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"Break Stuff" is the 21st episode in Season 1 of The Next Step and is the 21st episode overall. It premiered on November 1, 2013.
Synopsis[]
Giselle wants to make her mark in A-Troupe by performing a dangerous lift.
Plot[]
Giselle is practicing her dancing in Studio A to ensure that she stays on top of her game and doesn't get demoted to B-Troupe again. As she practices, Daniel enters the studio and watches her. When she finishes, Daniel commends her on her dancing. Giselle thanks him and confesses that she is never going to take A-Troupe for granted again.
Giselle suggests that the team incorporates an overhead lift into the routine.
A-Troupe watches a group of Bharatanatyam dancers perform. Michelle confesses that she brought in the dancers because of how expressive they are, hoping that the dancers can incorporate the same kind of expression into their dancing. A-Troupe thoroughly enjoy the performance and applaud the dancers when they finish. Once the dancers leave, Michelle says that she thinks they should add more expressiveness into their dance, causing Tiffany to suggest that they do some of the dancers moves. Leading on from this, Giselle suggests that they incorporate an overhead lift. Kate is opposed to the idea, but Daniel and Giselle assure her that they used to do overhead lifts all the time. Michelle suggests the Helicopter Lift, and while the dancers love the idea, Kate is still wary of adding it to the routine. Giselle is disappointed, as she knows that she and Daniel can do the lift.
Michelle pulls Daniel and Giselle into Studio B and asks them how they would do the Helicopter Lift. After they explain the procedure, Michelle asks if she can see them do it. Daniel is skeptical of doing the lift due to his injured ankle, but he is coerced by Giselle into performing it with her in Studio A.
Tiffany is sitting alone in Studio A when Stephanie returns from her audition. Tiffany asks Stephanie how the audition went and Stephanie admits that while she didn't think it went that well, she is glad she went, and the casting crew didn't laugh at her this time. Tiffany confesses that even though Stephanie thinks it went badly, she's sure she did great. Tiffany urges Stephanie to think about Regionals in order to get her mind off of the audition, and Stephanie concurs.
West hides from Marcel.
While purchasing a drink at Squeezed, West panic after catching sight of Marcel and hides behind a little girl; he confesses that Marcel is the leader of his old dance troupe, and that he left without telling him and does not have the guts to confront him. Despite West's efforts to avoid Marcel, Marcel spots him and calls out to him using his nickname, Compass. Marcel tells West that he has been texting and calling him with no reply, and West lies that he broke his phone, but quickly claims that he got it fixed the day before after his phone begins to vibrate. West picks up his now ringing phone and lies that he got a text from his girlfriend, whom he is fighting with; Marcel tries to ask West to have a drink with him, but West tells him that he needs to leave and dashes out of the store.
Now in Studio A, Giselle asks Eldon to not tell anybody about what they are doing and to spot herself and Daniel as they do the lift; he agrees to both. Giselle and Daniel perfectly execute the lift, exciting Giselle and relieving Daniel. Michelle tells them that they must find a way to incorporate it into the routine. Meanwhile, Stephanie receives a phone call from her agent who tells her that she got the part in the television show she auditioned for, but also reveals that shooting will take place during the same weekend as Regionals.
Chloe assures Kate that she will give her the money by the end of the week.
In Kate's office, Kate tells Chloe that she needs her money for Regionals. Chloe promises to get her the money by the end of the week, and confesses that she hasn't been able to work enough shifts to make the money she needs for Regionals. Kate asks Chloe if everything is okay, and Chloe lies that everything is fine.
A-Troupe begins rehearsing their Regionals routine. As they dance, Giselle confesses that she and Daniel are going to spring the lift on Kate and Chris. As a part of this plan, Giselle and Daniel suddenly break formation and proceed to do the lift. Unlike before, the lift does not go smoothly; Daniel falls to the floor in pain. As the dancers crowd around him, Chris runs out of the studio for help.
