Dance Academy (2010) s02e19 Episode Script

When you're a dancer, you spend a whole lot of time fighting nature.
Relax, Abigail.
Grim determination is not a good look on Cupid.
Trying to be perfect.
Which means there's this part of you Nice, Tara.
Beautiful lines.
This self-critical part, that no matter what, always thinks you can do better.
Well, at least most of us are like that.
Grace! There's also the one in a billion who don't need to try.
The naturals - very hard not to hate them.
Alright, guys, game over.
See you back in the trenches tomorrow.
Zach, your positive feedback is inspirational.
Abigail.
Finn.
You made cutting comments at my auditions? I won you round with my undeniable charm.
I remember.
But I'd describe your charm as deniable.
Well, look, my low budget but nevertheless excellent musical is in need of a new leading lady.
So? I don't sing.
No, our mutual friend Ethan has sent me countless emails to the opposite.
I didn't say I couldn't sing.
I said I don't.
Read it.
A headache? No.
Backache? Uh-uh.
And I'm developing a severe case of invisibility.
Pardon? Exactly.
Sorry, I just I don't know what's wrong with me.
Dancing's fine, my back is fine.
Even this sandwich is fine.
Have you checked your star sign? Cosmic Carla doesn't lie.
Taurus? Oh, no, she's a Libran.
Star signs only work if you're in love or got a crush.
Ah, Mercury's in retrograde.
It's disrupting your Libran balance.
Of course.
I feel scratchy and unfulfilled.
That's what's missing.
A stable Mercury? A crush.
A crush.
What about Marcus? He asked to borrow my pen that time.
He tagged your leotard.
Shane's not too bad if you look at him from the left.
He exfoliates his face with a toothbrush.
Mouth breather.
Gay.
Clammy.
Mute.
Grace, you find the good in everyone.
Boys are a waste of time.
Alright, less talk, people.
Next group please.
Five, six, seven, eight.
Silent Luke isn't mute.
He just chooses his words carefully.
Yeah, he's an untapped well of profound thoughts.
Watch.
Hey, Silent Luke.
I was thinking, we've been classmates for a year and I don't know a single thing about you.
Is that lavender? Interesting choice.
Not that I'm surprised.
You wear tights here like no-one else.
Grace, are you done? Because if you're not interested in my class, why don't you just leave? Guys, that was wrestling, not pas de deux.
Five, six, seven, eight.
Grace, look.
Oh, my goodness, it's a monkey.
Oh, your new sister's adorable.
She'd want to be with a name like Angel.
I got kicked out of class.
All this domestic change, I must be acting out.
Have you spoken to your father? I got that group email.
Oh, he really should What? Lucy, you have an opinion? I think your father's a brilliant man.
I also think he doesn't give you enough of this time You don't know him.
My Dad is the only person who has ever been there for me.
Ever.
Who are you? Some lonely old woman who thinks she knows me because a million years ago you were friends with my mum? Grace! Grace! When it's that quick, it really needs to be technically perfect.
I know.
And light.
Do I need to take out a restraining order? Oh, we lost the theatre for our rehearsals.
I paid a booking fee but I don't mind sharing.
I do.
You can come on in, Mistii.
I recast.
Mistii.
Cute name.
Thanks.
I spell it with two I's.
Do we need to talk, Zach? Are we not friends anymore? You don't need to bother reporting me to Miss Raine.
I did it myself.
Grace, you might want to get off the car before I drive away.
A fundamental part of Mia, your character, is her insecurity.
She feels ugly except when she dances.
But she's pretty, right? I'm pretty.
Yeah, you're gorgeous.
But Mia doesn't realise it.
I don't get it.
There's nothing to get.
Not everyone looks in the mirror and likes what they see.
Maybe we should just move on.
Oh, the big show stopper.
Ethan sent this from Barcelona.
Is that, like, a neck move? Or is it more a one-two sort of A subtle No, no.
Let me see.
Notation.
Ethan's so old school.
He just means this.
One two, three four, five six, seven eight, drag that arm.
I can do that.
You have to start on your left.
Your other left.
L is for 'Left'.
Am I single? Eternally.
You'd be surprised.
Online dating has a lot to answer for.
OK.
Am I hot? Ah, maybe if you took off that formal jacket, put on something floaty.
Let your hair down in the middle of class - I'm Miss Raine.
- Yay! It's a spinster omen.
What is wrong with me? I used to turn around and - bam! - crush central.
Now, nothing.
There are officially no crush-worthy guys at the Academy.
Ben's hot.
Ben? Nice.
Exactly! You're too nice.
You're all goofy and harmless.
Harmless? Um, must be my turn.
Do I have, uh, insured body parts? Turn, step, kick.
Turn, shoulder, shoulder and Good! Yes.
Finally.
Oh, my God, I can't believe I have to sing and dance, like, at the same time.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Rigorous casting process? I'm secretly very shallow.
She tries hard.
And my first choice turned me down.
But she seems to respond to your approach.
The least you could do is help me train her.
No, the least I can do is absolutely nothing.
I need you.
Mistii needs you.
Ballet needs me.
Oh, Captain, my Captain.
I've already had breakfast, thanks, Grace.
Who wants to go first? Abigail? Here we go.
Wow, I've never noticed before but your knees are perfectly symmetrical.
Thanks.
You were probably born like that.
