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0:02ABBY LEE MILLER: Previously on "Dance Moms."
0:03Kelly is not going to crawl back.
0:04No.
0:05Girls, I'm replacing Brooke and Paige.
0:06Who would like to be on this team of the Abby Lee Dance
0:09Company?
0:10CHRISTI: Should we get our cat claws ready?
0:11[imitating cat]
0:12Who are you?
0:13I am Ally's mom.
0:14JILL: Oh.
0:15ABBY LEE MILLER: My new angel.
0:16She was stunning.
0:18We're missing Kelly.
0:19We all do.
0:19I don't know about Abby.
0:20She [bleep] all over that title.
0:23Coming up on "Dance Moms."
0:24- I just want Kelly back. - I know.
0:26That's the plan.
0:27Girls, where are you?
0:29I should be in there doing the pyramid.
0:30I don't know where everybody is.
0:32There's people standing in the parking lot.
0:34What's going on?
0:36You're replaced.
0:36That's it.
0:37Finished.
0:38Done. Let's go.
0:40Let's get on the phone.
0:41We have to replace all these kids.
0:43This competition is huge.
0:44If we don't win, then those mothers had the last laugh.
0:48This can make you or break you.
0:50[music playing]
0:52(SINGING) Get up.
0:54Get on the floor.
0:55My world is with my girls living on the dance floor.
1:01[upbeat music]
1:11Hey.
1:13So where is our newest addition?
1:14Did we scare her away?
1:16- Holly, nice to meet you. - Shelly, nice to meet you.
1:17HOLLY: Shelly? - Yes, Shelly.
1:19HOLLY: Oh, nice to meet you. - And that's Ally.
1:20HOLLY: Oh, OK.
1:22Probably in there.
1:23She's probably having private-- she's probably already
1:24in there.
1:26CHRISTI: Or she's probably cleaning Abby's bathroom.
1:27I think the moms are finally just at their breaking point.
1:30We're a team and a team includes Kelly.
1:32And I think Abby's saying, oh, no.
1:34This team is going to include Shelly.
1:36That's not what we signed up for.
1:38Kelly obviously left for a reason,
1:41and she feels that this isn't the place for her.
1:43So I think it's up to us to convince her
1:45that she belongs with us.
1:47The team is not the same without Kelly, Paige,
1:49and Brooke.
1:50There's a void there.
1:51We're going to take a stand.
1:53We're going to stand up for what is right.
1:55- I just want Kelly back. - I know.
1:56That's the plan.
1:57So what is the plan?
1:59Put a date.
2:00Put the weekend that we know that there was--
2:07wait.
2:08They're really all going to the ladies room together?
2:10I'm sitting at the front desk working,
2:12and the moms walk in and waltz right by me.
2:14They're acting very suspicious.
2:23MELISSA: Beautiful.
2:24CHRISTI: Well, you know, I do what I can.
2:30So basically, the moms and I all decided that we're just
2:33going to sit there silent, and we're not
2:35going to go into pyramid, and we're just
2:37going to have a standoff trying to get Kelly back.
2:44So, ladies, have you recovered from your weekend?
2:49I don't know what these moms are trying to pull on me.
2:51I'm polite.
2:52I'm trying to have a conversation,
2:54and they won't say one word to me.
2:57What is going on?
3:04Girls, come on.
3:06I want to get going for the pyramid.
3:07Where are you?
3:08Girls.
3:11This is ridiculous.
3:12I just saw the moms at the front desk a few minutes ago.
3:14And where are the girls?
3:16I don't know what's going on, but if they're trying to piss
3:18me off, mission accomplished.
3:21The moms and the girls have disappeared.
3:23Poof.
3:24Be gone.
3:28Melissa, this is Abby.
3:29I don't know what's going on.
3:31If this has something to do with Kelly
3:33and replacing her kids for real, you are losing your mind.
3:38If you're going to jeopardize Maddie and McKenzie
3:41over her two kids, you're crazy.
3:45You are crazy.
3:46The moms are trying to make a point
3:48about Kelly and her daughters not being at the studio
3:50anymore.
3:51Fine.
3:52The show must go on.
3:54There's a competition this weekend in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
3:57I'm going to work with the people that are here.
3:59I'm going to start on Ally's solo.
4:01Take that right foot and turn it out and dig it really hard.
4:06Cuts.
4:08Cuts.
4:10Now you're going to take that leg and almost--
4:13The whole team's gone.
4:14They're gone.
4:15They're, like, gone.
4:16It's not like they're gone for the night.
4:17They're gone.
4:18They are all gone.
4:19So I'm just alone.
4:20ABBY LEE MILLER: So you're going through the fire,
4:23like there's a big-- there's flames here
4:24and you're trying to get through it.
4:26[inaudible] foot.
4:30I don't know what happened.
4:31ABBY LEE MILLER: I don't know what's going on.
4:33I don't know what their beef is and I don't know what they're
4:35doing, but I think that Melissa is a fool.
4:37Maddie needs me and she needs to dance.
4:41The rest of them could probably go be girl scouts.
4:44I have to worry about the kids that want to dance,
4:47not the ones that don't.
4:48SHELLY: Do you think this is about Kelly?
