The final two revealed on 'Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew'

On this, the penultimate episode of Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew, our final three crews will be whittled down to the final two. And, even though my DVR made me miss the first showing, it didn't stop me from enjoying this throwdown.

Fly Khicks, Quest Crew (aka "the last men standing"), and Beat Freaks all wait onstage while host Mario Lopez fills the time by running down last week's judges' comments. The crew that is safe is guaranteed a spot in the finale and that crew is...Beat Freaks. I can't say I'm surprised - I figured it'd be them or Quest.

First, Layla Kayleigh runs down the challenge, dubbed "The Hip Hop Decathlon." With the help of a member of some of the past two season's crews, we get demonstrations of the styles our groups must tackle utilizing the same sets of tracks: Mike from Kaba Modern (tutting), Taeko from Fysh n Chicks (housing - do people still do this?), Frost from Supreme Soul (krumping), Ronnie from Supercr3w (threading), and K.B. from Jabbawockeez (waving).

1. Beat Freaks
The energy wasn't as high at the beginning of the number as it was at the end. Overall it was strong - they go from waving to housing to threading to tutting and wrap it up with the krumping. I dug the krumping. They were most worried about that part in the rehearsal package but it came off great.
Judges: Shane loved the tutting totem poles and slow-moes Maryss' housing solo. He's proud they came with it tonight. JC thought the krumping section was their strongest and dug the attitude they brought. Lil' Mama said it wasn't their best performance but they worked it out. She agrees the krumping was the strongest part.

The Bottom Two:
As usual, the coin-toss determines the performance order of chopping block crews.

1. Quest Crew
Their order is threading, tutting, waving, housing, and ending with krumping. Wow. They weren't playing around this week. I dug the whole routine from top to bottom - the transitions were strong and the balance of humor and straight-up dancing was perfect. They got a reimbursement for the lunch money the Beat Freaks took during Magic Week. And they got a standing ovation from everyone including the judges.
Judges: Lil' Mama could tell how much they want the title and says they dominated the tasks. She slo-moes the tutting section, which was very cool. Shane slo-moes Steve's indian-style sit into a no-hands backflip and Dom's elbow windmills. He also slo-moes Hirano ripping off his shirt (thank you, no really) because he didn't expect him to be buff. Obviously Shane thought it was sick. JC thought it was amazing from beginning to end and calls Hok "King Tut" since he came up with that section and revisits Steve's sick flip.

2. Fly Khicks
The Teflon Dawns find themselves in the bottom once again...however, the ladies aren't as experienced in these specific styles. They were having the most problems with threading during rehearsal. Their order is housing, threading, waving, tutting, and, like everyone else, ending with the krumping. The threading and tutting sections lost some momentum, possibly because they needed to have multiple height levels or two sets of choreography going on at the time. The Khicks did admirably considering they only had two days to learn foreign, highly skilled maneuvers. Following Quest's fab routine didn't help. Quest rummaged through their mini-fridge and all that was left was an apple with a bite taken out of it.
Judges: JC slo-moes how three of the girls did one-handed back-handsprings at the top of the routine. He thinks using their shoes on their hands during the tutting section may have slowed them down a bit but give Karelix and Tracy props for having great charisma and energy today. Lil' Mama likes the imagination they showed and slo-moes Wendy doing her flip at the end while the girls throw their sneakers up in the air. Shane agrees and gives the tip that when you're tutting to slow music, you have to do it at double-time. And, Shane being Shane, slo-moes the Booty Pops.

After a commercial break, Quest Crew and Fly Khicks stand onstage enduring Mario's reiteration of stuff we just heard to create false tension. The inevitable result is that Quest Crew is safe and gets to perform their second number.

Fly Khicks are a great crew and I respect what they've accomplished on the show. They take the announcement well and didn't seem too surprised. There are some tears from the ladies as the farewell package plays. Tracy throws in a little caterpillar for good measure as their banner falls and they walk it out.

But wait! There's more show! For this last challenge, the Beat Freaks and Quest Crew get to make their own music (with the help of producing duo District 78) for a boundary-free final routine.

2. Beat Freaks
They create an electo-beat heavy tune they entitled "Freak the Dream." They have a giant hand-drawn boombox on stage where all but one of the Freaks emerge from after a brief solo. I liked it - it very much represented who they were, straight up B-Girls. They didn't throw a lot of tricks but the number featured everyone and showed a lot of personality. Honestly, I wish it were longer.

3. Quest Crew
Since Ryan plays piano, he provided the melody to the song they've entitled "OrQuestra." They're going to do their best to include that in the number. And include it they did. They did a lot of tricks on top of that piano. Ryan actually plays it while Dom spins on top of it. And at the end, Steve does a flip and, in mid-air, gets pushed over the backs of two of his bent-over crew members. Sick and wrong.

Judges' Final Thoughts: Shane thanks the Beat Freaks for coming on the show and helping "change the game" of dancing. Lil' Mama says Quest is inspirational and that, if Dom was a chick, his name should be "Charisma." JC says that the two best crews are in the finale. He says that you're only as good as your weakest link and he sees no weakness on stage.

Assorted Bits & Pieces:

• Wow. Quest certainly made this hard today. They really stepped their game up and good for them because, if they didn't, it'd be an easy call that Beat Freaks would've won. It could totally go either way right now and, no matter how it turns out, I'll be happy and sad at the same time.
• Let's take a moment to compare and contrast the two. They both have a similar core skill set but Quest is more about power moves while the Freaks are more about finesse. If that makes sense. Both crews have a lot of personality and had their theatrical moments. Both have had awesome moments. If you look at their overall resume this season, it's pretty darn even. I'd be interested to hear why people vote for whomever they vote for.
• My one tiny quibble with Beat Freaks is that I feel like there's still a big, jaw-dropping trick in their bag that they never pulled out. Regardless, I do love them and in my book they have the best number of the season (the Levitating Ball).
• To be fair, my one tiny quibble with Quest Crew is that I don't think they fully capitalized on the non-breaking/flipping choreography they're wonderfully capable of. But they started the season strong and finished strong. Can't argue with that.
• The usual past crew suspects were on hand at the taping this week (that I spotted) including Ronnie from Supercr3w, Taeko from Fysh n Chicks, and most of Fanny Pak. I also saw Wesley Jonathon (City Guys, What I Like About You, Roll Bounce) floating about backstage, who no doubt was there to support the Beat Freaks since he's in the upcoming movie B-Girl with Lady Jules.

Okay folks, what are your thoughts? Were you surprised by anything that went down tonight? Who are you pulling for and why? Who do you think will win? And are you *gasp* tired of my various lunch-taking metaphors?