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Hot on the six-inch platform heels of last week’s stellar, two-hour premiere, the second episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 is noticeably abridged. For the last few seasons, Drag Race has stretched itself into 90-minute long episodes with a half-hour Untucked nightcap.
Now, Drag Race has been shaved back down to an hour, presumably to make room for next week’s premiere of The Real Friends of WeHo—a decision that upset loyal fans who treasure every moment with their favorite franchise. Pair that condensed runtime with 15 talented queens to show off, and the editors have a hell of a task on their hands.
Luckily, a compact episode doesn’t mean that watching these queens compete is anything less than heavenly. Literally! In this week’s maxi-challenge, the queens are divided into three groups to shoot infomercials advertising their vision of the afterlife. “What Heaven actually looks like is anybody’s guess,” Ru says, to a hilarious cut of Sugar nodding wisely, like the world’s twinkiest theology scholar.