["Passion and Pain" by Tove Lo playing]
♪ Love all my moods And keep me off the deep end ♪
♪ Midsummer's pool And I fill it with secrets ♪
♪ You're gonna get What you're giving to me ♪
♪ Watch me break down And then use it against me ♪
♪ Watching me drown like a beach Under concrete ♪
♪ You're gonna get What you're giving to me… ♪
[camera shutter clicking]
♪ Passion's got a thousand faces… ♪
[camera shutter clicking]
♪ Mirror all the ways I'm alone ♪
♪ Spiking all my right brain senses ♪
♪ I'm naive, impulsive even ♪
♪ Falling too fast ♪
♪ I'm forgetful when it's hurtful ♪
♪ Why let it last? ♪
♪ You're gonna get What you're giving to me… ♪
[Cruz] And the get-well card for Cassie.
See any similarities in that writing?
I was trying to psych out the new girl. Doesn't mean I'd push anyone off a roof.
Juries know a threat when they see one.
-Mom! -Officer Cruz, you're breaking laws
with your little interrogation here.
We're just having a talk.
[Katrina] My daughter's entitled to a lawyer. I don't see one.
Okay then, until you get one, she's in custody.
Wait, as in jail?
Fine. Tomorrow.
Whatever you need to know, I can tell you.
-Let's get this over with-- -Keep quiet for your own good.
[Cruz] I'll give you a minute.
[door closes]
[sighs]
I was just trying to defend myself.
[Katrina] You weren't doing yourself any favors.
We need to be careful how we spin this.
There's nothing to spin.
Mom, you gotta believe me.
I didn't do this!
The police are telling a very good story.
So if you want to get out of here, you need to tell a better one.
-[knocking on door] -[door opens]
[theme music playing]
[vocalizing]
-["Drains" by feelswithcaps playing] -♪ I look for you in Google Earth ♪
♪ Stay up all night, I quit my work ♪
♪ Sometimes I feel like this search ♪
♪ Drains me ♪
♪ I can't stop until I find ♪
♪ The station where I left you behind… ♪
[audience cheering]
[audience clamoring]
Oh, my God! [chuckles]
You were perfect, June.
Thank you.
-They're paging the curtain? -Yeah.
-[June] What? -It's for you. [chuckles]
Oren, there's nothing you can do.
Matteo texted, her mom's there, her father's flying in.
Oren, stop!
They got this.
She must be so scared right now.
Maybe she should be.
[Oren] Wow. Harsh.
[audience applauding]
[Monique] A tour de force.
Out of tonight's ashes, a phoenix was born.
[sighs] I say we celebrate.
Well, I have a few fires to put out before you start stoking this one.
Come on. After what I gave you tonight?
Maybe.
If first, you give a little more.
[whispers]
[Ramon] Hmm.
I made calls. She's still in custody.
All right. Here goes nothing.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
Thank you for joining us on this momentous evening.
These exceptional young dancers not only premiered a new ballet,
but also offered a message of resilience.
As we have seen tonight,
there are many "futures of ballet" within our walls.
June Park, I always knew you were a star.
[audience applauding]
Thank you.
-[Monique] After the video I commissioned… -[Caleb] What?
…our last two performances are hot tickets,
so be sure your friends get theirs soon.
-[audience cheering and applauding] -["Get High" by Crush Effect playing]
♪ Give me your sugar Goes straight to my heart ♪
♪ I saw you dancing Get on the floor… ♪
-June. -[June] Esmé.
If I'd known you'd be that good,
I would have been, like, way nicer to you.
Any news on Bette?
Word is she's in for the night.
Take one. For you and your girl.
We'll take that. Thank you.
I was being stupid.
I'm sorry.
It's just, she doesn't make it easy.
Believe me, I know it.
I just wanted tonight to be ours.
It still can be.
That was some great dancing tonight, Nabil.
I know.
[Shane] Caleb, fill your cup?
If it's from that fucker, I'd rather be sucking sewage.
Chill.
I love a fight more than anyone, but that there's a guy you can't beat.
What's he even doing here?
He already poison us. What's a little more?
-[Shane] Nabil-- -You don't want that.
It's either this, or I take a knife through Ramon's heart.
-Leave me. -Got it.
