Strictly Ballroom

what happens

Ren and Louis are both looking forward to Zack Estrada's party with anticipation and nervousness. Ren has told her friend Ruby that she's planning to make her move on Bobby Deaver at the party. Louis decides to go when Tawny and Twitty say they're going, but he's afraid because he can't dance. He goes to Betty London's dance studio but all she teaches him are the rhumba, cha-cha, etc.—dances that he doesn't think will impress Tawny. Ren is mortified when she hears Louis will be at the same party as her and Bobby. She stipulates all sorts of no-contact rules for Louis to follow. At the party, Louis is too shy to ask Tawny to dance. Ren's attempts to hook up with Bobby meet with disaster. First her hair gets caught in a houseplant, then her foot gets stuck in the toilet. Louis is amused with his sister's plight at first, but he senses that Bobby is as important to her as Tawny is to him. To help her out, he creates a distraction by doing the tango with Mrs. Estrada, which impresses Tawn

who made it

directed

Matt Dearborn

written

Matt Dearborn

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

• Brandon Baker as Zack Estrada
• LLauren Frost as Ruby Mendel
• Marta DuBois as Mrs. Estrada
• Francine York as Betty London
• Margo Harshman as Tawny Dean
• A.J. Trauth as Alan Twitty
• Brandon Davis as Bobby Deaver
• KKenya Williams as Monique Taylor