TIMESTAMPS: 2:14 - Jonathan being right next to Eteri and Diana! + Vegas gambling 3:44 - Dave seeing Eteri 4:48 - Dave seeing Danii G LADIES: 5:10 - Overall impressions + Vegas as a location + seeing O 10:28 - Intro + Karen Chen 15:33 - Yi Christy Leung + bad music (Hubbell & Donohue, Mako Yamashita) 16:23 - Amber Glenn ft. Kaori Sakamoto & Tonya Harding 21:55 - Wakaba Higuchi 23:09 - Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 29:19 - Kaori Sakamoto ft. Bradie Tennell 32:15 - JPN vs RUS 33:05 - Eteri’s girls: 3A vs. Zagitova + Russian ladies field 34:26 - Anna Shcherbakova 42:17 - Eunsoo Lim 47:22 - GPF prospects ft. Bradie Tennell 49:16 - Bradie Tennell ICE DANCE: 52:26 - Madison Hubbell & Zachary Donohue 1:01:54 - Alexandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin 1:04:07 - Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Sorensen 1:05:23 - Olivia Smart & Adrian Diaz 1:07:23 - Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko ft. other US dance teams 1:09:21 - Caroline Green & Michael Parsons PAIRS: 1:09:50 - Pairs intro 1:10:20 - Peng Cheng & Jin Yang 1:10:41 - Ashely Cain-Gribble & Tim Leduc ft. the Knierims & other US pairs 1:17:17 - Jessica Calalang & Brian Johnson 1:18:02 - Daria Pavliuchenko & Denis Khodykin 1:20:05 - back to Peng Cheng & Jin Yang TANGENTS: 1:21:37 - Dave’s anecdote about Mike and his snacking habits 😂 1:23:15 - Gambling! Casino! 1:25:16 - the new Meryl Streep movie MENS: 1:26:00 - Men’s overview + Dmitri Aliev 1:28:26 - being on a group text with Jonathan + Nathan Chen 1:32:50 - Jason Brown 1:38:28 - Tracy Wilson’s “look” ft. Junhwan Cha, Jason Brown, Yuzuru Hangu 1:40:12 - Dave getting dished with Robin Wagner & Nikolai Morozov tea ft. Junhwan Cha, Brian Orser 1:42:37 - Michal Brezina 1:43:14 - Rafael Artyunyan: who’s he spending his time on? + his man-spreading 1:44:34 - Keegan Messing 1:46:52 - Alexei Krasnozhon 1:47:40 - Kazuki Tomono 1:48:25 - Nathan Chen’s FP footwork 1:49:09 - back to Kazuki ft. Eunsoo and their need for a Russian coach banging guards on the barrier 1:51:06 - Boyang Jin ft. Yi Christy Leung SKATE CANADA PREVIEW: 1:52:29 - Skate Canada overview 1:52:46 - SC Mens field 1:53:07 - SC Ladies field 1:53:33 - SC Pairs field 1:54:01 - SC Dance field MOMENT OF THE WEEK & CLOSING: 1:56:14 - Jonathan’s MoM 1:56:50 - Dave’s MoM (I 100% heard you yell for Shcherbakova on the ISU livestream!!) 1:57:10 - Closing remarks

Eteri caught me checking her out while Anna was in warmups during short program. She gave me a sultry look and winked at me and I freaked out and looked away real quick. She just exudes confidence. I now have a crush!

Anna is seriously the most adorable little thing I’ve ever seen, I love her so much!

I'm only 4:48 into the video and already dying of laughter at Eteri showing humanity by petting a dog.

Living for the Eteri comments. "The face didn't really move, but she was resembling joy."

My moment of the week was of course Shcherbakova. Those 4Lzs! Dang! I was so nervous before her skate I had to pour up a glass of wine - and it was 7 in the morning! I was so happy for Anna, and impressed by her excellent English! That interview was the cutest thing.

My moment of the week was that beautiful save from Stepanova when she picked up her OWN DAMN COSTUME off the ice and stealthily tucked it away like nothing. Oh and the two quad lutzes obviously

As soon as Anna left the ice, Etery gave her a hug and said "You're my champion" ( Russians did the lip reading)

I saw Eteri by the pool with Diana and I had to do a double take. Her face barely moved, but she looked fabulous. I saw Jonathan at breakfast, but was too afraid to say anything, but he looked great too!