Shane.
You rocked it up there.
Dev, I think this is the first time someone has ever gotten me flowers.
Easy.
Message delivered.
Okay then.
So what time is this big board party you're taking me to?
Not really the right look.
It's a dance school.
I think they're down with a couple of raving homosexuals.
Only one of us is raving.
Oh.
Catch you later?
[Esmé] Holy hotness.
Shane, you scored the jackpot with that one.
Yeah…
a real catch.
June, you were splendid!
Thank you, Mum.
Hey, I want you to meet the choreographer who made it happen.
He's just there. Ramon Costa.
Of course.
First, let me put these lovely flowers in water.
They took a shine to you tonight.
I hope you did too.
I heard they're already talking about a tour.
Ah. Word travels fast.
Anything I got from this place, I learnt from you.
Mr. Costa, I will walk out of here tomorrow
if you let me dance the role.
Uh-huh. Yeah. Something to think about.
Just let them have fun tonight. They've been through a lot.
And the last thing we need is another slip,
which is why you're to keep an eye on what Madame asked you to keep an eye on,
when she asked you to keep an eye on it.
I know my job, Selena.
Good.
That's how you'll keep it.
[Monique] Call me when it's time to strike.
Libations delivered.
I figure that buys me a few fingers of the good stuff.
And a tour, I'm told.
So get a piece of this while you still can.
Hmm. I want a whole lot more.
We need to talk percentages.
Ripper is my work.
Which I paid for.
A feather in the school's cap.
And that cap…
needs a few coins in it.
You didn't even want the damn thing.
-I still took on the risks. -[belt buckle clinks]
Ballet doesn't come cheap, Ramon.
After the dirty deeds you did to keep me here…
you don't get to tell me how I walk away.
Except I earned a piece of you.
And I'll be cashing in, one way or another.
[Matteo] Mrs. Whitlaw?
Mrs. Whitlaw, yeah? Uh, Bette's mom?
How do you know my daughter?
-I'm Matteo Marchetti, her boyfriend. -[laughs]
-Pleased to meet you. -This day keeps getting better and better.
Ma'am, I'm here to help.
[Katrina] Well, that's very kind of you.
In fact, there is something that you can do to help.
Great. Good, 'cause I've been doing a whole lot of thinking,
and there's a lot I can do, so just say the word.
Of course.
Well, the word is…
walk away.
[Matteo] Ma'am.
I mean business here.
So do I.
You are on a long list of mistakes that my daughter made.
I'm the one who helped your daughter keep it together these last few weeks.
Look where we stand now.
Trouble Bette again, you'll be the one in jail.
[Caleb] You're an idiot.
What? Me?
You drink all the time.
And I'm an idiot too.
-What would your folks say? -[chuckles]
My "folks" both drink like fishes.
French academics, they are insufferable. [scoffs]
Mon père is from Malaysia, yes, but he does not observe.
I found my faith on my own.
We got two more shows. I don't want June up there dancing
with some hungover amateur on a drinking jag.
[shudders] Oh, God, this feeling in me…
I need it to stop.
[exhales]
Cassie take my heart and throw it off the roof.
I know the feeling.
Costa stole my girl, same as yours.
But this here…
don't be doing it.
Why do you care?
You hate everything I believe in.
At least you believe.
I stopped doing that a year ago.
I miss it… faith.
Don't let that fucker take yours from you.
And that girl you love?
-Make sure you don't lose her either. -[sighs] Caleb.
Cassie is gone for me now.
That's not the girl I'm talking about.
["Strangers" by Jasper Sloan Yip playing]
♪ And the morning came and went… ♪
You okay?
Yeah. Just… wanna take it slow.
Slow is good.
It's kind of new for me, but… it's also kind of nice.
♪ The time we'd spent in there ♪
♪ And left without a word… ♪
Sorry. I keep thinking about her.
Me, too.
It's weird.
It's normal.
This is my family.
I've known these people almost half my life.
-[knock on door] -It's just Shane.
It's not Shane.
[Oren] Shit.
[turns off water]
-Board party was a bust. -Wouldn't have been if you'd taken me.
Yeah?
So show me what I missed.
Whoa. Someone could walk in.
Yeah, so we make it quick.
