Cry Me A River The Next Step

Noah, there is greatness in you.

I can see it.

I kind of realise now I'm good enough to be in A-Troupe.

I deserve to be here.

I'm so sorry about what happened today.

-I know it means a lot to you.

-Do you?

Do you realise I got kicked off of A-Troupe

and I've been trying to prove myself since?

And you messed this up for me.

-Hi.

-Can I speak to you?

Yes.

I just feel like, because of everything that I've missed,

it's bound to be that I'm going to be an alternate.

RHYTHMIC MUSIC PLAYS

Right now, we're rehearsing this dance

and all we kind of know is that it's a two to seven person routine.

We know there's a twist coming, but we have no idea what it is.

# Ooh, lights

# Camera

# Action

# Refraction

# Lights... #

Since I've been having such a hard time with my parents' divorce,

I've missed a lot of dance practices.

# We go back and forth... #

Normally, alternates aren't in any dances for Internationals,

but Kate put me in this one dance,

even though I don't do anything - I sit in a chair as a prop.

I feel so useless on that prop.

I mean, everyone is dancing their hardest

and I feel like I'm just there.

And that's not who I am.

OK, that was good.

I know everyone is pretty much over me crying all the time

and being upset about my parents, but...

..I can't help it.

I know Michelle is going through a lot right now,

but this is Internationals.

She needs to have her head in the game throughout this whole thing.

I used to be dance captain. I used to be in charge.

I have way too much going on in my life for me to be focused

on Internationals and I know no-one understands that.

# We...we are gonna show the world

# Everything we're made of

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

# Stand up! #

Someone should go talk to her.

Ever since Michelle has come back from Madison,

her head is just not in A-Troupe.

It's all over the place.

Oh...fine. I'll go.

MICHELLE SNIFFS

What's wrong?

You don't see what was wrong?

No. I don't.

I look useless up there.

I was Miss National Soloist.

I know.

Now look where I am. I'm an alternate.

You're still Miss National Soloist.

No-one can take that away from you.

You just fell a little short this year. That's...that's OK.

Internationals is right around the corner.

You have to be strong.

So I'm going to get you a water.

When I get back, you have to be OK, cos we have to rehearse. OK?

My strategy right now is I'm going to give her 90 seconds.

She's going to let it all out.

Then hopefully, we can get back to rehearsal.

Miss Kate is helping me work

on my Internationals solo and just trying to get me ready,

and everything seems to be going great.

Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it! Good. OK. We'll get there.

But I think just that little change will make a big difference.

I enter the music room to rehearse and I see Kate coaching Eldon.

I'm not really sure what's going on. But I want to find out.

-Then handspring, handspring, full.

-Sold. I am so excited for the solo.

-It's going to be awesome.

-I can't wait.

Hey, uh...what's going on?

I'm just rehearsing my Internationals solo.

I didn't know there were solos.

Yeah. Eldon is going to represent The Next Step

-for the Mr International Soloist title.

-Yeah.

Did you hold auditions for this?

No. I didn't need to. I knew Eldon was the best choice.

We have to go into this competition with as much of an advantage

as we can and Eldon is the best dancer to do that.

I didn't really get to show Kate that maybe I'm worthy enough

to be a soloist at Internationals.

Well, I would have at least liked to try.

Oh. Are you saying you think you are as good a dancer as Eldon?

Don't go there, bud.

Yeah. That's why I'm standing here before you.

Hey, Miss Kate.

Would you like me to teach young Noah over here

a little bit of a lesson?

Maybe you'll learn something from me.

Oh. He's got an attitude.

-I think that's a fantastic idea.

-All right.

-Get to it, gentlemen.

All right, J-Troupe. Let's go.

I'm not J-Troupe any more.

I'm A-Troupe.

By the end of today, there's no way

Noah is going to think he's as good as I am.

So how are you feeling?

Better, I guess.

'I've been sitting with Michelle'

for a while now. and she seems to be calming down.

I think we're on the right track.

I felt so, like, useless. I hate feeling like that.

I know. You're not useless. And I'm always here for you.

'I appreciate Stephanie's help right now.'

And I actually feel like most of the crying is out of my system.

Hey! Uh, sorry. Am I interrupting anything?

No. We were just going to leave.

OK. Cool. I actually need the place to rehearse

because Miss Kate just told me

that I'm going to be the new female soloist for Internationals.

-(Oh...)

-RILEY CLEARS THROAT

But you know, Michelle, you would have gotten it too

if your parents didn't...

Uh, Riley, you need to go. Thank you.

'And back to square one.'

Whoops.

I'm so excited to go to Miami. It's coming up so soon.

So soon. Internationals!

'I'm just hanging out with Max and West before rehearsals.

