0:00:05 > 0:00:08'Previously on The Next Step....'
0:00:08 > 0:00:10The auditions are in here, right?
0:00:10 > 0:00:12We don't let randoms walk in from the street and audition.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Hi. I'm Emily. I'm the dance captain.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16I was actually dance captain at my old studio.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19She's Miss National Soloist.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23You better work really, really hard.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25I feel like she's way too threatened by Michelle.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28I clearly do not deserve to be in the front row, Michelle does!
0:00:28 > 0:00:31How dare Riley call me out in front of everybody!
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Who wants Riley out of E-Girls?
0:00:33 > 0:00:37She's my own sister and she just kicked me out.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43I'm having a great time with him. We have a lot of chemistry.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46I dunno, I'm starting to find a new lightness to James.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49You've been too focused on dance and not focused enough on your studies.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51We're at the peak season and if she pulls him,
0:00:51 > 0:00:52it ain't going to be good.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54- How was the math test? - I might have failed it.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I'm getting pulled from the studio.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58I'm going to miss dance so much.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01I'm not going to see Riley every day. Like, it's going to be tough.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06My dad lost his job. So, if I want to dance, I have to pay for it.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I don't have time for someone who's not here.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I think you deserve to be in B-Troupe.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13I want to do different things. I want to act,
0:01:13 > 0:01:14I want to sing. I have an agent!
0:01:14 > 0:01:16- What?- Yeah!
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- Is your ankle all right?- Yeah! Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's totally fine.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24I can't let anyone know or else I'll get pulled out of the solo.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29I know there's something magical between me and Emily.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- Emily, will you be my girlfriend?- I need to signify that this is over.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- I have a crush on Eldon? - Yes.- Maybe YOU do.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41We need a leader who keeps us together for regionals
0:01:41 > 0:01:45and my sister's not doing that. You're perfect for dance captain.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47The way that Emily's treating people is horrible.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49We've got a new dance captain.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51I'm so proud, and regionals, here we come!
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Dancers, can I have your attention, please?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Miss Kate has an announcement.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Just wanted to let you know that our application
0:02:49 > 0:02:51for regionals has been confirmed.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53ALL CHEER
0:02:53 > 0:02:57I'm really, really glad that our regionals application was confirmed.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00We're in. We're so much closer to regionals.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03We just gotta keep on working to get there and I know we will.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07I have a feeling that this is going to be our year and we'll win.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11We know what that means, it's game time. So get your game face on.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Regionals are in a month, so we have a lot of work to do.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Clearly the regionals application is something exciting for everyone,
0:03:18 > 0:03:23but it's a little dampened for me right now,
0:03:23 > 0:03:27I mean, I'm not dance captain. It's not my routine going to regionals.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Get to work.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- ALL CHEER - Oh, yeah!
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- Can I talk to you alone, please? - Sure.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I said "alone". Thanks.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I feel the need to be friends with Emily because it's important that
0:03:49 > 0:03:52we work as a team and that she's a part of the team.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55I just wanted to make sure that we're OK.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57What do you mean, "OK"?
0:03:58 > 0:04:02We need to be friends to make this work.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07"Friends"? You're asking me to be your friend?
0:04:09 > 0:04:15- Well...- You went behind my back, took my friends,
0:04:15 > 0:04:17and stole my spot as dance captain.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22There's no chance we could be friends.
0:04:23 > 0:04:29All I came over to tell you is that I want you to help me out.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31We could be like co-captains.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Why would I help her?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36She's dance captain, she needs to learn how to lead.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40I'm not a co-captain to anyone.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45It honestly just confirms to me that she's evil.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47I mean, do you have to take my place as dance captain
0:04:47 > 0:04:49and then insult me, too?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51ALL CHATTER
0:05:00 > 0:05:03I really don't know what's going on with James.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06I've seen his mom in here a couple of times
0:05:06 > 0:05:08and it's just kind of scary.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13I've known James's mom my whole life.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15There's one thing you know about Deborah,
0:05:15 > 0:05:17you don't mess with Deborah.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- Hey, girl. What's up? - Nothing.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27So, how's acting? How is that going with the agent?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Whatever. - Tell me, what's up! Tell me!
