Run This Town The Next Step

Previously on The Next Step...

Not only do we only have nine dancers,

but now we have no female soloist or small group.

I've done my job.

Michelle, are you coming home to The Next Step?

-Well, I guess so!

-CHEERING

We're counting on you to win nationals.

I guess I'll do the solo.

Whoo!

-Worked that out.

-This guy's going in!

-ELDON:

-We're supposed be rehearsing for nationals,

but that's not going too well.

JAMES: We were talking about new tricks.

We don't want to start rehearsing yet,

we just want to catch up.

-So, how's Riley?

-Good, man. Yeah, I'm happy, man.

-I wish I could have something good like that.

-You did, man, twice!

And you messed up both times.

And I baked you a cake!

-Tactically, Hunter messed up my last one.

-Really?

-You're still mad about that?

-It's not completely my fault.

There always are contributing factors.

Guys, how is the small group coming along?

-ALL: Good!

-Great!

I'd love to see what you've come up with so far.

The small group was originally Amanda, Giselle and Thalia,

but now that Amanda's gone, I asked the boys to do the small group.

You're in for a treat.

RAP SONG

SHE TURNS MUSIC OFF

Planning on moving any time soon?

Our feet weren't moving but our eyes were.

We were like... It was, like, moving.

It's called eye dancing.

Eye dancing is when you do the choreography just with your eyes.

You want to see an example of eye dancing?

Oh, my gosh.

My eye is stuck. Oh, man.

This can take hours to get rid of. I've got to go.

I'm sorry, I've got to go.

See ya.

Hey, you don't like it?

LAUGHTER

I know that they are goofing around and trying to play a joke on me,

but their dance is not so good right now.

You guys need a huge lesson in taking responsibility.

And I know just the person for the job.

What?

ALL EXCLAIM

No way!

Luther Brown is in the building. I am shocked when I see Luther.

-KATE:

-He's choreographed for so many stars

all over the world on TV shows.

He's just a guy who knows everything about hip-hop.

He will be choreographing your team for nationals.

They've been working so hard this year

and I just think it's right to give them

this little treat with having a choreographer coming in.

LAUGHTER

# We, we're going to show the world

# Everything we're made of

# We're going to tear the roof off this place!

# Stand up! #

-So, who's who?

-I'm Hunter. Nice to meet you.

-Yes, sir!

-I'm Eldon.

-Yes, sir!

-James.

-OK, OK, OK.

-And I'm West.

-Come again?

-West.

-Come again?

West!

South Side!

I'm on it. You know, anyone can get my name right,

but the fact that he purposely said it wrong,

I just have chills.

-So, what have y'all got?

-We could just freestyle.

-Yeah!

-HUNTER:

-Luther just wants to see us dance so that he knows what

he can put in the number.

RAP SONG

Nice!

Right now we're performing tricks for Luther

and by the look on his face, I'm pretty sure he's loving it.

OK!

JAMES: We're killing it, man.

We're busting all the tricks for Luther - lifts,

break dancing, some hip-hop choreography,

krumping, popping, locking. He's going to love it.

ALL EXCLAIM

Luther seems pretty pumped about what I'm doing,

so I think I'm doing pretty good.

Nice. Nice.

I think I'm performing pretty well. I've got a trick up my sleeve.

I'm really excited to do that.

ALL EXCLAIM

WHOOPING

That was sick!

OK, y'all like tricks. OK, so this is what's going to happen.

I want y'all to give me a half-hour. I got some ideas.

I see some situations that can definitely pop off.

So go, get your lives together and come back.

We got some work to do, OK?

HUNTER: I could not wait to start rehearsing.

-So, how's your mom?

-She's great.

It's been a while since she's seen you guys.

We're warming up before we teach Michelle the nationals' routine.

-How does it feel to be back at the studio?

-Um... It's a big relief.

I missed you guys a lot and I tried so many different things,

but nothing was a fit.

I tried improv, cheerleading, a debate club...

THALIA: It really bothers me

when Michelle starts talking about what she's done when she's away.

Her mind needs to be on dance.

-Maybe we should start that first routine.

-Yeah.

-Already?

-We don't have that much time left before nationals.

-OK.

Coming back to the studio I thought everything with

everyone would be fine, but Giselle and Thalia are acting weird,

and I don't know what I did or what's up.

What is this?

Caution tape?

We all see this caution tape,

and I really have no clue what Luther's going to do with us.

I need to see you guys in a straight line.

-We're going to do a quick exercise.

-OK, all right.

And I'm going to need you all to race.

OK.

The race is going to be done in three seconds. I'm going to win.

You're going to bring it all the way over here

but you've got to do it in slow motion.

-What?

-Uh-huh. Slow motion.

But you can't stop. It's got to be continuous.

I think Luther might be a bit confused.

The point of a race is to see who's fastest, not the slowest.

