"Face Off" Recap: "Surprise of the Century"

Written by John Edward Betancourt

There are some shows so wonderful and so entertaining that time simply disappears when you're watching them. Every episode is celebrated, and every hiatus is painful as you wait for said show to return. One show that happens to fit that mold is Syfy's Face Off simply because you always want more of it and last night's episode made me reflect upon that point for one important reason.

Last night, as it turns out, just happened to be Face Off's 100th episode and man, that kind of momentous event for a series this special really made me stop and think about how many amazing episodes we have been privy to. We've seen incredible creation after incredible creation on this show as imaginations runs wild and for the grand 100th, "Surprise of the Century", this episode made sure to celebrate the wonder of special effects and our love affair with it in incredible fashion. 

For this go round, everyone was allowed to pick their own teams and their task this week was to take part in a special celebration. McKenzie as it turns out is an ordained minister and she would be conducting a group wedding of couples that would happen to be wearing custom makeup on their special day. The requirement this week was that the couples be in a undead makeup, with a lovely whimsical theme, giving it that taste of Tim Burton if you will.

Needless to say, many of the teams accomplished that. But only one person can come out on top and our winner this week was Jasmine and her work with Ben was absolutely spectacular. I guess the best way to describe this winning makeup was Tim Burton meets arts and crafts meets Legend and it was nuts to see wigs made of yarn and I fully agree with the judges this week on our winning team and individual winner. In stark contrast however, I was kind of shocked to see Meg in the bottom looks this week. She clearly has an eye for the craft and I'm not sure what went wrong with her makeup. 

In fact Meg and Nora's work left me worried about their safety this week since it seemed that despite the fact we were celebrating episode 100 and the love and wonder of marriage, that someone was going home and thankfully that didn't happen. Everyone got a free pass this go round in what was listed at the end of the episode as "to be continued" and thank heaven for that. It would have been a melancholy ending to such a wonderful show, so next week it's back to business and my congratulations to Face Off for one hundred magical episodes...dare I say here's to one hundred more?  Until next time.

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