Allison and Rex slow dance on the beach. Allison says, "At the root of it, I have loved him this whole time." That's either a magnificent feat of retcon or an admission that she's a terrible, faithless person. Like, I get that maybe she was confused all year because Dread Boyfriend was such a fuckhead, but the way events unfolded in these nine episodes does not really lend itself to an understanding of "I was in love with someone else while I contemplated destroying my career in order to make my Dread Boyfriend happy."

Chris is sitting alone. Silver finds him, because where Silver goes, the party follows. She asks how he's feeling and he confesses that he actually feels lousy. He says in a talking head that he'll regret how his relationship ended for the rest of his life. He tells Silver he didn't know what was happening, that they just grew apart. That…does not seem to jive with what Christiana was telling us. Although they didn't really tell us anything. I respect that. Some business isn't anyone else's business, even if you do sign a contract and agree to put your life on TV. Silver reassures him that he can get through this, and yeah, I don't think Chris will be hurting for compassionate lady companionship, even with his sad broken love story. Perhaps especially with his sad broken love story.

Everyone dances around the fire, and it's kind of funny how awkward and nerdy they look when they're not being Ballet Dancers. Silver asks who wants to go in the water, and Chris immediately strips down and runs for the surf. And just to draw a very clear line under the differences that might have come between C&C Dance Factory, February undercrackers swimming doesn't seem like an activity Christiana would enjoy, you know? After flashing us those ridiculous ballet glutes, he tells us in a talking head that he's grateful for every day that he gets to be a dancer. Ronnie and Josh both emerge from the surf in their delicates, and the three mostly naked wet boys—and Liz, who went in fully dressed—crowd around the fire to try and warm up.

Back in Utah, Adam reflects on the year Ballet West has had: the injuries to Christiana, Ronnie, Rex, and Ian; Josh's struggles with his technique; Wendy's criticisms of Becky-Anne; Allison's sequence of emotional breakdowns. He voiceovers that the best dancers are usually the most tortured. Well, the ones who get on TV, anyway. Well-adjusted, sane people don't make good drama. There's one tiny clip of Zach, but that's all we have to endure, yay.

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