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The girls try out for the infamous Joffrey summer dance program, Michelle gets the rest of her belongings back from Vegas.

As the Joffrey Ballet summer scholarship audition approaches, Michelle has an idea on how to make this new situation work between her & Fanny. Happy with the decision Michelle makes herself at home until her possessions, as well as others, from Las Vegas are delivered to her. Not realizing how much stuff she had accumulated over the years, she has a hard time finding a place for everything. Fanny is beside herself with the Joffrey Ballet coming and makes it clear to Michelle that her stuff better be out of sight. The girls prepare for auditions & rivalries start to form.—Carrie DeCosta

Michelle accepts delivery of her stuff, but doesn't believe it's all hers. She made a deal with the landlord to ship her her stuff and he threw a bunch of stuff in, including a giant buffet and grandfather clock.

She tells Fanny she's being robbed in reverse. Fanny prepares the studio and grounds for the Joffrey auditions. She wants Michelle's stuff gone immediately to make a good impression.

Later, Boo and her mom go shopping at a Farmer's Market and Boo limits her mom only to veggies. Nanette wants to get something fun. "I did, I got edamame," Boo says.

Nanette worries about Boo getting rejected again. She was so disappointed last year, they split a whole cake. Nanette spies kettle corn. "Popcorn's a whole grain! The southern lady with the diabetes on the food channel said so," she says.

Michelle settles into her new place. The refrigerator is surprisingly hot and she immediately breaks the stove so that it starts leaking gas.

In the middle of the night Fanny comes in and wakes up Michelle. She starts unpacking Fanny's things. "If you don't unpack, all your stuff will smell like box," she says.

Fanny remembers her mom giving her a book on how a lady should do things when she left home at 16. She finds Michelle has three tiaras. Fanny doesn't sleep much, she thinks the middle of the night is a good time to get things done. She appreciates having someone to talk to.

The next morning, Michelle is wandering around in her underwear eating chips for breakfast, not realizing her windows are wide open and curtainless. Sasha and the other girls get a full view.

In the studio, Sasha tries to talk to Boo, but she's giving her the silent treatment after Boo was rotten to her.

Fanny talks to Truly and Rico to plan the food for the Joffrey people. Rico pauses to muse that it's funny how some days he feels hungover, even when he didn't drink the night before. Fanny wants the crusts cut off the sandwiches. Rico remembers he did drink the night before.

Fanny wants the salads dressed lightly. "Last year it was if you waterboarded them," she explains.

Rico's wife Nina comes by and is irritated that they're open. They're both totally spaced out stoners, who see catering as a hassle.

Lisa from Joffrey calls Fanny and she races home to read a fax.

At home, after Michelle recovers from the idea there are still fax machines, she asks Fanny if her toilet is on a timer. It stopped working today at 11:30 a.m. and the same time yesterday.

Fanny announces the audition is canceled. Michelle reads the fax, which politely inquires about the state of the wood floor and says nothing about cancelation. "They just lopped my head off," Fanny says. "Game of Thrones," adds Truly. "With no warning," says Fanny. "Ned Stark-ed her," says Truly. "I'm re-reading here, I see nothing about a head, a guillotine, an evil boy king with mommy issues, I'm behind here," Michelle says.

Fanny is sure it's a cancellation, but Michelle still doesn't get it.

At home, Boo goes to the fridge for some veggies and sees a giant sheet cake that says "Better luck next year!"

In her cottage, Michelle tries to hang the long unwieldy curtain tension rod. She finally gets it and places a hand towel over it. Both come crashing to the ground. She tries taping it up, then sticking one end in the grandfather clock.

Michelle goes in to the studio and finds Fanny on the phone yelling at a Joffrey intern. They're moving the auditions to Ojai.

Fanny seethes over Kelly Breen, who owns the studio in Ojai and has been lobbying to get the audition. Michelle thinks it's pretty straightforward -- if Fanny wants the audition, redo the floors. Fanny goes off on a long tanget about not having the money for it.

In the dressing room, Boo is upset that one of her pointe shoes is broken. She thinks there's no way her mom will spring for a new pair. Sasha hears her complaining and tries to be supportive, but Boo mentions the cake.

Truly brings Michelle curtains that are exactly what Michelle would have wanted if she'd asked. Truly is good at knowing what everyone wants, except herself. She even has curtain rods and is prepared to install them.

Michelle tells Truly she thinks Fanny might be losing perspective. Truly shares Fanny's story: she started dancing at four, was on pointe at nine, invited to dance with Ballet Rousse at 16. Then she fell in love, got pregnant and gave it up. So the studio and the girls is all she has.

While her mom is in the shower, Sasha sneaks into her purse and takes cash.

Michelle does a song and dance routine to "My Baby and Me" and nails it. She gets rejected. She wakes up from the dream.

It's the middle of the night, so she puts on a robe and goes over to the studio. She sees the photo collection of Fanny's years in dance and with the girls.

The next day she drives in to town to the hardware store and meets Bob and Don. It's going to be $2,200 at least to do the floors. Michelle asks if they do layaway. She gets shot down.

She comes back, doing her best flirting, asking Bob to be her knight. Then she tries Don, but also gets a no. Michelle comes home announcing that "no one wants to do me or our floors."

Michelle has made the floors her mission. She found places in Oxnard that do floors and drags Fanny with her.

At school, Sasha gives Boo brand new pointe shoes. She makes a big deal explaining that her dad bought them in the wrong size and she doesn't want them.

Michelle and Fanny come back from Oxnard with Floyd, the floor guy. Fanny flirted with him, so they're paying him later. He's going to work overnight and leave in the morning.

Later, Lisa from the Joffrey compliments the floors. The girls are all gathered to audition. Boo is wearing the new pointe shoes.

Fanny and Michelle sit on the porch with a bottle of wine to wait out the auditions. Boo comes over and announces she's been cut.

Fanny calls for "the box" and puts a dark wig on Boo and sends her back in. Moments later she's back, cut again. They try a red wig the third time.

Fanny explains that they aren't seeing Boo because she keeps going in with other 'stick figure' girls. Eventually she'll go in with someone bigger than her and stand a chance.

Boo returns, announcing she was cut again. But she's OK with it because they complimented each of her attempts and told her to try again next year.

Boo checks on Sasha and invites her over for "failure cake." Sasha says it went ok, but she has to go fill out forms.

Back in Michelle's dream, she does "Baby and Me" again. This time she gets the sheet cake of failure. She wakes up.