0:05:30 > 0:05:32That's nice. Uh, I don't want to talk to you.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- Why wouldn't you want to talk to me? - So, you can leave.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38OK, this is not about the whole captain with Emily and Michelle?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Is this really what this is about? - Whatever.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44She has no right to speak.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48E-Girl rule number one - "An E-Girl always has another E-Girl's back."
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Just because the team was divided
0:05:50 > 0:05:52and I chose Michelle doesn't mean that we can't be friends.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54That's exactly what it means.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Steph, we've been through so much.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57I've helped you with your agent.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00You're going to let this one thing come between our friendship?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02We're girls, we're friends.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08I thought that. I thought that, too. Especially me and you,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11I actually thought that we were really good friends.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- Actually, we're E-Girls.- OK.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17And you were unloyal. You proved that you're not a loyal friend.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Really? Or did I prove that I'm standing up for myself
0:06:20 > 0:06:23for once and choosing what's best for the team?
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Everything's falling apart.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28What doesn't Stephanie see? The E-Girls are over.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31She needs to see the light and join the rest of the group.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32I had to do this to protect myself.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Protect yourself? Really?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Is that what E-Girls do, protect themselves or protect each other?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Why did we even make this group?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Why did we even make E-Girls, then,
0:06:41 > 0:06:43if we're all just going to fend for ourselves?
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Like, not only did Emily lose her captaincy,
0:06:47 > 0:06:49but now Emily and me lost a friend.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52And so did you, you lost two.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14Dancers, we have another announcement to make.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Miss Deborah.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17This is James' mother.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Um, actually, Chris, with respect,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24I think this is an announcement that James should make himself
0:07:24 > 0:07:28to his friends. I think that they deserve that.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Um, as of today,
0:07:31 > 0:07:36um, I'm being pulled from A-Troupe.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- What? - You're not in A-Troupe any more?
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- Nah, man. I'm sorry I let you guys down.- Why?
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Um...
0:07:46 > 0:07:49My math grades are slipping a bit.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52It's not a big deal, though.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55You know, I beg to differ, James.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59They're not slipping a bit in math, he just failed his math exam.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- And he knew...- But we thought...
0:08:02 > 0:08:05No! He KNEW that this was the consequence of that.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08We've known each other for ever, like he's my boy
0:08:08 > 0:08:10and he's leaving now?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I never thought this would actually happen.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14'It hurt, you know, it hurt to know that he wasn't'
0:08:14 > 0:08:17going to be with us during regionals, you know?
0:08:17 > 0:08:21We need him. We do need him. We need everybody, even Emily.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Regionals is a ten-dancer competition.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25We have to find another dancer, do new choreography,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28new transition, and given the time frame,
0:08:28 > 0:08:30I'm not sure if that's possible.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33And I'm sorry that it's come to this, I really am.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Cos I know it puts you in a bit of a bind,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37but I don't feel like I have a choice.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39He's out.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I think that I really am only left with one decision
0:08:50 > 0:08:52and that's to pull him out of the studio.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54I'm sorry, but that's how it's going to be.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57In the back of my head I'm thinking,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00"Great, Michelle's first day and she's already lost a dancer,
0:09:00 > 0:09:01"have fun with that one(!)"
0:09:01 > 0:09:06There's no way that we can get him to dance with us at regionals?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09No. He needs to spend time on his studies.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13I'm disappointed James is leaving.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15We've gotten really close lately
0:09:15 > 0:09:17and I don't know what I'd do without him...
0:09:17 > 0:09:19at the studio.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24I have an idea.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- I'm sorry, who are you? - I'm Michelle, the new dance captain.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- Dance captain? When did that happen? - Mom.- I thought Emily...
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- It's Michelle.- OK, never mind. So, you were saying?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37I say James leaves for two weeks, focuses on his studies,
0:09:37 > 0:09:39and brings up the grades.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Because we really need him for regionals.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43I understand that, Michelle,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45but James has promised me these things before.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47And James will do what he always does,
0:09:47 > 0:09:51which is find something more fun to do than math and that's not hard.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Root canals at the dentist are more fun than math.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55You know, you blow it off, James!
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I mean, she's putting her foot down pretty hard
0:09:58 > 0:10:00and it's important that I do convince her.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03We... None of us knew about this problem.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Now we all know and now we want to fix it. Right, guys?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- ALL:- Yeah.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12You know what? I'm a math genius. So I could definitely help your son.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16And I'm not so bad with physics either. E=MC2.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- We can all help him. - We can.- I don't know.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24- Please?- Please?- Please?- Please? - Please?- Please?- Please?
