This Changes Everything The Next Step

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Your team is disqualified, my team is going to regionals.

You don't have the power to disqualify me.

I know exactly who should be going to regionals.

Nobody.

This drama between Michelle and Emily just doesn't stop.

You want to go behind Michelle and Emily's backs,

choreograph a secret dance

and if we fail we'll all get kicked out of the studio forever?

I'm in.

I was able to get you an addition at Gemini.

What?

I worked so hard to unite East and West,

I don't know what I'm going to do now.

Wait, did you say Emily broke her ankle?

Yeah, you're actually going to have to take her to emergency.

I need to figure out what's going on.

I can't believe this is happening.

Emily.

What are you doing here?

I'm very busy, you have to leave.

Your ankle isn't broken.

No, what are you talking about?

-Ozzy said that...

-Ozzy?

Wait, what did you do?

What are you doing? Open the door.

We dancers have some big plans and we can't have

Michelle and Emily interfering.

-Why are you doing that?

-Ozzy!

Ozzy is in big trouble right now.

I can't believe he would do this.

Come back!

THEY SCREAM AND SHOUT

Being locked in this office with Michelle actually feels

like one of my worst nightmares.

I cannot see how we will both make it out of this unscathed.

# We

# We're gonna show the world

# Everything we're made of

# We're gonna tear the roof off this place

# Stand up! #

Right now we are just waiting for Amy to arrive

so we can start our first

rehearsal as a merged team.

Uniting East and West?

I don't know if we can pull this off.

But I hope so.

If we want to convince Miss Kate we deserve to go to regionals,

we have a lot of work to do.

Has Amy texted you yet?

Have you heard anything?

I texted her earlier, I'll go check.

Please.

It was Amy and I that came up with this whole idea

and I want her to be here,

but I don't know where she is.

Hey, you can't bring your phone to the studio.

Of course I can.

It's Studio A, not Studio One.

Get used to it, buddy. Your whole world is about to change.

I can't go to regionals

because of my brother's hockey.

But I'm going to do everything I can

to help the teams merge.

-She text you back?

-No. I texted her

and she hasn't answered back.

So, what about we just start

and she'll just join in after.

Hey, guys.

Who's going to run the rehearsal today?

Well, now that we're merging East and West,

I think the dance captain

should lead the rehearsal.

What do you think, Richelle?

Since Amy still isn't here,

I guess as dance captains,

Piper and I should start this rehearsal.

OK.

I feel really good about the collaboration,

but Amy's not here

and I don't know where she is.

Look, until someone rescues me

from this awful situation,

I'm going to divide the room.

So you will stay on your side...

I...

..will stay on mine.

You're not serious, are you?

Tape?

Emily has completely lost her mind.

Dividing the room?

I'm not five years old.

You really can't trust me to stay on my side of the room?!

You're ridiculous.

You're the reason we're in this entire situation.

Here we go again, everything is my fault, isn't it?

-Everything.

-Well, if you hadn't...

..if you hadn't started your own studio,

Miss Kate would have never had to cancel regionals

and we wouldn't be locked in this office together.

If you hadn't cut some of the most amazing dancers,

I would not have had to start my own team.

Miss Kate would have never cancelled regionals,

and we would not be in this situation.

That's a bit of a stretch.

Just pass me my tea please.

This?

It's on my side of the room.

Sorry.

I don't know how I'm going to make it through this day.

It's for your mouth.

Let me know if you need a bigger piece.

Five, six, seven, eight.

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

-NOAH:

-Right now, Richelle is taking us

through some of the choreography and doing it

over and over and over again to make sure it's crispy clear.

I mean, at first it was hard to kind of

include all of the groovy and then more of the technique,

but now we're kind of mixing in

and it's becoming pretty awesome actually.

It feels amazing to be rehearsing again.

And this Troupe is insane.

The TNS West dancers bring a really fun vibe to our team.

Just the contrast of contemporary and hip-hop works well together.

