I'm Your Captain The Next Step

Previously on The Next Step...

-Are you coming from Madison or your dad's?

-Madison.

You've been there a lot. Are you planning on staying there?

No, of course not. No.

Leading up to nationals, we used to hang out together all the time,

we were bros, and now he's spending a lot of time with the band.

I kind of miss it.

-What's the point of the exercise?

-Well, to get to know one another.

I'm Shantel. You're Giselle. Let's dance.

Of course we failed the duet.

She didn't want to work with me at all.

Nice team work.

MUSIC PLAYS

-Michelle!

-Hi.

Hi. You're just the person I wanted to talk to, actually.

We need to figure out the rehearsal schedule for internationals.

-I honestly don't think I can be dance captain this year.

-What?

I don't even know where I'm going to live.

I don't know if I'm moving back to Madison or

if I'm staying here with my dad.

I just have a lot on my plate and there's just

so much going on in my life.

It's just not fair to the team if I'm not 100% committed.

OK, well, I'll guess I'll find somebody else, then.

Thank you.

Now that Michelle has resigned, it means The Next Step

needs to find another dance captain.

# We, we are going to show the world

# Everything we're made of

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

Stand up!

Hey, you guys, listen up.

I have a letter from the internationals board.

At internationals, you get bits

and pieces of information at different times

and the purpose of that is to really test the studios

and their ability to deal with ever-changing situations.

At internationals, you have to work as a team,

but you won't get far without a leader.

Declare your captain, and you'll be one step closer to Miami.

-OK.

-Well, that's easy.

Well, Michelle is our dance captain.

Uh, actually guys, I've decided to step down as dance captain.

-What?

-Why?

-So now what?

-Look, you guys,

with Emily gone and Michelle stepping down,

I have made the executive decision that Giselle will be our new

-dance captain.

-Me?

-Yes!

I can't believe Miss Kate wants me to be dance captain.

Me, Giselle.

Guys, no, what about me?

I want a chance to be dance captain too.

When I was co-captain at Elite, Lucien taught

me how to make a winning team.

We need a leader like myself to take us to internationals.

Shantel isn't ready to be dance captain yet.

She just joined A troupe, she should focus on being part of the team.

Let someone else lead us to internationals.

Classic Shantel. Always thinks she knows better than everybody else.

All right, this is what we'll do.

Shantel, you'll choreograph a trio.

Giselle, you'll choreograph a trio.

Those two trios will compete against each other,

-and the winning dance will determine the dance captain.

-OK.

-Cool.

-Fair?

-Yeah. Sounds very fair.

-Good.

I'm not surprised that Shantel wants to challenge for dance captain,

but she has a lot of nerve.

This is not going to go over well.

# I try to fight the battle but I'm losing the war

# Whoa, whoa, hey! #

Who would like to be the first on the contemporary team?

Right now, we're deciding who will be in each of the trios

for the dance captain competition.

-I'll do it.

-Great, thank you.

Kate wanted us to mix it up a bit,

so I'm doing the contemporary routine,

and Giselle's doing the hip-hop routine.

OK, so the final dancer for contemporary will be...

You know what? As much as I love hip-hop,

I think I'm going to go for contemporary.

I chose Shantel's contemporary team because in order for me to keep up

with the team, I've got to learn everything.

Shantel's team? You get A studio. Giselle? Music room.

We get the studio A.

I'm so excited to work on my hip-hop routine.

I mean, with Eldon, Max and Chloe in my routine,

I know it's going to be amazing.

MUSIC PLAYS

-I don't have a problem, if you don't have a problem, Frankie.

-Hey.

Talk to Gina. Get it here. ..Hey!

Yeah, I got to go, Frankie. Jimmy's here. My nephew - James.

I have to get a suit for Aunt Kathy's wedding,

so I have to go to my uncle Enzo's suit shop

because my mom's making me go.

OK, Frankie. Frankie. Frankie. Got to go!

-Jimmy! How ya doing?

-Good, man.

-I haven't seen you in for ever. What's going on?

-How you doing, man?

-Look at you. You look great.

-Thank you.

Not to complain. What are you doing here?

-My mom didn't tell you?

-Your mother told me...

-Yes, you need a suit!

-Yes, a new suit.

-For Aunt Kathy's wedding.

Yes, for the wedding.

My uncle Enzo runs more of a...

like a clearance suit shop.

Like suits from World War Two.

-Don't you worry. We'll find you a suit!

-OK.

Find? We can make you a suit! Oooh, ooh.

Sometimes my uncle Enzo makes his own suits.

-Those are even worse!

-Check it out. Check it out. Check it out.

-Sky blue!

-Yeah.

-It is the new black.

I can make you a shirt, jacket, pants, shoes.

-I can make you shoes, Jimmy!

-Shoes?

Of course. Don't question Uncle Enzo, I can make anything.

That's really cool, but I don't...

I'm not really a fan of the sky blue, either.

-I hate it! Don't worry. We'll find something.

-OK.

We'll find something for you.

Yeah, I'm pretty confident that I'm not finding a suit here.

