actually michelle i'm not upset that you're leaving i'm upset that you're
leaving me in a lurch when michelle bailed i couldn't afford to buy the next step on my own
so miss kate had to find a new buyer now i'm just a studio head again how would i be a professional
dancer and run a business with you prioritizing your time isn't a thing you ever thought about
today's michelle's last day and we planned a surprise going away party
but all the party supplies are in studio one to pull this off we have to be super stealth like
party ninjas that's ridiculous michelle these boxes are clearly property the next step you
can't take them well what did you want me to put my stuff in i don't know you could have planned
brought from home it's not my problem you wrote yours on the box oh so i can't even make a mistake
you made two mistakes so technically there's a package you need to sign for in studio a
oh yay okay wait no you don't work here anymore so i will be signing for that
such package is gonna be somewhere on that side of the studio i don't know where it went surprise
lily's dancing is great but she and her mom almost destroyed the studio i can admit
she has improved but a leopard never changes her spots i still don't trust her
i think lily's dance is beautiful and heartfelt and touching
i think it goes without saying that lily is the perfect addition
for a troupe i've done everything i can to show everyone this is where i belong
now my fate's in their hands what did i tell you i need to be the alternate and why because
heathcliff can never be on a troupe do i like the idea of my sister dancing on the same troupe as me
yeah do i like the idea that she's gonna be taking a spot from heathcliff definitely like you mean it
oswald heathcliff you know the kind of guy that thinks he's better than everybody else
that's oswald but i'm better than him don't look
at me in that way like i could fade into space i won't be queen for a day
i'll be the king for a decade
after i was passed over for dance captain again i decided i needed to try harder to
make my mark on a troupe so i came in early to put in some extra work
I'm the best dancer at the studio what more do i have to do to prove myself
today is my first day as a member of a troupe and in order to move up from alternate
i thought i might get in some extra hours but it looks like richelle beat me to
it you're gonna have to be a whole lot earlier if you think you're gonna beat the early bird
wow it's no wonder you're the face of absolute dance and the top dancer
at the studio well clearly that doesn't matter when they're picking dance captain around here
that was a complete travesty sorry what was your name again it's cleo i just figured out what i
need to do to move up in the ranks if i can get on her good side it won't be long before i move
up from alternate to main a troupe member hello my name is nick from the next step dance studio
i'm just inquiring about the power outage here i'm very good at accents mate
that is the worst british accent i think i've ever heard very well my good man tata for now old bean
we're the only ones with no power no one else has been affected by the storm that's a little
weird don't you think you know what maybe we should investigate i like to consider myself
the sherlock holmes of a troupe whenever there's something to investigate i'm already on the case
we should go check the main power source i bet we'll be able to turn it back on
the main what-er source
you know what just follow me
hey so did you hear they have this amazing new green tea latte at the next steep yeah don't get
me started what's wrong with the green tea latte finn is a really interesting character
hey i'm so sorry but i have to cancel our next steep plans i have to go pick up my nonna at
the airport well we're really looking forward to hang out with you you guys can still hang out
me and finn when piper canceled i kind of just assumed that we wouldn't be going to the next steep
but i guess there's no reason that finn and i can't just hang out one-on-one
yeah the two of you it'll be a great bonding experience it'll be fun bye
so i guess it's you and me hanging out later yeah um yeah should be fun yeah
amy and i have never hung out just the two of us before but it it could be fun could be fun
jade how are you my love i don't know what this is but i know i don't like it i hired jade uh
you know her as the host of supernova superstar i was sure emily would want to audition for the show
so i got jade in to help the kids get ready for the cameras now are these the uh boring dancers
you want me to work with i didn't say boring i'm not boring i'm practical i'm bad being boring you
know what flash and sizzle gets you kicked out of regionals i didn't say i didn't say boring
no yeah i i totally said boring so today is going to be all about getting out of your comfort zone
emily are you playing with us today if nick wants to schedule something that wastes the dancers time
that's fine but he's not going to waste mine hmm emily come back emily so then i said listen here
get off my desk eldon emily asked me to come and choreograph a duet for nationals but
i think she just likes to have me around morning morning nick eldon eldon nick
nice to meet you nice to meet you yeah eldon's here in the choreographer capacity oh fantastic
for the dance mania audition no he's here to choreograph lily and kingston's national duet
what about dance mania look i told you this is gonna happen we're fighting about what takes
precedent i can see why emily would think there'd be trouble but i'm a professional
i know what i'm doing it's fine it's fine i'll choreograph it oh cool you're a choreographer too
yep really emily who would buy a dance studio and not know how to choreograph me don't tell emily
okay oh by the way you only have four dancers and an alternate to work with i no i just need
five for a ten person dance emily when you're this good numbers have no meaning do i think nick will
choreograph a good dance do i think pigs fly i guess we'll see that guy owns the studio don't get me started
all right um so the dance starts with snaps so one two richelle's been away
so i'm teaching her the 10 person dance for the dance mania audition that summer choreographed
i'm still an alternate so i can't even perform it which i don't think is fair but what can i do
turn and have your hand out like this and then you're gonna continue on i was away
at an absolute dance convention and it has totally changed my life i met so many amazing
dancers there and i want to take everything that i've learned and bring it to a troupe
i thought it'd be cool if we did like a double turn and then from there we could do like a
follow-up maybe it was like a glide so it changes from fast to slow that's a huge improvement from
the choreo i mean summer would never come up with something like that in my excitement to
share everything i've learned i forgot that this dance already has a choreographer it's
the dance captain who nobody officially voted for summer right it's okay let's just get back to it
we can do that later i mean you're on a roll right now and besides doesn't summer always want what's
best for the dance yeah but i feel like with her being dance captain which i should have been but
if anything summer should be thanking you because you're passing on all this cutting-edge knowledge
from absolute dance and you know that this dance would kill at dance mania cleo makes a good point
summer is a very inclusive dance captain she'll be happy to have new energy in this dance
this routine does need fixing you're so right okay let's keep going i'll keep coming up with
some more i have no idea if summer's gonna be okay with these changes but i hope she's not if summer
doesn't like what richelle's doing maybe she'll kick richelle off the dance oh i have an idea
why don't i text the rest of a troupe so they can come in early and learn your choreography
that's great you know you really do make yourself useful for being an alternate i know right
i'm just going to keep choreographing you do that a troupe here i come oh amy said you guys binge
watched dancemania last night it was so much fun watching it with her she critiques all the dances
and has all these funny jokes for the contestants there's even this guy named daryl who has the
funniest voice hey pipes watch this hey amy amy do that funny voice hey it's me daryl i love dancing
isn't that good it's great being able to talk to piper about amy piper knows us both really well
so she gets my stories it was actually sweet i've never had so much fun before with a girl
gee thanks finn no no i didn't mean like that like a girl girl
you're like a friend girl not a girlfriend okay get we got it thank you
why did i have to realize that i like him now when he's dating my best friend
ever since i heard piper's weird laugh i haven't been able to stop thinking about her
pipes we need to talk uh i have to go grab something in
the studio when amy said you liked me is that true
come on finn really you can't be serious i am i'm serious it's not important answer the question
yes is it because i'm with someone else now
that's what i thought at first too but and how do you know it's not
because i do want to go to the movies with you
because when we got into dance mania you were the first person i wanted to celebrate with
and because you're the only person i wanted to talk to all day but i couldn't because i
was avoiding you and i thought avoiding you would make my feelings go away but
it only made me miss you more and you're my best friend and it snuck up on me and i don't
what have we done this changes everything