4:50Do you think that--
4:51What do you think?
4:52Did the kids say anything to you?
4:54SHELLY: Nobody said anything.
4:55I don't think this is the kids.
4:57I mean, they're just kids.
4:58They can't make the decision.
4:59Why?
5:00I was 14 when I started my company.
5:02That's the age Brooke is.
5:03So if she wanted to be here, call your dad.
5:05Have him bring you.
5:07Call your neighbor, say, I need to get to dancing.
5:08You don't need to tell him the whole story.
5:10You need to get your head on straight
5:12because we have one number so far and it's your solo
5:14and you got to go.
5:17Hey, um, where are the moms?
5:19They're not here?
5:20I should be in there doing the pyramid.
5:21I don't know where everybody is.
5:23The moms are still missing.
5:24It's getting late.
5:26Nobody's heard a word from them.
5:28We just wasted an entire day when we could have been
5:30rehearsing for the competition.
5:33There's people standing in the parking lot.
5:37Is that-- someone's sitting on the ground like a dog.
5:41Melissa.
5:43ABBY LEE MILLER: Really?
5:44I am tired of this.
5:46The moms are outside in my parking lot.
5:48I've had it.
5:49I'm going to go out there and find out what's going on.
5:52Ladies, what's going on?
5:55I'm waiting to do the pyramid.
5:56I've been waiting and waiting and waiting.
5:59Ladies, what's going on?
6:02Holly, something has to be going on
6:03or you would never be so rude to me personally.
6:06You guys are having a-- what is it called-- a sit-in.
6:10Ladies, are we this upset over one new student?
6:14Are you that jealous?
6:16If you're doing this for Kelly, you're a fool.
6:18This is completely unprofessional.
6:21Do you think that your kids are going
6:22to go on and work professionally after this behavior?
6:24That's ridiculous.
6:25Melissa, I tried to tell you.
6:27Your kid's working her butt off doing a solo every week.
6:30And the other kids are broken, lying on the floor whining.
6:34When Abby comes out, it's like the scene from "Jurassic Park."
6:37We're all sitting in our cars and, like, here comes
6:39the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
6:40Holly's not moving.
6:42And I'm thinking, thank god, Holly, because they can sense
6:43movement.
6:44ABBY LEE MILLER: You're replaced.
6:45That's it. Finished.
6:46Done.
6:47See what happens to people?
6:48You do all this crap for their kid,
6:49you get them to win a national championship, and then they
6:52[bleep] all over you.
6:53They start when they're 3 years old.
6:54They don't know their right foot from their left.
6:56Their kid becomes a star.
6:58They're winning titles.
6:59And the parents suddenly think they know something more.
7:02Let's go.
7:02Let's get on the phone.
7:04We have to replace all these kids.
7:07We have one great soloist, right?
7:09All right.
7:11Thank you.
7:13PHONE OPERATOR: (ON PHONE) Allegheny County, 911,
7:14what's your emergency? ABBY LEE MILLER: Hi.
7:15I have a trespassing issue.
7:18PHONE OPERATOR: (ON PHONE) Your name?
7:19Abby Miller.
7:20There's just four cars of people in my parking lot
7:24that will not move.
7:25I just want the police to tell them
7:27they need to move their cars.
7:28They need to be off my lot.
7:29PHONE OPERATOR: (ON PHONE) All right.
7:31ABBY LEE MILLER: Bye bye.
7:32[sighs] I have tons of kids dying to be on this competition
7:35team.
7:37So I want to go back to the files from the competition
7:38and call people that can get in their cars right now
7:41and drive to Pittsburgh and be here for rehearsal tomorrow.
7:45Times, they are a changin'.
7:47Yes, hi.
7:48This is Abby Lee Miller.
7:49Is there a Kaeli there that attended an open call audition
7:53for me?
7:53WOMAN: (ON PHONE) Yeah.
7:54Yes.
7:56I need you to find a way to get her here tomorrow.
8:02I understand that you have a very talented little girl.
8:05I've been hearing from everybody that she is 10 times better
8:08than Maddie.
8:09How can we get you on a plane tomorrow?
8:12Come to Pittsburgh to the Abby Lee Dance Company
8:15and compete with my team.
8:21[police siren]
8:22Bella's in.
8:24She's there and she'll be there with her at 1 o'clock tomorrow.
8:27CHRISTI: And he's pulling behind us.
8:29ABBY LEE MILLER: I don't even know what we're doing,
8:31but we're the Abby Lee Dance Company.
8:33We're national champions.
8:34And we'll come up with something.
8:36The show must go on.
8:37WOMAN: (ON PHONE) OK, we'll make it happen.
8:39ABBY LEE MILLER: All right. Thank you.
8:41WOMAN: (ON PHONE) You as well. ABBY LEE MILLER: Thank you.
8:42Bye.
8:43WOMAN: (ON PHONE) All right, bye bye.
8:46We're [inaudible] we got a way better group than we started
8:48with.
9:01JILL: Hello?
9:01Anybody home?
9:02Hey.
9:03Look at what the cat dragged in.
9:04Look what the cat dragged in?
