Under Pressure The Next Step

-Previously on The Next Step:

-So, I passed?

-You're a heck of a driver.

-Yes, man.

Boom. Another check off the list.

So, I thought you should know that I've decided to let you join me.

-It's finally happening.

-OK, here.

Amanda stole all of our costumes and threw them in the garbage.

-Hey, guys.

-West finds the costumes in the garbage.

I knew Emily set me up and I knew I couldn't trust her.

Right now, I'm in the office just doing some filing work.

I have Chloe counting some money for us,

and Margie's mom dropped her off a little bit early for baby ballet,

so she's in there with us as well.

Chloe, how's baby ballet going?

-I think it's going well.

-It's going fantastic.

Oh, really? Looks like you have the Margie stamp of approval.

She certainly does.

Margie is kind of like

my guardian angel.

She's really helped me

come out of my shell and grow more confident.

Oh, Margie.

Margie, you're not allowed to draw on money.

You can't draw on money, it's the law.

Even though it is a really nice happy face.

I'm sorry.

That's OK.

This is our nationals money. It's very important.

But I'm just about done, so we should get going to baby ballet class.

Make sure you lock that up in the lock box in my desk.

-Thanks, ladies.

-It's a lot of weight on my shoulders

knowing that I'm trusted with all the money that goes in to the studio,

but I'm actually really happy that Miss Kate trusts me

enough to be that person.

Emily and I are just stretching at the bar,

and we see Chloe counting money,

and a bell goes off in my head.

Make sure you lock that drawer up good.

I'll make sure. Watch.

Next job? We're going to get Chloe kicked out of the studio.

All right, you ready?

Let's go.

I have to find a way to stop Amanda.

If I don't, Chloe's going to get kicked out of The Next Step.

Right now, we're just watching Amanda perform her solo,

and I think she's ready for nationals.

Nice!

Amanda is great. She stepped up as a dance captain

when we really needed somebody to be a leader,

and she's doing great things for our team.

Good. Really deep in that plie.

The solo's coming along really well.

I think she's so talented and she's starting to really push herself.

I definitely think we have a chance to win this round with Amanda.

Here we go! Really intense!

Emily, on the other hand,

hasn't had her mind in the right place.

She shows up late, she's being mean to people,

and it's just not who I thought Emily was.

Nice!

Seeing everyone put all their trust in Amanda,

and none of it in Emily

is really hard.

-Here we go!

-I just wish they knew what Amanda's real plan was,

so they could understand why Emily's doing what she's doing.

Nice!

Great job, Amanda.

All right. Well, now that I have you guys all here,

I need someone to get trained in first aid for nationals.

At least one person from every team at nationals

needs to have at least some sort of first aid training.

Oh, James will do it.

Um, No, I won't.

Riley, I don't have time for CPR. I'm taking scuba diving lessons

for number seven right now, OK?

-Why not?

-That's not on the list.

OK, how about I trade it for number seven?

-Number seven?

-Yeah.

-So I don't have to learn juggling,

-or get my passport any more or anything?

-Nope.

I am down to switch. OK.

On one condition, though.

If you do it with me.

THEY CHEER

OK, OK, fine, I'll do it.

OK, great.

Doing first aid training kind of seems a little bit boring,

but the fact that it's with James means it'll probably be kind of fun.

Right now, Amanda and I are stealing money from the office.

I've probably never felt so awful in my entire life.

Chloe's just an easy target. She has to work to stay at the studio.

It makes the most sense for her to steal the money

because she needs it the most.

So here's the plan.

Steal the lockbox key...

Got it.

..and replace it with an identical one

so she doesn't know it's missing.

We go into Kate's office, open up the lockbox,

take the money and plant it in Chloe's bag.

Chloe looks completely guilty.

Make sure you zip it.

I feel awful about framing Chloe.

I really hope I can fix this before anything bad happens.

Right now, I'm just chilling with Riley,

waiting for the course to start.

You know, you get the benefit of saving lives from this,

but what's more important is saving our relationship.

-You know that matters.

-Of course.

Once I'm done this class, I'm done the list.

I'm back together with Riley.

-Hey, how are you doing?

-Oh, how are you?

Good. It's nice to meet you. I'm James.

-Oh, I'm the bingo lady.

-The bingo lady?

That's what they call me down at the hall.

OK, so you play bingo down at the hall?

Bingo!

Bingo!

Oh, well, here we go.

Glad to see you're all on time.

Welcome to the class, I'm Mr Abernathy

and I'll be your CPR instructor today.

