Sam has written a play. Dani thinks it is dreadful but doesn't want to hurt her best friend's feelings. Soon, she finds herself agreeing to be the play's star. Desperate for some way to get out of her new role, Dani pretends to have broken her leg. A suspicious Sam decides to test her friend out. Meanwhile, Max has managed to con his friend Ben out of his lucky medallion but soon comes to think that, far from being lucky, it may actually be cursed!

Dani could finally be getting her big break. Top talent spotter Guy Flannel has heard her voice and thinks she might have the Z factor. But can Dani play along when Guy decides he wants her best friend Sam to be his new star? Meanwhile, Max finds himself forced to be nice to his friend after Ben's pet axolotl makes an early journey to salamander heaven.

Dani has never found dancing lessons easy, but things are made an awful lot worse when Jack gets it into his head that her new dance teacher is a vampire. With Max working out a dastardly scheme for revenge involving super-itchy fleas and some ultra-cute kittens, things could be about to get still worse.