9:06You're out of your radius to be shown with your stretch pants
9:08on there. - I know.
9:09I'm in the area running some errands here and there,
9:11and I find myself close to my old studio.
9:13So I figure, why not stop by Candy Apples
9:16and see what's going on in there.
9:18So are you guys missing me?
9:20Not so much.
9:22What's going on with you?
9:23Well, we came back from break.
9:25And Kelly and the kids, her two kids, didn't show up.
9:28So Abby threw them out.
9:30Took them off the pyramid.
9:31Said they're not welcome back.
9:33And as of right now, the kids have no place to dance.
9:36So, Jill, you're here because you want a place on my team?
9:41I was in the area.
9:42I'm headed through.
9:44I thought I could stop in and have a grown-up conversation
9:47with you.
9:49Jill, when have we ever had a grown-up conversation?
9:50You know what? You're right.
9:51I should have known better.
9:53And if you're looking for another dance studio in Ohio,
9:56that's kind of silly, because you've done that
9:58and you've tried that.
9:59And furthermore, aren't you a studio hopper?
10:01No.
10:02You should take your tails elsewhere.
10:04All right.
10:05But that's not why I came to Ohio and you know it.
10:07Now I know why I left this place.
10:09Nothing has changed.
10:10Same old Kathy.
10:11She always has some insult to hurl at you.
10:14That's an awfully little Louis Vuitton you got there.
10:17Bye, Jill, thanks for coming.
10:19I'll see you later.
10:20JILL: Whatever.
10:20It's always a pleasure.
10:29ABBY LEE MILLER: Hello, sweetie.
10:30Hey.
10:31ABBY LEE MILLER: We do not have time to waste today--
10:32How are y'all doing today?
10:33--because as soon as those other kids get here,
10:35we're starting the group.
10:36So you need to get in there, work on your solo,
10:38and make sure that you want to win this.
10:40After yesterdays headaches with the moms, I made a decision.
10:44I'm going to replace the entire team.
10:46I have a whole new team and they're on their way
10:49to rehearsal right now.
10:52Hey, girls.
10:53How you doing?
10:54Hi.
10:55Thank you, moms, for coming. MARCIA: Thanks for having us.
10:57Yeah!
10:57This is exciting.
10:59We're excited to be here.
11:00These kids are the new Abby Lee Dance Company competition
11:02team, and they better work.
11:06They better work hard, they better love what they're doing,
11:08and they better be appreciative for the opportunity.
11:11This is Bella?
11:12You are 10 years old?
11:13You are tall.
11:14MARCIA: She is tall.
11:15And Kaeli.
11:17And we have Ally.
11:19We have one little girl that's flying in.
11:21I really appreciate you giving everything up and putting
11:24your life on hold just to get here quickly.
11:26GLORIA: Sure.
11:27Their moms better learn from everyone else's mistakes.
11:32MARCIA: This is a huge deal, right?
11:33You're going to be part of the group.
11:35So you have to go in there, show them what you got.
11:37Good job [inaudible].
11:38I'm proud of you both, OK?
11:40You have to go in there and earn your spot on this team.
11:42Give daddy proud, OK?
11:43I want any opportunity for Bella.
11:46And anything that comes Bella's way,
11:49we will do everything we can to help make that happen for her.
11:52This is Shelly.
11:54Hi, Shelly.
11:55ABBY LEE MILLER: She is from Louisiana.
11:56- Shelly. - Oh, wow.
11:57Marcia. Nice to meet you.
11:58GLORIA: Gloria. - Nice to meet you.
12:00GLORIA: Nice to meet you too.
12:01I think you're in Kelly's seat.
12:03- Oh, no. - Uh oh.
12:04You're in trouble now.
12:05ABBY LEE MILLER: I don't know.
12:06I try not to ever look up here.
12:07Where is everybody?
12:11You have to trust me.
12:12I know what I'm doing.
12:13Everyone's replaceable.
12:15All right?
12:16Here we go.
12:18People have to make decisions based
12:20on what works best for them.
12:21And if that was the decision that the dance moms had
12:24to make, then that's on them.
12:26It's giving Kaeli and other girls
12:28an opportunity that they wouldn't have
12:30and that's fantastic.
12:32CHRISTI: I personally think that this is so much nicer
12:35than sitting up in dance jail.
12:37I think she was just looking for an excuse.
12:38Right. Oh, yeah.
12:39Absolutely.
12:40Because she's been dying to replace us.
12:41I think that's all it was.
12:42But she said, I've been doing this for 32 years.
12:44Nobody knew your name until our kids danced under it.
12:47This weekend, they're going to go away,
12:49and people are going to be at wherever they're going--
12:51And they're going to be expecting to see our kids.
12:52They're going to be expecting to see our kids.
12:54HOLLY: Absolutely.
12:55Because people go to these things to see our kids dance.
12:57What if we put together a dance or something
12:59and we found a place where the girls can perform?
13:01We'll just put it up on social media.
13:03Oh, that would be nice.
13:04This performance will send such a huge statement to Abby.
13:07Look at all the talent that she just let walk out of her door.
13:10And I really think that this performance needs to be
13:12the performance of a lifetime.
13:14We choreograph something on our own.
