Season 7 has infamously been considered one of the worst seasons — and a rewatch didn’t particularly change that. But it was also probably the most important season, as it changed the way the fanbase interacts with the queens, and who they prefer. If you want to understand modern Drag Race, you need to understand Season 7. Consider these recaps an autopsy of a season that proved to be just as disappointing as we remembered. It’s a dissection of why this promising installment went so wrong.