Episode Report Card Kim: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Literally On Fire
By Kim | Season 7 | Episode 13 | Aired on 10.28.2008
The Pussycat Dolls are "performing" now. I don't really understand this group. Weren't they a group of strippers...I mean, burlesque performers? How did I miss the part where they became singers as well? And isn't Robin Antin in charge of them? Because I don't like her or her stupid brother. But then Missy Elliot comes out, and I kind of love her. I loved her chubby and I love her skinny and with her Doritos and everything. She's on stage for far too short of a time. And then they put a weird effect on the singer's voice and it sounds stupid. Like she's in an echo chamber but also in outer space. Luckily, the song is then over. BOOO-RRRING!
Samantha interviews Cody and Edyta backstage. Cody is happy to be with Edyta, and I'm surprised that he's taller than she is. I thought Edyta was super tall. Cody gives an update that Julianne got through her surgery, and is resting at home. Lance and Lacey get interviewed next. They're on top of the leaderboard right now, and are happy that their hard work paid off. Samantha introduces a concept for next week; there's going to be some sort of team dance? I don't even know what that means. Sounds dumb, though. The formula works, people! Don't mess with it!
Tom jokes that he just got an update on Julianne's condition, and she's just completed the bicycling portion of the Ironman triathlon. Seriously. She's going to try to come back next week? She's brave. And possibly foolish. Anyway, it's time to find out one more couple that will definitely be continuing to the next round is...Warren and Kym.
And now, Michael Flatley is going to literally LITERALLY set the floor on fire with his dance tribute to Al Capone. I swear I'm not making that up. He starts out dancing behind a red scrim so that you can only see his shadow. I didn't know Al Capone was such a fine tap dancer. Wouldn't it have been funny if Geraldo had found tap shoes in that vault? Then police sirens go off and suddenly Michael Flatley is on a small raised platform in the middle of the floor. And it's smoking! I hope it doesn't LITERALLY start on fire! This is really reminding me of the demon in "Once More With Feeling." And after he taps around for awhile, flames start coming out of the front of the platform, and then he leaps off and it starts on fire. LITERALLY. Wow, that was underwhelming. I like it better when they have a million people all tapping together.
Now they show a clip package about the mental strain of competing featuring a sports psychologist, a Marine, and an Olympic coach. The stars need to focus on their strengths, and whatever the objective is. Brooke is a mom, and her kids could be a distraction unless she learns to juggle her home life with her work. Cody needs to learn focus in rehearsal. Maurice has proved that he has focus. They are also under pressure. Susan is a perfectionist, which breeds pressure, and she needs to perform. Warren is very tough, because he turns pressure into pleasure and joy. They also need confidence. Lance needs more self-confidence. Cloris has too much confidence (my opinion). The show will only get tougher each week, with two dances and the judges getting pickier.