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- Winning isn't everything. It's how you play the game.

But isn't the point of a game to win?

(upbeat dance music)

(exhales)

- Hmm. (exclamation of discontent)

- What?! No way! We are going to own the teams at competition.

- Ah. Well, I applaud your confidence,

you're nowhere close to ready.

- Well, we've been practicing every day.

(clears throat)

(upbeat pop music)

- OK. But this is one of the teams in the division above us.

- No, I'm showing you because this is one of the teams

you'll be competing against.

- Did you see that turn? - I saw it.

- Is that a triple pirouette? - We're doomed.

- Perhaps we should just withdraw.

- Because of a stupid triple pirouette?

OK, what's so great about turning around three times instead of one?

- Well, it can win you a giant trophy.

- Hmm. - Is that true?

Do I have to do that for us to win?

- Yeah. Probably.

- Then why didn't you just say so?

OK everybody. Let's go back to work.

♪ You and me run to a different beat ♪

♪ We are brave Lead the way lead the way ♪

♪ Be the you inside ♪

♪ And watch the world take flight ♪

♪ We are brave Lead the way lead the way ♪

♪ Be the change ♪

♪ Be the change ♪

♪ Gotta be the change ♪

(whispering)

- One, two, three, four, five, six.

(grunting) - You OK?

- I'm fine.

I just can't get from the second pirouette into the split fast enough.

- I don't know why you need two pirouettes anyway?

One seems plenty to me. - Because the other team

can do three. And if I can't nail this double

then we're definitely gonna lose.

- If there's one thing I know about you,

you don't like losing. - Who likes losing?

- Maybe you should have some lunch. It's ham and cheese.

- Can you just put it over there,

I wanna get a couple more tries in?

- Honey, you've been at it all morning,

I think that you should refuel.

- I just, I really need to nail this

if we have any hope of winning.

- Heather, you are on a dance team,

so it's not all on you.

- OK, would you say that to LeBron?

I mean, you have to sacrifice to win.

Patrick Mahomes only eats egg whites

for like three days before every game.

- Is that true? - Ugh. I don't know.

You see what I'm getting at though?

- I still think that you should have some lunch.

- Dad, can you just make sure that I'm not migrating

across the floor this time? - Yeah, yeah.

♪ You can go for miles when you put on a big smile ♪

♪ When you put on a big smile ♪

♪ Don't forget your big smile ♪

- Another bop. Hobbie, you're a machine.

- I'm glad that you liked the song but,

I was also wondering, do you connect with the theme of the song?

You know, like, presenting one version of yourself

to the people in your life when there's actually

something else going on... underneath,

and, you know, keeping secrets from the people

you care about the most?

- Sure. I mean, doesn't everyone do that sometimes?

- Right. What about you, Amy?

- Same answer.

- And what about the whole secret romance angle?

I mean, doesn't it seem a bit far-fetched to you

that someone would be dating someone and not tell their best friend?

- Oh. Um, I don't know.

I mean, like I'm sure it's happened in like

the whole history of humanity.

- Cool. Thanks for your feedback.

I just wanted to make sure that my songs feel

emotionally authentic. Should we go back to the house and make some nachos?

- Ugh! That sounds awesome, but I actually have plans.

- Yeah. Me too actually.

- You both have plans?

- Seems like. - Um, what are you doing?

I mean, I'm just curious.

- I promised my mom I'd FaceTime her.

- Yeah. And I have to study. For a test.

Algebra. You're not in that class.

Better hop to it.

- Me too.

(upbeat dance music)

- Wow! Good job.

And nice work on those turns, Heather.

- Yeah, those turns were next level.

- Truly impressive.

- So, are we good enough to win yet?

- Almost. We have to tighten up those transitions, but it's close.

And now, as your reward...

- Are those boxes full of snacks?

- Even better. The costumes arrived!

(gasps)

- Why can't it just stay there?!

(chuckling)

- Leave me alone! - Ow! What is happening?!

Ow, ow! Stop! Heather, Heather!