0:10:24 > 0:10:25Come on, please?
0:10:25 > 0:10:29When Michelle gets everyone down on their knees it really just
0:10:29 > 0:10:32showed me that everyone is behind her.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- Miss Deborah!- Come on! - Please?- Please?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36I mean, that's a team unified.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37That is not a team divided,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40that is a team fighting for one goal.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Can I take a picture of this, please?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- You, zip it. - I'm feeling a little more
0:10:46 > 0:10:48needed at the studio than I ever have before.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51The whole dance crew A-Troupe's just on their knees for me.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52I kind of liked it, actually.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54ALL BEG
0:10:54 > 0:10:56We need your son!
0:10:56 > 0:10:57OK.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- Yes!- OK.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01ALL CHEER
0:11:01 > 0:11:02OK, but hold on, hold on, hold on!
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I know I'm still talking because my lips are moving.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06So, listen good.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10I don't want to see any dancing from you for two weeks, James.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15And I mean it! No class, no rehearsal, no studio, no A-Troupe.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I don't want to see so much as a flap ball change from you, James.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21And I'm warning you, if those grades do not improve,
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I will tour jete your skinny behind
0:11:23 > 0:11:28into military school so fast your head will spin!
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- Do you see how serious I am? - Yeah.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- Mom.- Oh.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33ALL CHEER
0:11:33 > 0:11:37My plan worked. I'm just so glad that I could convince her.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38- You are very persuasive. - Thank you.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Maybe leaving the studio for two weeks is something that he needs.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44And when he comes back, it'll be a checkmark in his brain
0:11:44 > 0:11:46to be like, "Hey! I've got to buckle down."
0:11:46 > 0:11:49And I'm going to tell you something,
0:11:49 > 0:11:50I am getting soft in my old age.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54I think Michelle is actually a pretty good dance captain right now.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Two weeks.- Two weeks. - Two weeks.- Two weeks.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- Come on. We've got to go. - Dude, two weeks. Thanks, guys. Yeah!
0:12:00 > 0:12:02ALL CLAP
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Why does everything have to work out for her?
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Couldn't somebody else have come up with that? Namely me?
0:12:20 > 0:12:23James. James.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Look, James, Mommy's having a hot flush, OK?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I'll meet you at the car. What? What? Am I embarrassing you?
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- No. Mom.- Really?- Mom!- Am I embarrassing you?- Oh, my Lord.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Well, that's good, because I was put on this earth to embarrass you.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- OK. Thank you, Mom.- Don't be long.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- All right.- You've got homework. - Yeah.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Listen, I am so sorry about that whole math thing.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42I know.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48I don't know what to do. Tell me.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Tell me, Riley, what am I supposed to do?
0:12:51 > 0:12:52'He can do it.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56'I mean, he just has to set his mind on doing it.'
0:12:56 > 0:13:02I need to think of something that will give him a little motivation.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06I have a proposition for you.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11If you get a 70% on your next math exam,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14no less than a 70%,
0:13:14 > 0:13:18I will go on a date with you.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Well, what makes you think I really want to date you, though?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I dunno. Do you?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Seeing her standing there and just asking if I liked her
0:13:33 > 0:13:35made me like her all the more.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Because I could never figure out this girl.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39I could never figure it out and by her saying that,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42she pretty much was agreeing to like me back.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45So it's a deal?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Yeah, I think it's the best deal I've ever made.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- I'll see you later?- Yeah.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- Michelle, the routine is looking awesome.- Thank you.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- I still feel like we can spruce it up.- OK.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11This is regionals, we want to pull out the best tricks.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14It's good to see some of B-Troupe here as well. Set an example.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Thank you for being here. I appreciate the dedication.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20People from B-Troupe come to A-Troupe rehearsals
0:14:20 > 0:14:21because they want to get better.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Back when I was in B-Troupe, Chloe and I would always
0:14:24 > 0:14:26come in and watch their ballet classes.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28That's what motivated us to become such technical dancers.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Perfect. Michelle, take it away.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Um, right now, I just kind of want to mess around
0:14:33 > 0:14:35with everyone's ideas.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Cos I don't want it to just be all of the same choreography,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- I want everyone to include their... - It's kind of laughable to me.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Is she really that bad of a choreographer
0:14:42 > 0:14:44that she can't come up with her own ideas?
