02x14 - Rescue Mission

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Previously on Dance Academy...
I thought you were flexible.

You want to go higher?
No, stop.

Saskia.
Are you teaching this class?

Ooh!

You're letting me
back into the Academy?

This time, on your own merit.

Oh! That... that
is really not necessary.

You've danced on this.

If you keep going,
you could break the other side
and that's gonna require surgery.

When I kissed you,
I'd wanted to for a long time.

I told him nothing was
gonna happen between us.
But you want it to.

You were aware you were
breaking the rules when you
went to an outside doctor.

I have no choice
but to expel you from the Academy.

T, I didn't know
if this was insensitive.

I thought you might like to know
you made it to the Nationals.

OK hold on, Kat.
I'll just put her on.

I'm sorry, sweetheart.

She's sleeping right now.
Can I have her call you back?

OK, thanks, Mrs Webster.

Bye.

Hi, it's Tara.
Sorry I missed you. Leave a message.

I know we haven't been
all that close this year,

but I'm here for you if you need me.

Abigail would like to say hi.

Hi, I hope your back's
feeling better.

I placed higher than you
in the preliminaries. Bye.

Sometimes
there's nothing left to say.

All you want is to be left alone.

And the only person you
want to hear from is silent.

It's been six weeks.

Our daughter is not going
to hide in that bed any longer.

Up!

You're getting dressed and then
I'm driving you to school. Now.

Alright, compromise -
no school today,

but tomorrow we go to that
appointment, we find out
what the doctor has to say.

Doesn't matter if it's healed
or not. I'm out of the Academy.

Having a healthy back is something
that affects the rest of your life.
It matters.

I have to check the fence line
up on the ridge.

You can meet me there
or you can walk home.

I can't walk that far. I'm injured!

Hello!

I have been the new kid twice too
often this year, so if there's a
problem can we sort it out now?

Our problem is with your kind.

You're a second year in a
first year's leotard, and we
don't like the second years.

You don't think
that's just a touch yearist?

We wanted to compete
in the Prix de Fonteyn.

We deserved to compete.
But the second years
suck up all the attention.

Which is infuriating because,
with the exception of Abigail...

We love Abigail.
She's so dedicated.

You're more obsessed
with relationships than ballet.

Huh. Right. Carry on then.

Feel better?
Not really.

The doctor said it was good for you
to move around.

Remember when you were little
and you'd wait up here for hours

so you could see the first star?

You always wanted to make that wish.

Oh, princess.

Sorry, I just...

I just don't know
what to wish for anymore.

Do you know there's a whole
creepy dictatorship going on

that we're not even aware of?

Alright, I've gotta go.

Why has he got that look?
I don't have a look.

It's your running-to-the-toilet'
face. It's not.

Has he been eating green curry again?
It's not my curry face, OK?

It's...

For weeks you guys have been
using me to hang out guilt free.

You think we don't feel guilty?
I'm not judging.

Actually, I am. If you guys
want to get together, be together.

I don't want to be around
to see it.

It's curious that you're still
denying that there's chemistry.

With my last dying breath.
Yet you can't stay away from me.

Family, you have a genetic obligation
to talk to me.

Can we do that
while I'm writing job applications?

The Company decided today
it's time I spread my wings.

Youch. Not to be selfish,
but will you be seeking local work?

Um... Impresion said they would look
at my new showreel.

Spain.
I know.

Bad timing, but...

Hi, Abigail.

Hey, how do you get your hair
like that?

I mean, I spray and spray
and still... flyaways.

How was it?

We have to wait for the specialist.

Well, he can't see us till five,
so do you want to come with me,

and sweet talk the bank
about canola prices?

I'd just prefer to stay here.

I'm approaching now.
Yes, I have the rocket booster.

You have to stop micro-managing.

Hey, Tara.
What are you doing here?

Back stuff.
So it's actually broken?

That's what Grace was saying
but there are rumours.

What are you doing here?

Does anyone know you're in Sydney?

I haven't been feeling
very socially connected.

I'm diagnosing that you could do
with a distraction.

Believe me, it's going to help.

Every few months,
the ward rats put on a show.

I didn't know you volunteered.
I'm quite saintly.

Anyway, this time
the director's launching

the Space Rescue Mission Spectacular.

Laika was the first living creature
to orbit earth.

Do you honestly believe
that is a fitting tribute?

A rocket, for m'lady.
Talk to me about the Tap Pups.

I'm still locking them down.
Slight scheduling conflict.

Benjamin, they're the sh**ting star.

I've done you one better.
Maddie, meet Tara.

Star of the National Academy
of Dance. Former student.

Can she do a no-handed cartwheel?
I don't dance anymore.

I'm injured.
I have leukaemia.

Want to know who wins?
Maddie!

Tara can help you with your solo.
Make it more professional.

That's a good idea.
Fine!

I'm really not ready...
The cr*pple can stay.

You, get the glitter g*n.

Denzel doesn't know Jupiter from...
Uranus?

You're making that joke?
What?

Seriously?

Hi, it's Tara.
Sorry I missed you. Leave a message.

Top of the morning to you.
Class doesn't start for an hour.

Oh, endorphin overload. I've been
in the Pilates studio since six.

Did you guys know the
American Ballet Theatre's in town?

We already booked. Months ago.
Oh, drats.

These are preview VIP.

Shame.

Lily, I couldn't interest you at all,
could I?

Orchestra pit seating.
Exclusive entry to the afterparty.

Family connections.

I've opened the airlock and I'm
spacewalking towards the asteroid.

It's good.
Don't patronise me.

You're lost in space.
Give it some emotion.

