Leon Me The Next Step

Previously on...

I'm going to be the studio head of TNS West.

You are in way over your head.

TNS East versus TNS West.

THE Jacquie, the one that broke my heart.

-That's that Jacquie?

-Well, now you know, so you can stay away from her.

I can't believe you haven't told your mom.

If she finds out that I'm not in A-Troupe,

she's going to lose her mind.

Why are you teaching our choreography to an outsider?

Until you talk to your mom, I'm not talking to you.

Yeah, lift it up.

Now promenade.

Nice. Try not to sickle your foot, Henry.

-Sorry.

-Attitude.

Great.

I don't know why Richelle and Lola are taking the cubes.

Their studio has all these great, comfy benches.

They should be fine with their own.

Leave our cubes alone.

Yeah, what's up with that?

I don't, I'm not really sure.

Excuse me.

That's like someone walking in your house and taking your furniture.

It just doesn't make sense.

-Doesn't Studio One have benches of their own?

-And cubes?

We're taking the bench.

It's A-Troupe business.

That's all you need to know.

I don't know what's going on but I'm going to get to the bottom of it.

# We

# We're gonna show the world

# Everything we're made of

# We're gonna tear the roof off this place

# Stand up! #

OK, faster, five, six, seven, eight.

-Bro, that was all you.

-No, no.

-That was all you.

-One more time.

-One more time.

'I love hanging out with Henry.

'We just like bro out, he's like teaching me this new handshake

'and we have to do it every time we see each other.'

-Let's pretend we didn't see each other, OK?

-OK.

Hey, what's good?

Henry and I have been best friends for like...time,

but now that we are on separate troupes, I hope it stays that way.

-Yes.

-Right on.

-Yes.

-That was good.

-That was good.

-That was dope. That was dope.

Maybe I need some work on my part,

-but I got you.

-Yeah, got to clean that up.

'I'm trying to be really nice to Noah today and,'

you know, butter him up. That way it I can get some information from him

on what's going on in Studio One today.

Um, what's your plan for the rest of the day?

Like, what's the rest of your day look like?

Leon Blackwood is coming in to teach a masterclass.

That was easier than I thought it was going to be.

Leon is coming to the studio today?

-Are you serious?

-Yes, Leon Blackwood.

That's crazy. Who's taking the class?

Me, Richelle, Lola, Josh and Jacquie.

Yeah.

-Cool, OK.

-Yeah.

Actually, funny thing about that, um, the other day,

I saw her do some tricks and stuff

and I saw her do her back handspring step out

and it was funny because like...

'Henry gave me a rule that I have to stay away from Jacquie.

'I really like Jacquie but me and

'Henry's friendship is so important to me, too.

Speaking of that, she actually asked a bunch of us to go to a movie.

Would that be cool?

Dude, I thought we already spoke about this. Remember?

You can't hang with Jacquie.

Right, right. I totally forgot.

It's all good. It's all good. But, hey,

you should bring everybody to Leon's class.

-Yeah, that would be awesome.

-Cool.

-Dope.

-All right, see you there. Deuces.

'I don't know what I'm doing

'inviting Henry to Leon Blackwood's class.

'I don't even know if it's OK, but I'm just trying to'

get off the topic of Jacquie as fast as I can.

I can't believe that

THE Leon Blackwood is coming to our studio.

I mean, he's worked with Arianna Grande, Keha, Lady Gaga, everyone.

'By working with Leon Blackwood, you could get concerts, music videos,'

you could be dancing with big stars.

A girl impressed Leon so much in one of his classes

that he took her for a job on a music video.

Do you know how amazing that would be,

to be featured dancer on a music video?

'I'm nervous about working with Leon

'just cos I'm not the strongest hip-hop dancer.'

I don't want to make a fool of myself.

You know, there's other ways to stardom.

That's true, but this is the best way.

Yeah, this is Leon Blackwood.

-Let's go.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-OK, let me see your attitudes.

-OK.

Up, nice.

Guys, guys, stop everything.

I know why they need our cubes.

-What?

-Noah told me that in Studio One,

-there's a Leon Blackwood masterclass.

-Leon?!

-Woo-hoo!

-I know, right?

-Nice.

I'm so excited that Leon Blackwood's coming to The Next Step.

If Leon wants our cubes, he can take them.

