Forget You The Next Step

-'Previously...'

-I want to act, I want to sing.

-So, you want to be a triple threat.

-Yeah.

-So, who was that?

-I have an agent!

CHEERING

Congrats!

-How was the math test?

-I killed it.

-Just be straight with me.

-OK. I might have failed it.

I'm getting pulled from the studio.

My mom took me out cos I'm having trouble in math.

-Please.

-We need you.

-We need your son.

OK. James does not dance for two weeks.

-I have a crush on Eldon?

-Yes.

-Maybe you do.

I need you all to re-audition for your line position.

I'm not re-auditioning for our lines.

Other people can be in the front row instead of just the E-Girls.

In the middle line, we have Chloe, Riley, Tiffany, and James.

And in the last line we have West, Stephanie, and Emily.

Maybe I deserve to be there, but it's just kind of shocking.

-OK, guys, let's take it from the tutting.

-Yeah.

-Formations.

And can we just scoot back a little bit?

So, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8!

Right now, we're just rehearsing our Regionals routine.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

1 and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8!

OK, where's your spacing?

I dunno.

So, then...

..you should go right here.

I'm pretty sure that's where you put James.

Right.

OK, so then, you're here.

I feel like there's a little bit of tension in the room

since I've announced the new dance positions.

One more time, and then we'll go on to the acro-section.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8...

'I feel really bad for Emily.'

She was dance captain, and now, she's just stuck in the back row?

I wish there was something I could do.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba,

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

That was really nice, Eldon.

'When Michelle compliments Eldon it gives me a weird feeling.'

Does she like him? She can't let her personal feelings

get in the way of her being dance captain.

Um, Emily? Everyone else did their flips except for you.

You're not just hurting me, you're hurting everyone.

Well, the team hurt me, especially you.

'I can't believe I used to be dance captain,'

and now, here I am standing at the BACK row.

'It's such an obvious slap in the face by Michelle.'

I don't even know if I can be here any more since no-one respects me.

-Hey, Riley, what's up?

-Hey! Not much. How are you?

-I'm pretty good.

-'Right now, I'm video chatting with James'

because his mother won't allow him to come to the studio.

Two weeks to get my grades up.

So, it's my only way to connect with her.

It's going good, actually. Um, you're...second row?

Of course, I'm in the middle row. I didn't even have to audition!

I know.

You'll never guess who's in the back row - Emily.

She's in the back row?

-Yeah, Michelle just put her in the back row.

-Man. That's funny.

-So, how's the math going?

-It's good. It's good.

Don't even worry about it. We'll be going on that date in no time.

Me and James have our own little deal.

'If he gets a 70% on his next math test,'

then I will go on a date with him.

Test me.

OK. What is the volume of a cube that is 2 by 2 by 2 inches?

Um, 2 by... The volume of...?

-Uh, 39 cubic inches?

-Really?

-No, wait, wait, I know this! It's 34 cubic inches.

-No.

It's somewhere in the 30s.

No, it's not even close to the 30s!

I feel a little doomed,

the fact that, you know,

James doesn't know the answer to that simple math question.

I just hope he can start taking this seriously and really focus.

Can you please, like, think, like, seriously think about it.

Uh...I'm losing signal...

I...I can't...I...

I can't...can't hear you.

HE IMITATES STATIC James? James.

Nah, I'm totally playing, girl.

You have to stop playing all the time. We're all counting on you.

I know.

I may be a little disappointed.

I mean, I did kind of want to go on a date with him, but, you know,

it's also more important that he gets here for Regionals

so that we can work on our routine.

-I actually have to go, though.

-Yeah.

Wait, wait.

It's 8 cubic inches.

See ya.

It seems like every math question, he gets right

kind of shows that he likes me even more.

Let's just say I hope that he aces the test.

-Hey, Em.

-Hey.

How are you?

As good as I can be, I guess. You?

I feel like I was switched at birth and woke up in B-Troupe.

-Like...

-I know.

-I miss it so much.

-I feel like I need to apologise.

We had all of these plans.

You were an E-Girl!

'I promised Giselle we would get her back into A-Troupe,'

but I really don't see how that's possible now

considering I can't even get myself out of the back row.

-Hi.

-Hi, Michelle.

-Hi. Um, can I talk to you for a minute, please?

-Yeah.

-Oh.

I just wanted to make sure that you know why you're in the back row.

Of course, I do. I completely understand.

-Oh, OK, good. I was worried.

-Mm-hm.

I'm in the back row because you have a ginormous crush on Eldon.

Excuse me?

'She knows Eldon likes me.'

So, putting me in the back row

not only kind of diminishes me in his eyes as a dancer,

but also gets me out of the way, physically,

for her to be in like his direct eye line.