We're talking about Miami

and how excited we are for Internationals.

I'm trying to go to the Everglades. How awesome would that be?

You know, the Everglades are actually the only place

where crocodiles and alligators exist side by side.

Hold on. What's the difference?

Well, alligators have rounder snouts.

JAMES BELCHES

-That was gross.

-That was weak.

MAX BELCHES

Not bad. MAX BELCHES AGAIN

OK. Not bad. What? Do you not know how to burp or something?

No. I don't know how to burp on command.

-Like, who does that?

-What? Men.

I am appalled that West does not know how to burp.

Who doesn't know how to burp?

That just makes me a more civilised human being.

I'm going to teach you right now. Suck in some air.

Get it into your diaphragm and let it rip.

-OK.

-Right now.

WEST GULPS LOUDLY

WEST COUGHS

-OK!

-Whoa, whoa, whoa...

-You're done man.

You're going to hurt yourself... LOUD BELCHING

I don't think I've ever heard anybody burp that loud.

Round one. Ella.

What just happened?

Whatever it was, she's just challenged us.

You know, Noah, many have tried to take me down.

All have failed.

How many?

I don't know. Like, four or five.

Sorry, who? What are their names?

It was Hunter, Daniel and my brothers.

-Your younger brothers?

-Yeah.

Noah thinks he is as good as I am.

I'm going to show him just how wrong he is.

Little does he know, I'm going to keep up.

See the control there?

Let me show you some control.

Everyone in the studio knows Eldon is trying to get to 30 pirouettes.

I thought I'd show him how easy it is.

28, 29, 30.

See that control?

30? ELDON SCOFFS

30.

You know there's a lot more to dance than just pirouettes, bud.

That's not what Thalia said.

That's not funny.

I don't think Eldon realised, but he's got some competition.

All right. Internationals is coming up.

We need to be prepared. You know that movie Rocky?

-Yep.

-What did he do?

-He drank eggs.

-And how many?

At least six.

-That's two each.

-OK.

-Let's go.

We need to drink raw eggs

because all the big dogs do it - Rocky did it.

-All right. You guys ready?

-I'm Rocky-ready.

Rocky! Let's go. For Internationals.

Uh, hold on. Hold on. There's actually a shell in my glass.

I'm going to need a new glass.

Come on, man. It's dust. You're fine. Let's do this.

Internationals!

OK. Here we go. Ready?

One. Two. Three.

There's definitely a part of me that's having second thoughts.

JAMES CLEARS HIS THROAT

Three.

Yeah, this raw eggs thing is...really gross.

-Chickened out.

-You didn't. You both did.

The counting confused me. On three or after three?

-On four?

-Four?

-OK. Four.

-Four.

-Four.

-On four.

-Four.

-Four.

-Let's go.

-All right.

-Phew!

-You guys ready for this?

-Let's go.

-OK.

-Internationals.

-Internationals.

-Let's go.

One. Two. Three.

You know what? Come to think about it,

in the movie, with the boxer, he didn't even win.

-He tied.

-He tied. We don't want to tie. We want to win.

When Ella drinks the eggs...

All six? Who is this girl?

I've never seen anything like it in my entire life.

Ah...

Round two. Ella.

Why does Ella keep one-upping us?

You know what? If she wants a competition,

she'll get one.

All right. Let's see it.

'He passed the warm-up.'

Now let's see what else he's got.

FAST-PACED MUSIC PLAYS

Eldon thinks he's going to teach me a lesson,

but he has no idea how good I am.

Noah thinks he is as good as I am.

I'm going to show him just how wrong he is.

Right when I thought Eldon was done his last move...

..he kept going and going and going.

And it literally just got better and better and better.

I can't come back from this one.

He's insane.

All right, let's go. What else you got?

-Let's see another one.

-Bro, bring it down low.

And you deserve it.

Thanks.

'I'm really proud of Noah. Just seeing what he is today'

is really cool, seeing the progress.

One day, he'll be a really good soloist.

Hi, Mum.

Yeah, I'm fine. They're just, um...

The people here are a little bit weird.

Oh, speaking of weird, there's some weird people coming.

OK. I love you. I'll call you later. Bye.

Hi.

I'm sick and tired of losing competitions

that I didn't even know I was involved in.

-We're here to challenge you.

-If you think you can handle it?

I'm pretty sure I can handle it. What did you have in mind?

-Sporting event.

-You pick the sport. We will pulverise you.

She can choose anything she wants.

We're experts in everything.

OK. Football.

-Well, that's great, because Max here is a football legend.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Peace out.

We'll see you on the field.

