Ashley and Chris: Hip-Hop (Christopher Scott)
Oh, I like this pairing. They seem very evenly matched. The routine is about a couple, both of whom are cheating on the other. In rehearsals, Chris is momentarily overcome by his personal story about getting cheated on (aw). The chemistry between Ashley and Chris is already there, which puts them well ahead of some of the other teams this year. The music for the routine is "Forget You," because FOX bought stock in that annoyingly sanitized song at some point, and it kicks off with Ashley finding a bra in Chris's back pocket. You know how guys do that. Haters of "happy" hip-hop won't like this -- they're both pretty smiley throughout, and I expect Nigel to ding them for not being "hard" or "stank" or whatever street terms he doesn't properly understand. Instead, he makes a joke about Chris and the bra -- maybe he's not a cheater but a cross-dresser! Har har! Cat, earning every "Should be nominated for Emmy" sentiment she's got coming, quips, "He's got it in the wrong place if he is." Perfection. Mary calls the dance "pure entertainment," and Megan gives props to hair/makeup/costumes people just on general principles, which is a pretty rad thing for her to do.