Because of the pit Peach left after being auf'd from "Project Runway" last week, young April is now forced to move in with Wheatgrass, Ivy and Valerie. Not that living with Valerie would be bad, but those other two are probably exactly what Jack Kevorkian's college roommates were like.

The whole gang is summoned to the marina by Tim Gunn and his special guest, Michael Kors, who's on hand to dish out this week's challenge: create a fashionable resort wear look on a $150 budget. Being from Palm Springs, outcast Michael C. feels confident about this task. On the flip side, Mondo has never been on vacation and his idea of resort wear is underwear and a T-shirt. Well, as long as the undies are clean, it could work.

The designers do their sketches while aboard a boat cruise around Manhattan. They also get brunch. And you know what brunch means. MIMOSAS. That's not even fair. No one ever offers me mimosas at work. I should probably start sucking them down before I leave the house.

Back at the workroom, everyone is happy. That is, until Tim shows up with...THE. BAG. You know the one. The velvet bag that causes designers to lose their minds. Tim quickly announces that this is now a TEAM challenge. And because reality TV drama can always be kicked up a notch, this team challenge doesn't just force designers to work together. No, this one forces two designers to actually construct each other's designs. Tim explains that, in the real world, the designers will usually not be sewing their own clothes. So, part of this challenge is to test each designer's ability to properly convey his or her vision to a sample room or fashion house. Let the heart palpitations begin.

Tim reaches into the evil velvet bag to pair up teammates at random: Valerie/Andy, Michael C./Mondo, April/Christopher, Casanova/Wheatgrass, and Ivy/Michael D. Of course, when Michael C.'s name was called, everyone in the workroom froze like it was 6th grade science lab and the teacher just called the smelly kid's name. Before realizing he had been paired with him, Mondo griped, "No one wants to be with Michael C." Yeah, I can't imagine how horrible it would be to get paired up with a two-challenge winner. The horror!

During yet another mean kids' club roundtable trashing of Michael C., the designers are still convinced that he's not a true designer and has somehow pulled the wool over the judges' eyes. Valerie wonders aloud when Michael C. will "exasperate his bag of tricks." I wonder aloud when Valerie will stop using words that she doesn't know the meaning of. I also wonder when the designers will exhaust their supply of Michael C. haterade.  

Almost immediately, Michael D. begins to feel the negative effects of working with Poison Ivy. Surprisingly, Wheatgrass works quite well with Casanova and doesn't try to use his lack of English to talk over him the entire time. However, she does the design equivalent of speaking loudly at a foreign person by giving Casanova several HUGE drawings to look at. Cas is amused that Wheatgrass is treating him like he's mentally impaired instead of just liguistically impaired. Meanwhile, Mondo is incredibly rude to Michael C., chiding him for not having a ruler and bluntly telling him that his "construction is terrible." Michael C. just smiles, fights the umpteenth urge to stab everyone with scissors and does his job. And, much to Mondo's amazement, he is doing that job really well. Mondo eventually has to admit that he was being a dick (his word), and a friendship is born.

Kors accompanies Tim to the workroom, where he takes over critiquing duties. It would be great if Kors just repurposed a Gunn-ism and told everyone to "Make it black!," but sadly that doesn't happen. Kors warns Casanova about heading into old lady territory again, and gives Wheatgrass a similar warning. He's intrigued by both Michael C. and Mondo's designs, but suggests that each go easy on the styling since they're using bold fabrics and prints. Kors encourages April to make a boyshort under her "crazy asylum resort" outfit, which she was a little afraid of ever since her "diaper" fiasco. He "doesn't understand" Ivy's design, and tells Valerie that she needs to move on from "colors no one likes." Yikes. That exchange sets up Valerie's Lifetime moment on the call-your-momma-and-cry couch.

On Day 2, Michael D. notices that Ivy has constructed his dress perfectly, but he hasn't done such a great job with hers. Being a self-taught designer, Michael doesn't gel well with Little Miss Parsons-Schooled Diva. As time ticks away, Ivy literally sits right next to Michael at the sewing machine, staring at him and breathing down his neck. Michael is justifiably creeped out and moans, "I can just feel her crazy energy coming off me."

Ten minutes before hitting the runway, the designers get to take back control of their own garments, so Ivy dives for the sewing machine. She succeeds in completing her drab look, which Michael D. aptly describes as looking like "the Statue of Liberty."

Time for the runway show, and Kristen Bell sits in as guest judge. Because...oh, who knows why. As the designs parade by, I really like Christopher's breezy top and shorts ensemble. But I'm most struck by Andy's purple and silver bathing suit/cover-up. Kors appears knocked out by it, too.

Top 3 Designs by (L-R): April, Andy and Michael D.

The judges favorite designs belong to Andy, April and Michael D. Heidi thinks Andy's bathing suit is "very commercial," while Kors gushes that it's "exciting and glamorous." Kors also loves April's outfit, calling her model a "punky, edgy baby doll." Kristen Bell says she likes it because she is a punky, edgy baby doll, too. I can't tell if she's making a joke or not. It makes me laugh, but probably not for the right reasons. Kristen is also in love with Michael D.'s black dress, which Nina thinks could work "for women of all ages."

Although Andy's bathing suit seems to be a favorite, April's Shutter Island Resort outfit takes top honors. I like April and I like this design, but I still think Andy should have won this time.

The lowest scores went to Casanova, Ivy and Mondo. Even though I like Valerie and want her to do well, I think she should've been in the Bottom 3 before Casanova. Those zig-zagged shorts she made were really...um...exasperating? Is that the right word? No? How about "excrutiating to look at?" Yeah, that fits.

Bottom 3 Designs by (L-R): Casanova, Ivy and Mondo

Casanova makes the mistake of telling the panel that his white blouse/beige pants ensemble was inspired by his grandmother. That's all they need. Kors gives one of his most long-winded disses ever by telling Cas that he made something for "a 70-year-old woman to go sit in a mall and get home early to watch TV." Nina is confused because Casanova seems to either make slutty clothes or granny clothes. She wants to know where the middle ground is.

Kors thinks Mondo's multi-hued, multi-print windbreaker/bikini get-up looks like "a weird assemblage of clothes from the sale rack at Forever 21." All the judges think Mondo's look is much too "junior," but his tailor, Michael C. nicely defends him. However, Michael C. gets a chance to get a well-deserved jab in at Ivy (namely, that she's a terror to work with) when Heidi catches him rolling his eyes while Ivy throws her tailor, Michael D., under the bus. Ivy claims that she had to "dumb down" her design because of Michael D.'s limitations, but the judges are not impressed with her excuses, attitude, bitch-faces or lousy taste.

I'm positive that Heidi is going to auf Poison Ivy but, to my dismay, it's Casanova who has to say adios. Maybe I'm not cool, or maybe I'm a 70-something trapped in a 30-something's body, but I don't think Casanova's outfit was bad at all. Boooo, judges. Bad call. No sooner did I learn to love Casanova that they snatch him away from me. When Tim rhetorically asks him, "What are we going to do without you?," Cas responds, "I live very close to here." Awwww, how darling. And just one more reason for me to regret moving out of NYC.

Auf wiedersehen - see you next week!