I know, right? That's what I'm saying.

'Leon Blackwood actually started the Underground Dance Centre'

in Toronto and it is known by a lot of people

and it's a great studio

to just dance your heart out.

-So it's OK?

-We can go?

-Yeah.

'I'm not sure why Emily didn't tell us about the masterclass with

'Leon but I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem if we showed up.'

I mean, we're all a part of The Next Step,

so we should have a chance to dance with Leon.

-Let's go. Cool, come on.

-Yes!

ALL: Leon! Leon! Leon! Leon! Leon! Leon!

Listen up! Now, I am sure I do not

have to remind you all how important today is.

It is very important that we make a great impression,

so let me be clear.

You will be polite, you will be prepared

and you will be professional.

But above all, please remember to have fun.

Do not embarrass me.

APPROACHING: Leon! Leon! Leon! Leon! Leon! Leon! Leon! Leon! Leon!

Leon...

Michelle, can I talk to you for a second?

-Yeah.

-Great.

What are you doing here?

Oh, my dancers are here to take the masterclass.

The masterclass you weren't invited to?

I don't see why this is a big deal.

She should have told us about this class in the first place.

She just has no consideration

for anyone else but herself.

It's classic Michelle.

-What's good, bro?

-Dude.

How you doing, man?

'I'm so happy Henry came.

'I just hope Emily doesn't find out that'

I'm the one that told them about the workshop.

If I wanted you here, I would have let you know about it.

Michelle, you can't just walk into my studio...

You must be really excited.

Leon is incredible.

Piper is still mad at me for getting her in trouble

but best friends fight.

We'll get over this.

Actually, I'm talking with my friend Josh right now.

Sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt.

It's weird that the other troupe's here.

Why are they here?

It hurts when Piper still isn't talking to me.

She's really sticking to her word.

Why can't we have the same opportunity that your dancers have?

Because we paid for it.

'They weren't invited. How do they even know?'

Do I have a leak?

This is just so classic you.

You think you can come in and take whatever you want

when you didn't put anything into it.

Oh, really, that's what this is about?

Michelle, I mean, you have to admit you have a bit of a track record.

-OK, here we go.

-Woo, what's good, y'all? How are y'all doing?

APPLAUSE What's up, man? What's up, yo?

You guys ready to get started?

Oh, yeah, we are ready to go.

-Let's do it.

-All right. Let's go.

-OK.

-Come on.

I cannot believe Michelle has done this to me.

As soon as I see Leon Blackwood walk in, I know...

I'm trapped.

All right, here is what is going to happen.

You and your dancers can stay

but you have to stand at the back and audit.

Under no circumstances can they participate in the choreography.

All right, fine, whatever.

Come on, guys.

I agree for my dancers to only audit the masterclass

because I still want them to be there.

Her dancers can stay,

but don't think they are going to dance.

-Mr Blackwood.

-Yes.

-Please.

-All right, let's go. Are you guys ready?

-ALL:

-Yeah!

-Excited? All right.

Well, let me give you a little bit about me.

I love dancers who go 110% all the time.

All right, so, what I'm going to do is I'm going to choose a few of you

that I kind of want to work with and just build a routine on, yeah?

All right, let's go. Let's go. Girl, Jacquie, come on up.

-So nice to see you.

-It's so good to see you.

-Oh, my goodness.

'I gave Emily the idea to bring Leon in because I recently'

took a class at his studio and he's insane.

-All right, bro.

-Me? All right!

-Yeah, come on through, man.

-Thank you.

I'm stoked and I can't wait to get started.

That's good, smiles, all right, I'll take you, come on up.

Josh deserves to get picked and

hopefully I get to dance with him, too.

Aaah...

I'm definitely scared when he's looking at both me and Lola.

I'm really hoping he picks Lola.

I'm very energetic and positive and

I'm just trying to give him that vibe

just by waiting for him to choose me.

Yes, Miss Bubbly, come on out.

-Thank you.

-Just energy.

Thank you. All right, one more.

I've got room for one more.

You, in the back, come on out.

I'm just here to audit.

Audit? We don't do that in dance.

You're going to come and join us. Come on up. Join the team.

-You got this.

-Yeah. This is my dream team, right?

Girl, come on!

I can't believe that Leon chose Amy. She's not even supposed to be here.

That could have been my spot.