Part of the whole art of being amazing is control.

We're just very explosive. We're all over the place.

We just want to flip everywhere.

I think he really wants us to sit back and control everything.

On your marks...

..get set...

..go!

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Nice!

It's actually a lot of fun. I've never done that before.

And he said we needed to do that

because when we showed off our tricks we were too antsy.

We need to learn how to slow down and have resistance in our dancing.

-WEST:

-There's a lot of punches, a lot of kicks

and all that kind of crazy stuff being thrown.

Mid-race, Eldon grabs my ankle and starts biting...

in slow motion.

HE LAUGHS

Where is the ref in all this?

-ELDON:

-I turn around because I need to see where my competition is at.

But because I turn around, I hit the caution tape and I lose.

Oh, man!

We're a few feet from the finish line and this guy grabs me,

tosses me over the caution tape. So I guess I'm out, I lose.

Thanks, West!

So it's just me and West last. I'm on the ground.

And I kind of kicked him

and gave him a little push to the finish line.

HE GROANS

LAUGHTER

So I guess West wins, but only because he cheated.

Yes! I won! I won!

Now that I've won the slow-mo race,

I think I'm going to take it up another notch

and start racing with sloths.

Or even snails. I think... Maybe a snail.

Might be a bit more challenging.

Right now we just took a break from learning the choreography

and we're just kind of talking about our futures.

I think my biggest dream in life is to own my own company

and, you know, just travel the world and share my love for dance.

-That's awesome!

-That sounds so fun.

I think my biggest dream is to open a studio, like The Next Step.

And when Miss Kate goes, maybe Giselle will come in.

I want to see you being a studio owner, totally!

Things seem to be going great. It's not so awkward any more.

Giselle and Thalia have warmed up and things seem to be clicking now.

-How about you?

-Well, I don't know.

It's always been a dream of mine to be on Broadway dancing

and acting and singing and all different things.

You know what I mean?

Just incorporating different styles into dance.

Yeah.

We should probably start teaching you the second routine.

-Already?

-Yeah. It's a hard one.

-Oh, OK.

Giselle and Thalia are acting kind of weird again

and awkward.

I'm going to ignore it, but I'm hoping they trust me

enough to come clean and tell me what it is.

It's raw, but you're moving real powerful but real controlled.

-Boom, boom, boom, you're going to hit him.

-OK.

So you're going to react.

Right now we're learning the routine from Luther

and so far it looks so sick.

-Boom, to him. Then boom to him. Then you're going to turn that way.

-Hey!

But on the turn, boom.

Because I won the slow-mo race, Luther is giving me

a solo part right off the top.

Front and centre.

Seven and boom, boom, boom.

-WEST:

-Working with Luther is awesome. He's really big on dynamic.

He's really big on fast, slow.

RAP SONG

Bring it on up!

We're all picking it up so fast and his choreo was just swag dope.

We just kind of dropped and we just kind of run back and forth

and we back up and it's right back into all this hard stuff again.

So it's really cool.

At one point all three of us start at West's ankles, slide it up

and he brings it through his body.

That's so sick.

The choreo's amaze.

I think we're going to do really good in nationals.

Is there anything that y'all want in there? Any moves?

I've been working on this move, the B-Twist.

I recommend the B-Twist because it's a sweet trick

and if we can all do it that would be so sick.

I don't think you're ready for that.

You ain't ready.

When Luther says I'm not ready it's kind of disappointing.

How will I know when I'm ready?

When it's time, you'll know, know what I'm sayin'?

You're going to wake up one day and it'll be like,

"Hey, man, it's me, the B-Twist. It's time to do it."

Can you hear it talking to you? Listen, listen, listen.

Can you hear it talking to you?

-No, no.

-Exactly. You're not ready.

-Oh.

I don't understand what Luther is saying

when he says that the move will talk to me.

Only humans talk to me, I've never had a move talk to me.

-You'll get it, dude.

-Yeah.

One day you'll do it like the rest of us!

The B-Twist has definitely talked to me.

And it actually talk to me in Swedish. I have no clue why.

-OK.

-You'll know.

-We knew. We've all been there.

-You've got to hear it.

OK, I'll listen for that.

Luther doesn't think I can handle the B-Twist,

but I'm going to prove to him that I can do this.

Yo.

Do you think I really ruined my relationships with Emily

and Michelle?

Yeah. 100%, man.

When James tells me that I've ruined both of my relationships,

hearing this over and over again, it's...

it's starting to hurt.

Listen, don't come to me for advice,

because I literally just got back together with Riley.

Think of it this way, you kissed Beth, Riley saw you kissing Beth.

Second of all, you got Riley back.

If you can do that, you're a lot better than I am.

Yeah, if you think about it that way...

You know what? You need to figure out what your problem is, man.

I don't know what my problem is, though.

