Last night’s episode of THE NEXT STEP started off with the dancers in a mystery rehearsal. When choreographer Chris reveals that the troupe will be dancing in the music video for the band Brighter, Brightest, the dancers go crazy with excitement! This is especially true for Riley, who is the their biggest fan.
When the band comes in to meet the dancers, Riley is so nervous she has trouble speaking. When she opens her mouth to say something, she starts speaking gibberish! Her nerves continue to get in the way when she is put on the spot to dance in front of the band. Instead of pulling her best moves, she does a terrible cartwheel!
However, the band must have seen something in her, because when they see James and Riley talking in the background, they ask them to show their chemistry onscreen and be the stars of the video!
Meanwhile, Chloe finds herself in a bind when she realizes she has a shift at work on the same day as shoot. The problem is, most people in A-Troupe don’t have jobs and are solely focused on dance. She tells Kate that she can’t make it to the shoot because of a “personal commitment.” When Kate gets angry, Chloe agrees to do the shoot with the hope that a co-worker will cover her shift.
Emily starts to choreograph the team’s dance. Though everyone finds Emily’s choreography boring, Emily is the team captain and gets her way. Suddenly, James makes a loud Moo-ing noise and sets the rest of the guys off on making all kinds of farm animal noises. Emily is so irritated that she kicks the boys out.
The guys move to Studio B and end up having a fun time impersonating the other dancers. They even impersonate Chris’s dolphin tale, which is hilarious… until Chris walks in and sees them doing it! Chris gets the boys to come back to Studio A and rehearse with the girls. When this happens, all dancers immediately start arguing with each other. Kate is so fed up that she calls off the music video altogether. Everyone is upset, except Chloe, who is relieved that she doesn’t have to skip her shift at work.
Kate, Emily and James talk out the problem. James admits it was he who moo’d, but it was only because Emily wouldn’t include his ideas. Kate says the dancers can continue with the video shoot as long as Emily includes everyone else’s “Moo-ves.”
All the dancers are happy, but Riley still feels a bit nervous about performing in front of Brighter, Brightest. Meanwhile, Chloe calls in sick to work and is told that if she misses one more shift after this, she will be fired.
At the end, we see the dancers pull out their best moves in the Brighter, Brightest music video, which turns out to be awesome! Riley and James rock it with their duet. Though the video shoot turns out great, Riley feels a bit bummed out that she didn’t have the courage to talk to the members of Brighter, Brightest. The episode ends with James surprising Emily by getting one of the band mates to deliver an autographed photo (and a kiss)!
This sweet act of James’s clearly made Riley very happy and we can’t help but see sparks flying between the two dancers!
Mag fans, what do you think? Would James and Riley make a cute couple?