Hey, folks! Been a while! But since we only post our thoughts on Bravo's on the day a new one's coming out, this review is anything but fresh. Hopefully it'll help you recall what's going on on the show and help to re-establish the narrative.

So, no reason to bury the lead here: Mia went home. Mia--the spunky, outspoken firecracker who made a bunch of good-looking comfort food with ridiculous names ("Mamma Mia's this, Mamma Mia's that"), really sort of went nutso in this episode.

In fact, this episode was very uncomfortable for to watch a few reasons. Train wreckish. Made for ok TV, but still. Some less-than-careful bleeping by TC's production team ensured that the audience got a pretty clear earful when Mia told Cliff to "stop swinging his dick around," for instance. And she played the "I used to sell crack/live on the streets/work in a coalmine/whatever" card quite a bit.

Which is her right. Still, we can't claim we enjoyed her meltdown and self-removal from the show, even if it did allow Elia, our fave, to remain when she likely would've been given the boot.

Another thing that made this uncomfortable was the overt product shilling for Bailey's Irish Cream, which was instrumental to the Quickfire (immunity) Challenge.

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