Episode Report Card Kim: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Tears and Heaven
By Kim | Season 14 | Episode 4 | Aired on 04.02.2012
Katherine and Mark got high scores last week for their jive. Her most memorable year was 1996, because that's the year she found out her father had lung cancer. She was only 15 and her father quickly slipped into a coma but she did get a chance to say goodbye before he died. They're dancing to a Josh Groban song that reminds her of her father. Is she going to just sob when she's supposed to be dancing? That's what I would do. She's probably better at pushing down her emotions in order to perform than I would be, though.
I mean, her waltz is beautiful. It's flawless. They look like two professionals out there. My only problem is that it's kind of boring. It's the same way I felt about Kristi Yamaguchi when she was on; she's so good that there's no edge or element of danger, because you know she's going to be perfect.
Carrie Ann is sobbing and Katherine is sobbing and they're talking about her dad and what are you going to do with that? Len thought it was beautiful and he yells at Mark for not doing enough of the routine in hold, which is totally Mark's fault. Bruno thought it was sensational. Scores: Carrie Ann 10, Len 9 and Bruno 10. Exactly.
Sherri's most memorable moment was when her son was delivered at 25 weeks. Wow, that's early. WOW. When I was pregnant with twins, I did a lot of Googling to find out what would happen if I delivered early and that's really early. Anyway, Sherri's son does not have cerebral palsy and isn't paralyzed, so she knows it could have been much worse. Sherri struggles in rehearsals and her son comes in to cheer her up. Will it help?
So Sherri's rumba is weird because I can't stop looking at her bizarre facial expression. She's looking up to Heaven with a pained look on her face for the first half. I think she thinks it's sexy but it's really not. And then Val must whisper something to her because suddenly she's smiling and changing up her face, but then it's back to "I have a splinter in my big toe." Aside from her face, her arms are very graceful, but I think she's a little too stiff through the midsection. It was just average for me.
Judges? Len loved Sherri's emotion and he compliments Val's choreography. Bruno thought it was deeply felt and well-expressed. Carrie Ann thinks Sherri is true to herself and she had great lines tonight. None of the judges really said a ton about how great her dancing was, because it wasn't that great. Scores: Carrie Ann 8, Len 8 and Bruno 8. Is that their baseline tonight? I guess she was about as good as Jack.