[Shane] Dev, you're drunk.
Hey! Hey!
Hey! This isn't how I wanna roll anymore.
You can't help yourself, can you? Come on.
You did worse in my car that night.
-Why didn't you wanna take me? -Well, the way you looked--
It couldn't have been that bad if you came back.
[Dev] Yeah, I like it.
I don't like folks thinking--
That you're a guy who's into guys who might want to put a skirt on?
Last time I was too angry for you, and now I'm too soft?
What is it, Dev? What narrow little ride am I allowed to take with you
that won't turn you off or freak you out?
[Dev] Want a ride? I'll show you.
Stop, stop. Stop it!
Look out for the last stall. It's a real stinker.
I swear we weren't doing anything wrong.
With the alcohol and the past-curfew visits and the sexy times,
guys, I just walked in on a transgression trifecta.
-It also happens here all the time. -[Torri] This time everyone is watching.
You've rolled in Oren's bed, and now you've made your own.
Neveah, your time here has finally come to an end.
You're out.
This is a setup.
It's a simple enforcement of the rules.
So enforce them.
You kick her out, you kick me out too.
Oren, don't.
If I did the same crime, I deserve the same punishment.
[Monique] Careful, Oren.
You'll recall how I alone saw potential in a certain tubby ten-year-old boy.
And now I'm your star.
You need me.
Very well.
You'll both finish the show.
-[chuckles] -And then pack your bags.
What? You wouldn't dare.
She just did.
This place is bigger than any one student,
and don't you ever forget it.
Wow. They call a bail hearing, and everyone shows.
We're fighting for you, Bette.
Dad's back soon.
He'll get you out.
I'll still be up for attempted murder.
You know I didn't do this.
Of course.
Your father has spoken to the judge.
We have the funds ready to transfer, and the terms are far from onerous.
Plus, it's a chance for all of us to be together again.
Together?
-At home, darling. -I'll just go back to the dorm.
You're up for pushing a girl off a roof. They won't let you sleep under it.
Mom, I can't survive at home.
Sweetheart, you have no other option.
[Matteo] Yeah, you do.
Bette can stay with us.
-[Bette] Matteo! -Who are you?
Carla Marchetti, Matteo's mother.
Why don't we go talk to this judge
and then get some lunch inside this poor girl? Come on.
Horizons and all that.
Turns out they expanded after all.
Your mother must be proud.
And I'm on the verge of even more, if Ramon Costa will give it to me.
Ramon Costa is a bad man.
I think I proved I can handle him.
Why would you want to?
Why would you want to tie yourself to a man who can hurt you?
You don't need him to become a great dancer.
I want you here…
with me.
Now you tell me?
After all this time?
Because now I know.
The minute Cassie sees us together…
she'll pull you back in.
You'll… You'll try to resist, but she'll wear you down,
because Cassie always wins, while I'll be left in her shadow…
No career, no future.
No you.
No way.
You have seen I am strong.
Cassie is stronger.
If you care about me,
dig deep tonight and dance hard.
Help me show Ramon I can deliver.
Show's a hit, 91% sold.
Tell them to open the upper balcony.
Madame, City Works doesn't even release those seats for The Nutcracker.
I'm bringing out the big gun.
Cassie Shore.
Prep her for a press conference.
And Oren Lennox, do I walk back his dismissal?
Not one inch.
-There are other princes. -[knock on door]
You wanted to see me?
Open or closed?
Take a wild guess.
Is this when you apologize for taking credit for my dance video?
No. This is when I tell you your time has come.
Full-ride scholarship. Principal-track.
Why now?
We're clean now, Caleb. I want nothing from you.
Funny.
I spent this entire year
afraid that you'd think I was using you as a leg up kind of thing.
-Only you're the one zooming me. -I'm giving you what you asked for.
Because now you're scared.
Of what?
This place going down.
Caleb, why can't you just see a good thing and take it?
You want me to be happy? Stop fucking Ramon Costa!
Don't play me, Monique.
He's why you ended it with me, yeah?
I ended it because it was wrong.
Because you were in pain, and I was weak.
But we're both better now, aren't we?
I can finally give you everything you ever wanted.
Take it.
[Carla] Of course Bette's sleeping with me in my bed.
