Rocky and CeCe choreograph and mentor young contestants. Meanwhile, Deuce tries to win over Dina's father.

CeCe, Rocky, Flynn, Ty, Deuce, Gunther and Tinka all go on a vacation together. When they play Truth or Dare, CeCe dares Rocky to jump in the lake. Rocky does the dare, but ends up landing on a broken bottle, thereby cutting her foot. She is taken to the hospital and Rocky fears that they can't fix her foot, and that she will never be able to dance again.

Rocky's dad, Dr. Curtis Blue returns from his trip overseas and is unhappy to find out that Rocky is dancing on "Shake It Up, Chicago." CeCe and Rocky must figure out a way to convince him that she should remain on the show. Meanwhile, Ty reveals that he'd like to pursue a profession in rapping, and Deuce and Flynn get caught up in a fortune-telling machine.

CeCe applies herself and Rocky to audition for the prestigious CFAA (Chicago Fine Arts Academy), but CeCe gets packet qualifying her for a scholarship and Rocky gets letter, thinking that she was rejected. CeCe then shows pieces of the teared up letter to Rocky, stating that she got in CFA as well.

Logan tries to discuss his relationship with Rocky but Ty keeps interfering. The night before Georgia's wedding to Jeremy, Flynn sees something that may change everything.

Rocky and CeCe can't get their moms to agree with their sweet 16 party plans, but when CeCe discovers a video of her mom at her own sweet 16 party, she sees gains an entirely new perspective on her mom.