So, last night on DWTS results show, we had a Footloose revival, which I kinda enjoyed, and watched the Hough sibs dance, also enjoyable… Then it was mostly fast-forward to the evening’s conclusion. I do like to hear the on-floor comments the dancers are saying to one another during and just after their performances, so I pause for those…sometimes. Still think JR is being unfairly targeted, so was glad he was safe. Uber glad my favorite swashy-buckling pirate, Carson, was also safe. Not at all surprised that Chaz was safe. I think he has the strong underdog contingent behind him now. David made it through, as did Hope. Which left Rob , Nancy and Chynna on the chopping block. Honestly wasn’t sure from that group who was going home. I was kind of hoping that Chynna was just in there because of her flub the night before, for the sake of drah-ma…. but then Nancy was announced safe….and I didn’t really think Rob would go out…and I was right. In the end, it was Chynna. She accepted it gracefully, as you knew she would. I felt more sorry for Tony, once again being out of the running.

It’s funny, but normally I get frustrated when bad dancers continue onward while better dancers get cut, but for the first time, this season I don’t mind so much. I’m not finding myself emotionally connected to those better dancers who went home. Chynna was lovely, but kind of stiff. Kristin had the unfortunate unluck to get Mark as a partner, how danced all over her. So, for pure entertainment sake - and, let’s face it, this ain’t the Dance Olympics here, it’s ONLY about entertainment - I’m okay with not seeing them dance again. I enjoy Carson and look forward to his humor and zaniness, and love or hate Chaz, there is something endearing about how hard he’s trying. I don’t necessarily enjoy his actual dance as much as I find joy in watching him try. I sincerely doubt either he or Carson will win, so I’m fine with them getting to stick around a while longer.

I think with past bad dancers, they also had the misfortune to be people we really (really) didn’t like so much. (Hello Kate…Hello Wendy…Hello Tom.…Hello Bristol...) So we (okay, I) was more annoyed having to continue to watch them personally, regardless of talent, than it was about the dancing skills, or lack thereof. The only one I’m not real fond of watching this year is Nancy. A shame she has such an adorable instructor, but I just fast forward through all her stuff. Even she’s not as annoying as some of her controversial predecessors.

As for who I would like to see win? Hands down, JR. All the way around, the most deserving. I hope that’s how it all shakes out. Ha. Next week is 80’s week. I’m not sure how to feel about that, but probably, other than Carson, who will have a field day with it….not good. Also…can we puh-leeeeeze fire Brooke now? Pretty please? With Carson on top? I mean, this is a fun show, Brooke….so you ask Chynna “now that you froze on national television in front of millions of people, do you think you can get past it? Or will it haunt you for the rest of the season?” I mean…REALLY? Let’s just grind their faces in it. She’s truly awful. This isn’t Meet the Press, Brooke. You’re not back there to ask the hard-hitting questions and make the contestants squirm…. Lighten up.

In other news, whoever wrote last night’s episode of NCIS should be shot. Casting director, however, gets a gold star. Don’t get me wrong, I loved LOVED the storyline with Abby discovering her past isn’t what she thought it was. Loved them giving Gibbs a chance to be all fatherly with her. And whoever found the actor to play Kyle? Well done, you!! Wow! When he first looked up and we saw his face…..that was kind of freaky wild, wasn’t it? But whoever decided to write Tony DiNozzo as a complete idiot, you should be fired. We’ve seen bits and pieces of his emotional growth over the past few seasons, and this season certainly started off with a bang as far as that goes. It’s smart writing when you can take a character who relies on sophomoric humor to cover his weaknesses, and portray that out to the broad spectrum of behavior, and make it work. It’s good to finally see Tony mature and grow, while still maintaining a charming wit and playfulness. That’s challenging writing, but the best kind of powerful character development when you make it work. Then this week they wrote him like a total boob. It was so ridiculously over the top moronic, without even a speck of balance….I don’t know how that got by, or who thought it was a good idea. Talk about taking Jurassic steps backwards. Thankfully he had very little to do with the forward motion of the overall team story, so we can forget it ever happened. It’s episodes like this one that make me really, really want to write for television… Just sayin.

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