I love working with TNS East because they're technical dancers

and having this combined group of

different, unique dancers is just incredible.

Good. Is our arm going to come up before shh

or does it go straight up?

-No, it just goes straight.

-It's straight.

I think the merged troop

is going really well.

But, I have got something that will make

the dance better.

You know what?

Guys, guys.

I have a brilliant idea.

You might want to prepare yourselves for this.

Ozzy has something to say.

We don't have time for jokes right now.

It has to be 100% serious.

I think we should create a human chain so we can lock it down.

-OK...

-Chain style.

Locking it down chain style?

What does that even mean?

Ozzy's idea of linking arms, that's amazing.

This move will show that both teams are coming together as one.

No-one's listening to him though.

OK, OK, hang on, hang on. So if we all get into a line, right?

And then we all just...

Bop, bop, bop.

It would look so sick if we got that. Oh, yeah.

-Yeah, that's such a good idea.

-That's a great idea.

-Hold on.

Josh is saying the exact same idea I had

and they love it.

What's up with that?

I feel for Ozzy.

I mean, he's trying, but no-one's taking them seriously.

OK, guys, get back to your spaces.

Amy's not here.

Why is there a space there?

We need to put a dancer in her spot.

Look, Richelle, I hate to admit it,

but I think we need to re-choreograph.

We need to have a backup so we need

to change some choreo and spacing.

Emily and Michelle could come out of Studio One any second.

If we start to change this dance, it could become a mess.

I don't, I don't think we should risk it.

-There's your girl.

-OK.

-Hey.

OK, from the top.

Where have you been?

I think I had food poisoning or something this morning.

-I'm better now.

-OK.

Well, there's a spot open for you, so get practising.

I'm really worried,

I just finished my audition at the Geminis

and it went really well.

If I get in,

my mom will definitely make me leave The Next Step.

I'm going to check up on Ozzy right now

because it seems like something's up.

When we were in rehearsal,

he actually gave a really good idea

and nobody seemed to really listen to him.

You all good, bro?

Noah, how come no-one takes me seriously?

Yeah, I noticed that.

How come when Josh pitches an idea,

everybody thinks it's great?

When I say the exact same thing,

everybody thinks it's a joke?!

Well, sometimes you

come across a little bit silly.

I can't help it, that's just the way I am.

Hey, I get it. But,

if you're silly and joking around all the time,

nobody will ever take you seriously.

I feel for Ozzy,

cos when I was in J-Troupe,

I mean I was young and no-one really listened to me.

But, he's got to know that things will get better.

He's just got to keep trying.

They want serious,

I'll give them serious.

Thanks, man.

Hey, any time, bro.

TNS East has a nice locker room.

Maybe if the merge works out,

I can get one of these lockers.

I guarantee it. You know what?

Let's get back in there and you show them what you've got.

-All right. Let's go.

-Let's do it, bro.

I'm so hungry.

I need to eat something.

Well, I have this plate of crackers.

Can I have one?

No. They're on my side of the room.

It looks like Emily isn't going to try to make nice.

So, I guess it's up to me.

Emily, remember when WE won regionals?

That was such a huge moment for The Next Step.

That's like where it all began.

That's the day Eldon told me

he wanted to be with you instead of me,

so I actually danced that routine

with a broken heart.

OK.

Have we ever had any good moments with each other?

In this friendship?

Friendship?

We're not friends.

You know, my life was pretty great

before you walked into Studio A.

That's because you decided to hate me the moment

I walked into Studio A.

I just knew you were trouble the second I saw you.

Seriously, why have you always had it out for me?

I've done nothing to you.

I'm upset with Michelle

because she ruins everything

and then doesn't even

feel the need to apologise.

You know, your life comes so easy to you.

I worked really hard to make it

from J-Troupe to B-Troupe to A-Troupe.

And you just waltzed in,

barely auditioned

and made the team.