-Where else is she gonna bunk? -Ma, you snore like a freight train.
Look, I can get earplugs.
I do not snore!
Matteo, point is, Bette's a good girl, and I intend on keeping her that way.
-I'm looking out. -[Matteo chuckles]
Of course. Well, how about we give her my bed, and I'll sleep on the sofa?
If we're doing this, we're doing it for the long haul.
You better hope I got some clean sheets.
[winces, sighs]
[Matteo] Still sore?
[sighs] My toenail's growing back in,
but it hurts worse than when I didn't even have one.
How'd you lose it?
Nothing I remember.
Maybe just dancing.
Up here.
[knock on door]
[Neveah] Cassie Shore.
Neveah Stroyer.
Word is I changed your life.
And now you can change someone else's.
You talk to the world tomorrow.
Selena was just in here arranging it.
I'm hoping that you'll tell the truth about what happened on that roof.
Are you saying I've been lying about it?
Bette. We both know she didn't do it.
Because she's your friend?
Because you have an agenda.
I've been trapped in my head for months now.
Hell, yeah, I have an agenda.
I get it. The Sleeping Beauty wakes up, and it turns out she's a bitch.
But I've got scores to settle, and if I were you,
I'd make sure I stayed off the list.
You don't have a thing on me.
"She made herself stronger by fighting with the wind."
Sound familiar?
The Secret Garden. You read it to me.
Really put your heart into it.
Y-you…
you could hear the things I said?
[Cassie] It was like a confessional,
people telling me things they thought would stay sealed up.
Only now I'm spilling.
Here's a good one.
Your friend Bette left you that white rose.
Little copycat.
And your so-called friends,
I bet there's a lot they don't know about you, Neveah Stroyer.
And now…
a whole lot I do.
So you got dirt on me.
But I've got something more valuable.
Eyes and ears at the school that you're about to go back to.
People talk to me too, you know.
They'll tell me things they'll never tell you.
You want what I have?
Tell one truth.
I'm not saving Bette.
Then help Oren.
The two of you can't be a star pairing if Madame DuBois kicks him out.
Serve up her head tomorrow when you tell your story.
Michi Beach and her dark deals.
Once you've taken down Madame, you come back to me and name your price.
Damn, girl.
You fight dirty.
They brought me here to change ballet, but ballet is changing me right back.
[Ramon] You've done good. The school's noticed.
A bouquet of flowers does not make up for five years of being ignored.
I may not look it, Mr. Costa, but I'm a fighter.
I emancipated from my mother, carved out a living,
and fought my way to that role.
For a few nights, yes, but you're a child.
So I bring youth, innocence.
That's what the part needs.
[Delia] You booked the studio, yeah?
She's just leaving.
Okay, Deelz, let's start with the final solo.
[June] You cast Delia?
I-I thought you guys broke up.
Yep. And the best can dance through anything.
["Nameless" by Dominique Fils-Aimé playing]
[vocalizing]
♪ Who's out there waking me up? ♪
♪ Don't you know I was out until four In the morning? ♪
♪ Who's out there shouting my name? ♪
♪ Don't you know it don't belong to me ♪
♪ No more, no more, no more? ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm now nameless And shapeless and faceless ♪
♪ Nameless and shameless and faithless ♪
You been in here a long time.
Big show tonight. Got my rituals.
That's what I'm worried about.
Relax. You break up with Bette, you lose a whack of bad habits.
I don't think it works that way.
You could find a support group or treatment.
Or I could just get out of here.
What?
Monique kicked me out.
Oren.
I freaked for a minute, then started making calls.
Two schools in New York happy to take me.
I'm sorry. I know this can't be easy.
Me? I-I got this.
You leave here, you'll be the one falling apart.
What about Bette?
What about her?
I've called, like, ten times, she won't talk to me.
[Shane] So you just leave?
What I do, Shane, is live my own life for once.
I've got this, too.
And Neveah?
You have a real chance there, Oren. Just gonna let that go?
Turns out Cassie was a whole lot nicer when she was unconscious.
But still, tomorrow's "Cassie speaks" press thing
seems like your best hope for avoiding jail.
[Bette winces]
[June] Hello. Guys…
Ramon cast your sister in Ripper.
