her on to makeover. Disgusting

For episode 5 of down under Etcetera, while being the main one who called Scarlet out getting eliminated, also didn’t deserve to be anywhere near the bottom. Scarlet, Maxi, Art and Karen all did worse than her and she also had a really nice runway.

down under was a big yikes. idk if it’s just me but smth abt the camera quality feels so surreal, like when you get a new pair of glasses and it’s so clear that it’s blurry. idk

The season 6 makeover episode was scrubbed from Hulu because of the toxic guy who was there against his consent

AS6's Pink table talk comes to mind as one of the worst episode of drag race ever tbh

"A'keria's looks were pretty cool" he says, while showing her in an outfit I can almost entirely buy at my local toy store 🤣🤣

Let’s be real, almost all of the acting challenges drag on and I don’t personally find them funny like at all 😬

The gaff-in is a solid choice for AS1 but imo Queens Behaving Badly is just unwatchable. Idk if it's the secondhand embarrassment or if it was genuinely That Bad but my god, I can't even think about that episode without cringing

to me bad pacing and bad judging are what make an episode truly bad

I still can barely make it through the “world’s worst”

The worst episode was Ru Paul forgiving a contestant for blackface in Down Under S1

I hate all the makeover challenges except maybe s5's cus I liked the Dave and Jinkx dynamic

No winner for Draglexa when River was right there, in that gorgeous outfit, the shame.

A moment of silence for Joslyn who was very unfortunately rigged to get out

A Canadian episode I don’t like, episode 4 of season 1. That design episode, I agreed with Rita’s win, but that’s when we got JBC shading Jimbo “you all get the same time, use it better maybe”. It was also rough to see Tynomi get torn down for the 1000x that season when she was ok. Priyanka, Lemon and BOA looked a mess but were clearly saved due to their charisma

The Bad Twin challenge should’ve been a design challenge instead of some psychological bullcrap

10:13 jack, you in danger girl

I liked the Monster Ball. I kinda like when they do early balls because I love getting to see all the looks the queens come up with :)

I'm Australian and down under makes me so sad 😭 Art is my local queen and she's amazing but was totally shafted by production, Karen is also way better than they showed and the American judges just didn't get our sense of humour which made for some terrible terrible judging choices

Is it bad that i literally forgot ukvstw even happened?

I don't really think the World's Worst challenge is that much worse than a lot of other acting challenges, my theory is that S12 was a huge boost in viewership, so for a lot of people, the World's Worst was the first example of a really bad challenge they'd seen, whereas to someone who's watched all of the show, it's not particularly special.

am i the only one obsessed w season 14 snatch game they flop so hard its the whole thing is hilariousssss to me