13:15Yeah, we can't use any of Abby's choreographing.
13:17HOLLY: And then costumes.
13:18I can tell you who can do the choreography.
13:20Who?
13:21The girls.
13:23I'm thinking this might be good.
13:25I think it'll be fun.
13:26I think there's still a lot to be gained from it.
13:28Oh, I'm so excited. Oh!
13:32Hello?
13:33YVETTE: (ON PHONE) Abby, this is Yvette.
13:34How are you?
13:35Good. How are you?
13:37YVETTE: (ON PHONE): I'm fantastic.
13:38Thank you.
13:39I hear you're going to be competing
13:41in Indiana this weekend.
13:43I am.
13:44I would love to see you.
13:45Are you going to be around?
13:46Yes, we're going to be there.
13:47ABBY LEE MILLER: (ON PHONE) Oh, god.
13:49It should be exciting.
13:50Is--
13:51YVETTE: (ON PHONE) Hadley
13:52Is she competing?
13:53She's actually competing in a solo,
13:57and we're bringing a group number as well.
13:58ABBY LEE MILLER: (ON PHONE) All right, super.
14:00Well then we're going to see you there?
14:01You're going to see me.
14:02Absolutely.
14:03OK, super.
14:05My name is Yvette.
14:06My daughter and I were on "Abby's Ultimate Dance
14:08Competition."
14:09It was an amazing experience, but along with that
14:14came many ups and downs.
14:16Hadley, are you excited for the season?
14:18I guess.
14:18Kind of.
14:20I've been really worried about you since "Abby's Ultimate
14:22Dance Competition."
14:23I've been worried about the things that Abby said to you.
14:26Made you question if you want to continue to dance or not.
14:29I feel when Abby found out that I was a dance teacher myself,
14:33I think things turned.
14:35I think Abby tried to get to me through Hadley.
14:39She tried to break you.
14:41Shame on her.
14:42It's just different going to dance every day,
14:46because I still have those words in my head.
14:48Which words keep popping into your head
14:50when you go in the dance room?
14:51PA: Abby, I'm reading your facial expression
14:54and you don't seem that happy.
14:56Should I say roadkill?
15:00You're not roadkill.
15:01Just hearing her say that, I've never had someone
15:06say that to me before, like, call me that.
15:10Don't let "roadkill" come back into play at all.
15:14I say all the time, you get what you give.
15:16Abby Lee Miller will get it back someday.
15:20All right, so can I see it one time?
15:22Because she's going to be coming in here, and I want
15:24you guys to be perfect.
15:25You know, Sophia is, like, better than Maddie.
15:28Like, she's amazing.
15:29So you want to be equally as amazing.
15:31Sophia is the last member of our team to arrive.
15:34She's a child prodigy.
15:36She's all over the internet.
15:37She's made appearances on TV.
15:39And she's a major deal at dance competitions.
15:42And she is on her way here.
15:45Hello, Sophia.
15:47Goodbye, Maddie.
15:48She doesn't know the dance.
15:49She doesn't know anything.
15:50She's going to waltz in here and be the star
15:53and take over if you let her.
15:54Why would you say that to these guys?
15:56That's nice.
15:57Let's go.
15:58You don't know how to make that kind of announcement
16:00to a bunch of kids who have been here working all day.
16:02JACKIE: Hello!
16:03Hello.
16:04Hi, Miss Abby.
16:05Good. How are you?
16:06Good. How are you?
16:07Good.
16:07It's good to see you.
16:09Well, welcome, star.
16:11Yes?
16:13My new Maddie.
16:14I'm thrilled.
16:15Come on.
16:16Let's go.
16:17Sophia is 10 years old and dances like a seasoned pro.
16:20She's an itty bitty little thing.
16:22She is definitely my Maddie replacement.
16:27This is Sophia.
16:28This is Ally, and Kaeli, and Bella.
16:31Hi!
16:32- Hi! - Hi.
16:33JACKIE: How are you? - Hi.
16:35I'm Jackie. MARCIA: Hi, Jackie.
16:36Hi, I'm Gloria.
16:37JACKIE: Nice to meet you.
16:38It's nice to meet you.
16:39We just got here.
16:40ABBY LEE MILLER: And one.
16:44Nice.
16:45She announced the star was almost here.
16:46The star was coming.
16:47ABBY LEE MILLER: Pretty, pretty, pretty.
16:49Bold change.
16:50Spin.
16:52And go, girls.
16:54Where is everybody else?
16:55Like, where are all the other--
16:56- No clue. - Do we know?
16:58That's the question of the hour.
16:59- Do you know? - No.
17:00Do you mind going over the walking thing one more time?
17:04She's so cute.
17:05Say that again.
17:07Do you mind walking through where I walked through
17:10before the lift again, if that makes sense?
17:14ABBY LEE MILLER: Oh, you make perfect sense.
17:15It's just that voice is killing me.
17:17You know, Minnie Mouse has a job.
17:19We don't need another one.
17:20Let's go.
17:21As long as Sophia is dancing, I love her.
17:24But as soon as she starts talking, woo!
17:27I have to lower that voice.
17:29Dig down into your diaphragm.