-That's harsh. -[June] No, that's nothing.
I was watching her rehearse in that hoodie,
her body, her gestures, and it hits me.
I've seen this before.
It was Delia I saw the night Cassie fell.
-[Neveah] She was wearing the hoodie? -[June] And crawling out the fire escape.
Oh, my God.
You said you were with her that night.
I've also been thinking about the pain that started after Cassie fell,
my toenail off a few days later.
I was in sandals that night…
passed out drunk in the common room.
[footsteps]
Delia?
And then later…
[winces] Oh, damn.
…I hit it hard.
I followed my sister down the fire escape.
[Delia] Bette, what are you doing?
[Bette] She walked me around the block,
filling my drunken, stupid head
with the idea that we went out all night.
We had fun tonight, huh?
[Bette] Yeah.
You drank too much, baby girl.
And then she took me back inside.
Why would she do that?
Because Bette caught her sister doing something she shouldn't.
And Delia found herself an alibi.
Cassie didn't just forget what happened.
No. She did the math and found a chance to eliminate a rival.
Okay, but why would Delia go after a student?
My guess? It has to do with that white rose.
She told me it was you
who left me that little gift on my first day.
Neveah, I was just messing with you.
Sure, but she told me that when you left me the white rose,
you were copying her,
which means Cassie must've left the rose for someone.
Sorry. Sorry. Thought this place would be free.
-[Shane] I should be getting ready. -[Ramon] You are getting ready.
-There's a lot you're sweating out. -Just trying to hold my own in the storm.
It's ballet. If you can't deal, go dance show tunes on a cruise ship.
Not really my style.
Are you sure about that?
[scoffs]
-I'm dancing my ass off for you. -And I'm not interested in your ass.
-[Delia] Ramon. -Well, you see how he looks up there.
-You're doing great, Shane. -No.
There's a swagger, makes a man.
And you don't have it.
Look at Topher Brooks. Good dancer in his day…
but everyone saw it. A sissy.
And no one wants to see that onstage.
-Brooks taught me half of what I know. -[Ramon] Well, it shows.
You chose me, sir.
And I'm disappointed.
Stop it, Ramon.
The things you say, they're cruel, they hurt,
and they make you a lonely, lonely man.
[Shane] It's okay. The way I see it?
Every one of us is in drag.
You want a good show?
I'll give you one.
[Neveah] New York?
Scouts from the two schools are coming to the show tonight,
but they told me it's already a slam dunk.
-For you, maybe. -No.
I told them I'd only go if they also let you in.
I'm studying at the Archer.
You're not, Neveah. We're out.
Not if we can take her down.
Nobody takes down Monique DuBois.
Trust me, we dance right tonight, everything could change for us.
Neveah, I want you on this journey with me.
Why?
Isn't it obvious?
I love you.
["Murky Love" by Moodie playing]
Plus, it's New York.
I mean, we could go see Broadway shows.
There's the best shopping in the world.
[vocalizing]
[audience applauding]
♪ I was yours, you were mine ♪
♪ We were in love ♪
♪ Even when we said goodbye ♪
♪ So, so many times ♪
♪ Did we try ♪
♪ Try so hard to make it right ♪
♪ It's done ♪
♪ So, so done ♪
♪ Even though deep inside ♪
♪ Remove the pain, my broken heart We're still the same in love ♪
-♪ Ooh! ♪ -♪ So in love… ♪
-Now that was dancing like a man. -[grunts]
Your kind of man, not mine.
[audience applauding]
[vocalizing]
♪ I'm gonna run, no! I'm gonna run, no! ♪
♪ I'm gonna run, no, no, no! ♪
♪ I'm gonna run ♪
♪ I got to go I said I'd never let you go ♪
♪ I got to go ♪
♪ I'm gonna run, no! ♪
♪ Oh, the games ♪
♪ It's such a shame ♪
♪ Never do that to myself again Ooh-ooh! ♪
What the hell was that? You were way off. What happened?
What you said to me before.
You shouldn't have said it.
What? Said what?
["Chains of Love" by Erasure playing]
♪ Come to me, cover me, hold me ♪
♪ Together We'll break these chains of love ♪
♪ Don't give up… ♪
[laughs]
♪ Together with me and my baby Break the chains… ♪
[Torri] Oh, I love performance nights!