- Heather's not here. - Mom and Dad are gonna be

really mad if you break my foot, please!

Ugh. I'm sorry. OK? It's just...

(laughter) - Put your foot back in the door

so I can break it for real this time.

- I am sorry, really. It doesn't look that bad.

- You can't even say that with a straight face.

- OK, so, it is-- - A bathing suit.

How am I supposed to dance in this?

On stage, in front of like a thousand people!

- When Lila used to dance competitively,

she'd have to wear all kinds of bonkers costumes.

She did look pretty cute in them though.

- What does it matter what we look like at all, OK?

Isn't the competition about how well we dance?

- I'm sure you're not the only one who feels like this.

Just talk to the rest of your team.

- And then what?

- There's strength in numbers, Heather.

If you present Andrea with a united front,

I'm sure she won't make you wear them.

- You're right, the whole team can't be happy about... this.

- Glad I could help.

I just can't believe you actually put it on.

- Goodbye, Robbie!

- Hey honey.

You wanna talk about it?

- Nope. - OK.

- I think Amy and Justin are dating.

- Oh. You know what, that's really nice.

Pop star persona, he seems like a great kid.

- Yeah, yeah he's a great guy.

And Amy's the best person in the world.

- Then why are you stress snacking?

- Because they're keeping it a secret from me.

- Well, how do you even know that they're seeing each other?

- Because, there are vibes, OK?

And I saw them hanging out together. And Amy never told me!

- Whoa. You are gonna need something stronger.

- Oh! I just don't understand

why she would feel the need to keep this a secret from me?

- Maybe she's just not ready to talk about it?

- She's my best friend.

The idea that she feels like she can't talk to me

about something like that?

It's a pretty bad feeling.

- And, you know, you do get really bad FOMO.

- OK, fine. But I think it is a perfectly normal human reaction.

- Oh, I never said otherwise. - I just need to figure out

where she'll be most comfortable to open up.

- Or, honey, maybe you just need to let her tell you in her own time.

- Where do you tell all your secrets?

- Uh, um.

- Slumber party?! Oh, that's perfect! A slumber party!

What better than an intimate night

with your best friend to really--

- Wrestle their secrets out of them?

- Yeah!

I'm going to need these,

and these and I'm going to need to steal those from you.

What better than delicious snacks

to make you spill the beans? Muah!

- Oh.

(knocking) - Oh, yay, you're here!

Oh, hi, Savannah.

- Did you not tell her I was coming?

- Don't worry about Holly, she's very "go with the flow".

I figured the more the merrier. Hope that's OK.

- Actually, I was kind of hoping that we could talk.

Just the two of us.

- I can go. Really, I don't want to intrude.

- OK. Well, um. - No. Stay.

It's gonna be awesome. Everyone should get

the opportunity to experience a Holly Hobbie sleepover

at least once in their lives.

You and I can talk whenever.

- OK. Yeah, stay. It'll be great.

- Yay! Holly, that onesie is amazing!

- Thanks, I actually got one for you too Amy.

- Aw. Thanks.

- Sorry Savannah. - It's OK.

- Great! Well, what should we start with?

Face masks, pedicures?

- We could always watch a movie. Classic sleepover activity.

- That's just us staring at a screen.

- How about karaoke? I think Amy and I should do

"I Know Him So Well" from Chess.

- I know, what's a slumber party

without an old-fashioned game of truth or dare? Hmm?

Oh, come on, it'll be fun.

(upbeat dance music)

- Sorry.

- OK, OK. Take five everyone.

Heather. Is there a problem? You've been off all rehearsal.

- It's the costumes. I hate them.

- Oh. - They're so uncomfortable.

And why are they so small?

- It's for competition. It's what we have to do to win.

- Are you honestly telling me that if we don't wear

skimpy costumes we're not gonna win?

It's a dance competition, shouldn't it be about the dancing?

- It is, but the costumes are form fitting

so the judges can see the lines of your body.

It's so they can judge your technique.

- And if it's about lines,

shouldn't he have to wear one too?

- Yeah, that's not gonna happen.

