Chapter Sixty-One: Dancing Queen

Nelson High School’s poster for the musical

**Chapter Sixty-One: Dancing Queen** is the thirteenth episode of Season 5 of *Tales From The Darkside,* and the sixty-first overall. The episode aired on November 3, 2023.

## Synopsis

**NELSON HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS “MAMMA MIA!” MUSICAL** — Katie showcases the musical, but things don’t seem to go through as someone pops their ugly head out to sabotage two friends‘ lives.

## Plot

Katie continues to guard The Dark Lord, who’s fed up with the imprisonment. He says, “Let me out and you won’t have to get hurt. I can take over the world and kill everyone except you two if you let me go!” Katie ignores him, but misses the real world (“I Have A Dream”). The Dark Lord tries to convince her to return, but she tells him no. Sonia eventually is caught up on everything and jokes with Bryson, “Katie must carry all of the adventures, huh?” Bryson says, “Yeah,” before Yasmin walks in. (“Money, Money, Money”). Yasmin asks to speak with Bryson alone, with Sonia smiling. Yasmin asks Bryson, “So, do we tell Katie?” Bryson answers, “I don’t know. I don’t want to hurt her feelings.” “Well, I guess we have 3 months before we leave.” She kisses him, with him kissing her back. Unbeknownst to them, Sonia takes a picture, whispering to herself, “I’ll show this right before we leave. This’ll get you Bryson, for leaving me to die.” (“Mamma Mia”). Yasmin vents to Sabrina and Kayla, “I wish I had him all to myself, but he just needs to keep Katie until we graduate.” Sabrina says, “Just leave him. You know you lost when he rejected you, but still sticks by.” Kayla suggests, “Why be in a relationship? It’s kind of useless since you’ll probably break up after graduation.” “Yeah, and you’ve already had bad experiences with relationships in the past. Look at Melissa.” Yasmin barks back, “You don’t talk about Melissa like that! She died, and I need to move on.” Sabrina and Kayla agree, and take Yasmin shopping (“Dancing Queen”). The night of the musical arrives, and Katie returns to direct it. Bryson and Yasmin speak in the former’s office, where Bryson tells Yasmin, “I don’t want you to embarrass yourself by publicly declaring your love. I’ll tell Katie about us, and we’ll see how it goes, okay?” Yasmin says okay back, but don’t notice Sonia at the door. Sonia closes the door, and says, “Wow, who would’ve thought you two would sneak behind Katie’s back and betray her like that! I thought it was gonna be someone else like Veronica, but no Bryson, you choose the Mexican.” Yasmin fights back, “What does that mean? Just because I’m Mexican means I’m destined to be with Bryson?!” Bryson tries to calm the two down (“The Winner Takes It All”), but runs out. Carson asks what happened, but Bryson simply ignores him. Carson realizes that Sonia and Yasmin are fighting, so he heads to retrieve Katie. On stage, Veronica and Sabrina are dancing around the stage (“I Do, I Do, I Do”). Katie is happy the musical is going well, but her happiness is cut short when Carson tells her of the fight. Katie enters the room, and separates the two, and asks, “What is going on?! Can’t you guys see the musical’s going on right now?!” Sonia opens her mouth to explain, but stops herself, and says, “Nothing. I overreacted and lashed out.” Sonia walks out to get on stage, and Katie is confused. At the end of the night, the cast are leaving. Yasmin and Katie both ask Bryson to take them home, so he does. Yasmin feels awkward as Bryson and Katie continue to talk. After dropping off Katie, Bryson takes Yasmin home. Yasmin asks, “Can we at least have one night together?” Bryson hesitates, but agrees (“Waterloo”).

## Trivia

* The episode title comes from the ABBA song of the same name, which is featured in the episode.