17:30Do you take voice lessons?
17:31No.
17:33You don't?
17:34No.
17:35Oh, maybe while you're here, you can.
17:36You need to dig down deep in there and find a voice.
17:39All right.
17:53MOMS: Hi, Sophia.
17:54Hey.
17:56Did you guys bring your solo costume?
17:57You guys bring your costumes? - No.
17:59We have no solos.
18:00MARCIA: We don't have solos, so we don't have costumes.
18:02HOLLY: So we don't need costumes.
18:03Well, I brought mine.
18:07Hello.
18:08Good morning.
18:09Good morning.
18:10All I know is that I want to win.
18:13I want to protect the name of the Abby Lee Dance Company.
18:17So what do I do?
18:18I give Sophia a solo.
18:20She is my ace in the hole.
18:22You're going to finish your solo.
18:24You guys are going to rehearse the group.
18:26We are traveling to Fort Wayne, Indiana.
18:29It's called Dance Expressions.
18:31We are doing the competition tomorrow.
18:34You are going to keep my reputation.
18:38This is an important weekend for me.
18:39I'm debuting the new ALDC team.
18:43Everyone's going to see that the faces have changed,
18:45but the Abby Lee Dance Company name is as strong as ever.
18:49Now remember, this is it, kiddo.
18:51You don't even have a dance finish yet,
18:52and you're doing it tomorrow.
18:53Let's do it.
18:54Go, kid.
18:56Sassy.
18:58So what's Sophia's solo about?
18:59It's called My New Reality.
19:01And it's about Abby's new reality.
19:03Really?
19:04Because she's got new dancers and--
19:05I don't know.
19:06She keeps calling her--
19:07you're replacing Maddie.
19:09That's the new reality, I guess.
19:11GLORIA: The new star.
19:13MARCIA: I don't even know why I'm here at this point.
19:14This is ridiculous.
19:15Like, why did I bring my kid?
19:17Doesn't bother me at all.
19:19My Maddie doesn't have to dance against them anyway.
19:21I hope Sophia does well.
19:24She'll be great.
19:25She'll be fine.
19:26Pretty.
19:27It's use both hand.
19:28[inaudible]
19:30(SINGING) I was holding tightly--
19:31The group dance is called Cry.
19:33It's a lyrical routine and it's beautiful, and elegant,
19:36and feminine.
19:37(SINGING) A secret locked down inside.
19:40ABBY LEE MILLER: It's also about saying goodbye.
19:44Saying goodbye to the old things,
19:46and welcoming in new experiences.
19:48And that's exactly what the Abby Lee Dance Company is doing.
19:52We are moving on.
19:58KELLY: I'm having all the girls and the moms at my house today.
20:01And I'm really excited to have everybody together
20:03just because we haven't been together in so long.
20:06I think it's going to be fun, but we have a lot of stuff
20:08that we need to talk about.
20:09Well, first we have to tell the girls why we're here.
20:11They don't know yet why they're here.
20:13So we thought it would be fun for you guys
20:14to do a performance somewhere.
20:17GIRL: We get to make it up?
20:18Yes.
20:19No, we get to make it up.
20:20No!
20:21[laughter]
20:23This is a big deal for the girls and for the moms.
20:25We need to show everyone that we don't need Abby.
20:29She needs us.
20:30I think one of the biggest messages
20:32that we need to prove as the group is that Abby needs you
20:36guys more than you need her.
20:37So we figured that we would find a place that you guys could
20:40go and perform.
20:41There would be no judges.
20:42There would be no pressure.
20:44Oh, that sounds so fun.
20:45So where is this going to take place?
20:47I have a call in to a place, a mall nearby.
20:50I just need confirmation.
20:51So it's going to be, I think, at a local mall.
20:53Oh, that's kind of fun.
20:55And we can shop.
20:56Oh!
20:57I could care less what Abby's doing with this new imposter
21:00dance team.
21:00It really doesn't matter to me.
21:02I just got a text message from Shelly.
21:04It says, hey, just letting you know that Sophia just got here.
21:07She just keeps telling me, like, they're replacing our kids
21:11with kids.
21:12HOLLY: [inaudible] Abby is, good luck with that.
21:14Oh, lovely.
21:15Let's go see what the girls are up to.
21:16I want to go see--
21:17I want to see what they're doing.
21:19We can't worry about Abby's replacement team.
21:20You know what?
21:22She replaced the whole team, but you can't be the original
21:23because they're not replaceable.
21:25We need to worry about focusing on the dance
21:28and making it perfection because we have a big Abby-free debut
21:31coming up and it has to be amazing.
21:34ABBY LEE MILLER: All right, moms, this is it.
21:35We're crunch time here.
21:37I was just informed that one of the kids I judged
21:40over the break is coming to the competition.
21:43And the mother called me.
21:45Her name is Yvette.
21:47Her daughter's name is Hadley.
21:48Oh, OK.
21:49I'm warning you.
21:51She does not like me because I told her that her daughter
21:53looked like roadkill.
21:54Oh, my god.
21:55And they have a group against our group.
21:57Hadley is doing a solo in 9 to 11.
22:00So I called your daughter roadkill.