The difference between you and other people who talk about FS ((first you don't block me in socials (Fran) because i don't agree with everything you say... you accept any opinion)) is that you give your opinion in such a honest way but at the same time without "hate or resentment" "without bad blood" to any skater, you say when you don't like something or when someone is not so good but you are also realistic and recognize when someone does things right or recognizes the "quad girls", how awesome and hardworking they are.... And it's a pleasure to hear you, I don't agree with you in somethings but it's always very interesting to hear your opinion.... by far the best show-review about FS

It's hilarious how you guys and some people dislike Eteri and her "methods", and yet you can't stop talking about her. That's how important, and valuable she is! 🥰 #respect

For me StepBukins deserve a big kudos. Their coach said in the media post even that due to Sasha's back injury they've been training properly pre event only about 3 weeks and program's have been done really last minute (I think it applies especially to the FD. I've got the impression that they've been skating it really carefully) and their coaching team wanted them to WD from SA but they wanted to go there and perform.

Why would you think that Anna Shcherbakova is coerced or intimidated into performing at such level and lacks any personal ambition except to please her coaches?! It’s so far from the truth. She is smart and well-bred and educated))

Both Anna's parents were with her in Skate America. Unlike many of the other Russian ladies (ie Alina), Anna's family is very well off for Russian standards and educated, they don't need to rely on her financially if she is successful. They're physics professors/programmers. Anna said in an interview that her parents tried to convince her to quit skating and focus on her studies, but she refused because she loves the sport. Very different situations than Alina, Yulia, etc.

I’m glad you guys also felt that Anna’s quads and skating are impressive and exciting irl

First time I saw Anna Shcherbakova skate was this competition. I thought ‘oh dear another Russian jumping bean’. But I like her! Her FS was nice and she smiled through the whole program. And her English is good and so endearing. Rare to see the Russian girls interview in English. I know she is fragile and deals with nerves but I hope she can prepare herself for the brutality of this season because it will be rough!🙏🏾😘

I had an elevator moment with Eteri that although nothing happened and we chuckled briefly about elevator antics, I needed to sit down after it.

Screamed when I got the notification

I think Eteri hypnotises them when they bum their short, so that's how they never fail to deliver in their free skate.

I saw you screaming behind Anna. The excitement was real

38:57 Anna’s mom and dad were both there to support her in Las Vegas

Moment of the week was Kaori’s short programme - absolutely loved everything about it. I also loved her free, I hope she can skate it clean at some point.

Anna's parents were at Vegas with her so they will fly back to Moscow together.

The Jonathan on group text story is gold. 😂

Here is my must see TV! Thanks for all of your hard work TSL. You're the best.

The first part of this had me in tears laughing.

HD could have a whole smash program and she can keep the Marilyn character if she wants to. NO ONE ASKED for my heart belongs to daddy.

I saw David on the isu streaming of skate America and I swear I screamed and then I saw him react to Anna’s 4lz+3t and his face said it all 🤩

Omg thank you for talking about Misha, I'm sorry but he rubs me the wrong way with that coach- choreographer thing on social media. It's like he tried to take all the coach's credit. P.s sorry I sound petty.

Who the hell doesn't like a classic layback and spiral? Those are the trademarks of beautiful skating

“My heart belongs to daddy” is so cringy. It was killing me..

"she looks like she's lived" "she looked ticked the entire time ... especially when the scores came up... "

Sorry but y'all are WAY off with your comments on Daniil and Eteri - they were comforting Anna after her sp. It's not in Russian nature to smile when we are not happy and of course they were upset for her so did not pretend to be happy and fake. If you can't speak Russian, don't assume what they're saying because it's way off most of the time bc of facial expressions lol.

I have been waiting for this!!!! Thank you guys for your hard work.

I’ve been waiting for this! So excited for your thoughts on Hubbell/Donohue and Stepanova/Bukin!

Thank you, guys, for making my day. You really brought your Vegas experience to life here, I could feel it.

Without being in the camp, Anna seems to be the favourite. No issues with that as she's my favourite as well. She's been with Eteri the longest and she seems to be the closest to Eteri. Anna all seems to be the most level headed of Eteri's girls, she always gives very eloquent answers in her interviews and doesn't seem overly emotional like Alina and Alena when she has bad skaters, probably a quality that is important to Eteri. Daniil shows a clear preference for Anna, imo. That makes sense as well because as a choreographer, you would love to work with someone with a musicality and understanding of movements and nuances that highlight the music. It's a choreographer's dream. It's also why she gets all the classical programs; you need amazing musicality for that style. Also a big part of Eteri being at Skate America is because her daughter trains there, I'd assume. It was a good chance to visit her, and she did per her instagram.

