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Better late than never! Or is it? In this episode we discuss the fine red, white & blue performances from Scimeca & Knierim, Leng & Shnapir, Castelli & Tran, Denney & Frazier, Kayne & O’Shea, Chock & Bates, Hawayek & Baker, Hubbell & Donohue, the Shibutanis, Ashley Wagner, Gracie Gold, Mirai Nagasu, Polina Edmunds, Karen Chen, Jason Brown, Adam Rippon, Joshua Farris, Max Aaron, Jeremy Abbott, Richard Dornbush, Ross Miner, and Keegan Messing, who’s Canadian now, somehow.

Then we set sail for beautiful Stockholm to discuss the 2015 European Figure Skating Championships and Florent Amodio, Michal Březina, Maxim Kovtun, Javier Fernández, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Elena Radionova, Anna Pogorilaya, Elene Gedevanishvili, Joshi Helgesson, Viktoria Helgesson, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Maé-Bérénice Méité, Kavaguti & Smirnov, Stolbova & Klimov, Papadakis & Cizeron, Cappellini & Lanotte, and Stepanova & Bukin.

And, the Skating and Gymnastics “Spectacular!” or “Everything with SKAT in the title.”

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Gracie Gold withdraws, so NBC delays airing the event for a week because who wants to watch if Gracie’s not there? Here’s who did show up:

Pairs

Duhamel & Radford get their 30 seconds of fame. Stolbova & Klimov and Sui & Han compete, but we didn’t see it.

Dance

Weaver & Poje, Chock & Bates, and Papadakis & Cizeron medal. The Shibutanis don’t.

Men

Maxim Kovtun spins a web. The Phantom menace captures Takahito Mura and Yuzuru Hanyu. Sergei Voronov suits up. Tatsuki Machida makes a surprise announcement. Javier Fernández gets nervous.

Women

Gracie Gold makes a withdrawal. Ashley Wagner comes out of the batter’s box. Yulia Lipnitskaya should be Coming to America. Anna Pogorilaya jumps. Elena Radionova skates her (possible) age. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva fails to anger us.

The Scandals

We discuss a bunch of stuff we don’t really know anything about. Carolina Kostner’s boyfriend walks a little too well. Javier and Miki Ando work on their posture. And are Terry, Tara, and Johnny even going to these competitions?

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Our 50th episode, in which we chat about the 2014 Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup, Trophée Éric Bompard, and NHK Trophy.

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Frank Carroll fears only one person.

For part 2 of our Winter Olympics coverage, the Ice Queens felt such a kinship with our Sochi-bound skaters that they flew to Arizona, spent the day poolside enjoying the 75° weather, had a few glasses of wine, and then got to work. Just like all the athletes did.

Liz and Tori recorded this one live in not one, but two different locations, so please excuse any background you may notice. Now, onto the Olympians.

Dance

Virtue & Moir got underscored. Davis & White gave us headaches. Ilinykh & Katsalapov deserved it. Bobrova & Soloviev counted the days. Péchalat & Bourzat also got underscored. Chock & Bates were also underscored. The Shibutanis sold it.

Ladies

Adelina Sotnikova Flattlined. Yulia Lipnitskaya got pressured. Polina Edmunds had a nice debut. Ashley Wagner used both feet. Gracie Gold “warmed” it up. Mao Asada came back. Yuna Kim arrived. Carolina Kostner cleaned it up.

And Evgeni Plushenko just won’t go away.

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