-Oh, wonderful.

-Yeah, wonderful. You, come up here.

-Oh, yes.

-Come on up here. What's your name?

-Dorothy.

Dorothy's just experiencing heart pains.

-I am?

-What do we do? Someone, anyone, what do you do?

Thank you very much, we just lost our first patient. She's dead.

How does it feel?

The instructor...

Well, to wrap him up in one word is intense.

You know what? I don't think you're ready for this. Why don't you leave?

-Me?

-Yeah. Yeah, you.

Lesson number two, everyone,

if you don't pay attention, you will be leaving this class today.

The instructor is, like, as bad as the driving instructor.

Why is every instructor just crazy?

-I thought this was going to be fun.

-Excuse me?

-Sorry?

-Could you share that with the class, what you just said?

-With the class?

-With everyone, yeah. Stand up.

Uh, I thought this was going to be fun.

You thought this was going to be fun.

-Yeah.

-Who else thinks that this might be fun?

Anyone? I'll show you what's fun.

Scrapbooking Tuesdays, that's fun.

Right now, I'm just moving the money from Chloe's bag to Amanda's bag

so it looks like she stole the money.

When everyone finds out she did,

obviously, she'll have to be kicked out of the studio.

And then I can get my life back.

All right, you should know a couple of things by now.

Unresponsive, non-breathing. What do you do?

Um, compressions, airway...

-..and breathing.

-That's right.

Yeah. You're getting better. And what don't we do any more?

We don't check pulse.

That's exactly right, Dorothy.

-Bingo!

-Bingo!

No, only she says Bingo.

-Yeah.

-Dorothy, um,

she's kind of out there for a grandma.

Now, everybody, get up!

I'm going to pair you guys up.

This is for our first aid and CPR, artificial respiration stuff.

Two. You and you.

Hold up, hold up. Us?

Do you have a problem with that?

-Um, no?

-No?

Because if you do, we can get you to leave. Do you want that?

-No.

-Do you have a problem with him?

-Oh, no, I like that idea.

-Great.

Not only does James get paired with

the old bingo lady.

And you two, I'll put you together for the day.

I like that idea too.

But I get paired with a hot guy.

Turns out today's going to be a lot better than I thought.

I was going to deposit some of the registration money in the bank,

and I went to open the lockbox and the money is gone...

which means that someone had access to a key

and stole the money.

-Someone stole the nationals money!

-Whoa! What?

I can't believe somebody would steal the money.

People worked hard for that money, you can't just steal it.

I'm shocked. I don't know what to think.

I don't know how the money could've gotten stolen.

Chloe, in my office now!

Now that my plan is set in motion,

The Next Step will see that their dream of going to nationals

will disappear before their eyes.

Al right, now Dorothy is unresponsive, not breathing,

no signs of life.

What's the first thing you do?

-Compressions.

-Compressions, that's right.

Is it even legal that we're doing mouth-to-mouth in a class like this?

There you go. Nice, clear airway. And next?

-Breath.

-Breath. The kiss of life.

Are you serious right now?

He's not going to make me kiss her.

-I can't do it.

-What are you waiting for? What's next?

-Riley?

-Do you want this relationship?

Focus. What's next?

Poor James. This is probably the hardest thing on the list.

But that doesn't make it any less entertaining.

Come on.

All I'm thinking is "Do it for Riley, do it for Riley, do it for Riley."

And...

Bingo!

Stop!

Ooh, gotcha.

Having to do mouth-to-mouth with the bingo lady was, uh...

I don't know, I don't really ever want to talk about it ever again.

You've got some explaining to do.

You were the only other person with a key to the lockbox.

I know. I don't know what to tell you.

You don't know what to tell me? Did you steal the money?

-No, I didn't take the money.

-So where did it go?

Just upped and walked away out of the office?

-Miss Kate looks upset.

-Yeah, she's going off right now.

I don't know what to believe. Chloe says she didn't take the money,

but she's the only one who had access to the key.

What am I supposed to do? This is serious! Where did it go?

Did it just disappear?

There's no way that Chloe could've stole the money.

Well, who else would steal it?

You obviously don't know Chloe.

Emily is all over the place.

Maybe it was Emily that stole the money.

I can't wait to get Amanda kicked out.

I'm just so tired of having to act this way around everyone.

Last chance. Did you take the money?

I didn't take it.

I know that I don't have money,

but...

..I wouldn't do that to Miss Kate.