I’ve been waiting for this episode, thank you for posting

Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin made GP final last year. Also Daria trained as a single skater with Tutberidze and is Kostornaya's friend.

Timestamps in progress!

I so so agree about H/B! I am still waiting to be wowed like I was 2 years ago by their programs. And it’s too bad, because they are amazing, but their choices fall flat. Marylin, come on.

I don't see quads being added to the SP for ladies because no one will vote yes except Russia because the other countries know it would disadvantage their skaters

Anna's family is fine and when she had trauma her parents were planning to quit figure skating, but she has insisted on staying, so what you are telling here about her family is a very bad gossip.

36:20 Eteri was actually looking at both Anna and Daniil in the Kiss'n'Cry, and saying something like "oh, that's ok" when Anna was getting upset. And she also said something like "you're my hero" right after the FS. Idk why people are so biased against her

Those comments about Eteri.. LMAO I’M DYING 😂

Also question.... How on earth did Bradie's stylists manage to find not one, but TWO (2) costumes that make her look frumpy AND childlike AND matronly all at the same time? Why can't they get her to look her age? Or good. Just good. Why can't they get her costumes that make her look good.

It is interesting that Liza almost took your advice and actually changed her entrance for the triple axel

My friend and I were behind you during the men’s events! Your Tracy comments were so funny

outside the US, I don't think Bradie would have finished ahead of Elizaveta.

Moment of the week: Kaori's choreo sequence.

It’s sad to see Eunsoo struggling this season with her physical change 😔 I think she did train with Haein Lee in Korea but it seemed more like Haein getting positive influence from Eunsoo’s artistry rather than Eunsoo getting affected by Haein’s jump consistency. By the way, Eunsoo’s last name is prounced as “Im/Yim” in Korean rather than “Lim” so the way they said her name in Gala was also correct. Shcherbakova’s quads were huge and whether her techniques were good or not, I was amazed at that tiny girl. But I could not stop thinking that I, myself a big girl, could easily snap her bones by simply just bumping into her 😂 Anyways, she was a lovely skater who deserved to win the competition. I did enjoy Bradie’s programs except her stiff poses in the middle of SP. Though I do think she deserved the 2nd or 3rd in this competition, I also think she had home advantage as well. Not sure if she can get such huge scores in Skate Canada. I feel like Young You might be able to beat Bradie only if Young performs clean and Bradie makes a few mistakes. I agree that it will probably be Bradie and Evgenia fighting for the bronze. Gorgeous 3As from Tuktamesheva as always, Higuchi’s stunning SP.. Kaori’s “I am gonna slash your necks” move.. It was just... wow.. what a competition! Oh and I love Nathan Chen’s FS so much!! Watching Keegan Messing SP performance almost made me cry.

quads should be allowed in the short! its unfair to not allow them.

I felt withdrawal symptoms without your video 🤣. All is good now. EDIT: Omg Dave, you an I are in synch re: Bradie's dress. I was thinking a deeper red woul look better (maybe a gradient from dark to light) and a better waist line. I think the design idea is good, but can be improved.

I was in the section right next to you guys!!! I saw the both of you a couple of times afterwards but I was too nervous to say hi lol. Anna really was something else in person. This was the first event I ever attended and I feel so lucky I got to witness her live. It really is so different from seeing it on TV. I found myself really enjoying skaters I was never really invested in.

The problem with Tuktamysheva was that she lost lots from the tech score which is usually her strength. She lost loads of levels and other than the 3As none of the jumps were great - even the 3Lzs which shocked me

I actually couldn’t disagree more about the Stepanova/Bukin FD. I thought the musical selections fit together seamlessly. That was the most impressive part about the program to me. Yes, their skating is slower and more labored than H/D.