0:14:44 > 0:14:46ALL CHATTER
0:14:46 > 0:14:48That's not the way that you get something done.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51If we were all going to choreograph the dance, we might as well have
0:14:51 > 0:14:54just done solos and we wouldn't need a dance captain.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- OK, so let's put some music on! - Yeah!
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- Just make a circle. Whatever you want.- Sure.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:15:15 > 0:15:17I'm ecstatic.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20It's awesome because Emily never took any of our ideas.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26I'm so glad all the drama is done.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30It's really, really nice to get back to the dancing.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33I forgot how fun just dancing for the sake of it was.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44It feels like a group effort now,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47instead of just what the dance captain wants.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06With Michelle as the new dance captain, everything's exciting.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08With Emily, it was just bickering and drama.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Everyone's moves are so unique and different.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22It just gives us another reason why our routine is going to be killer.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29I'm really trying to put stress on my ankle
0:16:29 > 0:16:31and kind of really, really push myself
0:16:31 > 0:16:36to see if it can handle it and so far it's holding up pretty well.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I'm not participating because I'm not going to go help Michelle
0:16:39 > 0:16:40try to choreograph a routine.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43I'm not going to give her my choreography
0:16:43 > 0:16:44that she's already dissed.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47So why would I go over and offer her my help?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49That's just not going to happen.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03So let's take it from the turns. 5, 6, 7, 8,
0:17:03 > 0:17:061, 2, and 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. - Um, Michelle?
0:17:09 > 0:17:14- 1...- Um, can I just take a five-minute break?- Right now?
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- Yeah I...I...I really need it. I'll be quick.- Go ahead.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19OK. Thanks.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22I thought my ankle was just a little tweak, maybe a little sprain.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26And I'm really surprised that it's still taking so long to heal.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31It's really, really tight and jammed up,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34so I hope that I can keep dancing.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45- Hey, girl.- You sure you still want to be seen with me?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Shush.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52Um, so Tiffany came up to me earlier,
0:17:52 > 0:17:53she gave me, like, this whole speech
0:17:53 > 0:17:55about how, like, we should still be friends
0:17:55 > 0:17:58and, like, she didn't mean to hurt us and all this stuff and...
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- What did you do? - Just let her have it.- Good.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Like, I was yelling. Did you hear?
0:18:05 > 0:18:09You know this means the E-Girls are done, right?
0:18:09 > 0:18:10I know.
0:18:10 > 0:18:16They were my best friends and one by one they all left.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Having the E-Girls being done is literally
0:18:18 > 0:18:20one of the worst things in the world.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Whatever, we can just be called ES.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Emily and Steph.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Spelled "ES"?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Cos I just got really confused. ES.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34You're always going to have me, OK?
0:18:36 > 0:18:40And on another note, she's so never going to make it as dance captain.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Steph, thanks for the reassurance,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47but she's not exactly doing horribly.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54For the longest time, I had always wanted to be part of E-Girls.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57And now that it's over, it's really strange.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Nobody would have ever thought E-Girls would break up.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03The E-Girls are no longer together
0:19:03 > 0:19:05and I'm kind of on the outside now.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09I have no-one, really, to turn to. I'm feeling kind of lost right now.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12So, we need to get down to business.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16You guys all know the lyrical choreo?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18If you don't, let's teach it to you.
0:19:18 > 0:19:205, 6, 7, 8...
0:19:27 > 0:19:30'I know we kind of ended things on a rough patch,'
0:19:30 > 0:19:34I mean, with Michelle becoming dance captain and all.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36I just want to make things right.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Um, can we talk, as sisters,
0:19:41 > 0:19:42not dancers?
0:19:44 > 0:19:45As dancers,
0:19:45 > 0:19:47we have nothing to talk about.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50And as sisters, we have even less.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53You're not even my sister any more.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07It feels like she's getting further and further away from me.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10The fact that she said we're not even sisters...
0:20:15 > 0:20:18'I don't regret putting Michelle back as dance captain.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20'It's the right thing to do.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23'On a personal level, maybe it was a bad choice.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29'I just lost my big sister
0:20:29 > 0:20:32'and it's all my fault.'