This was the television equivalent of coitus interruptus.
Tonight's "So You Think You Can Dance" gave us Kent Boyd, the farm kid from Botkins, Ohio. He was marveling at his pairing with Courtney Galiano, a city kid from New York.
"She doesn't care -- lets you touch her wherever you want," Kent said, in his best Botkins bumpkin persona. Soon, they were sliding into a sensuous routine, bodies blending lithely, when ...
Well, like a librarian turning the lights on just as things get interesting, my local station cut into the show for a storm report. This surprised me, mainly because it had just finished an hour-plus storm break, a few minutes earlier.
Those of you who watched the show in Lansing, Mich., know what I mean. It was sort of, "So You'd Think I Could Watch." All I can say for sure is that Alex Wong did great Fosse, Cristina Santana did a spirited Gypsy routine and Adechike Torbert did a sweetly romantic number. The others were covered with storm clouds.
If you watched it somewhere else, please let me know what elsehappened. How were the other dancers? Did Kent consummate his relationship onstage? As a former small-towner myself, I was rooting for him.