You know what I think it is?

I think it's because you're such an amazing dancer.

Once he starts to get to know the girl

and they get to know him,

he can't handle the relationship

because his dancing is more mature than him.

It sounds wack, but when girls see you dance, they fall for you.

But when they get to know you and your personality,

it kind of falls apart, then they un-fall for you.

So my personality has to catch up to my dancing...

Yeah.

When will I know... when my personality has caught up?

It's going to take time.

OK, how many turns can you do?

If you took off right now and hit a bunch of turns,

how many could you do?

Normally I can do about 15 or 16 but I've done 22.

OK, so let's say 30, which will probably take you about five years.

Maybe by then you'll be ready, when you hit 30 pirouettes.

When James says that my personality has to mature

up to the level of my dancing, it kind of makes sense,

so by the time I can do 30 pirouettes

I should be ready to date, I guess.

-Go on! You got it, bro.

-Thanks, man.

-You good?

-Yeah.

-Let's hop in here.

Looks good!

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

I'm showing Giselle and Thalia the choreography just

so they can make sure I'm doing it right and I have it down perfect.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Nice!

-That was good.

-Are you sure?

-It was perfect.

-There's nothing I need to change?

-No, it was fine.

-Seriously?

How many times are Giselle and Thalia going to act weird?

I have to deal with this. It's bothering me.

You guys have been acting weird all day.

There's something wrong. Why can't you just tell me?

It doesn't matter how good Michelle's dance is

if she's not committed.

She said she'll come back but is she 100% committed to the team?

Michelle, you're an amazing dancer

and you're amazing in everything you do,

and you've been trying all these new things and it's...

What Thalia and I are trying to say is that you've been doing all

these different things and that's great, but...

we're your family and we need you right now.

-We don't want you to leave again.

-Nationals is around the corner.

I understand what Michelle and Thalia are saying about me

leaving again, but they don't have to worry.

Look, guys, I know I left at a bad time

and I am really sorry. It's just...

Now that I'm back here,

it makes me realise you guys are my friends and my family.

-I don't know where else I would be other than dancing and...

-And?

I'm not going anywhere for a long time.

I feel a lot better that Giselle and Thalia finally told me

what was wrong.

It's like a weight has been lifted off my chest.

I feel so much better now that we have everything out in the open.

Michelle is not leaving, she is staying at The Next Step.

Cool!

-But seriously, that arm was crazy.

-Which one?

Yeah, and you need to get your jump just a little bit higher.

-Which one?

-Don't worry, we'll go over it.

Michelle will definitely have all the choreo down before nationals

but she needs a little help from us.

Why are you all looking at me?

You know what, B-Twist. One man, one floor, one flip and let's go!

I want to help James with the B-Twist because

it would just give us that much more of an edge at nationals.

All right, let's do it!

I think West is right, I should go for this.

Yeah, OK, so you got the spin but your body is like this.

You've got to get it like this.

It's the back leg that you have to throw up.

Boom, ha.

-See that right there?

-Yeah.

It's weird, cos usually James can do all the tricks that me

and West can do and even Hunter can do B-Twist.

OK, let's do it.

W-W-W-W... What are you doing?

When Luther walks in, I get kind of scared,

because we're not supposed to be helping James with his B-Twist.

He's just tying his shoe!

-ALL TALK AT ONCE

-OK.

When Luther walks in, I kind of pretend I'm tying my shoe.

Hopefully he doesn't know we're trying the B-Twist.

It's kind of cool to see you guys trying to cover up for each other.

-Teamwork make a dream work.

-ALL: Yeah!

Just keep your boy in check.

OK, fine. Maybe Luther was right,

but I think the B-Twist will start talking to me soon.

I think.

-ALL:

-Pizza!

We're coming to studio A to see how the small-group

routine is going for nationals.

ALL TALK AT ONCE

The real reason we're going to studio A

is we really just want to meet Luther. I mean, he's so cool.

-OK, how did it go today?

-Good!

-It was unreal.

Luther is amazing, so...

It's so great to see how excited

the guys are about their experience with Luther.

My day with Luther was amazing.

The choreography and working with him was so sick. So sweet.

We want to make sure that everything is clean and perfect for nationals.

-No, no, you guys WILL make sure!

-ALL: Yeah!

-Perfect for nationals.

-Yeah!

-Here we go, here we go. Hands in.

ALL: One, two, three...nationals!

RAP SONG

-GISELLE:

-I can't believe we're almost at nationals.

Right now we are in such a good place with the team

and we're going to nail it.

-KATE:

-I'm so proud of how quickly the team has come together

and in time for nationals.

We might actually have a shot at winning.

Now we have this Luther Brown choreography, I think

we're going to do some damage at nationals.

-MICHELLE:

-A-Troupe has gone through so much this year.

I'm ready to go to nationals...

..and kill it!