You wanted a team

so Miss Kate gave you a team.

Do you even know how many hoops

I had to jump through

to become studio head?

I've worked really hard

for everything I had.

So can you imagine if you

had a you in your life?

Michelle just doesn't get it.

And the thing is, she never will.

Because she's always going to be Michelle.

Even that stupid mug ended up on your side of the room.

In my own office.

I never really thought of it from Emily's perspective.

But, if I were to put myself in Emily's shoes,

I guess I now see where she's coming from.

Now it all makes sense.

Here.

It's cold.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Hold, one, two, three, four.

Good, use that plie, Zara.

Great, great, Zara.

Everyone is working hard and the dance is pretty good.

But pretty good isn't enough.

The stakes are super high

and we need to bring our best.

OK. Stop.

Sorry.

The dance isn't really looking bad,

I just, I think it needs something.

Something that Miss Kate hasn't seen before.

Yeah, something special.

I have an idea.

-JACQUIE:

-Here we go again.

Ozzy pitching another silly idea.

I can't deal with this right now.

Ozzy, we don't have time for jokes right now.

Richelle, this isn't a joke.

A-Troupe is about to meet

Mr Serious.

I think Amy and Henry should do an acro and B-Boy mashup.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

That's actually an incredible idea.

Yeah, that's exactly what this dance needs.

I'm impressed.

I think that this idea is going to work.

-Good job, Ozzy.

-Yo, Ozzy, that's sick.

Pretty great.

I like your moves, Oz.

I know it.

-And he's back.

-OK...

Ozzy McSerious.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Go one, two, three, and four, and five.

This plan actually seems to be working.

I can't wait to show Miss Kate.

We have given up any hope of being rescued at all.

Emily is now picking at the lock

which is not going to work.

We're doomed.

ARGH.

You know, if you do this,

it would probably just pop right open.

I really have no patience for Emily's comments any more.

I'm done with this.

You know what, Emily?

You have no idea what I have gone through.

I moved away from all of my friends

to come to The Next Step,

only for my parents to get divorced

which was the hardest thing of my entire life.

You've had the support of your family this entire time,

including your sister Riley.

I have no siblings, I have no-one to turn to.

So don't try and act like you know what I'm going through.

Hearing Michelle lay out for me what she's gone through...

..is surprising because I have

never really thought about it from her point of view.

I realise it might not have been as easy for her

as I originally thought.

I'd offer you a cracker but they're very dry.

It's OK, I'm not hungry anyways.

Do you want help?

Yeah.

You know,

I got locked in a closet one time

and I promised myself

it would never happen again.

Working together with Michelle to unlock the door is...

..an interesting feeling,

but I guess we both do have a common goal, so...

Hopefully it works.

Just push up on three, OK?

One, two, three.

-We got it.

-We did it.

Let's go teach those dancers a lesson.

Let's go.

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

And one and two and three and four and five...

PHONE BUZZES

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

and one and two and three

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

I just found out that I got in.

That's it.

My mom is going to make me go to the Geminis.

Whether I like it or not.

When I get my hands on my team...

Oh, just wait until I talk to mine...

Emily, Michelle.

-BOTH:

-Miss Kate.

What is she doing here?

She's not supposed to be here.

I didn't know she was going to be here.

I have no idea what's happening right now,

but I need to act cool and professional.

-Hi.

-Hi.

Hi, guys.

Wow, I'm so happy that

you're together and hanging out again.

-Yeah.

-Wow.

I didn't want Emily and Michelle to be here

because the whole plan was

to show Miss Kate that we can work together. And...

..if Michelle and Emily start fighting,

that could ruin everything.

Um, Emily, we were...

..talking with Miss Kate

about yours and Michelle's brilliant idea

to put this whole team together.

DANCERS AGREE

We can't wait to show you two besties

the fruit of your hard work.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Well, I'm very interested to see this.

-So let's do it.

-Great.

This is it.

