Open Week at the Academy is when parents watch their children in demonstration classes. Tara is glad to see her mother and father again, but when they arrive she discovers the farm is in financial trouble. Sammy is disappointed when his father does not attend any classes and he worries his father will never accept that he would like to be a dancer.

An exchange student, Petra Hoffman, arrives from the Berlin Ballet School. Kat is enamored with her new boyfriend and skips classes to be with him. Petra photographs Tara and Christian kissing, creating tension between them unbeknownst to Ethan.