- Michelle, a Vegas showgirl marries a man on a whim and moves to a small town in California.
- Michelle a former professional ballerina turned Las Vegas showgirl decides it's time for her to get back to her roots. She goes on an audition for the musical Chicago & after an unexpected reaction accepts a marriage proposal from longtime admirer Hubble. Acting on impulse they get married & Michelle relocated to a small dreary town where she will share a house with her new husband & mother in law. Unbeknownst to Michelle, her mother in law Fanny owns a dance studio on the property. With things starting to look up for Michelle, tragedy strikes & her world turns upside down... again. Will she make it through?—Carrie DeCosta
- We open with a Vegas showgirl number. Michelle (Sutton Foster) grumbles when another chorus line comes out in front of them and takes off their tops. They don't even do anything, all they do is take off their tops -- and they get paid twice as much.
"It's not even about the face, half of them aren't even pretty. Mara over there looks like Muammar Gaddafi but no one cares," Michelle complains.
After the number, Michelle is excited for tomorrow - her friend hooked her up with an audition for "Chicago." Someone announces "Prince Charming" is here. Her friend thinks he's sweet, every time he's in town he brings her things.
"He's odd and weird and technically a stalker," Michelle counters. "He's lonely," says Talia. "He wears gym socks with a suit," Michelle notes.
Hubble (Alan Ruck) waits for her with flowers. He's been coming once a month for a year. He presents her with flowers and the new fall pumps. She tells him she can't go out, she has to be well rested for her audition tomorrow. She tries to set him up other girls, but he's not interested.
The next morning, Michelle shows up for her audition. Michelle takes the stage ready to dance for the director. He looks up, take one look at her and tells her no.
And like that, it's over.
Back at her crappy apartment, the AC is broken and Michelle turns to beer.
Later that night, she shows up for work and hears from Talia that Huddle talked about her all night at dinner. He's still there. He gives her more flowers and a very expensive watch.
She confesses her audition was horrible. He asks again if he can take her to dinner after the show. "If you like, we can order nothing but dessert," he offers.
She agrees. Later at dinner she gets trashed on martinis and complains. She asks why he's so nice to her when she blows him off 90 percent of the time. He doesn't think the percentage is that high.
He tells her about his hometown, Paradise, which is right on the ocean, which he can see from his bedroom. He wants to take care of her. He asks her to marry him.
But she's terrible at relationship, she's like Godzilla, men flee from her. "I promise you I won't flee. I'll be the one scientist who understands you, who understands you're not burning the city down because you're evil, you're burning the city down to protect the giant lizard eggs you just laid in a cave by the ocean -- a cave no one knows is there but me," he tells her. She thinks it's beautiful.
"No, you're beautiful -- what do you say?" he asks.
Cut to the next morning, she wakes up with her head out the window of a Volvo station wagon, with a ring on her finger and Hubble at the wheel.
In the small town ballet studio, Fanny (Kelly Bishop) leads the teen girls through an exercise.
Hubble brings Michelle home, it's chockfull of dolls and knick knacks. He let his mother decorate it. It includes a Buddhist altar.
Back in ballet class, Fanny announces the head of the Joffrey ballet will be coming next week to hold auditions for their summer scholarship program. Ginny doesn't plan to sign up, she doesn't think they're looking for her body type -- she's having to wear two bras. Boo, the awkward one in a Snoopy leotard, wants to. Sasha, the best dancer, hasn't decided whether she'll sign up.
In the house, Hubble leads Michelle up a stairway lined with framed posters to "our room."
It's as advertised, glorious, breathtaking, wonderful. He tells her they can change the house to make her more comfortable.
Fanny comes home as Michelle is saying what she'd like to get rid of. Michelle greets her with a "Namaste" because she's Buddhist. Fanny has no idea who Michelle is.
She asks what Michelle wants to change about "our" house. Hubble lives with his mother, "like a serial killer," Michelle says.
Hubble takes a moment alone with his mom. Michelle hears a loud "You WHAT?"
Michelle goes outside and sees the sign for Paradise Dance Academy.
In the studio, Boo practices a pose but can't quite get it. Michelle finds her and gives her tips. Fanny follows, making introductions.
Fanny announces she's throwing a "welcome to the family party" tonight.
She invites the girls, but Michelle thinks they must have something better to do. They don't -- not since the movie theater closed. For fun, sometimes they sneak in the library and read.
