It was the final challenge before Fashion Week, and once again, the designers bombed. (This has happened EVERY SEASON of the show, so I don't know why the judges seem shocked that the exhausted, mentally fried contestants never produce the goods they're looking for.) While I had a completely different take on the judging, we can all be happy with one thing: Kenley got her ass kicked up and down that runway. And it was DELICIOUS.

The challenge was to design an evening gown inspired by a photo of a flower the designers took at the New York Botanical Garden. An underwhelming final challenge, perfect for an underwhelming season. Three out of four of them went for purple-looking flowers, while Korto went for an orange/red inspiration. It made for a fairly monotone runway show.

The drama started early, as Kenley refused to speak to Leanne since she believed Leanne sabotaged her in the last challenge, where the designers had to create musically themed outfits for their fellow competitors. It would have been impossible for anyone to sabotage Kenley; there was no way her hip-hop outfit could have been any more off the mark. But this set the tone for the rest of the episode, where it was basically The World vs. Kenley Collins. And shocker: The World won.

Let's break down the bouts: First, everyone was talking smack about Kenley behind her back from Moment 1, and it was delicious. Then, Kenley forgot her bag of tulle at Mood, and when she asked Jerell and Korto for their leftovers, they both flatly refused -- even more delicious. Then Tim and Kenley had their typically tense mid-challenge evaluation, and while it was nowhere near as confrontational as last week's mutual beatdown, it ended with Kenley feeling attacked, again, for her totally costumey outfit. Then on the runway, the judges descended like birds of prey, ripping into her for her totally janked dress, complete with scale-looking puffy petals at the bottom. (You can see it, and the other dresses, here.) This escalated when Heidi pointed out that it didn't look elegant, and Kenley snottily shot back "I wasn't going for elegance, Heidi" (which: evening gown challenge, asshat), and Heidi and Kors both set about savaging Kenley, and telling her she acts like a spoiled baby. AWESOME.

And then, it got better: the judges asked all of the designers why they should go to Fashion Week, and which two designers should join them. Jerell, Korto, and Leanne all picked one another, and basically called out Kenley for being the creatively bankrupt hack she is, and the tears were flowing. Kenley, backed into a corner, called out Korto for her lack of originality, and then backstage Korto got in her FACE about it. (I don't like Korto, and I don't think she was in the right, but it was supremely satisfying to see Kenley get knocked around some more.) And then in the poll results, nearly 80 percent of America wouldn't given Kenley their tulle because she doesn't deserve it. HA!

Throughout this, we got what I'll call "The Ballad of Kenley Collins": Kenley has had to fight through life, and so she just keeps on fighting. She's never really gotten along with anybody, and that's why she is the way she is. So, OK, listen. This is not a complicated situation. If everybody in the room has a problem with you, maybe they're not the problem. Clearly something you are doing is off-putting, and possibly even offensive. And in Kenley's case, it is both. She is an asshole. She is rude, entitled, delusional, and brash. She is supremely unlikable. And you can cry about how people don't like you, or you can do some self-assessment and think, "You know what? Maybe I need to do some changing." Because going through life as a pariah of your own making must be incredibly frustrating, and lonely. And normally I would feel for Kenley, but I can't. Because she has been so awful throughout this entire show. It could be a trick of editing, but the editors work with what you give them. And so I believe Kenley is getting her just desserts. I just hope, for her sake, she gets her crap together once this is all over. She's kind of a disaster right now.

But honestly, this season would have sucked even harder without her. This episode -- the comeuppance of Kenley -- kind of made all those awful challenges and awful designers worth it. It was so tense, so brutal at times that I was literally clapping in my living room. That probably doesn't speak very highly of me, but man, she bought her ticket.

Oh, and the fashions: I really liked Leanne's, except for that unfortunate bolt of blue fabric that got thrown in as an afterthought. Korto's looked like a prom dress, and a simple one at that. Kenley's was as bad as everyone said. But the worst was Jerell's, which somehow won the challenge. It was poorly executed and looked a mess. The colors were absolutely hideous. The unflattering, clunky bust was (to quote Michael Kors) every woman's nightmare. And he won! Unbelievable. In a "twist," nobody was eliminated, and all four will make collections. One person will be eliminated when they return to Bryant Park. So it's exactly what happened last year. Blech. I can only hope Jerell puts together something that tops Chris' human hair designs in terms of tackiness, because I am so over him.