A-Troupe converses in Studio A, waiting to hear what happened to Daniel. Chloe pulls Michelle aside and tells her that although she knows it is bad timing, she has to leave for a shift. Michelle permits her to go, upsetting Stephanie, who doesn't see how Chloe could leave at a time like this. As Chloe leaves, Kate and Chris enter the studio. Kate reveals that Daniel has a grade three ankle sprain, meaning that there are torn ligaments that need to be healed, and that Daniel cannot go to Regionals. Stephanie immediately blames Michelle, but Giselle and Riley come to Michelle's aid, claiming that Daniel must have believed he could do the lift. However, West counters this by acknowledging the fact that Daniel obviously could not execute it. Tiffany says that it isn't fair to blame Daniel, but James professes that the predicament it is fair since Daniel knew that his ankle was hurt, revealing that he was also aware of it. The others are shocked that neither Daniel nor James told them about Daniel's injury; Riley is especially hurt that James did not tell her. Stephanie antagonizes Michelle once again, and this time Eldon comes to her defense. An argument ensues among the dancers, which Kate eventually breaks up.
Daniel tells his peers about his ankle.
All of the dancers are doing their homework, except for James; as Daniel's understudy, he believes he should be practicing his solo. Riley confesses that it isn't good that James isn't doing his homework. Daniel enters the studio on crutches and his peers gather around him. Daniel tells the dancers that he will need surgery and will be unable to dance for months, and apologizes for letting them down. He is met with a group hug, after which he exits the studio, Daniel tearfully confesses that this could end his dance career.
Trivia[]
- West used to be a member of a street dancing crew which he left without telling the troupe leader.
- Stephanie has a role in a TV show, but would have to shoot it during the same weekend as Regionals.
- Daniel has a grade three ankle sprain, and therefore cannot compete at Regionals.
- Emily does not appear in this episode except for a brief white walls sequence featuring herself, Michelle and Eldon.
Behind the Scenes[]
- According to Brennan Clost via his YouTube channel, Daniel and Giselle were originally planned to perform a duet after Giselle's solo, but their duet was cut due to Brennan throwing out his back when he and Jordan Clark were learning how to do the helicopter lift the previous day in 15 minutes in their lunch break.[1]
Errors[]
- Stephanie reiterated that Kate said they are not allowed to do the Helicopter Lift, but in the "Stutter" Regionals routine in "Fancy Footwork", Eldon and Riley perform the same lift.
- However, given that in future seasons, Riley performs very complicated overhead lifts with James and Eldon performs very complicated overhead lifts with Michelle, Giselle and Thalia, it is possible, but very unlikely, given the severity of Daniel's injury, that Kate changed her mind between "Break Stuff" and "Price Tag", when the "Stutter" Regionals routine is first rehearsed, and let Eldon and Riley do the lift.
- Daniel says that it will take months for his ankle to heal, but when James returns to the studio in "First Date", there are only two more weeks before Regionals. Given that Daniel returns to the studio with a fully healed ankle immediately after The Next Step wins Regionals in "Don't Stop the Party", his injury really takes about two weeks to heal. This is likely another of the moments when the characters on the show are calculating time incorrectly on the show.
Production Errors[]
- The image used for this episode by BBC iPlayer is actually from Daniel and Giselle's duet that got cut from the episode.
- When A-Troupe is doing homework in Studio A, in one shot, Eldon is looking at West's homework, but in the next one, he is writing his own assignment.
Cultural references[]
- The title refers to a song by Limp Bizkit of the same name.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Bree Wasylenko as Kate
- Brennan Clost as Daniel
- Brittany Raymond as Riley
- Isaac Lupien as Eldon
- Jennifer Pappas as Chloe
- Jordan Clark as Giselle
- Lamar Johnson as West
- Samantha Grecchi as Stephanie
- Shamier Anderson as Chris
- Tamina Pollack-Paris as Tiffany
- Trevor Tordjman as James
- Victoria Baldesarra as Michelle
Recurring[]
Absent[]
Featured music[]
- "Abilene"
- "Ameer Kalyani"
- "Control"
- "Dance 'til Dawn"
- "More Than That"
- "Play the Game"
- "Stop and Think"
- "The Squeeze"
Featured dances[]
Quotes[]
- Main article: Break Stuff/Quotes
Aftershow[]
- Main article: Break Stuff/Aftershow
Gallery[]
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