22:02Get over it, lady.
22:03Let it go.
22:04This competition is huge.
22:06We're going to walk into that theater,
22:09and people are going to expect to see Brooke, and Chloe, Nia,
22:15Maddie.
22:16And they're going to see Ali, Bella, Kaeli, Sophia.
22:20This can make you or break you.
22:23You step out on that stage and you guys
22:25win the overall high score, suddenly,
22:29they could be household names.
22:31Do you understand what I'm saying?
22:33I've got huge expectations for the competition this weekend.
22:36And if these new girls don't meet them,
22:39I'll make a few more phone calls.
22:46HOLLY: You got to stay
22:47HOLLY: You got to stay together.
22:48Come on. Hurry up.
22:48Hurry up.
22:49Stay together.
22:50HOLLY: I'd like to know where the people are.
22:52CHRISTI: There is no one here.
22:53Well, I hope we didn't do all this for nothing.
22:55I'm hoping not, because then Abby would really--
22:57CHRISTI: Oh, she would be like--
22:58HOLLY: --get a satisfaction.
22:59CHRISTI: [mimicking abby complaining]
23:00See, you really do need me.
23:01The mall is practically empty.
23:03There's not a soul in sight.
23:05So our post-Abby might be over before it even starts.
23:09It's competition day and we're here in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
23:13Hi!
23:14[cheering]
23:16This is huge for me.
23:18We are debuting the new Abby Lee Dance Company competition team,
23:22and they have to win and win big.
23:26Do you know any of these kids?
23:28Because those are none of our kids.
23:29YVETTE: I mean, I knew she had auditions two weeks ago.
23:31Right.
23:32ABBY LEE MILLER: How are you?
23:34ABBY LEE MILLER: Good.
23:35No hug, no kiss?
23:36HADLEY: Nice to see you again.
23:38Good to see you, sweetie.
23:40You've been working on those feet?
23:41Yes.
23:42Good, good, good. How are you?
23:43I'm good. How are you?
23:44ABBY LEE MILLER: Good.
23:45Take care.
23:46You have a new team?
23:47Yeah, you know, every once in a while,
23:49you have to put the trash out.
23:51KELLY: All right.
23:52Everybody get into your spots.
23:54Let's go.
23:55We're going to run out of time, guys.
23:57SONG: (SINGING) Find a way to make it all make sense.
24:00Give myself more time to breathe.
24:02I gotta have it all.
24:03CHRISTI: You can't look confused there, Chloe.
24:04No, you guys are all off.
24:06Find a window.
24:07No one should be behind anybody.
24:09KELLY: Do a pose at the end.
24:11I think this performance will be a huge statement to Abby.
24:14All the talent that she let walk out the door was a big mistake.
24:18We need to make this performance amazing.
24:27ABBY LEE MILLER: Ally listen to me.
24:29Last week, you were part of a team,
24:31a championship overall high school winning team,
24:34and they abandoned you.
24:36So you're on your own, kiddo.
24:37Make it count.
24:39This is an important solo for Ally.
24:41Last week, she was superb in the group number.
24:45But now, she's on her own.
24:49OK.
24:51Kaeli wants to show her that she is a good dancer,
24:54she's a good soloist.
24:56But I think that she's very concerned about impressing Miss
24:59Abby.
25:00I'm going to go down to the front lobby
25:03and see if they'll let me get a solo in for you.
25:05Is that OK?
25:10Just start running through it and make sure that you know.
25:13Start warming up, all right?
25:14And I'll see what I can find out.
25:15All right?
25:16I want Kaeli to have a solo because I want
25:18to show Abby what she could do.
25:21ABBY LEE MILLER: Sophia, listen to me.
25:23This isn't just about Hadley.
25:24You're going to beat Hadley.
25:26This goes back to Maddie, this goes back to Chloe.
25:29If they were here right now, they would be the ones going up
25:32against Hadley.
25:34JACKIE: I'm not sure if it's a lot of pressure for Sophia
25:36to fill Maddie's shoes.
25:37I think that Sophia as a dancer in her own right
25:41has her own style and her own strengths.
25:43It's like apples and oranges.
25:44All right, we got to get rolling.
25:46Come on.
25:47We got to go.
25:48First up are the solos.
25:49Ally and Sophia better prove to me
25:51that they have what it takes to be part of the Abby Lee Dance
25:55Company competition team.
25:56They better not disappoint me.
26:12PA: Ladies and gentlemen, taking the stage right now,
26:16here is Ally with "Forever and a Day."
26:20[MUSIC - CHRISTINA LI, "FOREVER AND A DAY"]
26:29(SINGING) Something about the way he moves cuts in me
26:35and pulls out the wires.
26:39Starts a fire.
26:44But I was told that when you love something,
26:54you have to let it go.
26:57In bed with you forever, forever and a day.
27:09[applause]
27:16YVETTE: I'm a nervous wreck.
27:18And I just want Hadley to do the best that she can do and nail
27:21her routine.
27:22PA: Junior Solo Division, here is Hadley with "More."
27:31[MUSIC - CLOONEY, "MORE, MORE, MORE"]
27:39(SINGING) Word up.
27:40The boys arrived.