I'm going to give you guys a couple of steps.

I feel I did steal a spot from Piper.

We crashed Emily's masterclass, so it should have been her up there.

Seven, eight, jump left, jump right, jump crisscrossed up.

OK, that's great.

What I want you to do, just give me a little bit more energy, yeah?

Like, let that... Ooh, ooh, wa-wa, ah!

I know it's not Amy's fault that she was picked.

It's Michelle's.

I don't know what I'm going to do. I can't tell Amy to sit down.

Go left, go right, go crisscrossed, ah.

Woo!

Look who came to the party!

Good job, girl. Yeah, you pick up quick.

I think Piper is feeling pretty upset

but I can't help but to have fun.

This dance is awesome.

This routine has a little bit of a steamy little romance in there,

you know what I mean? Well, girl, you know I got to try you out, yeah?

How about I bring you out, too? So this is what I'm going to do.

I'm really, really happy that Leon paired Jacquie and I together.

It's just amazing.

Just walk, two, three, four.

Nice, nice. See, that's the important thing about dance.

You always got to have chemistry.

When Leon pairs Noah and Jacquie up

for the chemistry and that little romance part,

it bothers me a little bit.

I lied. A lot.

And come around and give him a little snap.

Yes, just like that. Woo!

I didn't even have to work for that one, yeah.

I feel like I've so much chemistry with Noah and the fact that Leon

noticed it, it shows that it's actually real.

It's there. It's fully there.

Walk on one, two, three, four and five, six, seven, eight.

Woo, OK, do you see what I'm talking about? APPLAUSE

Like, you can just feel the heat.

It's kind of hot in here, yeah?

I know Henry told me to stay away from Jacquie but, I mean,

this is a dance thing. I think he would be cool with it.

Seven, eight, and one.

Nice, all right. Great job, y'all.

OK, quick break.

-Go get some water and then we're coming back to it, yeah?

-Cool, man.

All right, hurry up.

When she storms out of the workshop,

I know that it's going to take a long time for us to get over this.

-Hey.

-Hey.

-You're doing, like, great in there.

-Thanks. You too.

-Thanks.

-It's actually so cool that he paired us up.

-Yeah.

In that one part where we were just looking at each other.

And I agree with him. I think we have a lot of chemistry.

-We do.

-Yeah.

-I think we do, too.

NOAH LAUGHS TO HIMSELF

What's so funny?

Well, you danced so hard in there,

you actually danced one of your eyelashes off.

Oh.

It's actually this side, yeah.

You still haven't got it. I'll get it for you.

-OK.

-Yeah, cool.

Thanks.

Everything's just frozen around me and all I can think about is her.

I have so many butterflies, just looking into his eyes,

it's like nothing else matters.

Hey, guys.

-Hey.

-Hey.

-Talk to you later.

Yeah, see you in a bit.

-What you guys up to?

-We were just talking about the masterclass.

Word. I was actually looking for the washroom.

-It's back that way.

-Thanks, man.

Cool. See you in a bit, man.

Yeah.

'I don't think he saw anything. At least I hope so.'

'All I know is, I've got to back off of Jacquie,'

because I don't want to ruin the friendship that I have with Henry.

# Let's go, let's go, let's go

# Y'all ready to dance?

# Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go

# Don't waste your time

# It's time to get live

# Yeah, yeah, it's time to get live

# Yeah, yeah, it's time to get live

# It's time to get live

# Say what, say what?

# Look alive, y'all

# I don't know what you came here to do

# But it's time... #

The concept of Leon's dance is that there's these two lovers,

you could say,

that they just connect with each other.

# It's time... #

I know this has got to be hard for Henry, watching me and Jacquie.

Even when we're just walking past each other,

you can just see the chemistry.

It is undeniable.

# Look alive, y'all

# Look alive, y'all. #

Leon was right. They do have chemistry.

And there's a lot more going on there

than just dancing.

# Look alive, y'all

# Look alive, y'all

# He-e-ey

# He-e-ey

# It's time to get live

# He-e-ey

# It's time to get live. #

I totally regret shying away from Leon.

Everyone looks like they are having so much fun and they're just feeding

off of each other's vibes and energy.

I feel like I should have

taken the opportunity to work with him.