Honestly, when are all these lies about Eteri are going to stop? You said that you enjoyed Anna’s skate so why not just praise her? Why are you making up negative stuff? Eteri always said she loves dogs and that’s why she allows girls to bring their dogs to the skating rink. I heard that she herself is a dog owner. She was not nasty to Anna after short, obviously all three of them got upset and why wouldn’t they? After FP, Eteri hugged Anna for ages and said to her “You are my hero”. Why do you think that Eteri uses physiological abuse to make these girls win? These girls have parents and they come to trainings. Don’t you think that Anna wanted to win for herself? Just because she worked hard for years and dreams of Olympics? You would have Eteri at fault even either way. If she lost, you would have said that Eteri’s technique does not last and she broke under pressure and psychological abuse. When she won, you said that Eteri scared and pressurised her. This is getting beyond ridiculous now.

yes! haha i've been refreshing all day

I wouldn't count Medvedeva down just yet, especially before she even skated her very first Grand Prix assignment. I mean I know she did have a huge meltdown in China (after she had been sick with a flu and missed two weeks of practice). But if my memory serves me correctly she did all right for herself at Autumn Classic, and if I am not mistaken her point total for that event would have put her above Bradie at Skate America. Plus she has much more to loose than Bradie does really. She like Elizaveta probably knows at this point that she is not going to make the world team this season because quite frankly it is pretty much impossible to beat the new girls from Eteri camp this year. It's going to be them and everybody else it seems. All I am saying that if she realizes that the Grand Prix final is going to be her last chance at an international competition this year she will want to make sure that she goes.

I saw Jonathan in the Orleans gift shop but alas! Again too nervous to say hi. Vegas brought out a more fun exciting side to the competition and I thought it was a great event! Met many of my favorite skaters.

"But I did see Eteri on the night after the event because the Uber pickup line was where the exit for the athletes were and Eteri was a bigger star than Shcherbakova. I mean I don't think Shcherbakova was outside for too long, but the Russian crowd was there to see Eteri - she was the Madonna of the event. I think there are people who say, "why do people talk about her so much?" Because she's the fascinating personality, the the girls are pawns and she's everything. She is freshly botoxed, lips freshly done. She looked great. The face didn't really move but she was resembling joy, I think, after the event she looked relieved. She was in a glittery cross like the good Cathloic girl she is I know good Russian Orthodox Catholic girl and someone had a dog there and she was like petting the dog to show humanity, it was like a golden retriever. It was very performative, she was like looking at us as she pet the dog, it was amazing" I'M LAUGHING SO HARD, EVERYTHING IS SO QUOTABLE HAHAHAHAHA

Just got home from Las Vegas last night. It was very nice to meet Jonathan( in the gift store) after the competition . I was in the 3rd row. The group of people sitting in my area were Skating Lesson fans and we were having fun guessing the scores ect..Met quite a few skaters. Jason gave me a big hug, he really is very sweet. My personal moment was Nina Mozer sitting at the slot machine right next to the one I was playing..I guess she was lucky for me because I won a $300 Jackpot..All in all it was a really fun 5 days.

Thanks, i will watch it after work ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I'm sorry but for some reason I'm not feeling Jason's schindler program... it just doesn't do anything for me. I'm supposed to want to weep at the end of it (like I did with Yulia Lipnitskaya at the sochi olympics) but all I felt was: meh.

The closed captioning which is automated says “Crimea River” and that is a moooood.

I feel like you hadn't mentioned Michael Shanley in weeks and I was worried. I'm a creature of habit. I'm glad he's well and attended the event.

4A - Alina, Alexandra, Alena & Anna. Pick one whom you would sacrifice and rule out from Russian National Team for the World Championship if it was your choice.

You guys are so much fun, thank you! I'm going to share my least favorite/sad moment of the week: Konstantinova's free skate. I think Konstantinova is one of the most beautiful skaters, and I've been wanting her to succeed since her early junior years, so it's so sad that things seem to keep getting worse. It seemed like here the music made it look even worse than it was. Moulin Rouge is very dramatic, which can turn a great skate into an awesome skate. Conversely, it can turn a bad skate into an awful skate. Here, halfway through the skate this program about Moulin Rouge turned into a program about how poorly she was skating. This is going to sound meaner than I mean it, but perhaps skaters who are prone to inconsistency should stay away from overly dramatic music to avoid this situation.

I loved it when Jonathan said, that Jason's SL program is 'too beautiful for this theme/music' (paraphrasing here), because this is similar to what I myself have thought and said too, and I'm glad to see others feel the same way about it. That program looks like it's supposed to be a display of what's classically considered beautiful skating and creating aesthetically pleasing images, and not so much portraying the theme or conveying the emotions of the music. Compare that with Satoko's program f.i., where she's not afraid to look ugly when expressing certain feelings, and she also doesn't make the performance about herself and I get the sense that her body is just a tool to get across the concept of the program, whereas with Jason it feels more like a classic performance and like he's presenting himself. Which is fine of course, if that's what he wants to put out there, and his execution is always very accomplished, but I don't find it as impressive or remarkable from an 'art perspective' because it's more an entertainment angle, to me at least.

