The Speed Bumps have never been difficult - they've always been kind of "take a break and enjoy local culture" type things.

The Speed Bumps have never been difficult - they've always been kind of "take a break and enjoy local culture" type things.

This is true, but it seemed that this one was particularly easy. I mean, the pho task that the poker players had to do for their speed bump wound up being super easy, but a lot of that was because one of the players already knew how to make pho. If that hadn't been the case, that task could've taken longer. And at least it required them to navigate the city a little bit more than this task seemed to - and with steaming bowls of food to boot. I'm just saying, "find this bus and sit in it for five minutes" is not that tough.

Yeah, that task was literally just time-consuming.

SYTYCD thoughts:

I don't understand why Paso Doble needs a "story." It has a story! It's a bullfight! I mean, right?

Wasn't that NappyTab piece a weak retread of Mark and Chelsie's businessman dance?

Crap, there was something else I was going to say, but now I forget.

I want a Travis Walls routine reel! I just want to watch his stuff over and over and over again!

I kind of want to draw little hearts around Travis, too.

I like how Mary is into everyone, but really does care more about ballroom -- the ballroom routines and the ballroom people.

Oh, and I meant to say how I have always loved Ellenore.

Also, I wish the parents of most of these dancers knew how to spell. I mean, I wish they used conventional spelling.

I adore Ellenore. She's sassy and cute and really talented. Very game, too, for whatever she's asked to do.

Lots of good shirtlessness tonight. They're probably saving Ryan for when he really sucks. (like the next time he has to do hip hop)

OK, NappyTab are the only hip hop choreographers who these two could've been paired with. That said, Jesse nailed it when she said warmed over Marksie. And I'm sorry, but Mia Michaels owns that Imogen Heap song. Her S3 group routine for the top 6 to Hide and Seek just killed. Big no, no, NappyTab. Do not bite off of Mia. I thought both Jakob and the Fug Princess did well in that routine, although towards the end, they got a little too overexaggerated, a little cartoonish. Oh, and that wasn't hip hop, but it's NappyTab, so we knew that.

Kevin and Karen's broadway was just lacking. Everything needed to be bigger, broader, more played to reach the very last row in the rafters. The steps were mostly correct, although I see what the judges were saying about Kevin's shoulders, but they completely missed the performance quality. They needed to overexaggerate here (as opposed to the last couple) and really sell both the steps and the feel of the dance and they just didn't. And it was great, authentic, old school broadway choreo. I like this new guy quite a bit. He did Sweet Charity, but I didn't feel that it was warmed over Fosse. Much, much better than Tasty.

Russell getting Foxtrot again is some bullshit. They managed to pull it off with style and that lovely pirouette Russell busted out? Toma! I love that kid. Noelle was quite nice as well, some very lovely lines and great legs on that girl. They lacked a little in some of the closed hold, rise and fall could have been better, but overall, they were great. Then again, I thought Russell was great the first time he danced this with Melanie and he hit B3. So, who knows?