# Yeah, yeah, it's time to get live

# Leave your cellphone at home

# You don't need it

# Leave your bad vibes at the side of the road

# You don't need 'em

# Yeah, yeah, it's time to get live

# Yeah, yeah, it's time to get live. #

Leon's dance is pretty good. I mean, he's an amazing choreographer,

so I expected nothing less.

But I wish I was part of it.

I feel Piper's eyes on me when I'm doing my dance and I can definitely

feel that she's super angry.

Angrier than before.

# You don't need 'em

# Say what, say what

# Say what, say what

# You don't need 'em. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

All right, yes. That's what I'm talking about.

That was awesome.

Wow, you guys are great.

Thank you guys so much for having me.

Emily, Michelle, co-studio heads, thank you so much for inviting me.

I had such a blast.

'Co-studio heads?'

You have got to be kidding me.

'That's awesome. I mean, I am the studio head of TNS West.'

I should get credit.

Woo!

-Amy, that was great.

-Thank you.

I'm still so excited, I'm still shaking.

That's crazy. You killed it out there.

You know that choreo was nuts.

I loved all the difference dynamics, the grooves.

You know, and then the hard hits...

Do you know what? I am so sorry that Amy took your spot.

'I just don't want to face Amy right now.

'I don't want to say anything I will regret'

and it's just better to just ignore it.

Yeah, don't even worry about it, you know.

-I just feel bad.

-Let's grab a juice.

-OK, yeah.

'I can't believe Piper stormed off again.

'How are we supposed to make things right?'

I can't lose a friend like Piper.

'My friendship with Piper is so important to me because'

Cassie and Sloan left

and so when Piper's not there for me...

..I don't know what I'm going to do, because I feel so alone.

Oh, that class was fantastic.

Amy, you are on fire.

We're so lucky that you guys got to take class from Leon Blackwood.

What's wrong?

I was really embarrassed back there.

Why?

Well, my best friend is mad at me

because she thinks I stole her spot on the dance

and you kind of put me in that situation.

-I didn't mean to.

-Why did we have to crash Emily's masterclass anyway?

Because The Next Step West simply just does not have the same amount

of support and funding that Emily's studio has.

Well, we can never be the best team we can be

if you can't find the resources.

Everyone, I have something very important I'd like to discuss.

I don't know if you've noticed, but what happened today

is starting to become a pattern.

From some of you leaking choreo...

..to other people blabbing about guest choreographers,

TNS West is starting to take advantage of us.

'There needs to be defined lines between studios.'

I know Michelle with

her laissez faire attitude

isn't going to do it,

so it's up to me.

Because of this, I am imposing a new rule.

You are now forbidden from discussing A-Troupe business

with anyone who does not dance here.

'I understand why Emily's making this rule'

and I kind of feel guilty about it

because I'm kind of

the reason why she's making it.

I know these people are your friends

but you have to start looking at them

as your competitors.

'I shouldn't have taught Amy the choreo,'

so this will just keep everything in Studio One.

Do I make myself clear?

-ALL: Yes.

-Perfect.

Other than that, you all did OK today.

East and West has already divided Amy and me

and it's just going to get worse.

'My friends are on TNS West'

and now I have to consider them my enemies.

'I'm worried how Emily's new rule

'is going to affect my friendship with Henry. I mean...'

..keeping secrets from him.

We are already kind of a little weird right now.

-Hey, bro.

-Sup, man?

Yo, ready?

No handshake?

'I just started doing the handshake'

that me and Henry are supposed to do

every time we see each other but he doesn't do it.

You wouldn't keep secrets from me, right?

Of course not.

Everything between us is open.

'As much as this hurts me, I know it has to be done.'

He's trying to go out with my ex-girlfriend

and he's lying to my face and it all adds up.

Look, I know what happened and I'm not stupid

and I want you to be honest with me.

I know that you have feelings for Jacquie.

-So I just want you to be honest with me.

-What are you talking about?

Dude, I saw it all go down today in the locker room.

Your hand on her face, how close you were.

No, no, that's not what happened.

She had an eyelash on her face and I just wanted to help.

'I thought he was my bro and I

'thought he was supposed to always be there

'for me and, you know. But in this moment,

'it doesn't feel like that at all'

and it really makes me wonder if he was

ever my best friend or...

My brother.

Listen, I know it's more than that

and you're lying to me and that's not

what friends do, so from this point on, we are not friends.

Bro...