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"We&amp;amp;#8217;re on week four of the NBC show Smash and I think last night, more than any other episode so far, we got a taste of the major drama that&amp;amp;#8217;s brewing. It seems like Broadway is cliquier than high school&amp;amp;#8212;especially in the world of Smash. Here&amp;amp;#8217;s a break down of what went down and what&amp;amp;#8217;s going on&amp;amp;#8212;high school style. The Popular Girl: Well, Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t mean to be so well, mean but her world was pretty shaken when she realized that Karen (Katharine McPhee), her competition for the role of Marilyn, is now her back-up dancer in the show. A detail everyone&amp;amp;#8212;including her boyfriend, director Derek Wills (Jack Davenport)&amp;amp;#8212;neglected to give her the heads up on. It&amp;amp;#8217;s okay, Ivy punishes Karen by complaining she sings too loud and gets her thrown out of a key number. This is why I am glad I have no rhythm and can&amp;#x27;t sing a note! The Mean Clique: The other back-up dancers (namely Jessica and Bobby) bully Karen out of loyalty to their queen bee Ivy. They ice her out, make fun of her for being from the mid-West and roll their eyes at her dance moves. But they know Karen is good (maybe even better than Ivy though they would never admit it)&amp;amp;#8212;and it was nice to see them decide to take Karen under their wing and show her the ropes of being a good chorus girl. The Cool Kid: Nick Jonas made a cameo as a former Broadway child star turned multi-million dollar actor. He ends up investing in Marilyn the Musical&amp;amp;#8212;and therefore making sure the show does go on after Eileen (Anjelica Huston) finds out her ex-husband has frozen most of her money. Side note&amp;amp;#8212;art sort of imitates art here as Nick started out in Broadway (his first role was in Annie Get Your Gun at the age of seven--so cute!) The Bad Boy: Oh Derek. Marilyn the Musical&amp;amp;#8217;s director is really quite naughty. First he wanted to sleep with Karen (she said no), then he wanted to sleep with Ivy (she said yes and got the part) and now Ivy caught him flirting with beautiful women right under her nose. &amp;amp;#8220;I just want to feel safe,&amp;amp;#8221; Ivy pouts. &amp;amp;#8220;Then go back to the chorus,&amp;amp;#8221; he says. &amp;amp;#8220;There&amp;amp;#8217;s nothing safe about being a star.&amp;amp;#8221; Yikes! So, with that little rundown here&amp;amp;#8217;s my two cents. I think Ivy is about to crack under the pressure. Karen is starting to outshine her and everyone knows that Ivy is sleeping with the director. I smell a diva sized meltdown brewing and it ain&amp;amp;#8217;t gonna be pretty! What do you guys think will happen? And, are you team Ivy or team Karen? More TV we&amp;#x27;re obsessed with! * Apparently Mad Men&amp;#x27;s Don Draper Can Look at a Mannequin and Make Her Dress Fall Off * Love Lost, Grey&amp;#x27;s Anatomy and Gilmore Girls? Then You&amp;#x27;ll Love These New TV Shows * Fact: Most Everyone On Reality TV&amp;#x27;s a Hot Mess. But Let&amp;#x27;s Talk About The Stars We Actually Like For a Change! Photos: NBC "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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