Eteri the queen maker!

In my opinion, the short is the only thing that separates the quality of the skaters. It has no fluff and quads like the long, and everyone is pretty much limited to the same technical content, besides, maybe, the triple axel. The short is where you can really see the differences in the skating skills. You can’t really mask an underrotated lutz-loop and poor step sequence with a quad in the short.

Already wired from a nail biting Canadian election so why not start the new TSL video at 12:30 am? 🙃❤️

The Skating Lesson is value added! You are the best. Here is a suggestion: since costumes are always a hot topic it would be interesting to invite notable skating costume designers to share their insights on their art form. I think it would be fitting (sorry I couldn't resist).

I'm rocking with Wakaba til the wheels fall off!!! Y'all just wait. She's gonna be at Worlds.

Don't mind the haters! I for one just want to hear what you honestly think which I hope is true to most of us fans here . I might not agree with some of the things you say or write disagreeable comments but don't worry, I will keep on coming back for new uploads, haha.

Maybe Nathan could do a “quick shirt change” when his funky footwork starts , just like Shcherbakova did a “quick dress change” in her free program. 😆 I feel bad for Eunsoo because she is struggling, but I love her programs, and I think she will get it together when it counts. Thrilled with the SP Keegan laid down,,,,, Aliev made some unfortunate mistakes, and ones he doesn’t usually make, but believe he is on the upswing. Yes, Jason skated well, in fact, he can’t skate a much better technical program in the FP, but if you look at his total score of 255 pts, there are Junior Men achieving that now. The men’s event overall was disappointing, except for Nathan,,,,that 4 Flip was amazing!

Omg I’m so with you on the music choices. They can pick literally anything... and those angsty songs are just sooooooooooo blah. I don’t want to see anyone skate to “Gravity” ever again, at least not outside of an exhibition.

I think Stepanova is still a little injured, so maybe that is the reason why their skating is not as grand. I saw them last year in Milan and this year at Bol on ice and they were mesmerizing.

You two are so much fun.

Dave’s Eteri comments are killing me 😂😂😂😂 love you Dave ❤️✨

My favorite part of this video was when Dave was flipping through his notes while Jonathan was talking.....too funny!

I'm living for Jonathan's curls

I agree HD deserve better programs. They are so good.

Besides the hometown advantage, I think Bradie also led Kaori because she has a one point advantage due to the base values of her jumps, but I did feel they should've been closer in the scoring regardless.

With Amber it’s the eyebrows that distracted me. As for the music choice, I want to see her skating Janis Joplin, Stevie Nicks, Joan Jett etc...

I read that Nathan's mother made his colorful shirt. Nathan said it was not his final costume.

Bradie should look to Mariah and Alissa Czisny for excellent examples of how to design a costume for someone who would look good in anything. They are all slender and well proportioned, so there's really no shortcomings you have to disguise. A dressmaker's dream in many aspects. Skating Mrs. Claus needs some tweaking. If she went dark with her hair, that would certainly make a statement, but I agree- try it out on an app first.

FYI Jonathan (without getting into too many details) given the recent political events in HK, having an athlete switch over from HK to China for the olympics sounds like a bit of a scary idea

Petting the dog to show humanity . . . ROFLMAO

Love Dmitri Aliev, so talented . I am so with Jonathan on that ) However I would appreciate if Dave would be less sarcastic 🙄 felt slightly annoyed at his comments on Dmitri. Still always interesting to listen to you, guys! 👏👏

Anna is beginning to remind of Oksana Baiul as far as skating style.

32:26 Eteri team

11:55 every "Just kidding" is based on mostly truth. Let's be honest Jonathan, we ALL agree with the "who".

Bradie looked like Rockette from The Radio City Christmas Spectacular in her short dress.

1:54:00 Fear and Gibson Vogue - YES YES YES

My moment of the week was I felt in the ladies short everyone skated like their lives depended on it. They were going HARD after it...for better (Wakaba) or worse (Eunsoo)

was there a fan cam of Anna in the kiss and cry looking lost after her team left her???

Anna is stronger than i thought!!.

Oh, I should be asleep right now! Skipping to dance then coming back tomorrow!

what was the magazine that had the makeover program.....YM magazine? I totally had that game and it was a challenge to get digital photos in the early 2000's. Bradie needs that.