The elimination round is upon us. By the end of this episode, someone’s Olympic dream is over for good. I don’t want anyone to leave! The girls probably wouldn’t be as worried if they didn’t have a snitch going around behind their backs trying to get them eliminated. So, who is it? The popular guess is Jordan so, she’s probably innocent.
There’s a new head of the NGO in town to help make cuts. I miss the other guy. He was kind of cute. Payson has been on Lauren’s ass like a cheap thong trying to get any stress out of her life and force her to go to the doctor for more tests. To be fair, Lauren actually has an appointment. Payson is just super worried about her friend. And this same friend is going out on a limb to help Payson sneak out to see her new boyfriend. Unfortunately, Payson is caught and both her and Lauren are penalized. They are moved to perform on day one so they have less time to prepare. I don’t like the new Payson. I miss the old one who would never let a boy get in the way.
Kelly’s mom is back to create drama and be all sorts of evil. She taunts Kaylie about her anorexia, pulls the race card when it comes to Jordan, and is an all around crappy mother for poor Kelly. Jordan really needs to get rid of her horrible attitude. It’s making her incredibly hard to root for. I had this same problem with Emily. She never got rid of that ‘tude and it’s why I don’t miss her today. In fact, the new NGO leader calls her Emily Kmetko 2.0. Amazing. Jordan has a potential supermove that could help them win the gold at the Olympics but she refuses to do it. What is so special and dramatic about this move or why she won’t perform is are not explained. It’s just a move. Jordan walks out of the trials instead.
Payson wonders whether to let Lauren compete during their elimination round. She has a terrifying dream of Lauren cracking her head open and it really grossed me out and scared me. She argues with her new boo over it and eventually prevents Lauren from performing. Lauren walks out of the office crying and the NGO says she’s done. Oh no!
The eliminations are posted and Payson and Kaylie make it through. Yay! Lauren is still undecided until she gets out of the hospital but Kelly Parker is eliminated. She seems pretty defeated like she’s done with gymnastics for good because of peaking at Worlds and her nutty mom. Seriously, her mom is nuts. She comes in ranting and raving about racism and how she wants Kelly back on the team no matter what. We then find out that her and Wendy combined were the mole. Wendy manipulated Kelly’s mom by feeding her intel knowing she would run to the coach. I knew I didn’t like that girl.
I’m really going to miss Kelly. I really liked her cute new hair and once she wasn’t evil she was actually really likeable. I wonder if we’ll see her again. Speaking of, will Lauren be back? We see her in a hospital bed screaming at Payson but no new knowledge about her condition is learned. I hope we learn something soon. I would definitely miss her.
After getting heartbreaking news from her doctor this week, Lauren doesn’t look too sad in this picture. I wonder what they’re doing? Kathy Najimy returns to cause trouble as KP’s mom and one of the girls will be gone for good. Here is the preview promo for next week’s new episode of Make It Or Break It: Dream On.
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It’s Parents Day! The girls are on edge when their families come to town to visit but none more so than Lauren. Payson is demanding she see a doctor or she’ll drag her butt to the hospital herself. What do you think is wrong with her? Here are some sneak peeks of next week’s new episode of Make It Or Break It: Growing Pains.
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Make It Or Break It is starting to give me anxiety. What’s wrong with Lauren?? In next week’s episode, Payson pushes Lauren to see a doctor as the other girls prepare for the arrival of their Parents. It’s parents day! Will Lauren have good news for her dad? Here is the preview promo for next week’s episode of Make It Or Break It: Growing Pains.
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Nervous that she’ll have to play referee to her bickering, divorced parents, Kaylie decides to bring along boyfriend Austin to their family dinner but starts to regret it when Austin and her dad get along too well. Payson is shocked when her dad delivers some unwelcome news. And Sheila does her best to sell Coach McIntire on Kelly. Meanwhile, Payson pushes Lauren to see a doctor about her condition.
Just when Payson is excited about the possibility of a boyfriend and a new start at the training center, she gets knocked back down. During an interview, the infamous kiss with Sasha is brought up. Will she ever live that down? KP is wondering what’s going on but I don’t think the girls recognized her with her new hairdo. She’s so cute!
Marcus is back on behalf of the rest of the NGO. They’re snooping around to check up on Coach Mac and his coaching techniques. These techniques so far are..well, they wouldn’t medal. The girls think he’s a bully and all he does is yell and criticize them. A compliment would go a long way. Payson makes the decision to go to Marcus when the girls talk about how worried they are about the team. Marcus tells Coach he was 48 hours to make an effort with the team or he’s out.
Jordan is still making me wish someone would punch her in the face when she tries to get everyone to hate Kaylie. Lauren is noticing how much closer she’s getting to KP. She herself is bonding with Payson over boys. That’s not going to last much longer. Kaylie and KP do some digging about who originally sent the video of Payson and Sasha to Ellen Beals. Boy is Kelly shocked when she gets word it was Lauren. Unfortunately, Jordan overhears the whole thing. This is not going to be pretty.
Coach Mac calls a dinner meeting at his house for the girls to try to get through to them. He’s still treating them like the boys. No one wants to watch Remember the Titans. When he leaves the room, the fireworks start. Jordan is suchhh a bitch. She basically forces the girls to reveal to Payson in front of everyone that Lauren betrayed her. Poor Payson. I hate seeing her cry. The girls have it out and it’s not as explosive as I was hoping.
The team and the Coach finally tell how they’re really feeling about the team and start to understand each other a little bit better. The next day, he’s complimenting the girls and it’s like looking at a totally different coach. In better news, Payson gets a kiss that isn’t from Sasha! Personally, I’d prefer Sasha. As far as Payson and Lauren go, they’re not BFFs again yet but they will be. They agree to start over by going to see a doctor secretly for Lauren’s mysterious illness. What’s wrong with Lauren?