NBC has posted a preview of 30 Rock on YouTube. I can't embed it because NBC won't allow it. Way to take advantage of the Interweb guys.

It looks like funny stuff. That Tina Fey is funny. She has the boldness of a much younger woman.

Something big happened on Project Runway last week. What could it be??????

The show starts off with a model switch-off. In a surprising turn of events, several designers straight-up switch their models without so much as an explanation. This is how it should be. Switch models as often as possible. Don't allow the possibility that your model is somehow negatively influencing the judges. Believe me, they can handle rejection.

This week's challenge is to design an outfit for INC, a Macy's brand. Do they still have Macy's stores outside of 34th St? Do people buy clothes there? I know they have a big parade every year. Apparently Angela is excited about the opportunity. But maybe it's because she desperately needs to prove she's not completely worthless. She still has trouble with the whole "sketching" thing. "I don't really sketch as part of my process…" That's great, but as you learned with Miss USA, you can't talk your way into being team leader. Luckily for Angela—as she mentions repeatedly over the next hour—she was inspired by the sun over The Empire State Building. And apparently that inspiration and the very real possibility that she'll be kicked off the show motivated her to put a pencil on paper and move it around a little. Was that so hard Angela?

Robert, Bonnie, and Keith are named team leaders. No surprise. They had good plans. And in a shocking twist dramatically acted by Mehmet Tangoren, Macy's VP of Sportswear and Microwave Oven Programming, Angela is the final team leader! Gasp!

Pause for a Saturn commercial featuring Tim Gunn visiting the cloisters—one of New York Magazine's top NYC makeout spots—and some foreshadowing that after the break we'll learn that somebody did something wrong. Who could it be?????

Nobody wants to be on Angela's team. Michael and Laura take the bullet. Bradley is picked last, for good reason. He's a "fish out of water. A squid with no ocean," but I hope he sticks around because he says the darndest things.

Keith gives all the hard work to his teammates. Complain while you can kids, it's not getting any easier.

Cristin writes:

We head into this episode with Shane/Linette and Wes/Casey facing exile. Furthermore, Linette and Aviv are, like, TOTALLY pissed that Diem would disrespect the sacred bonds of sisterhood and vote Linette into exile. The episode opens with Diem’s pledge class pals ganging up on her and basically telling her she’s The Worst Person, Ever and all I have to say is NO ONE talks to Diem like that one my watch. I hope Theo gives you the clap, Linette. What kind of a name is that, anyway? Ahem. Moving on. Casey announces plans to rock this challenge and then send Darrell and Aviv into exile in her place, while Theo and Linette do some snuggling and kissy facing. The challenge involves jumping off of a cliff four stories high into water and mounting some kind of large inflatable raft. Oh, how I long for the simple days of the Inferno when challenges merely involved walking on stilts to collect fruit-shaped sponges from tree branches and pressing them against your chest to squeeze water into a team recepticle.

Diem disgraces her secret-handshake buddies yet again by putting Shane and Linette up first and effectively ensuring that they won’t win and save themselves from exile. Each team has a varying degree of success, except for Wes and Casey, who shouldn’t have even suited up, as Casey refuses to jump into the water, crying and running off to change her underwear. Where’s that bravado now, case? Derrick and Diem win yet again and Diem wears a little bow in her hair and I just love her so much.

In exile, Casey sucks per usual, and Linette all but gives up under the heavy weight she’s been forced to carry. Shane is the most gracious loser in the history of MTV, and genuinely congratulates Wes on the job he did in exile. Back at the ranch, Diem explodes with excitement when she realizes Linette won’t be coming back to freeze her bra and panties while she sleeps, and someone has to wake Theo up from a nap to tell him that his cuddle bunny won’t be returning (you can almost see him thinking “wait, who?”). Casey, fresh off of her dismal performance in the challenge and complete uselessness in exile, rightfully launches into some major smack talking, then celebrates with Diem by dancing on top of a bar.

Cristin's $.02:

I feel dirty saying this, but I’m starting to agree with Wes: Casey is totally and utterly useless. The sound of her voice makes me want to pull my fingernails out. Meanwhile, as mentioned, I continue to be delighted by Diem, though I expect that to change next week when she gets her freak on with her teammate. At press time, I can’t decide if I’d more enjoy watching Tina/Kenny or wes/Casey take the walk of shame back to the good ol’ US of A… hopefully I’ll get both, and soon.

Dan's $.02:

Guess what, everybody?  I haven't seen Fresh Meat in two weeks!  HAHAHAHAHA!  I have been in Canada (for pleasure) and Chicago (for work).  So, everything Cristin wrote in her recap is news to me.  So sad!  Coral and Evan?  Gone!  Shane and Linette!  Where my gays at?

In any case, since I can't really comment on anything that happened, other than to say "Wes is an asshole" (safe assumption, right?), here are pictures representing Canada and Chicago.

P.S.  I love Canadians.  They're just like Americans, only a little bit better.

The Scoreboard:

Teams:
Cristin's Blue Iguanas: Katie/Eric; Johanna/Jesse; Tonya/Johnnie; Theo/Chanda; Shane/Linette
Dan's Green Monkeys: Coral/Evan; Melinda/Ryan; Tina/Kenny; Darrell/Aviv; Derrick/Diem

Dan's old total: 37

Dan's new total: 41

Just in case you were looking for a present for your favorite Tifaux editor, you can buy T-shirts designed by the project runway contestants here. Let's stay away from the one that proclaims "Winning isn't everything," though, shall we? (Sorry, stacey. Back to the unemployment line).

Made to accompany her Urban Outfitters application.

Also, *four* contestants don't have T-shirts available… what could that possibly mean? I'm just sayin'…