[Superbus' "Invincible and Reckless"]
SINGER: ♪♪ I'm under your spell ♪♪
♪♪ But I'm okay ♪♪
♪♪ You dance it so well ♪♪
♪♪ Don't go away ♪♪
♪♪ I-I'm under your spell ♪♪
♪♪ But I'm okay ♪♪
♪♪ It's magical, physical ♪♪
♪♪ Never gonna give up now ♪♪
♪♪ Invincible, invincible ♪♪
♪♪ And reckless symphony ♪♪
♪♪ I'm under your spell ♪♪
♪♪ But I'm okay ♪♪
♪♪ You dance it so well ♪♪
♪♪ Don't go away ♪♪
♪♪ I-I'm under your spell ♪♪
♪♪ But I'm okay ♪♪
♪♪ It's magical ♪♪
CECE: Previously on Spellbound...
ARMANDO: This is it for fun.
You've got tough weeks ahead of you.
- How much do you really know about Adrian?
- Do you have any siblings?
- No. Only child.
You guys are worse at games than my brother.
CECE: Why would he lie to me?
- I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding.
[device clicking]
Wow.
[distant siren wailing]
[peaceful piano music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Remember, adage work requires
slow, meticulous movement.
It must be executed with grace
and precision.
Very nice, Cece.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I hope we're not interrupting.
- Come in. We're just finishing up.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Why doesn't our choreo look that graceful?
- Speak for yourself. I'm a walking swan.
♪♪ ♪♪
JENNY: Nicely done, girls. Let's finish there.
Mr. Castillo has a special announcement.
ARMANDO: Thank you, Ms. Jackson.
Well, I must say, I'm very impressed
with the progress you've all been making this term.
It's time to put what you've been learning
to the test.
So tomorrow,
there will be a mock audition.
Everyone will participate.
Everyone will get a new rank.
It'll give you a good indication of where you are
as we go into the last quarter of the year.
Now, I'll be looking for two things
during this audition.
One, obviously, how you dance overall,
but more importantly,
how you present in a pressure situation.
Because a guest choreographer will be doing
the final showcase this year.
And this mock will help you prepare.
Now remember, Ms. Jackson and I see you every day,
but an outside choreographer
will be looking at you for the very first time.
Understood?
Okay, good.
Thank you.
Off you go.
[students chattering]
[bright music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Go. Go, go, go, go, go.
Sidebar: romance will have to be postponed
until after the audition. - I just need a minute.
- Which I don't have. See how I'm in my joggers?
Once school is done, I'm off, and we can talk then.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Wanna rehearse together? - I'm gonna do my own thing.
You know how intense I get. - Fair.
- See you later.
- You should do that in the audition.
- Do what?
- It really brings out your eyes.
You feeling good?
- Oh, no. I feel mid-roller coaster drop.
Or like when the oxygen masks fall in the airplane.
- Has that actually happened to you?
- No, but I bet it would feel like this.
A slightly panicked, nervous, excited feeling
of either impending doom or victory.
- You'll be fine.
You've been working really hard.
- Thanks. But I really have to go.
- I can't flirt and race for a studio.
- I know. It takes time and practice.
[laughs]
♪♪ ♪♪
- I've seen the X-ray.
- I'm not quitting. - [Armando laughs]
Nobody said you had to quit, Jack.
- It's a hairline fracture.
Might even be from coming back too soon.
My doctor said to take another week and rest.
- So it seems straightforward, then.
- Every day I spend doing nothing
is a day that my competition spends
perfecting another skill.
Everyone thinks I don't rehearse,
but I do.
It's just not the repetition type
other people need, but sitting out?
- Yeah. It's hard.
Feels unfair, and you feel like you're losing everything.
- Yes. How do you know?
- Well, aside from going through this with my son,
I ripped my Achilles
showing off to a new choreographer.
I was out for the entire season.
- But you made a comeback. - I did.
Look, it's one week.
Take it.
I know it's hard.
- Can you not let on?
I don't want people to know.
Mia will lose focus, and I just--
- Yeah, that's fair enough.
But don't miss the warning signs,
or you'll be out for good.
[light piano music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Hey.
- I booked this studio fair and square.
Nobody said we couldn't use other divisions
to secure slots.
- You're right.
And it was a brilliant move.
- [sighs]
[music stops]
- You know that step needs to be turned out a bit
before you go into the second turn.
- You're right.
Thank you.
- I can help you if you want.
MIA: Why do you wanna help me?
Don't you have your own audition to worry about?
- Well, one, I'm a good friend.
- And two?
- All the studios are booked.
- Fine. We can share.
FINN: Okay, first, clear your face.
I can literally see the steps on them.
You're thinking too hard.
