Project Runway
Butterfly Effect
TV Flash files “Butterfly Effect” as hour 164 of 303 in the TV Flash guide — Project Runway (2004–present) on Bravo/Lifetime, season 12, episode 12, aired 2013-10-03, 90 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S12E12: listed hour 164 of 303 in the Project Runway guide, hour 12 of 15 in season 12. It aired 2013-10-03 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “Next Generation...” (S12E11). Next is “Finale, Part 1” (S12E13).

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Designers are affected by the previous double elimination and now realize they can't play it safe if they want to go to fashion week. For the challenge, the designers are asked to take a risk and create an Avant Garde look. Emmy Rossum guest judges.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Butterfly Effect sit in the Project Runway guide?
S12E12 is listed hour 164 of 303 — hour 12 of 15 in season 12, season 12 episode 12.
When did Project Runway S12E12 air?
Butterfly Effect aired 2013-10-03 and is listed at 90 minutes.
Bravo or Lifetime — does the move matter?
It premiered on Bravo in 2004 and moved networks while remaining a franchise pillar. Timed challenges, Gunn, Heidi's verdict are the grammar.
In the series
Why this series still plays
One day you're in, the next you're out, and Tim Gunn is murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. Project Runway turned designer panic into elimination sport — timed challenges, fluorescent craft, Heidi's verdict, mentorship as the actual weekly drama.
One day you're in, the next you're out, and that is not a catchphrase so much as a crime-scene label on a workroom. Eli Holzman and Jonathan Murray's Project Runway premiered on Bravo in 2004, later Lifetime, remaining a franchise pillar: Heidi Klum as host/judge, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors. Aspiring designers, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, elimination sport. Gunn as mainstream mentor icon. Twenty-two seasons and counting in this pack, 303 episodes.…
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- Heidi Klum as Host/Judge
Heidi Klum hosted and judged Project Runway as the verdict in a fluorescent panic — one day you're in, the next you're out, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. Designer elimination sport, timed challenges, mentorship…
- Tim Gunn as Mentor
Tim Gunn mentored Project Runway as Mentor — one day you're in, the next you're out, make it work murmured like a secular blessing. Designer panic as elimination sport, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, a verdict in the workroom. TV…
- Nina Garcia as Judge
Nina Garcia sat Project Runway’s table like taste could end a week — 2000s designer panic as elimination sport, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, Heidi’s verdict, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. TV Flash files…
- Michael Kors as Judge
Michael Kors sat Project Runway’s judging table like a verdict in cashmere — 2000s designer panic as elimination sport, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, Heidi’s gavel, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. TV Flash…