SLOW PIANO INTRO PLAYS

After battling back and forth

all day, trying to outdo each other, me and Noah realised that

we're really similar and choreographing something together

might be a lot better than just trying to beat each other

so we choreographed a duet.

I'm doing the duet with Eldon and...

Everything is just awesome. He's amazing, you know,

and I've just learned so much from him,

he's just an amazing inspiration to me.

# Watch my problems get washed away

# Washed away

# Oh... #

Eldon is a better dancer than me

but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop now.

I'm going to get to his level.

# All I need is just a little

# Ooh

# All I need is just a little bit of oxygen

# Oh, same place, same routine

# All I need is just a little bit of oxygen

# All I need is just a little bit of oxygen... #

'I underestimated Noah a lot.

'I knew he was really good,

'but I didn't know he could do all the things I saw today.'

He's a really great asset to our team.

Honestly, I underestimated you.

You know, I've been looking up to you for years,

ever since I was in J-Troupe.

Thanks, man. You know what?

I wouldn't worry about missing out on being soloist.

So you're stepping down?

You wish...but next year's solo is yours.

Of course. Appreciate it.

'I don't know if I'll have a solo next year'

but it's really nice to hear that from Eldon

cos it means he believes in me.

-Ella's going down.

-You know what?

She doesn't know who she's messing with.

She's probably too scared to show up.

She's probably sipping on some tea right now.

We're just waiting on the field for Ella and...I cannot wait

for her to arrive.

The challenge is to kick a football between the goalposts.

Two, three, four, five...

-That's a soccer ball.

-You ready?

-Let's do this.

-This is North America, OK?

We play real football here.

'A soccer ball to a football challenge?'

Oh...she's so out of her league.

I just think they're really ridiculous.

They're taking it so seriously.

-Hey - you can do this. Right?

-You can do this!

Max is the best kicker I know.

-Let's go, Max.

-On my whistle - let's go.

We go on my whistle.

WHISTLE BLOWS

Whoo! Let's go!

My turn.

When Max misses, I'm appalled.

What is he doing?

That's all right.

-Ella! Ella!

-You know how to do this?

You OK with this?

You're going to miss!

Here we go - on my whistle.

Right. I should have done that.

Wow. Testing the wind now. All right.

What? How is she good at this too?

She literally showed up with a soccer ball.

Ella's hobbies must be dance, burping, drinking raw eggs

and football.

Round three - Ella.

'I've got four older brothers.'

Where do you think I learned all this stuff?

Put the ball on the tee.

James is going to get this. Watch this.

-You good?

-Know what? I give up.

I don't care. I give up.

I don't know how I'm going to get over this.

I just don't even feel a part of this team any more.

I don't feel like I belong.

So I enter into Studio A and I see Michelle sitting there.

I really do care about her.

She's really important to me and the team.

'And I need to help her get through this.'

-Hi.

-Hey.

-How are you feeling?

-All right.

-I'm going to help you.

-Why are you being so nice to me?

It's probably because I care,

but you and I know I'm never going to admit to that.

So let's just say I'm getting your head in the game for Internationals.

All right.

We're going to desensitise you.

You're not going to feel a thing after this.

-OK.

-So you're going to take it from the top

and tell me everything that's wrong.

Number one.

Well, you clearly know that my parents got divorced.

Yeah, that's really a drag. Continue.

-That's not helping.

-Just trust me. Go.

You know I'm an alternate for Internationals,

the biggest competition ever.

Mm-hm. That can't feel great.

Obviously not.

You know my mom took the cat to Wisconsin with her.

Yeah.

Bet you miss him. What's his name?

-Tiggy.

-That's a cute name.

Yeah, I know.

Everyone has been pitying Michelle, walking on eggshells around her

and not actually dealing with the problem here.

You also have to sit on the throne in the dance the whole time

while the rest of us are dancing in front of you.

Can't really see you back there.

Yeah, thanks for reminding me, Stephanie.

I need to show her that she can get through this, she's strong enough

and remind her that everything is going to be OK.

I don't understand what you are trying to do.

I'm trying to get you to just get over it.

Let it all out.

Feel what you have to feel and stop dwelling on it.

That's it.

-All right.

-We have to move forward.

So take a deep breath in.

How do you feel?

Somehow, I feel better.

Ready for this?

STEPHANIE GIGGLES

Come on.

-It's all going to be OK.

-Thank you.

-It's late. Can we leave?

-Yeah. Let's go.

-Thank you.

I feel like Stephanie just really made me realise

that I have to get over this.

I'm a strong person. I can get through it.

I finally feel like there is a light at the end of this tunnel.

# We...we are going to show the world

# Everything we're made of

# We're gonna tear the roof off this place

# Oh

# You can never fade us out

# Don't even ask the DJ

# Everybody knows we own this house. #