If you open up here,
then hold the line a little more,
remember the extension when you go into the turn,
and bam!
- Do it again. Together.
♪♪ ♪♪
Wow.
You're better than me.
And I don't say that very often.
- Thank you.
Thank you so much. [chuckles]
- Again. All the way through.
There are no breaks in this studio.
- Deal.
♪♪ ♪♪
[phone chiming and buzzing]
- Hello? LOLA: We need you here...
AMY: Cece, you gotta get here now.
Emergency. Right now. - Wait, what? Slow down.
LOLA: It's a Wizen emergency.
AMY: Yeah, we need you to get here now.
- What's going on? Is everything okay?
AMY: It will be, but we need you!
Please just get here as soon as you can.
- I'm on my way.
[sighs] I promise to rehearse my butt off...
after this Wizen emergency.
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[magical chime]
LOLA: Oh, good, you're here.
- So what's the big emergency?
- This spell requires three people.
- [laughs]
You called me here in a panic for a spell?
- It's not just any spell. It's a major spell.
And with your introduction around the corner,
we took the liberty...
- Of trying a more hands-on approach
to your studies.
- Mm-hmm.
- So it's time for you to learn
a bigger, more collaborative spell.
- One that connects us all.
The Trinity spell.
And we need three Wizens for it.
- Guys, I really need to rehearse.
- But this spell means you can share
or borrow Wizessence in small amounts.
It's, like, superhero cool.
- Fine, but make it quick.
- Okay, so we've pre-prepared,
but so you know the ingredients,
it's hosta leaf, sage, pomegranate,
and a few drops of blue tansy.
- We need to make it quick.
I have to cram in as much rehearsal time as possible.
- Totally.
- Now we recite the spell.
- It's just there. - Okay.
[anticipatory music]
ALL: One, two, three,
forge a bonding trinity
to make a pool of energy.
May our violet shoots build bonding roots
that grow magic to infinity.
- [laughs]
- Close your eyes and focus.
Set your intention to draw magic from us.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Yeah, I'm not feeling it.
- Okay. [sighs]
Feel this.
[magic chiming]
- Oh, wow. Okay.
- Let's try again, shall we?
ALL: One, two, three...
make a pool of energy...
violet shoots build...
magic to infinity.
One, two, three...
may our violet shoots build bonding roots...
magic to infinity.
- Are we sure that we're doing this right?
- Yes. Just focus.
ALL: One, two, three...
one, two...one, two... one, two...
may our violet shoots build bonding roots
that grow magic to infinity.
[magic whirring]
- Yes! - You're doing it.
- [laughs]
This is so cool! I'm doing it.
This is wild.
[laughter]
[phone chimes]
Okay, I really have to go now.
- Wait, where are you going?
Let's do it one more time
now that you've gotten the hang of it.
- I can't.
I totally lost track of time.
It's almost curfew,
and I haven't even rehearsed yet.
- Oh. Bye! - See ya.
- Well done!
- Think that went pretty well.
- Oof, that really knocks the wind out of you,
all that push and pull.
- You're not getting out of cleanup.
- But, like, in a second, right?
- Yeah, that's totally what I meant.
[upbeat music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- [yawns]
♪♪ ♪♪
[line trilling]
[phone ringing]
- Cece.
- Okay.
Ah!
Hey, Cece. How's our star speller?
- Yeah! How you doing?
- What did you do to me?
- Oh, no. I hoped that wouldn't happen.
- What wouldn't happen?
- The Trinity spell is, uh, a big one.
So sometimes, some people get a wee bitty tired afterwards.
It's all that push and pull. You know, the transfer.
Plus, we cast it, like, 30 times,
so no wonder you're exhausted.
LOLA: Yeah, um, I guess we should've mentioned that.
- So how long are we talking here?
- Oh, faster than a rat up a drain pipe.
- What does that even mean?
- Like, no time at all.
- Like, three or four days.
- Days? Days?
I have a huge audition today!
- [whispering] Oh, no!
[normally] Um, take a quick power nap
and you'll be right as rain.
- I have school! I can't take a nap.
I'm coming for an antidote.
You better have something for me.
[line beeps]
- Uh-oh. - Uh-oh.
- We have to go before she comes through that closet.
- Use the front door!
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Oh, hey.
Haven't heard from you for a while.
- Where are they?
- "They" as in the frantic Wizens?
They just took off. It was weird.
- Can't believe those two.
Shouldn't you be out front?
- Oh, I--I'm just looking for something.
- Your brother, maybe?
♪♪ ♪♪
- About that.
It's not how it seems.
My brother isn't a part of my life.
Not anymore, at least.
I didn't say anything because I don't like to talk about it.
That's all.
