Previously: The dancers were lured back to Los Angeles after time at home with the promise of performing a one-minute solo of their own choreography. Instead, they performed Vincent Paterson's pretty good choreography to "Man in the Mirror." Nick won the prize-less challenge while Janelle was sent home with her solo unperformed. Nancy O'Meara made her way onto the permanent shit list of the tens of viewers of this show by being a totally crazy asshole to Cody.

Here we are, at the final finale. I'm experiencing a mix of emotions, several of which have been shared by a lot of the people on the forums. Like was Nancy's psychotic episode last week just a way for her to inevitably take credit for Cody's win? Or have they been faking us out with the Cody hate to make this feel like a fair contest (it's working)? More to the point, is this show going to make me hate it forever by not naming Cody the winner? Now, save Miguel, I'm a fan of all of these dancers. I would be happy for any of them to win. Frankly, I would even be happy for Miguel -- I don't like him, but he's committed and, as he likes to remind you, passionate. But...COME ON. It has to be Cody.

God help me, this theme song has grown on me. It's morning at the fancy dancers loft. It's 36 hours until the final performance. The most breakfast-preparing bunch in all of reality television is up and at 'em. Nick is doing the honors, as he has admirably done before. Nick interviews that he is honored to be in the finals with his fellow dancers. He also notes that there are "bragging rights" that go along with winning a competition like this. I can think of 100,000 rights to brag with. He announces that breakfast will be ready in five minutes.

In his bedroom, Cody plops down onto a bed. He interviews that he doesn't feel great because he got beat up in the judging the day before. We see the clip of Nancy telling him that his dancing is "snobby." Don't even get me started. He says that he feels like he has been misjudged as cold. He calmly adds that he will just have to give more. OK, I don't want this recap to be the Cody parade, but it's really my last chance. So ... one of the things that makes me love him is that, as a performer, Cody is the exact kind of person I love to work with: totally trustworthy, and you can learn so much from him. It's difficult to be as even-tempered as Cody is, especially in an art form where (to an extent) fieriness is kind of encouraged, and people like Cody are the ones I've tried to emulate. Sure, the Codys are not as much fun to drink with, but that's why we have the Miguels.