I've loved contemporaries in teh past, but it tends to be very hit or miss for me. And I didn't love Mia's tonight. I felt bad (and i LOOOOOOVE mia) but it didn't do much for me.

I think it's the tendency to point his toes at the end of every movement, even if it's supposed to be flat footed

Yes--there was a contemporary where he was doing the flat-foot thing, and I could practically FEEL him doing it

And. HAMMER DANCE!

The only dances I didn't really like were the hip hop (which was largely because of Danny, bless him) and the contemporary, because I didn't think they danced enough. I thought the rhumba (lack of rhumba notwithstanding) the latin jazz and the argentine tango were all very hot, and apparently I am willing to give a pass for hotness.

Pasha and Sabra are totally my favorites this week! I thought Pasha did surprsingly well at Broadway, and Sabra picked up the quickstep well too. Also, they sure love putting Dominic in those pants, don't they? I bet he never knew he had a flowy pants-wearer in him.

I loved watching Pasha and Sabra this week, and I'm always amazed by Danny. The judges hit upon what I've been mumbling to my DH on the couch every week -- he disobeys the laws of physics when he just steps in/out of those spins like there's no momentum/gravity push/pulling at him. It's unworldly.

Did anyone else feel like they were being manipulated by the whole build up to Mia's dance? While I realize that this was especially personal for her, I still felt like the narration that this was about her and her Dad and his death, etc., translated to "Dare you to criticize it and/or Lacey and Neil because then you'll be dissing my dead Daddy!"

I'm a cold hearted beeyoch, I know. Still. Anyone else?

TC: Ted's blog

Did anyone else feel like they were being manipulated by the whole build up to Mia's dance?

Oh, definitely. I still liked it though. Even better on the second watch. But then, I am a huge sap. Honestly, one of the problems with contemporary is that too often they have to explain the dance before it's actually done. A good dance should stand alone on it's own merit. I would have liked the dance better if I hadn't known what Mia intended.

Rocco - before and after - plus according to Ted's blog he's lost about 30 lbs.

Yeah, he looked good last night. I remember thinking, I don't remember his being kinda hot, but maybe it was just because he's so annoying.

He looked good except that his face looked unnaturally smooth.

Top Chef: Loved it!

(That was on TC first season, right? I can't remember.)

Yup, they definitely did the taste test thing; I was just wishing they would do it again. But that time it was blindfolded, with a bunch of Japanese ingredients that I would have recognized! Hmph. Someone has failed to recognize my culinary brilliance.

I can't believe Hung picked up on the key info and failed to be assertive enough to make it happen. For all his arrogance, he turned out to be a total pushover.

I can't believe nobody else (except the winners) picked up on it at all. C'mon, people, you really think a frozen ziploc (err, excuse me, Glad) baggie with a solid chunk of ice in there is going to heat up okay in ten minutes?

Anyway, I'm glad for the winners. They rocked it, worked together, and totally deserved it. Also, I would completely buy their product. It looked yum.

I thought that both the top two teams did well.

Oh, Hung clearly should have picked up a knife block and warmed up Joey by hitting him in the head with it. Perhaps he would have paid attention then. But stopping Joey was like stopping a runaway train -- once that momentum got going - there was nothing you could do.

How wasHowie resolutely NOT!Communicating with Sarah Not passive-aggressive?