Takahashi is cat-like. I don't care what the scores are. He is the best.
Hey, I agree with you here, Nadine, re Daisuke. Alas, the judges don't! Wow, 5-point difference between Dai and Patrick. FS sure loves them some Patrick Chan over any and everybody else, no matter how PChid skates.
Machida's TES (43.88) and Miner's TES (41.68) were higher than Takahashi's (41.64).
I'm guessing that Daisuke probably received a < call somewhere? Plus that deduction for the fall, of course.