Last night’s episode of THE NEXT STEP kicked off with the dance troupe practicing their routines as usual, but with one dilemma: Emily! She is refusing to participate in any part of the practice and stands at the back of the room openly criticizing Michelle’s every move. Her attitude lands her in Kate’s office – where everyone thinks she’ll get into some major trouble.
Surprisingly, she just wants to talk. Kate tells Emily she understands what she’s going through and that she sympathizes with her situation; she was once in a similar predicament back when she was dance captain. Emily is grateful for the kind words, but leaves with things still unresolved.
The scene cuts to James, who is sitting at the juice bar working on math homework. Daniel comes in and they talk; he sits down to massage his ankle and is visibly in pain. He denies any real injury, but James has the distinct feeling he’s not telling the truth!
Back at the studio, Emily, still upset, goes to sit by herself. Eldon notices she seems sad and asks what’s wrong. She is reluctant, but finally reveals a big secret: the reason she’s been so unwilling to do any of Michelle’s dances is that she doesn’t know how to do them! She only knows the moves she’s always done and stuck with them. Eldon is sympathetic and promises to work with her and teach her the moves himself. Hmm, could this be a sign of a blossoming romance?
They begin practicing and Emily finally starts to get the hang of things. She’s feeling confident and motivated again.
Meanwhile, Michelle drops the bomb that she’s redoing the lines for the team’s routine; everyone now has to re-audition to finalize the lines for the big day. This causes quite the stir!
Stephanie decides she isn’t putting up with it, as she knows she’ll just be put into the back row, and leaves. When Michelle tries to stop her, Stephanie retorts that she lets Chloe leave whenever she wants – Michelle can’t defend herself, since Chloe doesn’t want anyone else to know about her family’s financial troubles.
The pressure is on! Michelle has decided the final line-up for Regionals. Eldon gets placed in the front with Daniel, Tiffany and Chloe in the middle and Emily, much to her disappointment, is placed in the back along with Stephanie and West.
Looks like the stakes have been raised! Do you think this will cause trouble in the next episode? Whose friendship will this make or break? Tune in next week to find out!
Tune in to THE NEXT STEP on Family Channel on Friday at 7 p.m. ET to see what happens!