MUSIC PLAYS

-Let's get this hip-hop group started.

-All right.

I think we should start...

I think we should all start with pirouettes.

That would be so fantastic.

I get what you're saying, but this is a hip-hop routine.

'Right now, we're trying to work out some

'choreography for the dance captain challenge.'

Why don't we just bam, bam, bam, you know? Do it.

I think the routine should be a balance of hip-hop style...

-So many times.

-OK.

..with technique.

You know what would be cooler than that?

Is if we came in doing a B-twist.

If we're going to do a hip-hop number,

we've got to stick to straight hip-hop.

I want to do a windmill because, you know,

it's kind of like a windmill, you know?

I like windmills.

-All right. A windmill, OK.

-Oh, nice.

-Wow.

-You ever tried that?

I want to take their ideas in,

but I'm supposed to be the dance captain of this group,

and no-one's listening to me.

-But I...

-There we go. OK.

Why are we going to start with something like that?

At first, I thought I'd be a great dance captain, but,

'now, from this experience, I'm really not sure.'

I'm going to go get some water.

It's going to be memorable. At the beginning...

But if we do pirouettes at the beginning, we might as well do...

MUSIC PLAYS

I'm very excited. This is the good stuff.

I'm trying on suits in my uncle Enzo's shop right now,

and I'm starting to lose hope.

My lapels look like slices of pizza!

This is not working.

This suit, I hate.

This suit...I kind of like.

I feel like I own an oil well and I should be taking care of my cattle.

But it's not appropriate for Aunt Kathy's wedding.

If this one isn't perfect, Jimmy, I'm going to eat

paper from that three-ring binder. So, let's go.

This is not going well. I'm going to need some help.

Oh, it's so good to just relax.

TEXT ALERT

Oh, James texted me.

SNS.

What does that mean?

"Sister needs sister."

Emily and I usually send these SNS texts,

which means "sister needs sister", when we're in trouble.

I know it must be important so I have to go help him out.

-Maybe you should go.

-I'm going to go get that.

-OK. Bye.

-Bye.

Ready? Five, six, seven, eight.

Go one, two, three and four, five, six, seven, eight.

'I really want to see how Shantel's rehearsal is going.'

One, two, three and four. OK, just watch your arms, guys.

-Where are the arms?

-Big?

-Yah, perfect.

Thanks.

Yeah, thank you. OK, ready? Five, six, seven, eight.

'To be honest I thought Shantel's group would be a complete disaster,

'but they're all listening to her. They're taking direction.'

That looks good. That looks really good.

Maybe Shantel would be the better dance captain.

-Giselle.

-Hey.

-Come sit.

'She looks upset and that's so not like her.'

She's always bubbly and excited to see everyone,

but something's definitely wrong.

Everything's just not going as I planned.

This whole dance captain thing, it's kind of just made me

less confident in myself.

Shantel's doing an amazing job. She's giving correction.

They're taking notes. They're working as a team. My group?

They're running around like fools.

One wants to do a foite, one wants to do a pirouette, so how do you...

Pirouette.

How do you know?

I don't.

Look, as captain, you have to make a decision and the team will follow.

She makes it look so easy but for me?

It's just really hard.

What's hard is believing in yourself.

'She is completely right.'

OK.

This whole dance captain thing, I've been down on myself

and I need to bring up my confidence level.

I do need to believe in myself.

Now get in there and take charge.

OK, I can do this. I got this.

-OK. Good luck.

-Thank you.

-I trust you.

'I really hope my advice helps Giselle.'

MUSIC PLAYS

'I come to this weird warehouse

'filled with dirty old clothing.'

James!

And I'm not really too sure where James is.

I got your SNS text, where are you?

I'm in here.

I did SNS Riley, but I did not mean "sister needs sister".

I meant "seriously needs suit".

James, is that you?

I don't even know any more.

What?!

'He's wearing the most ridiculous suit I have ever seen!'

There's ruffles and pink and blue.

I can't... I can't even look at you. Oh, my gosh!

Oh, my gosh! This is disgusting.

There's so much dust and clutter!

Ugh! And that smell of meatballs...

And these suits?

Oh, my goodness!

Yep, that's mould. Yep, this place should definitely be condemned.

Ooh...

Why, Riley?

ENZO CLEARS HIS THROAT

-Agh!

-I want to introduce you to my uncle Enzo.

This is his shop.

And I heard everything.

The insults, the rudeness, the criticism -

and I agree. It's true. We just don't say it out loud.

What do you think of the suit?

Um, well...

This is clearly a situation where he desperately needs my help.

I'm not too crazy about it.

Do you think you can do better?

Definitely.

Why do we have to open with that?

Because it's the opening of the number.

-I know but...

-We need to captivate the audience right away.

We're all so passionate about our ideas,

it gets pretty competitive.

-Eldon, Chloe.

-But then...

Eldon, Chloe, Max, let's go!

I believe in myself and we're going to do this,

no matter how hard it's going to be for me.

I want to be dance captain so I'm going to make it happen.

Chloe, start at the back. Boys, start at the sides.

