I watched the premiere, and now I'm watching it again-love it. Can't wait to see more.
Some of his top competitors make brief appearances, being interviewed etc. Others appear briefly too including Sasha, Brian Orser, Kurt Browning, Scott Hamilton, Brian Boitano. Oksana is there too, she says Johnny is her 'favorite' and her 'best friend'. Very cute moment when she and Weir are posing and Baiul tells him to lift her up. Johnny is quite strong-Oksana is not a waifish, tiny little thing anymore. Johnny was inspired to skate because of Oksana.
Weir has a bubble bath moment with his 'best friend' whom he rooms with. With same 'best friend' Paris he bounces on top of him on a bed (Johnny's back is to him but he's on top). He takes on Mark Lund who made comments for Weir being himself-but refusing to come out Lund's way. Johnny does it Johnny's way-which is how it should be. He says whom he's in the bedroom with, or whether he 'dates Sienna Miller or Orlando Bloom', is a 'private' matter. The show ends with a Johnny rap as the credits roll but I can't tell who the performer is-it sounds very Eminemesque.
They showed Johnny in his briefs getting a tan, modeling on the runway, they don't show entire skating performances but you see enough to get the gist of his skating-and that of his competitors like Lysacek and Joubert. BTW the shots of Johnny and Evan when they were skating as little boys are SO cute-just doll babies both of them. Now for some they're hunks in different ways, for different people.
One of the most adorable scenes is Johnny going back to Cowtown, USA (I grew up there too) his hometown in Pennsylvania. Johnny goes back to his elementary school. The Principal and Weir's first grade teacher both say nice things about Johnny. His dad and aunt are there to give him moral support I suppose-but he doesn't need it. When he steps into his old school's auditorium the children give him a huge cheer-and ask him the cutest, sweetest most innocent questions in the world as any child would do. In answer to a few questions from the munchkins he says he started skating at 12 'not much older than you', 'no I'm not a millionaire-yet', 'no I'm not as famous as say-Britney Spears' which gets a laugh from the children. Nice shot of Joubert at one of the competitions backstage with no shirt on.
Priscilla was very gracious to appear for this-since Johnny left her for Galina. They don't show the actual breakup but you see the tension and that it's coming-and in the aftermath Hill says she understands but that it still 'hurts' and hopes she and Johnny can still have a relationship in years to come.
Galina seems no-nonsense and you see Petrenko also coaching Johnny. Johnny says he needs a coach not a friend.
I wish I could record this and upload this for Johnny's Angels who can't see it yet-but sadly I don't have the equipment. I'm sure it will be up on youtube in no time.
I'm going from memory here so I am sorry if I got any Johnny quotes wrong!
I hope these tidbits help a little for his fans who can't see his series yet.