We just have to show Miss Kate that,

regardless of Michelle and Emily,

we can do this.

And we can be a team.

This better be good.

No, great.

No...

Amazing.

Stand Up is The Next Step's song.

So we're dancing to it to show Miss Kate

that we are the new A-Troupe.

# We

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

Nice.

# Everything we're made of

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

# You

# You can never fade us out

# Don't even ask the DJ

# Everybody knows we own this sound

# Stand up!

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# So, you say you want to party?

# Say you want to hit the floor?

# Why, well, let's get it started

# Come on, everybody, let's go

# So we got the feeling

# Put your hands to the ceiling

# So we got the feeling

# Put your hands to the ceiling... #

-JACQUIE:

-Dancing with everyone makes me feel so joyful.

I couldn't ask for anything better.

# Now rock to the rhythm with a bass and a drum

# Get lost in the rhythm

# Yeah, action, this my scene

# We all got dreams and I'm chasing the one

# You

# You just need a little time... #

The choreo feels great.

I feel like I'm killing it

and everybody else is too.

# To reason with your feelings

# Until you leave them behind

# You

# You will see what's on my side

# And wish it were the weekend

# You could always jump in this sound... #

-AMY:

-This dance means everything.

It means that Piper and I were able to

combine both teams and

show Miss Kate that

we all share the same passion.

-# Stand up!

-Tell Jess and Vanessa to hit me at the jam

# They both showed up

# Now I'm chilling with my man Oh, wow, this music's so loud

# This party's too packed to move through this crowd... #

-PIPER:

-I knew that this merge of

TNS East and TNS West was the right thing to do.

I can feel it.

# Count to ten, I've got a couple moves I could hand you down it goes

-# One step

-One step

-Two step

-Two step

-# Next Step

-This step

-You step

-Let's go

# First me, then what? Who step? Let's go

# That's you What you want to do next?

# Look, keep your body moving with a attitude

# Add a new angle that you know from the avenue

-# Show people your altitude

-Jump!

# All night till you're practically done

# We'll be back and let's have some fun

# We

# We are going to show the world

# Show the world

# Everything we're made of... #

-LOLA:

-I am so proud of everybody.

I really feel that we're a unified team

and I hope that Miss Kate sees the same thing.

# We... #

-NOAH:

-I don't know if this plan is going to work

but I do know that we do fit as a team.

# Everything we're made of

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

HENRY: This is what happens when everyone works together.

This is what A-Troupe

is supposed to look like.

ALL: Stand up!

You guys, that was amazing.

Watching our teams dance together, I can't help

but think that Emily and I held back everyone this whole time.

I let my rivalry with Michelle affect the team.

And, once we were both out of the picture,

they had no problem fixing their differences.

I could tell when you were performing that you

remembered why you loved to dance in the first place.

So, does that mean that we can submit a video for Regionals?

Well...

You are my 12 A-Troupe, so...

Yes.

I can't believe it.

Amy and I brought everyone together and our plan worked.

Now, we're unstoppable.

No more TNS East, no more TNS West.

Just The Next Step.

Honestly, thank you guys so much for putting your differences aside.

Clearly, when you work together as a team,

you bring out the best in your dancers.

I'm so excited to see what you're going to do as co-studio heads.

-Thanks.

-Thank you.

So, it looks like we'll be working together after all.

Yeah.

It's not going to be easy.

I agree.

But this is something that the team deserves.

If I can survive being in a locked office with Emily...

..I'm pretty sure we can make this work.

It's time for us to come together.

Let's do this.

Co-studio heads.

Co-studio heads.

DANCERS CHEER

-I can't believe it.

-I know, I can't believe it either.

Oh, I can't wait to compete with you.

I just realised that

I'm going to be competing

against my friends at Regionals.

This is not good.

# We

# We are going to show the world

# Everything we're made of

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

# You

# You can never fade us out

# Don't even ask the DJ

# Everybody knows we own this sound... #