It's the only time I get a space like this all to myself.
Come on.
Anyone can whistle.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I… I…
I think I arrested the wrong guy.
Isabel, don't do this.
This is just like my theater days.
You pour your heart into a show that gave you reason to…
show up and open up and grow up.
And when it's over, nothing's changed,
and rentals want your costume back.
Either find a way to live outside of uniform,
or your life won't happen.
So come on.
Come on.
Dance.
You're welcome to stay.
It's not really how we eat.
Nothing better for the soul.
Sure there is. It's called beauty.
Wow. That's rich, even for me.
Oh, don't play like that with me. I come from around here.
Oh, yeah?
Grew up a few blocks away. Dirt poor.
Every dream dead on arrival.
Till I found a way to trade on my talents.
I can guess what those might have been.
Point is, I live better now.
Why would you want to?
With your own daughter choosing this fine mess
over the tidy life you went and built.
I work hard to make sure Bette's every dream will come true.
How can you, lady?
You don't even know what they are.
Stir the sauce when you think of it.
Bette, I really don't think this is a good idea.
You told me to find a better story.
Only the one I dug up, it's a whole lot worse.
The person who pushed Cassie,
who set this all in motion, who stood by while I took the fall…
is your daughter.
My sister… Delia.
No one just remembers these things.
I've been numb with shock and drugs,
but I can see straight now and tell you--
Don't.
A conviction would ruin Delia's career.
What do you think happens to me?
Nothing. You'll be charged as a minor.
Your name expunged. Your father will get an acquittal.
-You don't know that. -[Katrina] The facts won't add up.
And that's good for us.
Did you know?
[stops stirring]
When your sister told me, I was devastated.
Mom.
Delia only meant to confront Cassie,
get that bitch away from Ramon, not to send her over the edge.
So why should I pay?
Because you can.
I did all I could.
Sent Officer Cruz the Sleeping Beauty cast list
to try to throw the suspicion off Delia.
I never imagined you would get caught in your own lies.
I'm done telling them.
No.
You will stand by this family,
and you will protect everything that it has given you.
You will help to depose Monique DuBois,
and you will allow me to achieve great things.
You'll emerge unscathed…
and finally…
earn your place as a Whitlaw.
And if you don't…
you will walk away from this with nothing.
[gasps]
Hey, stranger.
-[Delia] I found your rose. -It's not what it looks like.
Well, it is, but I can explain.
I know you fucked him.
Stop it!
Every night, you make me dance this for you.
I'm so tired of falling.
This is the only story I have left.
This is my story now.
-[screams] -[gasps]
[June] Bad dream?
June. Sorry I didn't watch tonight.
Figure it's time I made the role my own.
We talk about you, you know.
How the great Delia Whitlaw once lived in these same rooms.
How if she could come out of here a star, so could we.
It was home.
Four doors down to the right.
That's my room now.
Then just like me, your time will come.
Just make sure you don't slip on the way, June.
["Rebel" by Royal playing]
♪ I saw the wounds against your chest ♪
♪ I did my best ♪
♪ To fix what's left of you ♪
♪ I didn't know the pain inside ♪
♪ Was self-inflicted ♪
♪ By the hands I let hold mine ♪
♪ Pour some liquor on it ♪
♪ Let it sink right in ♪
♪ On the deepest, darkest hour ♪
♪ Of your sins ♪
♪ Rebel heart ♪
♪ Rebel… ♪
[Oren] Look, I'm leaving this place,
and the saddest thing for me is to think of him here with nobody he can count on.
You got a good thing here. Don't blow it.
♪ I saw the road that lay ahead ♪
♪ If you remained ♪
♪ Inside my head ♪
♪ Consequences have a way of showing you ♪
♪ You were wrong to stay ♪
[music over dialogue]
♪ My tortured soul and fragile mind ♪
♪ Were not strong enough ♪
♪ Against the weapons… ♪
[sobbing]
♪ Pour some liquor on it ♪
♪ Let it sink right in… ♪
[continues sobbing]
Bette!
Don't do anything stupid.
I think it'd be genius, actually.
Crash Cassie's presser with my own statement smack on the street.