Maybe it's best if you leave right now, while we figure this out.

I guess maybe the best thing is for me to leave,

because I can't be at a studio where people think that I'm stealing money.

Or that I'm not trusted.

Why are you crying?

I just had a really bad day.

Sometimes things are hard, but you have to believe in yourself.

-I'll try.

-You'll be all right.

And who comes around the corner but Margie.

Always, when I need her, she seems to be there.

Or when I need help, she seems to know.

She's right. I just need to...

believe that everything's going to be fine and it'll work out.

And if I stay positive,

then I'll get to nationals and I will be there with my team.

It's time for me to make my move.

I'm going to expose Amanda for what she really is.

I don't exactly know what happened, but I think Chloe took the money.

And if she did, she's off the team.

It's not like Chloe to do this.

No.

You're right, it's not.

And that's because she didn't take the money, Amanda did.

-Excuse me?

-What?

You're excused.

Emily, do you have proof?

I saw her hang around your office earlier. I didn't think

anything of it then, but now I think we should really check that bag.

Look, Emily, that's a very serious accusation.

Are you sure she took it?

It's pretty ridiculous that Emily is now accusing Amanda

of stealing the money.

There's no way that Amanda stole the money. No way.

-There's only one way to find out.

-OK, really?

This is ridiculous. I have nothing to hide.

You want to check my bag? Check my bag.

-Right now.

-OK, fine.

We'll check the bag.

Emily, are you sure?

In the bag, there will be the money,

and that'll prove that Chloe is innocent

and that Amanda is as guilty as can be.

-There's nothing in here. No key, nothing.

-I told you.

The money's not in my bag because I had a feeling Emily was going to frame me.

Emily, give me your bag.

So, I took the money, hid it,

and the lockbox key is in Emily's bag.

I know it's going to be in my bag.

She wouldn't accuse me if she hadn't already put it there.

-Really?

-Wow.

-Eldon, get the lockbox.

-OK. Come on, Emily.

You really let Chloe take the blame?

Every time I try to expose Amanda, she's one step ahead of me.

-I'm done.

-If this opens...

How could you do something like that?

When everyone yelled at you and you thought they hated you, I came

to you trying to be your friend, and then you pull a stunt like this?

Thanks. Thanks a lot.

Amanda, this may not have worked,

but, in the end, you're going to get yours, OK?

You have no idea what you're talking about.

They're not going to believe me no matter what I say.

14 years at The Next Step and this is how it ends.

There's nothing else I can do. I don't have a plan.

Maybe it's just time I take a break from The Next Step.

-Sorry.

-It's OK.

That's it. Hard and fast. 30 and two.

Right now, we're working on compressions on CPR Charlie.

Listen, Dorothy.

The only reason I'm here is to get back together with my girlfriend.

-Oh.

-I came to this class to spend time with Riley,

and I haven't been spending time with her at all.

So I come clean to Dorothy in hopes that she'll understand.

-Mr Abernathy.

-Yes, Dorothy?

Could you come over here for a second, please?

What can I do for you, Dorothy.

Is it OK if I switch with that young lady there?

I'd kind of like to be with that young man over there.

It feels good when Dorothy helps me out.

I really appreciate her helping me out like that.

Absolutely, Dorothy.

-Oh, would you help me up, dear?

-Yes, of course. Thank you.

James is kind of like an old lady whisperer.

-Hey, back to work, 30 and

-two. Whoa!

OK, you do them, I just did a million.

HER PHONE BLEEPS

Hold on.

Phones these days, just everywhere.

-I need to go.

-What?

-Emily needs me.

-She always needs you.

OK, but this is an emergency.

-Actually?

-Yes.

I just got a text from Emily saying,

"SNS", which stands for "sister needs sister."

Which is kind of this thing we made up when we are in an emergency.

-Mr Abernathy?

-Yeah?

She doesn't like Scrapbooking Tuesdays.

She said it's not fun.

-You don't like Scrapbooking Tuesdays?

-No.

Get out.

It's nice to know that James is there for me,

even if I couldn't really explain to him why I had to leave.

It's nice that he understands.

Em, I got your text. What's wrong?

When I see Riley, I know I have to tell her what happened.

I have to fill her in, but it's going to be really hard to say.

Um...

..I'm suspended and I may be kicked out of The Next Step.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Why did this happen?

My plan backfired. Amanda was on to us all along.

We did this all for nothing.

After all of Emily's hard work,

and everything that she had to go through,

I'm afraid...

..this is going to change everything.