27:42And my lips start moving when you walk in the room.
27:45So come and give me.
27:46Your eyes, your style, your smile.
27:49Got a sky high, supersize jonesin' for you.
27:52So come and give me animal, chemical.
27:54All you got, I'm so deep in it.
27:58I can't get enough.
27:59Yeah, I like it.
28:00I love it.
28:01It's true.
28:02So come and give me.
28:04So what you got to do is give me all you got.
28:07I'm so deep in it.
28:09I can't get enough.
28:10Yeah, I like it.
28:11I love it.
28:12It's true.
28:13So come and give me.
28:14So what you got to do is give me more.
28:18[applause]
28:20PA: That was entry number 10, Hadley with "More."
28:27I get so nervous before I go on stage.
28:29I always have to shake out my nerves.
28:31I'm a little bit of headcase sometimes.
28:33PA: This is entry number 27, Sophia!
28:36[applause]
28:39[MUSIC - ANALOGUE REVOLUTION, "NEW REALITY"]
28:47(SINGING) Is this a dream?
28:49Is this a dream?
28:54I've followed you for so long.
28:58I wonder, is there something wrong with me?
29:02Is this a dream?
29:04Is this a dream, or could it be a new reality?
29:09Is this a dream?
29:11Is this a dream, or could it be a new reality?
29:18Just you and me.
29:22New reality.
29:27[applause]
29:32ABBY LEE MILLER: Sophia came out on that stage like a tornado,
29:35and she ripped through that audience
29:38like there was no tomorrow.
29:39She truly dances like it's the last time she's ever
29:42going to dance.
29:43Woo!
29:44Yeah.
29:45ABBY LEE MILLER: Give me a hug!
29:46You were something out there.
29:49You just had everybody in the palm of your hand.
29:51I wish Paige and Chloe's mom would have been sitting
29:53in that audience.
29:54Hi, good morning.
29:56How are you? - Good.
29:57how are you? - Hi.
29:58Is it too late to add a solo entry?
30:00I thought Kaeli deserved a solo, and I wanted
30:02it to be her opportunity to show Abby what she had in case
30:06it was, OK, this is your audition
30:08and if you don't cut it today, then you're done.
30:09We're with Abby Lee Dance Company.
30:11OK.
30:12Yeah, I just want--
30:13my daughter, I'm trying to enter my daughter,
30:14but Abby's really busy, so I was going to just take
30:17care of it for her.
30:18ABBY LEE MILLER: Come on.
30:19We need to run the dance.
30:21Let's get out here with Ally and let's--
30:21So what's going on?
30:22What?
30:23Everyone's doing their solo now but her?
30:25What are you talking about?
30:26Kaeli's going over her solo.
30:28Kaeli is not doing a solo.
30:29MARCIA: I was told she was doing a solo.
30:31By who-- by me?
30:32No.
30:34She said she was doing a solo, everyone's doing a solo.
30:35She's probably going to the director
30:37to try to write her own kid in.
30:39And that means she's off this team.
30:41That's how it'll work.
30:42If that woman Glo goes behind my back
30:44and enters that kid for a solo, she's out of the group.
30:48I'm not taking this crap from any mother.
30:50GLORIA: What are you doing?
30:56How did she know where I was?
31:01After I called her and got her here?
31:04ABBY LEE MILLER: Where's your BFF?
31:05I have no idea.
31:07Are you a little shocked?
31:08MARCIA: A little disappointed.
31:09I wouldn't have ever thought she'd do something like that.
31:11ABBY LEE MILLER: And where were you?
31:12I was checking to see if we could get a solo in case you
31:15needed it for later.
31:16But apparently, I was ratted out, right?
31:18MARCIA: Look, I walk in, she's running her solo.
31:21She-- GLORIA: Whatever, Marcia.
31:22Like you wouldn't jump on it right now if you could.
31:24Do I have a costume with me?
31:25You wouldn't have tried the same thing if you thought you
31:27could have gotten away with it?
31:28I absolutely would not have.
31:29If Abby requested it, Glo, absolutely I would have.
31:30Right. It's fine.
31:32You know what, Kaeli, we're going to go stretch.
31:33It's fine.
31:35MARCIA: I won't ever forget that you did this to my daughter.
31:36I don't care.
31:37I respected you as your teacher.
31:38Done. - Well, you know what?
31:39You should respect me for calling her
31:41when I didn't have to.
31:42No, you--
31:43I could have brought Kaeli and I could have left--
31:44This is over, Glo.
31:45It's done. - Good.
31:46Bye.
31:47These new dance moms are acting a lot like the old dance
31:50moms.
31:51What is it about me?
31:52Why do I attract all the crazy ones?
32:09Look in their face.
32:10We have 10 minutes to be down there, and you have to win.
32:15The theme is cry.
32:17Who's crying now?
32:18The kids that are sitting in Pittsburgh not getting
32:21any better, not performing, not dancing.
32:25I need my new team members to show me
32:28that they've got what it takes.
32:29Ready, girls?
32:30This is the new ALDC.
32:321, 2, 3, woo!
32:38PA: We're coming up to entry number 56.
32:42From the Juniors Small Group Division,
32:45here they are with Criminal of Love.