Well, that's not true.

You blush every time you see him.

The reason why you're not in the front row,

is because you're not a good enough dancer.

I even talked to Kate and Chris about it and they signed off on it.

'Hearing that Kate and Chris'

backed Michelle's decision is kind of a blow,

especially on Kate's side,

because she is kind of like a second mother to me.

I actually take their advice.

Well, how about you take mine. You're not good enough for Eldon.

So, stop trying.

OK, maybe I do have a little crush on Eldon, just little,

'but why does Emily care? She treats him horribly.'

And besides, I would never let my feelings get in the way

of what's best for the team.

'Waiting in this waiting room is the scariest thing ever.'

I've never had an audition before. So, I'm really nervous.

-It's great to see you again.

-Yeah, I know!

I just wanted to let you know that I saw your play

-and I thought that you were wonderful.

-Thank you so much.

I'm excited to see what you're going to do today.

-All right.

-You all set to go?

-Yeah!

-Let's see what you got.

All right.

There's a million things running through my head.

I'm trying to see what the girl in the room's doing.

You've got questions? Well, we've got answers. Call us today.

A great education is just a phone call away.

-Sweet.

-Yeah?

-Aw, man, that was great.

-High-five!

-So great!

-Yeah.

He seems to like her, so if I try what she's doing he'll like me.

We're going to ask you to stick around.

Grab a coffee or something like that. We'll see you in a bit.

-I'll see you in a little bit.

-Yeah. OK. Yeah.

-Bye.

-Bye.

-OK, Stephanie?

-Yup. Hi.

-Hey.

-How are you?

-I'm good, thanks.

-Picture and resume?

-Awesome.

-Thanks.

So, what do we have here?

-Wow! A lot of dance experience.

-Yeah.

And what about the acting?

Not much experience on here I can see.

-Um, have you done much of it?

-I'm still learning.

-OK.

-Cool. You're ready to go?

-Yeah.

Um, I just had a question, because it didn't tell me.

What accent did you want it in?

Just your regular voice is good.

OK, cos like I can do like Shakespeare and stuff like that

and be really dramatic.

You know what? Do what you're comfortable with.

Do what you think is going to be the best example of who you are.

-OK.

-Yeah.

-Awesome.

Why don't you do your thing?

You've got questions? We've got answers!

Call us today, because a great education is just a phone call away!

I feel confident in what I'm doing.

The casting director,

he has a smile on his face.

I really feel like everything's going great right now.

Wow. That was great, you can turn around now.

-You can turn around. Thank you.

-Really?

So much. Yeah. That was, oh...so good.

So, how about you go take a ten-minute break

and we're going to bring you back in and meet the director.

-OK!

-Yeah.

-Awesome!

-He's going to love what you've got.

-Oh, my goodness! That's great.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome. Thank you.

-Thank you so much.

When the casting director tells me to stick around,

this is like the best thing ever.

Hey, Em, it's Steph.

I'm at my audition,

and it seems to be going really well.

The casting director wants me to meet the director.

So, I'll let you know when I'm done and I'll see you later, OK?

We'll talk about it later. OK, bye.

Hi, Steph. Um, it's Em.

I got your voice mail.

Congratulations, you're going to do amazing.

I was just calling to say I really needed to talk to you.

Call me back when you can.

When Stephanie doesn't answer,

in my head, I know she's busy.

'Having her not pick up right away just makes me feel so alone.'

I need a friend and she's the only one I have.

Hey. Emily.

Hi.

'When Eldon walks in, it's not like I'm annoyed to see him.'

I just don't want anyone there.

So...

How's it going?

-I'm fine. I'm good.

-Really?

Yup.

Listen, what Michelle did to you,

putting you in the back row like that, it isn't fair.

-Really?

-Yeah.

All of a sudden, she just treats you like you're a back-row dancer

and that's definitely not what you are.

-What if I am a back-row dancer?

-You're not. Trust me.

You're one of the best dancers in the studio.

All I do is dance, pretty much.

I'll watch videos of dance, practise, train,

I know a good dancer when I see one.

You don't deserve to be back there.

Eldon telling me I'm not a back-row dancer does pick me up a little bit.

'But at the end of the day,

'Everybody's fine with me being in the back row.'

That must mean something.

Do you want me to go talk to Michelle for you?

No. It's not your fight to fight.

It's not even my fight any more.

I'm so, so tired of constantly fighting.

'I don't want to do it any more.'

I'm writing cue cards for James.

With all the drama and craziness

that has been going on at the studio,

it's a great way to just kind of get my mind on something else.

-What are you doing?

-Making cue cards for James.

-For James?

-Yeah.

-What's going on between you guys?

-Nothing. We're just friends.

