I thought Pavliuchenko/Khodykin were overscored for that skate, but then, none of the other teams besides Sui/Han really knocked it out of the park, so... Don't get me wrong, P/K's choreography is interesting and difficult, but I didn't think it was particularly well executed. There were many points where it looked messy and unfinished, very much lacking mileage. Take the unique exit from the triple twist, for example. Great concept, so-so execution. She has no extension in the star position and looks like her legs are bent. It gives it a messy look. In fact, she has no stretch and bent legs all over this program.
What happened to Moore-Towers/Marinaro's triple toes? This has always been one of their most consistent elements. I'm wondering now if there's an injury we don't know about. The triple twist, which had gotten better, looked pretty terrible here, though not the worst in the field. Are they really that thrown by James/Radford? They shouldn't be.
James/Radford are coming along, but they really should have been at this point last season, not in the season of the Olympics. Still, they will probably get the second Olympic spot, as things are looking right now.
Sui/Han were the class of the field, though not at their absolute best. This isn't my favourite SP of theirs, but I think it has potential. Right now they look like they're thinking through it too much, rather than performing full out. They need to perform full out. It's what they do better than anyone in the field.
First was argument-"no, it's you toys are bad!", now "I'm not playing with you anymore!". Okey, kiddo, don't worry so much 
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