Sam was the winner of this week's challenge, taking home a $5,000 cash tip as well as $2,500 for her mother Leslie. After further deliberations, Jewels and Onya ended up in the bottom two of the rankings,

In this emotional and entertaining episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17, the top five queens faced one of the most heartwarming challenges of the season - transforming their own parents into drag performers.

That’s something that affects how I watched this episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Historically, both I and the general internet have been (rightly) hard on Drag Race’s serious streak. The “What would you say to little _____” segments feel overtly manipulative,