I wanted to come clean.
But Mom told me not to.
Because you're her favorite.
Because she had a point.
We can get through this if we do it as a family.
Except I pay the price.
It was an accident, Bette.
I found the rose Cassie left Ramon with some stupid love note.
You?
Jealous of Cassie?
She's younger…
shinier…
turning Ramon's head.
Ramon is just one choreographer.
And if I could keep him hard, I could keep him watching.
But I heard talks of Cassie being plucked out of the Archer
to be made principal at City Works.
I'd be old news before I even started.
You're a star!
For how long?
Plenty of dancers have long careers.
[Delia] Most don't.
Admit it, having her gone has been good for you too.
We either work together for once,
or that bitch cuts us both.
Please.
Bette.
♪ Rebel heart… ♪
[Cassie] And while the Archer supported me,
it only took one student to ruin my life.
And that student…
was Bette Whitlaw.
[murmuring]
[Cassie] If it weren't for Madame DuBois…
What Cassie means is, the Archer…
[June panting] Neveah!
You missed it.
Madame gave Cassie a better offer.
-Bette's up top and in trouble. -What?
Bette! Bette! Bette!
-[Neveah] Bette! -[June gasps]
Hey. We can fix this.
-[Neveah] We take it to Officer Cruz. -We don't do anything.
If you don't fight this, you're going to jail.
[Bette] What if I deserve to?
[June] Don't say that.
You think people just forget things
and then remember them when it's convenient?
You think a drunk-ass blackout is anyone's idea of an alibi?
Bette, you can't just give up.
I did it.
-I pushed Cassie Shore off the roof. -No.
I know when I'm beat and when you have a fighting chance.
Take down Madame.
She's down there right now thriving off the public eye…
which means she can die by it too.
We have a weapon, and it's time we used it.
[gasps]
Monsieur Paris.
Me, it seems I found a habit here.
And you?
Come to hide your sister's trail of paper?
Look at us. A long way since our summer in Paris.
A summer of lies.
Nabil, I was always honest with you.
Why do you work with him?
-Beggars can't be choosers. -[Nabil] And you are no beggar.
Ramon Costa is Jack,
and I promise you, he will soon be sent to hell.
For God's sake, Nabil, move on. Get out of this room and onto the stage.
That's where we carve out our revenge.
I can think of better ways.
New York called,
thanked me for last night's dancing and wished me well. Buh-bye.
You don't want to move to New York? Don't. But why sabotage my chances?
I didn't mean to, it's just…
When I'm onstage, it's about trust and safety and--
And I don't give that to you?
You told me you loved me, Oren. Why would you do that?
It's the truth.
[sighs] You're moving too fast.
I've known you for months now.
Danced with you. That's all I need.
You saying that messed me up.
How?
With me it's all about dance.
No distractions, no games, no boys.
I tried that once, fell for this guy big time.
The day of my Archer audition…
he dumped me.
I was a mess, and I blew it.
When I got a second chance to dance here,
I swore I'd never make that mistake again.
You can have love and still be great.
You saw what happened last night. We were terrible.
You just got in your own way.
No, Oren.
You did.
Mr. Costa, meet my mother.
Maricel.
[Maricel] Hello, Ramon, it's been an age.
Wait, you know each other?
We ran in the same circles back in London.
I was an apprentice at English National, and you were--
[Maricel] An associate at Barclays.
Mr. Costa, thank you for giving June this leap into professional life.
She didn't tell you?
I'm re-casting.
Go on, June. I'll catch up.
Now.
You're her mother?
Yes, and you're giving her that part.
-I don't owe her a thing. -[Maricel] You do, Ramon.
You owe June a great deal.
Wait.
How old is she?
You give her this shot, Ramon.
You give her that, and then you walk away.
The money you paid me those nights back then.
You weren't just a career woman getting her jollies, were you?
I wanted a child. I just never imagined--
That she'd turn out like her father.
Tell anyone about this, I'll kill you.
Except as you may recall…
I'm not in the habit of holding my tongue.
[Maricel sighs]
-I patched in the file. -Did the sound tech catch you?
No, it's good.
But are we?
I guess we'll find out on the stage.
We can dance this, Neveah.
