The Big Leap
Mondays 9:00 PM on FOXThe Big Leap Season 1 Episode 4
Nothing But Money Shots
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Recap
- Flashback to Wayne at a gay nightclub making eyes at a go-go dancer, Neil, who he takes home with him.
- He tells his agent that he'll produce a show since he wasn't accepted to work at a dance company. He comes up with the Big Leap and celebrates with another line of drugs.
- He tells the cameras that he's been sober for three years.
- Gabby is at the pediatrician's office and calls Sam's father to ask if he has a history of asthma. The receptionts watch the trailer for the show which has been released, and they are fangirling over Gabby.
- Mike fixes Paige's over, but Patrick comes in and thanks him. She inquires about Paula and Mike lies and says they're dating and they'll have dinner with them.
- Monica is still taking steroids and pain killers to dance enough to show off chereo
- Nick's daughter, Henry is in town and will be moving there to stay with him for a while.
- Gabby gets accepted on a celebrity dating app which makes Brittney upset.
- Mike tells Paula about the date, and she agrees.
- Justin: Who's Neil? Monica: The Devil Incarnate.
- Simon is upset at what Justin said on the promo. So is Raven because Julia called her a homewrecker.
- Wayne's ex-husband Neil shows up.
- Zack: Nick, great news, TV Guide, a publication that nobody reads but everybody sees in at the grocery store, is considering us for their cover.
- Gabby: Dating apps are wild. They're like these video games where you win self-esteem.
- Wayne goes out to dinner with Neil and now says he wants 15% of ownershp of the show because he gave Wayne the name for it.
- Gabby has a date with a baseball player and Reggie is worried about it.
- Paula gets in over her head at the dinner with her lying.
- Wayne: I tought that you said drugs were the problem. Neil: Cocaine is not a drug just a little dessert that tastes like gasonline.
- Gabby shows up to her date with Aaron and he has a series of groupies with him and wants to take a pic for the gram.
- Paige gets bitter about Mike and cuts him down at dinner but Paula defends him.
- Monica and Justin dance together and have fun, but when her knee gives out on her and she falls, she takes it out on him.
- Simon: Ridulous swan coming through. Justin: Dude can we just alk about this? SImion: Sure let's talk, let's talk about how you need to check your femme phobia. Justin: Ok so I am a homophobe, I'm a closet case and a feem phone. YOu want to throw anything else at me? Simon: No that about covers it. Justin: Fine, yes I judged your tutu, but does that make me a bigot? Simon: I have been called ridicoulous my entire life, but for that to come from another gay man and someone that I respect, that sucks, Justin? What did I do to you, what is your problem with me? Justin: My God, no, I suck, it's me, I'm sorry. I don't have any problem with you. I like you. It was the first day, and I'm working through this stuff. I shouldn't ahve said that stuff about you, and I didn't realize how loaded it was. Hey, please don't hate me. Simon: I don't hate you. That aw a good apoogy, and loo, I'm sorry that I called you a closet case that's not okay.
- Simon and Justin talk and make up.
- Henri: I just don't like it when you bag on mom. The divorce was hard on everybody. Not just you. Nick: I know. Hey hen, Hey look at me, I know it wasn't easy. I know that. It's just that if we're talking about our feelings, it's important that you love me better. Hen: You're really immature.
- Mike realizes that he may not want to get back together with Paige and he and Paula share a moment before they kiss and head to her house to have sex.
- Raven: What if him leaving is actually a gift. Julia: I'm not going to be therapized by a booty dancer who is trained to spin around on a pole with grease in God knows what. Raven: Bitch I am done with you bringing -- Julia: don't you call me a bitch! Raven: For your information, I trained in ballet. Julia: You trained in ballet, Rave: I did, me, for a while. Classical dance was my first love. But I wasn't the best at it, and ultimately I gave it up because I needed teh money and stripping pays the bills.
- Julia talkes to Raven at her job hoping to find out where her husband is and they make a breakthrough in their relationship.
- Neil apologizes to Wayne and then seduces him.
- Reggie is home with Gabby and talking. He tells her that he came out to save her from Aaron. Sam wakes up and they all watch TV together.
- Julia shares with Raven why she stopped dancing, she lost both of her best friends, watched them die of AIDS in the 80s.
- Nick and Henri take Monica to the hospital and then he has to attend to Wayne calling him and needing help getting out of the room and past Neil and drugs. Nick goes to pick him up and brings Henri with him.
- Mike is on cloud nine and dancing in the streets the morning after his night with Paula. She finds his wallet and sees that he worked at the factory that she fired him from.
- Herni: Toalk to me dad. What are you so afraid of? Nick: What am I so afraid of, I'm afraid that we'll drift apart nd that next you'll be in high school and then you graduate and then we'll onlly tlak on father's ay and thats' all because you went to England for six months when you were 13. That's what "m so afraid of. You mean more to me than anything Hen. Henri: I'll be back for Swan Lake. I won't miss it for anything.
- Nick talks to Henry about what she wants. and she tells him she wants to go to England.
- Gabby's mother says she doesn't like Reggie, and Gabby tells her that Reggie is agood guy and she may even love him just as Reggie returns with doughtnuts and overhears.
- Monica and Wayne make up.
- Monica: I knew it was tupid, but it felt so good to dance. They operated on me knee, Wayne, the doctors said that I may not be able to walk or dance the same way again.
- Henri: See the pretty lady, she's hiding someting. Nick: Good eye, kid. Henry: What are you going to do? Nick: that's simple, we tell her secret to theman she loves.
- Show:
- The Big Leap
- Season:
- The Big Leap Season 1
- Episode Number:
- 4
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