Fanny suggests Michelle get changed, but she didn't pack anything. Fanny directs her to Sparkles.
Michelle walks through town, past surfers, and finds the store. Truly comes to help, asking what she's looking for. Michelle says it's for her wedding, so something black with a veil.
Truly is upset. "You're her -- the pole dancer from Reno? They said you weren't pretty! You weren't supposed to be pretty."
Sam comes by and recognizes Michelle as the stripper from Tahoe. Truly tells her to wait there -- because Michelle took the only man she ever loved so it's the least she could do. She brings back a beautiful black dress she made herself.
At the party, Boo is trying to diet, Ginny is obsessing about the size of her boobs and Sasha goes looking for beer. Fanny is in the studio alone. She examines herself in the mirror and tries a move. Boo drops in and nervously asks if she should bother trying out for Joffrey.
Fany tells her she has to be realistic. "You're a big boned girl, you have a tummy, your waist is very short -- but none of that means you shouldn't try," she says.
In the house, Michelle tries on her black dress and comes downstairs. Conversation stops. She heads for the bar as the whispers pick up.
Hubble comes in and throws Michelle a lifeline. He promises better wine is on the way. Fanny joins them and mentions that Hubble and Truly used to date. "The break up was hard, we still don't let her have scissors," Fanny says.
Michelle excuses herself and goes up to look at the ocean. Hubble finds her and she points out he didn't tell her he lived with his mother. Then she tells him she doesn't love him and hasn't ever loved anyone and he deserves someone who loves him.
He knows she doesn't love him, but he knows what she wants. "You want to laugh and you to travel. You want to be surprised and challenged. You want to live an unexpected life and I intend to give you exactly that," he says. He kisses her, first a little, then a lot.
Downstairs, Fanny assures Truly that things won't last, he'll bore Michelle.
Michelle and Hubble come downstairs, all glowy and Fanny quickly guesses they just had sex. She starts shouting about it, then goes on a rant about what's wrong with Michelle. Michelle leaves.
Hubble gets everyone's attention then tells his mother that Michelle is his wife and he won't allow them to talk about her like that.
In the studio next door, Sasha offers that she thinks her dad is gay. She drinks beer as Boo practices. Michelle comes in and takes their beer.
They want to hear about her being a showgirl. She gives them advice on auditioning, saying it's all about the outfit and being confident. They have more questions.
She grabs a clipboard and goes into audition mode, telling them about the 16 hour waits and that their numbers will be their names.
She puts some music on and does a goofy little dance with pony, jerks, double pirouette and kicks. She slows it down for them to try again. Fanny comes in and watches from the door.
Boo gets the hang of it, so Michelle tells her to switch with Sasha.
She tells them to do it again and Boo really shines as Sasha mopes. When they're done, Michelle tells Boo that Joffrey is gonna get rocked next week.
The girls leave and Fanny summons Michelle. She takes her to the bar and calls for shots. Michelle tells her she needs to get better music or "it's gonna be Arab Spring in there." Fanny toasts Hubble.
Fanny Googled her and learned she was with American Ballet Theater then she left. A friend got a job at Caesar's and asked if she wanted to come along. She thought it was temporary. Fanny was a lead ballerina with Ballet Russe until she got pregnant.
"You squandered a lot of potential," Fanny says. "I know." "Are you sorry?" Fanny asks. "Every day of my life. I had all the gifts, all the tools, I just had absolutely no focus," Michelle says.
Fanny says it's like Sasha. Her mother travels a lot and her father's gay, but won't come out. Fanny asks Michelle if she loves Hubble. He knows that she doesn't.
"I didn't plan any of this, you know. He just caught me at a really bad time. My career is pointless, my apartment is a nightmare. I'm sick of partying, I'm sick of Vegas. I'm sick of me, actually. I don't know what I'm doing or where I'm going and he's just so kind, I've never had someone so kind in my life. I think I could fall in love with him, I'd sure like myself a lot if I did," she says.
Fanny tells her she loves her son and just wants him to be happy. She puts some Jim Groce on the jukebox and demands they dance together. They each grab men from the bar and essentially have a dance off.
Truly comes in looking really dour. She has a hard time talking but tells them Hubble went looking for them and something happened at the blind corner without the stop sign and "I'm so sorry."
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