- This is so stupid. - Heather.

- No, you shouldn't assume what someone does

or doesn't want to wear just based on their gender.

- Well, if you don't want people to see you wearing this,

then I can put you in the back row.

- Allow me to appeal to your competitive nature.

You want to win, don't you? - Of course I do.

- You, me, all of us, we worked really hard for this.

So, let's just put our heads down and win this thing.

- OK. From the top.

- Savannah, truth or dare. - Truth.

- OK. Are you currently or, have you ever,

been in a super secret romance?

- Um. I'm not even engaged in any non-secret romances.

My life is unbearably dull.

- Oh, OK. Amy, your turn. Truth or dare?

- Dare. - What? Seriously?

No one picks dare.

- Amy Abassi, you continue to surprise me.

- Yeah, it's like I don't even know you at all.

- Just trying to mix things up.

So, what's it gonna be?

- OK, OK. I dare you

to put a chicken in Justin's Airstream.

- What? - Mm-hmm.

- No. Can I literally do anything else?

- Nope. You chose dare. You live with the dare.

Come on, I'll do it with you.

- OK. - Come on.

- I think I'll stay here with the gummy worms.

Chickens tend to freak me out.

- Don't say a word!

- I was just coming to see if you were ready because Dad's packing up the car.

- Am I ready to die of embarrassment at the thought

of people seeing me in this? Yes. Absolutely.

- I mean, it is a bit... extra. I mean, did I use that right?

- Yes. You did. Congratulations.

- Did you, did you talk to the team?

- Yeah. They're all fine with it.

And Andrea keeps saying that, "Oh, it's part of what you have

to do to win and then everybody wears stuff like this."

- You know, when I was going to law school,

I worked at this seafood restaurant.

And they made all the waitresses wear

this really humiliating sailor suit.

- Please tell me you have pictures.

- Oh no, no, no, no. They are destroyed.

Don't even ask.

But they had us wearing these really tight tops

and these really short shorts.

And then all the busboys?

They just got to wear their regular clothes.

- Yeah, Levi gets to wear this like baller,

silver track suit. It's so unfair!

- I know. And so, I went, and I talked to management,

and they... I mean they basically said,

"Well, if you don't like it, you can quit."

- Did you? - No.

I mean, I had to pay the bills.

And that was the hardest part, you know.

Because then my boss, he had all the power,

because I was young and I needed the money.

And I felt like I couldn't stand up for myself

without losing my job.

- That must have felt terrible. - Yeah. It really did.

At least I got free lobster rolls.

But you, honey, you're dancing for fun.

- And to win. - Of course.

But you don't have to.

You see, you have the power. If you don't want to go

out there on stage wearing that, you don't have to.

- So, what? I just quit?

- Yeah. And your Dad and I, we will totally support you.

- I don't think I can do that.

I mean, I'd be letting everyone down.

And we've all worked very hard. And I really wanna win.

- I get it. And I respect it.

(man): Heather! We gotta get going or we're gonna hit traffic!

- Do all Dads come pre-programmed with that sentence?

- Yeah.

So, what do you want me to do?

- Clear off a space on the mantle,

because I am bringing home a real big trophy.

- You got it, kiddo.

(clucking)

- Are you sure Justin's not in there?

- Yeah, completely. And Savannah's keeping watch from the window.

- What if the chicken does a lot of damage?

I'm sure Justin has a lot of expensive stuff in there.

- Petunia is a gentle soul, OK?

All you have to do is toss her in.

- Ugh, I can't do any other dare?

- Nope. It's the sacred rules of the game.

Original dare must stand. And you wouldn't have gotten

this stupid dare in the first place

if you would have just picked truth like you were supposed to.

- The game is called Truth or Dare, dare is an option.

- Yeah, an option no one ever picks.

And the only reason we're playing this game in the first place

is because you're too chicken to tell me about you and Justin.

So there is something going on.

- Maybe. I don't know. - Why didn't you tell me?

- Because I don't know if there's anything to tell.

- Well, if there's something to not tell,

then there's something to tell, you know?