When were you born, by the way? Um Abigail, we talked about this.
If you keep smashing your head up against a wall, the wall is going to win.
OK, can I just try it one more time, please? One more time.
He's an Aries, of course.
I have a special connection with fire signs.
Ooh.
Well, if Love Signs R Us says so.
Why am I hearing talking? You guys should be keeping warm.
Great job, Abs.
You nearly got it.
Abigail, that solo makes you look heavy and earthbound, which you're not.
You're clinging to something that shows up what you can't do.
I don't know how much more clear I can be.
I'll see you after class.
But I was only keeping warm like you said.
You knew what you were doing to Abigail and it was destructive.
I out-dance everyone and you ignore me.
What kind of teacher are you? The others are trying and you rub their nose in how easy it is for you.
How little you care.
You're right, you have enormous natural ability.
But, Grace, these games you play, I don't find them interesting.
Hi, you've called Ethan.
Deja su mensaje despues del tono.
Hola, or whatever.
You're probably off fighting with bulls or something.
You'd probably be really good at that.
Nothing to report, just getting ready for the Nationals.
OK, see ya.
Ben! The way we keep running into each other, we must be in sync.
Or we were just in class together and now it's time to eat.
Cool toothpick.
You do know that kiss wasn't a kiss? It was a point, just a point.
That's it.
Absolutely.
So, what are you doing this afternoon? Not as a date.
It's just that, um Kat Kat Kat and Christian.
They asked me to go out with them and I don't want to go on my own and I feel kind of Awkward? Yeah, exactly.
You'd be helping me out big-time.
Yeah, alright.
Sure.
Amazeballs.
Later, then.
Kat, please tell me you guys don't have plans.
And I'll tell you, like, if you do too much, I'll just tell you.
And if you kind of get a Abigail.
We were just workshopping some costume ideas and learning some lines.
I'm only helping with the dancing.
Be eternally grateful.
Oh, have you, like, read the whole script? Can we start? It was a million years ago.
Your mother and I.
You were Goths? We were New Romantics, thank you.
That was taken at an Adam And The Ants concert.
There was no-one like your mum.
I can't tell you some of the things she'd get me to do.
Dad said she was depressed.
I remember her lying in bed.
Yeah, that came later.
And I blamed your father for taking her away and I shouldn't have.
I thought she was better off dancing in the Company.
But thinking back, she always put on this big act but you never knew what was going on inside.
Maybe she thought nobody would be interested.
She might have felt less lonely if she'd given people the chance to decide.
Zach! You don't know me.
Dancing, I find it easy and I get bored.
Well, then, you should probably do something else.
It's the only thing I'm good at.
And I do care about it.
Really? I think so.
Grace, I have no idea what's real or what's fake with you.
A lot of the time, neither do I.
Alright, so maybe you need to be challenged more.
You want my attention? Then don't waste it.
Challenging enough for you? Travel.
Good.
Ben never kisses anybody unless it means something.
He told me so himself.
OK, but if you were going to fall for him, don't you think it would have happened already? Look, after everything, I'm back.
The old me, the hopeful me is back.
Ah, you always did need a project.
Tandems? Who's not a fan of tandems? We could find somewhere picturesque, sit down together.
Um, we are sitting down.
I made sandwiches.
You said this wasn't a date.
It's not.
We're just hanging out.
Tara, eyes front.
Eyes front! It's a romantic setting Tara! Ahh! Stop! You said this wasn't about the kiss and it is.
Well, you should be pleased you have very impactful kissing skills.
Oh, so yesterday I was too harmless to even be a crush contender and now I'm suddenly the one.
Are you seriously that fickle? I am not fickle! So if I was to ask you to be my girlfriend, right here, right now, a full-on relationship, you'd say yes? All I want is just a nice simple crush.
Is it that hard to just be a crush? I'm waist deep in river scum because of you, alright? It's pretty hard, OK? So please, just just stop.
Well, you know what, I'm going to like you if I want to like you and there's nothing you can do about it.
Fine.
Like me, then.
Fine, I will.
You've got a bit of stuff stuck to your elbow.
Down into the barrel.
This is looking a little forced.
We're going to have to simplify.
I'm getting all the steps.
I know, but it's out of your range.
It's meant to look like this.
Can you? £ Let me have a voice Let me speak and be heard £ Let my spirit be stirred with each perfect word £ It's my choice, my one magic spell £ Inside every cell £ This is the story I'll tell with my voice.
£ Sorry, doll face.
You're fired.
What? No, I don't want the part.
You can't fire Mistii just because she's not talented.
Yeah, I'm not really playing Mia.
Oh, it's nice to see again.
I'm actually playing the director of the review.
More acting, less singing and dancing.
Ethan thought a bit of competition might win you around.
He said you'd be perfect and you are.
You're amazing.
You played me? How much free time do you people have? We're out of work actors.
It's all free time.
It's good to see you working.
So, was that whole ignoring me thing just an act? Is that Teacher Psychology 101? No psychology.
I give my attention when it's deserved.
You're a complicated person, Grace.
Not everyone's like that.
I'll see you tomorrow.
I should stop envying the naturals because when something happens too easily, it must be hard to tell if you really want it.
Even if, whatever it is, fits you better than anything else.
For me, dancing is a lot like love.
I might be in for a whole lot of heartache but the chase is worth it.