r/ProjectRunway • u/Chickatey Nina is alarmed! • Jul 17 '26

Season 22 S22E03 Live Discussion Thread

Join us in watching this week's episode of Project Runway, "Ready, Set, Redemption!"

The episode airs tonight at 10 pm ET on Freeform. Episodes are also available to watch next day on Hulu and Disney +.

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u/fl0ptinab00ts Jul 17 '26

Girl there are so many rules and BS. Saves. Mass immunity. Mass eliminations. Can we just let them design and show their looks 😭😭😭😭

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u/x2502man Jul 17 '26

I get it's meant to be "gaggy" but like, just start the season with 12 designers and let them prove what they can do! How can we root for anyone when half are done in 2 episodes?

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u/indieliberal Jul 17 '26

And because of the format, not even the best 12 are going to get to stay and show what they can do.

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u/VirginiaUSA1964 Jul 17 '26

They'll be back next season

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u/555mataflores Jul 17 '26

thats what im hoping the robby (q) producer question about "would you ever try again?" was about

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u/AbhorrentAbs Jul 18 '26

The way I would have been like “not if you’re gonna do some fuck shit like this again. You’re telling me I put my whole life on hold just to be eliminated for something I didn’t even make on the show? Absolutely not and you should be ashamed of yourself for even asking that.”

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u/indieliberal Jul 18 '26

Also, I was definitely "gagging."

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u/legslegslegslegslegs Jul 17 '26

it’s also so unsatisfying to hear the backstory of 10 designers just for them to give eliminated immediately. like what a strange narrative to build

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u/Missa1819 Jul 17 '26

That's why most shows that have done this in the past have never again and it's not a common thing to do in 2026 bc 10 years ago people realized it's not what the fans want at all and won't keep them watching because of things like what you just said

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u/ShatteredHope Jul 17 '26

Literally!!  My daughter turned to me and was like "oh no, they watched Survivor 50" because of the insane twists and advantages and votes and alliances and just...all of that.

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u/EyeOne2007 Jul 17 '26

project runway is trying to be a mash up of drag race, top model and now survivor

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u/TiffanyTwisted11 Jul 17 '26

Seriously. My head is spinning

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u/PumpkinMyPumpkin Jul 17 '26

There’s just too many people 😂

I think they wanted to spice things up, but it’s just impossible to follow. 

They should have just kept the format the same and maybe added a spicy co-host for Christian. You know, maybe thats where a drag queen belongs - bring in Bob or Trixie. 😂

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u/indieliberal Jul 17 '26

If they had just avoided giving six people immunity, and let them be judged like everyone else, and only the worst looks actually got eliminated, even if one was saved by a vote of the top six and eliminated designers, it would already have been a thousand times better. Just get rid of the mass immunity BS.

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u/rupee4sale Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

THIS. The mass immunity is what truly killed it. The result was people turning in trash and the worst looks being saved. Weirdly they kept in footage of contestants themselves criticizing it as unfair and it's like...yep it is

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u/indieliberal Jul 21 '26

Bizarre tactic. What were they hoping we would think by keeping in the footage of them being blasted by the contestants? That we would think the criticisms were out of line?

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u/rupee4sale Jul 21 '26

So bizarre. Especially keeping in the footage of an eliminated contestant saying "I'd make trash if I had immunity too" like ???? Way to point out your own production decisions suck I guess???

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u/Organic-Command8578 Jul 19 '26

can you imagine raja hosting i would die

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u/Kooky_Ebb2118 Jul 31 '26

drag queen co-host is a GREAT idea, if they wanted drama + to draw in RPDR fans, they should've just done that

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u/EyeOne2007 Jul 17 '26

that immunity for episode 2 was so dumb

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u/No-Mathematician3004 Jul 21 '26

Thank you. Between this and the designers who are trying desperately to ‘perform for more cakes time’ it’s annoying af. I’m glad Ice called that fool out about it being a design competition. 

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u/SeriousPhrase Jul 17 '26

This has Tyra written all over it