- OK, we've been hanging out.

But I didn't want to make a whole thing out of it.

- Well, do you like him?

- I don't not like him.

But I just didn't want to make you upset.

- What? Why? - Because.

Justin's here to work with you. It just felt weird.

- I never want you to feel like you can't talk to me.

- OK. Well, maybe just ask me next time

instead of trying to trick me with a bunch of weird games.

- OK. Deal.

- So, about this dare.

- Oh, yeah. Um...

Let's just go eat some snacks instead.

- Yeah. - OK.

- All the dancers here are amazing.

- Yeah, well, we're amazing too.

And after we win this thing,

we should celebrate with a dip in the hotel pool.

- After the all-you-can-eat buffet.

I heard there's a chocolate fountain too.

- Oh, that's a great idea.

But first, I should sign you in, yeah.

- You, go do that you.

OK, be honest. Don't you guys think

it's just like a little bit weird that we're expected to compete in these things?

Well, not all of us.

- Just remember what Andrea said.

It's what the judges are expecting.

- Yeah, but look at those girls, they're like six years old.

- It is alarming to see small children wearing so much make-up.

- Who says it has to be this way though?

I mean, there's no law that says that girls in dance competitions

have to wear all of this stuff.

- I guess I've always seen the older kids wearing this stuff.

- Because you thought that was your only option.

Just like those little girls are looking at us right now

and thinking the same thing.

- But what about winning?

- You know I love to win.

And I really wanna kick butt dancing,

but I just can't do it in this.

- Then, I don't think you should have to wear it.

- Me neither. But what else do we have to wear?

- You've got a scheme don't you? - It's a good one, I promise.

- Come on, you always say that.

(dance music)

- Here we go.

- Where are your costumes?

- These are our costumes.

- I assume this was your doing?

- I started the conversation.

But the whole team is in agreement.

We don't think that anyone should have to wear something

that makes them feel uncomfortable.

Especially when they're doing something that's supposed

to make them feel happy.

And, even if it means losing,

we're showing the next group of kids that it's OK just to dance.

You don't have to do all that extra stuff.

This is way more important than winning.

- And this is really a team decision?

- If this really is a dance competition then it shouldn't matter what we wear.

(cheering)

(announcer): Coming up next, the Collinsville Shooting Stars.

- OK. Go ahead. Kill it and have fun.

- For real?

- Don't lose your nerve now sweatpants.

- Come on. We got this.

- We all got this. Let's go.

(cheering)

(upbeat dance music)

(crowd cheering)

(applause)

(soft music)

- I know. The bridge needs work.

But I'm really liking the vibe of this one.

- Is this song about Amy?

- Yeah. Actually, it is.

- Aw. Fair enough. She does have amazing eyes.

- You're mad. - No! Why would I be mad?

- Because she's your best friend.

- And you're my creative collaborator.

But you better not be messing with her, OK,

because this is the first time she's ever hung out

with anyone like this. Remember, I know where you live.

(chuckling)

- Um.

Hi. - You're here.

- Yup. That's me. I'm here. Here I am.

- We're just about finished.

You want to grab something to eat?

- Oh, it's OK. We don't have to.

- Come on! You're not gonna let me take my girlfriend out for lunch?

- OK.

Cool. That'd be nice. - Let's go.

- Oh, you mean right, right now? - I mean right now.

- Uh-huh. - Let's go.

(crowd cheering)

- Hey, hey, hey! Third place! It's nothing to sneeze at.

- And the only points they deducted were for costuming and presentation.

Solid scores across the board for technical and artistic.

I am so proud of you.

I was thinking, moving forward,

we can all pick the costumes as a team.

- Maybe we should start a costume revolution?

- Hey I thought you didn't want to win that stupid trophy.

- You know, we won this one by standing up for something really important.

And I'll always remember that when I look at this.

- OK, OK. Team photo time. Let's go.

Alright, everyone get together.

And three, two, one, cheese!

(camera shutters)

- Winning isn't everything but it is awesome.

Subtitling: difuze