I mean, I honestly feel like I'm an only child.
- And I feel like I prefer the truth,
especially after defending you to all my friends.
- I should've told you.
- Yeah, you should've.
Chamomile.
That's weird, but hey,
who am I to question spells, right?
Perfect. Everything I need for Get Some Zest.
- Cece, look at me.
I really am sorry.
- Sorry you lied or sorry you got caught?
[somber music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- [sighs] Okay.
What's up? CECE: Nothing.
♪♪ ♪♪
I had a fight with Adrian.
- Nope. No, you didn't.
Not today. Mash it and dance it.
♪♪ ♪♪
[magic shimmering]
Come on. Let's go.
♪♪ ♪♪
JACK: Hey. - Hi.
- [Jack sighs]
Question: do you think you could do
your card thing for me?
- Sure. Maybe later.
- Yeah, but, like, what if later was now?
I'll give you my studio time.
[light music]
- Deal.
♪♪ ♪♪
Okay. Cut the cards.
SINGER: ♪♪ How many times I said I'm sorry ♪♪
♪♪ Mess it up again ♪♪
♪♪ Like it don't mean nothing ♪♪
♪♪ Like I ain't your man ♪♪
- You're feeling rejected.
But you're not seeing the opportunity
that's right there.
I thought you and Mia were good.
- We are. It's not that.
It's my relationship... with my ankle.
- Oh. [laughs]
Okay, context is good.
SINGER: ♪♪ You're so tired ♪♪
♪♪ Jumping into my same old song ♪♪
- You need to reinvent the wheel.
- Do you think that means I need a wheelchair?
Like, this is gonna get worse.
- [laughs] No.
You need to think how you can use your energy elsewhere.
- [yawns]
[upbeat music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[laughs]
What are you doing?
- Is this not the line for the roller coaster?
- It's the Drop of Doom.
The Death-o'-Spinner's over there.
- Good--I just had two slushies
and a whole pizza, so I'm ready.
Are we going hands up or white knuckle?
- Hmm...go hands up.
ARMANDO: Benoit Ducasse!
- For the record, I never liked that guy.
- You're up.
♪♪ ♪♪
[soft music]
Oh, please. Not you too. What's up?
- I am going to dance the girls' choreography.
- Oh, wow. Are you sure?
- Do you have doubts?
I mean, yourself said I was better than you.
- I don't. But do you?
♪♪ ♪♪
- [exhales]
Yeah. Okay. I can do it.
[upbeat music]
I--I can do it. I can do it.
I can do it!
[sighs] Wish me luck.
[both laugh]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Romance is back on.
- I'll have to sidebar. I'm gonna try meditating.
Put my energy elsewhere.
[breathes deeply]
♪♪ ♪♪
[energetic piano music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Thank you, Simone. Well done.
[clears throat]
[graceful piano music]
- If it-- if it's all right, I'd--
I'd like the other piece, please.
- Okay.
[light piano music]
♪♪ ♪♪
That's enough.
Okay, you're dismissed. Thank you.
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[magic shimmering]
♪♪ ♪♪
Cece Parker-Jones!
[high-pitched ringing]
[light piano music]
♪♪ ♪♪
Okay, no, no, we'll, uh, try again from the top, please.
- [Jenny sighs]
[high-pitched ringing]
♪♪ ♪♪
ARMANDO: I think we'll stop there.
Thank you. You're dismissed.
- [yawns]
[distorted high-pitched ringing]
[somber music]
- Where is everyone?
- Celebrating.
- Why?
- We're last.
- Both of us?
- Yeah.
♪♪ ♪♪
CECE: Oh, no. No, no.
♪♪ ♪♪
[sobs]
[upbeat music]
♪♪ ♪♪
Good morning.
Here. Super green.
- Perfect. Thanks.
Anyone see you? - Are you kidding?
There's no way I'm risking detention.
- Okay, I deployed the fifth division.
Mia taught me that trick.
They booked the studio time for us and them,
which is then for us for the next four weeks.
It's gonna be tough, but...
- We can't let this happen again.
- It was the worst audition of my life.
I sort of just fell flat.
- Same.
What is that?
- I'm not entirely sure.
It was in my pocket.
No clue how it got there, which is weird,
but my curiosity overrides everything.
I did an image search, and the closest thing
I could find was an Antikythera.
[soft dramatic music]
Feels like it's from another century.
It's cool, right?
- Yeah. Really cool.
[upbeat music]
Five minutes. Lunges around the whole school.
- I'm lunging right now.
- 90-degree angle or you're not getting the full burn.
- Did you know that neurons attached to your nervous system
play a role in their motor learning
to create muscle memory?
CECE: Of course you know that, Finn.
[ominous music]
[device chiming]