Not despite the things we feel, but because of them.
I hope you're right.
Bring it in.
We survived Ramon Costa and all that he threw at us
because we stuck together, fighting for what we believed in.
And tonight we turn it into something that changes the world.
So no matter what we hear out there or what we see, we dance.
And once we start, we never stop.
[Nabil] Merde.
-Good show. -Have a good show.
-Good show.
Good show…
[classical music playing]
[lively instrumental music playing]
-[Neveah] Here it comes. -[Oren] I hope this works.
[June's voice over PA] The girls never mentioned this room.
[Travis' voice over PA] Well, like me, they don't kiss and tell.
[June] Mr. Talbot? From the Archer Board?
[Travis] He sits in on your auditions so he can get first pick.
[June] That's why the Michi hostesses are all ballerinas?
[Travis] Bought and paid for.
[June] Okay, but who do you pay off?
[Travis] We pay Monique DuBois.
We pay Monique DuBois.
Donations to the school in exchange for access to a few choice hires.
[June] You mean girls at this place?
[Travis] Are you recording this?
We pay Monique DuBois.
Monique DuBois. We pay Monique DuBois.
Are you recording this? We pay Monique DuBois.
We pay Monique DuBois.
[echoes] We pay Monique DuBois. We pay Monique DuBois.
[music stops]
[audience applauding]
[students chattering]
[Neveah] That was amazing. Thank you so much.
You'll regret this.
Turns out I had the better moves.
Ms. DuBois, may we have a word?
Just a few questions.
Of course.
["Motion" by Emotional Oranges playing]
♪ If you wanted to ♪
♪ We can up and leave here ♪
♪ 'Cause I still wanted to… ♪
[chattering]
♪ I needed someone who Makes me feel ♪
♪ I'm craving something different… ♪
Ms. Park, I am Nabil Limyadi.
I hope you see tonight
what a beautiful dancer your daughter is.
Yes. I did see that.
-[Nabil] Mon dieu. -[June] What are you gonna do, Nabil?
I say we celebrate.
-We love you, June. -[giggles]
[Shane] Well, well, well.
So you come crawling back.
My macho act onstage tonight turn you--
You wanna dance?
I don't know how.
Come on. I'll show you.
I have to admit, it was our best dancing yet.
You can be happy, Neveah.
And great.
I hope you're right.
[Oren] Bette, you got yourself in.
[Neveah] Oh, God.
Some things die easy.
Some things not so much.
[Neveah sighs]
[Topher] You got security escorting you out
and cops breathing down your neck.
This has to hurt.
Madame will find allies and vanquish enemies.
She will return to her throne triumphant.
The problem is that no one wants you to.
I have a history.
A reputation.
Now destroyed.
Accept it, Monique. You can't survive this.
At least, not alone.
Work with me or Katrina Whitlaw takes the helm.
[screams] I bled for this place!
I turned away love, joy, children.
I do one thing. Nothing else!
This place is all I've got, Topher.
I cannot give it up.
You shouldn't have to.
I just settled one score.
You wanna fight these fuckers?
-I'm in. -[gasps]
You sure this is okay?
Trust me, they're all at the party.
I'm not.
Home sweet home.
Cassie.
You've ruined my life.
Yeah. Sorry about that.
Play your cards right, I'm sure I'll get you back in.
Except things changed while you were asleep.
We know who we are now, what we're capable of.
And we'll come for anyone who tries to tear us apart.
My mom's downstairs right now making herself director.
You can't win.
Oh, Bette.
I already have.
[Ramon] Everyone loves a good comeback, especially in ballet.
The exiled who finds a home.
The busted-up ballerina who puts herself together.
The disgraced dancer who redeems himself.
You live for those stories, the church of reinvention.
First you vault the chosen one to success,
then drive him into the wilderness, the darkness.
Then you make a show of mercy, invite him back to the spotlight.
And if you're the one given that comeback everyone is desperate for you to deliver,
you've just one question to answer,
once all eyes are on you,
craving that delicious next act.
What the hell are you gonna do?
["Ballet" by Sofi Tukker playing]
[singing in Spanish]
♪ And go, one, two, three, four ♪
[singing in Spanish continuing]
♪ And go, one, two, three, four ♪