Episode 6 Finals, Part 1
The Featured Skills were the Multi-jump sequence, Spin with 4 revolutions, Above-shoulder lift. The teams skated to music of their own choice. The four eliminated teams returned to skate several exhibitions as time-fillers between the two competitive routines.
Barberie and Zimmerman had a major slip-up coming out of a complex above-shoulder lift (Zimmerman lost his grip on Barberie as he was supporting her in a forward-roll dismount and she landed on her bottom rather than on her feet; they recovered just in time to avoid hitting the sideboard); though they recovered to skate the rest of the routine nearly flawlessly, their artistic scores were marked down significantly, putting them into second place at the end of the first part of the finals. Despite this, they still received the highest score they had ever received in the competition.
John Nicks made a point to praise Lloyd Eisler for "finally learning to extend your leg" during a pairs glide element in the routine. Eisler responded good-naturedly that it had only taken "one year of retirement" for him to figure out how to do it.
Scores (Nicks/Hamill/Lund/Subtotal)
| Pair | Technical | Artistic | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swanson-Eisler (leader) | 9.7/9.8/9.7/29.2 | 9.8/9.9/9.8/29.5 | 58.7 |
| Barberie-Zimmerman | 9.7/9.8/9.6/29.1 | 9.6/9.8/9.8/29.2 | 58.3 |
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