When the episode started I still couldn't identify 90 percent of the contestants. I didn't even recognize most of them. I realize it's only Week 2, but these people already seem less memorable to me as a group than the contestants of seasons past. However, after what I think is one of the best runway shows this show has ever produced - seriously, at least 80 percent of the looks created tonight were awesome - I found myself fully engaged in the show again. Welcome back, "Project Runway"! I've missed you!

Heidi came out on the runway to tell the designers that they'd be going on a little trip. Since we've all seen the teasers, we knew that they are in fact heading out to a farm. And there was Tim, with all of the models in a freshly plowed field, all of the ladies wearing potato sacks. As a take off of the saying, "She's so beautiful she could look amazing in a potato sack," the challenge was to create a party-worthy look out of burlap. And as a twist, the models were the clients, so they had significant input in the designs AND they got to pick their designers. Boy, that "Models of the Runway" show has got these girls feeling uppity, isn't it?

Since I don't know any of the models or hardly any of the designers, I couldn't tell you who picked who, or what it all meant. The only real thing of note was that Mila's former model picked Anthony over her, and Mila was clearly annoyed. As anyone would be: Anthony's first dress was terrible, and he's fucking annoying. He's basically a Tyler Perry character come to life. And poor Mila got picked last.

In addition to a mess of burlap, the designers were given a whole bunch of flourishes to pick from - buttons, ribbons, etc. Ping decided that she wanted to play with the texture of the potato sack. Um, Ping, there's not much you can do with the texture of burlap. It's burlap. Emilio thought it was a difficult challenge, and was feeling good about having immunity after winning the last challenge. Meanwhile, poor Jesus went right back to the "sexy" well that landed him in the bottom three last time, and Pamela decided to dye her fabric blue-ish. Anna Marie decided to use a dyed potato to make a print on the fabric. Interesting, but it looked a little crafty.

After Mila brought up being ditched by her model, Anthony got all finger-wagging sassy in his confessional interview, but said literally nothing back (that we saw) in the workroom. Here's a little tip, sweetie: If you're going to act like the H-B-I-C, you need to be able to dish it out in real life, not just to the camera. Anthony is a scared little boy who thinks he's a big tough guy. I dislike almost every single thing about him.

During his mid-challenge visit, Tim encouraged Pamela to create a two-piece look instead of a one-piece, but she stuck to her guns. Tim specifically instructed Mila to ignore her model's wishes and go with something that was much more her vision. Tim seemed very concerned about Jay's timeline, which involved dying, tons of trim, and almost no time to do it in. Tim was concerned about the length of Ping's short skirt, saying that he didn't want it to look "vulgar," since the judges could possibly see right up the runway and into her model's junk. Yeah, that's a problem. Amy was doing some very cool treatment on the edges of the fabric, but was also wrestling with her model's tastes versus her own. Jesus's plan was to cover his burlap sack in ribbons, which Tim pointed out totally ignored the challenge - the burlap can't be an undergarment, it must be the main fabric used in the challenge. Jesus refused to listen, and went right along with his original idea. Jesus is an idiot.

Before the stuff went down the runway, things were looking pretty interesting. Especially interesting: Ping's dress pretty much exposed her model's ass. And the woman seemed totally clueless about how that could be an issue.

The runway: Heidi, Nina, and Kors were joined by modeling legend Lauren Hutton, who I will forever love for her stint on the terrible 90's nighttime soap, "Central Park West." Anthony's dress was actually super cute and chic; it was dyed red, and had a fabulous twisty skirt. Ping's looked exactly like burlap, the skirt looked barely attached, the skirt was totally square - and the model's ASS WAS EXPOSED. Like, full cheekage. Ben's dress was the same color as Anthony's, with a voluminous skirt and a swoop over the one arm. Eh. Mila's dress did not look like burlap at all; it was very sexy with an open neckline and had chic metallic strips covering much of its form-fitting body. Anna Marie's print came out looking really cool. Jesse made an equestrian-type look with pants and a vest, which looked good but I don't think worked for the party part of the assignment. Seth once again made something that looked like S3 Jeffrey would make; cute, vaguely sailor-girl inspired with a big ol' hood. Amy's skirt was gorgeous, with floppy, burned edges, and an interesting top. Janeane's dress looked amazing; it was black with burgundy stripes. Jay's was super cute with a pop-out skirt that looked like flowers or feathers, but the top looked somewhat unfinished. Emilio again played with awesome patterns, with these weird vertical stripes. Jesus's skirt was indeed all pea-green ribbon, and I couldn't tell if the top was dyed burlap or just another fabric entirely. It also was very 80's looking again. Johnathan's was cute, but was not at all the huge creative leap the seemed to think it was. Pamela's dress looked way trashier than I expected - it looked like it was made of used denim, which she admitted, but said she liked. I did not. I think there was leather lacing involved too. It looked like something a hooker would wear outside a Bon Jovi concert in 1987.

Called to the final runway: Pamela, Mila, Ping, Jay, Jesus, Amy. That's a pretty easy call about who is high and low. Michael Kors didn't believe that the 3D skirt on Jay's dress was burlap; he thought it must have been feathers. The judges loved it, and thought it looked expensive. Nina thought that Pamela's dress was too short, too tight, and unsophisticated. Basically, it was tack-o-rama. Pamela's model was unhappy with the dress, and didn't stand up for her designer at all (but then, it's hard to defend that look). Heidi was absolutely in love with Mila's futuristic dress, although Michael had some issues with the openness of the top of the dress - we did get some blurred nipple action. Ping tried explaining that the problem with her dress was that the model's skin color didn't contrast with the "patterns" she made in the fabric. What patterns? And also,  the actual problem: HER ASS WAS HANGING OUT. Heidi said she Ping an edgy eye, but I disagree. There's nothing edgy about that look. It was beyond basic, and somehow I feel like she's getting an Emperor's New Clothes-type treatment, where the judges are somehow mistaking her incompetence for genius. Heidi asked what percentage of Jesus's outfit was burlap. That we could see? That would be 0 percent. Hutton said that it looked like totally different fabrics, and added that the dress was an assault on the eyes. Ouch. Kors liked how Amy used the fabric and made the burlap flirty and fabulous without disguising what it was. It really was totally cute.

I would have had a tough time picking a winner out of the top three, but the judges went with Jay, my least favorite of the three. I'm still cool with it, even though I'm unsure about him as a designer (I hated his tumor skirt last week). Mila and Amy were sent off with props, and somehow Ping was spared the Bottom 2. BARE ASS! You have to be kidding. That left Pamela and her unflattering whore look, and Jesus and his clichéd dress that didn't even fulfill the challenge. And yet somehow, Jesus was spared. Again. He promised that he is capable of doing more. Really? Because you've stunk up the joint so far, and have blatantly disregarded Tim's advice. I dislike him intensely. So Pamela was axed, which is fine - she was chaff. Very sweet chaff, but chaff. I just wish that Jesus or Ping got cut instead.

Next time: a team challenge, drama, and "the cotillion party from Hell"!