That will definitely help,
but... you're in space.

So that means weightlessness, right?

So maybe you should try and make
everything kind of slow and fluid.

Don't hurt yourself.

It'd be perfect if you had wires.

It's literally like you're swimming
through the air. Wires.

I didn't think of that.
Hey, Benjamin?

I'm on it.

I know it's name-dropping
a little bit,

but Misha once brought a donkey
to my tenth birthday party.

Which was hysterical at the time...
We're losing them.

Sorry, you mean Baryshnikov? The
most famous dancer on the planet?

Why are you all
just sitting there?

Your influence, Katrina?

Everyone else,
go get your planet and put it on,

then shout out your name.

- Pluto.
- Uranus.

- Saturn.
- Jupiter.

Yeah, it's to support
an -year-old.

But she has a really heavy ego.

Can I not go on hold?

So Maddie. How sick is she?
I think she's having a good day.

But the doctors, do they know
if she's going to get better?

Maddie's been undergoing chemo
since she was four.

You stop asking that question.
Just focus on what you can control.

I want you to spin
as you're doing it.

It's complicated,
but you can do it.

So why didn't you fight
getting expelled?

I broke the rules.
I went to an outside doctor.

But that day in training,
with Saskia, when she pushed you.

Was that how you got injured?
I was being arrogant.

I told her she could go...

But when we told her to stop,
she didn't.

You do?

That much.
Did I mention it's for charity?

Oh, wow!

Did you body-snatch Abigail?
Thinking about it.

If you do see her,
tell her I'm looking for her.

Going out with all your friends?
Ah-uh.

So why did I get invited to join
this group?

'Stop Kat Karamakov
From Poisoning First Year'? Look.

members already.

You all know her dance
failures, but this fun-loving rebel

pitches herself as the best friend
that you'll ever have.

That's what she will use
to suck you in.

This is insane.

You realise they're just trying
to control you.

Let's look at what happened
to BFF casualty No. .

Abigail Armstrong.

Oral history reports that when
Abigail decided to focus on ballet,

Kat dumped her for being... boring.
It was more complicated than that.

And we were .

Oh, but you weren't betrayed your
most recent victim, Tara Webster.

This so-called friend had a secret
relationship with Tara's boyfriend,

causing a talented dancer
to suffer a nervous breakdown,

which led to her being expelled
from the Academy.

Now do we really want this negative
influence to destabilise our year?

Lily?

I have to get back.
Can you wish Maddie luck for me?

You're not staying?
Curtain's up in T minus one hour.

I have my appointment.
I thought that was later.

What I'm going through
is nothing compared to this,

but I don't want to watch dancing
right now.

I mean, imagine if you
could never do it again. You could.

If they say your back's better,

go to Miss Raine
and ask for your place back.

Why not?
Because of Kat and Christian?

I don't want to hope that I'm OK
and then find out I'm not.

That probably sounds dramatic to you,
but everything I've ever counted on

has either been not what I thought
it was, or taken away from me.

How are you supposed to come back
from that?

You just have to.

Because if you waste too much time
blaming the world, the world wins.

What? What do you want to say
to me, Kat?

Just please don't hang up.

I think...

I think I need an estimate
of how long you're going to hate me.

Because if there's a goal
then maybe I can work towards that.

I don't know.

Tara, I am so unbelievably...
I know.

Sorry.

You don't have to prove
you can resist me.

I've been busy, workshopping
some contemporary solos,

seeing as you're not going to be
here to choreograph the Nationals.

Are you saying you're going to
miss me, Abigail?

No.

I have it unsweetened,
if you're trying to be authentic.

I don't deserve sugar, anyway.
I am a horrible, poisonous person.

OK. Enough with the self-loathing.

I don't need people,
but you obviously do.

Come on.

Abigail. We were just giving
ourselves an extra class.

Would you like a seat?
I'm not staying.

It's come to my attention

that you've been portraying me
as a victim.

As your leader,
I find that extremely condescending.

This girl may not look like
your typical Academy student,

but she's earned her place here.

This isn't... We're going.

You cough in her direction,
you'll have me to deal with.

You trained me to get back
into the Academy,

and now you've morphed
into my human shield.

We're not becoming friends, are we?
I really hope not.

Maddie, you look exactly
like an astronaut.

My friends Sasha and Scarlett
are coming to watch.

They haven't seen me
since I got sick again.

So my space history is terrible.

Was Laika the first animal
to go up there?

Wow, that was brave.
In real life, Laika d*ed.

This time we're bringing her back.

Madstar, you ordered Tap Pups.
So where do you want them?

I'll take them over.

There's no talking in the morning.
I get full approval over all music.

If you borrow my stuff
you'll be evicted.

In , Laika, a stray dog,
was launched into space.

Seven hours later,
she lost radio contact.

This is her rescue mission.

He's a beautiful boy, isn't he?
He's a one of a kind.

I don't play favourites, but he
was my first long-term patient.

Every year he still sends flowers
on my birthday.

When I was Maddie's age,
I had a fight with my mum and dad.

I was angry with them so I ran away
from home to teach them a lesson.

I stayed on top of the hill for
hours, but no-one came to find me.

I was so sure I was in the right,
but I'd never felt more lonely.

Like the world
was going on without me.

Eventually I swallowed my pride,

climbed back down and became
a part of the world again.

I didn't need anyone to rescue me.

I rescued myself.

Thank you. Bye. Thank you so much.

Hey, don't you have an appointment
to get to?

I'm going now.
Can I ask you something first?

Yeah. Hit me.

If the doctors say
my fracture's healed,

will you help me plead my case
at the Academy?

Webster, I thought you'd never ask.