-Hmm.

I'm just helping him with math.

He is in the second row, we do need him for Regionals.

'It's just typical Tiffany.'

She's just digging for gossip like she always does.

So, I'm just not going to give it to her.

I've seen the way he looks at you. Definitely more than "just friends".

He gives you those googly eyes.

I'm telling you, he likes you.

I think something's going on between Riley and James.

'Why else would she help him with math? Who likes math?'

That's love.

And a 5, 6, 7, 8, tondu, and close.

Good. Tiffany, really engage your core. Tuck your pelvis.

Good. Nice.

Good.

So, I heard about your conversation with Emily.

-You did?

-Yeah.

What did she say? What did you guys talk about?

-Everything.

-Everything?

-Yeah.

-'I'm so embarrassed.

'I can't believe Emily told Eldon that I have a crush on him.

I don't even know if that's true.

I mean, he's cute and all but... This is so bad.

I'm really sorry. I should have told you I've been having these feelings

and I...II didn't know what to do.

Listen, I think Emily should be in the front row.

-What?

-I'll happily move to the back.

-Really?

-Yeah.

'Oh, boy. I'm so relieved

'that my secret crush is still a secret.'

Great! Awesome!

OK.

I am really surprised at how quickly Michelle agrees.

It was just like, she just said yes.

I'm so glad you thought of it.

OK, cool.

Eldon is a great dancer,

and I totally respect his opinion.

Moving Emily to the front has nothing to do with a crush,

at least I don't think so.

-Hey, girl.

-Hey.

-What's up?

-You were right.

Back row?

-And James, who wasn't even there...

-In front of you.

The fact that I'm in the back row doesn't surprise me.

'The fact that James is in front of me really just shows'

how Michelle is just picking favourites.

'He didn't even try and here I was working my hardest'

and it clearly didn't matter. The decision was already made up.

Whatever. It just goes to show how much Kate and Chris

pretty much forgot about us now.

The fact that Kate doesn't seem to care

about what's going on is really upsetting.

-How was your audition?

-I don't want to talk about it.

Why not? When you called, you sounded ecstatic.

Yeah, that was before it turned into a train wreck.

After being so excited about my audition today,

'it was so embarrassing having to tell Emily the truth.'

You know how I called you and like, got so excited?

Yeah you sounded so happy. I thought you had got it, for sure.

Well, after that,

the casting director made the director come and watch me.

Long story short, it was just to make fun of me.

-He made me do it in a Shakespeare voice.

-Shakespeare?

-Yeah.

-IN A SHAKESPEARE VOICE:

-Were thou upset?

It was like, "If you have questions, we have answers."

-IN A SHAKESPEARE VOICE:

-Thou art shall call.

Yeah! Exactly.

Like, disaster. And they were laughing at me. It's not funny!

-EMILY GIGGLES

-I would laugh at you, too!

The fact that Emily's laughing at my audition is kind of helping.

I really needed someone to make me see the brighter side of things

cos I was definitely in one of my worst states ever.

I'll be your Romeo.

Stephanie is, honestly, the only bright spot in my life right now.

So, we can only go up from here.

I know. Seems like it.

'At this point,'

I feel like Steph and I need a fresh start.

Hey, guys, I just have one change that I want to make, just minor.

Um, I'm going to follow up on your request

and switch you with Emily.

-Oh. OK.

-OK, sure.

I was so caught up in changing the lines for Eldon

that I forgot to run it by Kate and Chris.

I hope I'm not in trouble.

Michelle changing the positions kind of boggles my mind.

Eldon is one of the best dancers in the studio,

and putting him in the back is kind of a risky move.

'But Michelle is new captain and she has my trust.'

Wait, so Eldon's in the back?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

'Michelle's decision to put Eldon in the back row

'and Emily in the front,'

huge mistake. Mayday, mayday, abort, get out of there.

I mean, what is she doing?

I'm hoping that Michelle is not

going to blow her chance as dance captain.

I don't know if it's the best move,

but I needed to throw Eldon off the trail.

And with a little encouragement, Emily will do a good job.

I was really harsh to Emily

during her audition and she did really well.

Yeah, she did well,

but Eldon's one of our best dancers.

You are. Just trust me guys, it's for the best. All right?

I'm really excited for when Emily comes into the room

and finds out that she's in the front

because I saw how sad she was.

I feel like a knight coming in to save the day.

-Let's get started and rework it.

-Guys! >

SHE PANTS

-Yeah?

-Emily and Stephanie

are leaving the studio.

-What?

-What?

-What?

I feel...really betrayed.

I'm outraged. What are we going to do for Regionals? We're two short!

It's the worst thing that could be happening this close to Regionals.

I don't know what we're going to do. This is really bad news.