In this episode, the 26 finalists get to spend a day in the model house and participate in their first official photo shoot before ten of them get the axe. We start to suss out who gets on whose nerves, and who does or does not have a romantic partner at home. Tooch/smooch/hooch rhymesmith Don does have a girlfriend, though he doesn't particularly act like it. With all the beautiful models in the house, he says, he doesn't want things to get "misconscrewed." I bet.

Virgg, who is transgender, tells us that she's doing hormone replacement therapy, which basically crams all of puberty into a year. It's very physically difficult, and Virgg starts questioning whether she's strong enough to make it through a season of the show. In a really lovely display, everyone is completely kind and caring and supportive of her -- even the straight dudes, which she says comes as a surprise. They all want her to push through, and several cite her as competition or say that she deserves a spot at the top.

Tyra and Rob show up to give some advice to the girls and guys, respectively. Rob's focuses on telling the dudes to keep their bodies tight, while Tyra doles out dating tips. She's wearing a '60s beach bunny wig, which is her best hair look of the two-hour premiere. What is up with those other janky wigs? Up your game, Banks! There ARE still people watching this show, believe it or not.

And then we have Chris H. He wants to make friends and influence people, and decides that the best way to go about that would be to put on boxing gloves and go on a cock-punching spree. It turns out that dudes don't really like that. Phil finds it particularly objectionable, and Chris H. becomes even more ostracized than he was before the cock-punching began. We eventually learn that his difficult past with a neglectful mother has led him to behave in the socially awkward manner that cock punching would indicate, and Nina befriends him and gives him some solid advice about how to stop annoying the piss out of people. (Step 1: No more cock punching.)

The photo shoot for the week has the models projected onto a 50-foot building as they pose in leather outfits. Fans and passersby get to cast votes for them via text, which allows the models to accost strangers on the street as a vote-getting strategy. There is a little good and a little bad, and we learn that Jourdan -- despite being cast as one of the most conventionally attractive women there and a frontrunner -- has self-confidence issues resulting from her brief marriage. The true highlight of it all, though, comes when Clea and her lisp says, "Somebody significant." It's like a little nugget of gold.

There is drama between Jourdan and Jeremy, whereby he has kind of a crush on her, and she has a boyfriend, but also likes the attention he's giving her, but is also eventually a bitch to him. Cory does not have the patience for it, and neither should we. Oh, and Marvin calls home and cries as he tells his janitor dad how much he loves and appreciates him. Emotions!

The judges deliberate, and before the final decisions are announced Virgg asks to talk to Tyra. Just as we feared, she drops out. Tyra isn't mad about it, though, saying that Virgg has to take care of herself and her health. Let's hope that she comes back with more physical strength and a new name in a season to come.

Finally, we learn which sixteen models will be competing for a spread in Nylon, a contract with Next Models, and a $100,000 national campaign with Guess. Paul Marciano, Guess CEO, shows up to give them a nod and to be in the audience for a very special runway show to come in the next episode. The final sixteen are: Alexandra, food truck Mike, Renee, Cory, Jourdan, Don, Jiana, Christopher S., Chlea, virgin Jeremy, Nina, Phil, Bianca, cock-puncher Chris H., Kanani, and Marvin. Square-jawed plumber Delten cries, because he's sad to miss the opportunity to humiliate himself further in front of the masses. Old-looking Adam is also sad. There are no girls crying, I guess because footage of whoever didn't make it to the finals was cut completely from both hours of the premiere.

And then right before we go, the models learn that they'll be participating right then in a Guess fashion show. The twist? The runway starts at the top of a giant building, which they will have to walk down like Spiderman. If Cycle 20 is the season where someone finally plummets to his/her death, I will certainly give every episode an A+ grade!