Cat was appropriately awestruck for Debbie Reynolds. Legend. Ary.
Ryan & Ricky, contemporary. Or jazz. Whatever.: From the moment they started, I thought - "Well here are two people who, even if both WERE presumably attracted to the opposite gender, would never, never have sex." That was just GOOFY-looking. And the costume they put that girl in was raunchy, not the dance. Less spandex crotch shots, thank you.
Caitlynn & Mitchell, contemporary: Open-mouthed gaping does not equate to emoting. That is all.
Wadi & Missy, cha-cha: THAT didn't seem to come naturally. His steps were too small. She looked like she learned how to do this for a pageant.
Iveta & Nick, Bollywood: From the interstitial, I was hoping Nick would tell us "What people don't know about Iveta is that she did NOT lie about her age. She really is only thirty!" But nope, it was boring. Anyhoo. Maybe it's really hard for tall people to dance Bollywood, because it looked like it took Nick forever to finish every move. She was innocuous.
Robert & Miranda, hip hop: I did not get the teacher/student part of the routine, but the bird-iness was cute. Her movements looked a bit too elongated at times, but I think she gave great face. It was fun.
Clarice & Jess, contemporary: She was beautiful. He was tragic.
Jordan & Tadd, Viennese Waltz: I address the TV, before the dance begins: "Why are they making Tadd do the Viennese Waltz, which is always boring, when he is hot and I do not want him voted off???" OK, then the dance happened. She did pretty well. He looked like he could get a lot better at this - which sounds negative, but I mean he could get better quickly. Like within a few episodes. I am also willing to argue he was alluding to past ignorant dancer comments and meant to be funny when he said "Vietnamese Waltz", and didn't mean that really WAS his initial reaction.
COMMERCIAL SIDEBAR. The Huggies diaper jeans commercial makes me think of this. And also, wasn't that an SNL skit?
Melanie & Marko, jazz: It looks like it should have been faster. But I'm going to blame choreographer Mandy Moore for that because she often sucks, and I LURV these two dancers. I think Melanie may be this season's dancer for whom I have no objectivity. Because I'm also willing to argue that she knew exactly who Nigel was talking about when he said "the gods of Terpsichore", and part of her delayed knowing little nose twitch and giggle was because he meant to say "the goddess Terpsichore". (Thank you, Wikipedia. But you may believe I totally already knew that if you'd like.)
Alexander & Sasha, hip hop: I think Taboleon missed with this one - I would have liked a lot more eye contact. I didn't think this expressed joy or relief, just emotive stomping. This could have been incredible, and genuinely moving, as Part Two to their Katee & Joshua piece where she is upset he is going to war, but this was nowhere near as good. It relied on saying "Here's a moving story, so be moved!" instead of actually being... moving. And damnit, it made me think more of the choreographers than the dancers. Who were fine, I guess.
Chris & Ashley, Broadway: MOST IMPROVED! I really enjoyed that, and what a great routine to show off a hip-hop dancer. I also believed that yes, these two could possibly have sex. I wasn't expecting them to pull of my favorite routine of the night. 'cuz yup, it was.
Prediction for the bottom three couples: Ryan & Ricky, Caitlynn & Mitchell, Wadi & Missy, Iveta & Nick, Clarice & Jess... aw shit, that's too many already, huh?
OK. Bottom three. Caitlynn & Mitchell, Iveta & Nick, Clarice & Jess. (Because I have a feeling Ryan and Wadi might already have fanbases who could keep them in a bit longer.) They save Caitlynn & Mitchell, but it won't matter because they'll be gone before the top 10.
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