Let's just do a skeleton.

OK? So, Chloe, you're going to have a solo moment.

Boys, this is where you're going to B-Twist in.

She has a clear plan,

'she knows exactly what she wants from us,

'and that's exactly what a good dance captain should do.'

-Yes, I like that a lot!

-I like that.

-OK?

-Yes!

MUSIC PLAYS

You want a meatball?

Um, no, I'm good. I already had meatballs this month.

So, it took me a while

to find a suit in that store that suited James.

SUITED - get it?

Ha-ha, yeah, but, uh...

I think I finally found the right one.

Whoo, look at that!

Doesn't he look good?

'She picked out a sweet suit for me.'

It's nice and fitted. My style, not too much.

Not, like, bright blue or anything. It's a nice suit, so I'm happy.

-Sweet. OK, perfect.

-Yeah.

-And now what about you?

-Me?

-You need a dress.

Uh, no, I'm good. I don't need a dress.

Uh, you're my date to the wedding. You're going to need a dress.

'It's a very kind gesture but, um...'

I don't really think I'll find one here.

Yeah, um, I can just buy one at a store.

No-one in our family pays retail.

Well, there's not really a lot of selection here so...

-I have a whole warehouse!

-Oh...!

Let's see the warehouse!

Let's hit the warehouse!

Let's hit the warehouse. OK.

This is going to be awful.

# Oh, I told you and you don't know what to do

# But we're all, yeah, we're all

# Yeah, we're all here for you

# I told you and you don't know what to do

# But we're all, yeah, we're all

# We're all here for you. #

'I'm actually really surprised that Uncle Enzo found me'

a fantastic dress for the wedding. I'm really excited to wear it.

I'm really excited for Aunt Kathy's wedding.

Me and Riley are going to look great.

All right, you guys. It's time for the competition to see

who's going to be the next dance captain. Are the trios ready?

-Yeah!

-Yes! OK.

-ALL CHEER

OK, who wants to go first?

Me and my team can go first. Let's go, guys.

Perfect! Let's have Shantel's team.

'I worked really hard to make this routine perfect.

'And I really hope everyone else sees that.'

MUSIC PLAYS

'We're dancing to a song called Lost In The Middle, and this story'

is about siblings who just fight and bicker a lot.

Watching Shantel's makes me extremely nervous

they've a story line and mine's more so just dancing.

Shantel's dance is amazing but there is just something missing.

It's almost like they're dancing too safe.

'West is doing a great job.

'I thought he was just a hip-hop dancer,'

but he's great at contemporary, as well.

I think I really helped him.

'Noah, West and Thalia are amazing dancers

'but there is no personality in this dance. It's still really good'

but it's all Shantel. She works a lot like Lucien.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK, let's have Giselle's group up.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

'I hope this dance is good because'

I really, really want to be dance captain.

I'm not going to lie, I'm extremely nervous right now.

I'm just trying to stay positive for my team.

I'm praying that they do the best they can.

HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS

I like dancing hip-hop a lot.

I don't love it yet, because I'm not very good at it,

I think I'm getting better.

Giselle's hip-hop routine is awesome.

Looks like Chloe is channelling her inner West.

Giselle's dance is amazing.

I mean, she even incorporated Eldon's moves, Chloe's moves and Max's.

I'm just really happy that she included everyone in the team.

My team is doing so awesome.

I've never seen Chloe dance this way before, ever.

It's looking better than I ever thought it would.

Giselle's dance is pretty good, but as a dance captain,

you need to make sure that everyone is at the same level,

and you can tell that Chloe isn't at the same level as Eldon and Max.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Great job, you guys. Amazing choreography, Giselle and Shantel.

Thank you so much.

Um, Michelle, since you were the previous dance captain,

I think you should be the one to make the decision.

Oh, uh...

'On one hand, we have Shantel, who's driven and focused on her dance,

'and on another hand, we have Giselle,

'who is amazing and dedicated'

and everyone loves her.

I know she always does what's best for the team.

Sometimes you just have to make a decision.

Well, both trios were amazing...

..but...

..I think our dance captain...

..is Giselle.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I'm dance captain! I'm just so excited right now!

'I can't believe it.

'My routine was way more polished than Giselle's.'

This team doesn't recognise my talents,

and I knew Michelle was just going to pick her friend.

Are you guys kidding right now?

You don't see how unfair this is? Really?

Well, Shantel...

Being dance captain is more than just choreographing routines.

It's about how the whole team comes together as one.

And I feel like Giselle did a better job at doing that.

You won't win internationals like this.

'I'm done with The Next Step.'

They don't appreciate what I can do for them? Hey, it's their loss.

'I told Giselle that she had to be decisive as dance captain,'

and then, when I'm decisive, we lose a dancer.

I guess that's the price you pay for being a leader.

-Oh, my gosh.

-What? What's it?

I get a text from Kate.

Wow. I didn't see that coming.

'Someone is rejoining A Troupe,'

and I can't believe who it is.

-Aren't you excited?

-Can I try some of this?

This is NOT good.