32:50[MUSIC - CHARLIE, "I'M A CRIMINAL"]
32:55(SINGING) It's written out in my eyes.
32:57I'm always, every time, following the party rules.
33:02You're close to getting cash, and I don't mind that.
33:06At least I ain't a killer of love.
33:08Love, love.
33:09I'm a criminal.
33:10Can't you see me?
33:12I'm a criminal.
33:13Can't you see?
33:15I'm a criminal.
33:16I be such a bad, a bad girl.
33:18A bad girl.
33:19The criminal is only me.
33:30[applause]
33:32PA: That was entry number 56, Criminal of Love.
33:41Taking the stage right now is entry number 71.
33:44Here comes Isabella, Sophia, Ally, and Kaeli with "Cry."
33:54[music - courtney smith, "cry"]
33:56(SINGING) I was holding tightly to a thread of hope.
34:03A secret locked down inside.
34:10The prospect of us at the end of the road.
34:18Now a sadness I can't seem to hide.
34:24I wanna cry.
34:28I wanna cry.
34:31Just let the tears come out, so I can try to say goodbye.
34:38You moved on, and so must I.
34:46[applause]
34:52ABBY LEE MILLER: Were they perfect?
34:53No.
34:54I thought they were beautiful, but I don't
34:56know what the judges thought.
34:57Was it enough to beat Yvette's competition team?
35:00They better hope so.
35:01PA: We're going to get this thing started right away.
35:03We're going to start with our Teen Solo Division.
35:07Third place, with a score of 273.4 points, Dimples.
35:14Second place with a score of 276.9 points, entry number 36,
35:20"Forever and a Day."
35:25ABBY LEE MILLER: I'm livid about Ally not winning.
35:28I think on technique alone, she deserved that win.
35:31PA: Now the elite junior solo division.
35:38In second place, with a total of 276.3 points--
35:42There's no question in my mind we're going to be Abby.
35:45PA: --entry number 10, More.
35:48YVETTE: I'll take that.
35:51We will take that.
35:52We'll take that.
35:53PA: And in first place in your Junior Solo Division,
35:56number 27, New Reality.
36:00Woo!
36:02Good job, [inaudible].
36:03Woo!
36:06Hadley wasn't exactly roadkill.
36:08She was just the road, and Sophia drove right over her.
36:14Good job, girls!
36:16PA: Moving into our Junior Small Group Division,
36:20in third place with a total score of 275.6 points, Sweet
36:25Dreams.
36:29In second place, with a told a score of 280.5 points, entry
36:35number 72, Pride.
36:41And in first place, entry number 56, Criminal of Love.
36:51I was mortified when that group number from Thrive
36:55beat us.
36:55I mean, come on.
36:57Hadley, Yvette, her kids do not deserve to win.
37:04It was an amazing day.
37:07I'm on Cloud nine, and so Thrive Dance Company.
37:10What an accomplishment.
37:11Congratulations.
37:14Congrats.
37:15What a competition.
37:16What a great competition.
37:17Yeah, no, they were great.
37:18They were great.
37:19Your kids were great as well.
37:21You know, I think we make a great team.
37:24You scare me. No way.
37:25Oh, no.
37:26Hadley, I figured out our bond.
37:28The daughters of dance teachers.
37:29- That's right. - I know.
37:30See? YVETTE: Oh, we see it.
37:32That's it. - See?
37:32Aw.
37:34If you're not in it to win it--
37:35You're in the way.
37:36ABBY LEE MILLER: You're in the way.
37:37See, I know your things now.
37:39So I can do them with her.
37:40Yes?
37:41All right.
37:43[cheering]
37:48Hi!
37:52I would like to introduce Chloe, Maddie, Brooke,
37:57Paige, and [inaudible] Kendall, and [inaudible]..
38:01Thank you for coming!
38:03[MUSIC - LEE BAKER & LAURA VANE, "PUSH UP THE BEAT"]
38:08(SINGING) There are days when I'm down on the floor and all
38:12I do is smile.
38:13Drifting into weeks or more when I don't touch base with myself.
38:17And I find a way to make it all make sense.
38:20Give myself more time to breathe.
38:23Gotta have it all, gotta manage my life,
38:25but I keep on thinking.
38:27Shake up the day and we kick into play
38:31until the night turns into day.
38:34Push up the beat.
38:35Keep it moving.
38:37You can tell me that I'm missing the point.
38:40We don't live too differently.
38:42You ponder all the time you've lost just to make ends meet.
38:46And so we kick up our shoes.
38:48And we let our hair loose.
38:51There's only one thing left to do.
38:53Push up the beat.
38:55Keep it moving.
39:00[cheering]
39:06Yay!
39:08You guys were [inaudible].
39:09CHRISTI: Oh, you did it!
39:12You did it!
39:13You did it!
39:14HOLLY: OK, how was it different than doing it with Abby?
39:17Was there any difference?
39:18Yes.
39:18It wasn't--
39:19Did anybody scream at you?
39:21GIRLS: No.
39:22I am so proud of our girls.
39:24I think their performance looked great.
39:26And they did it all on their own without Abby
39:28and that is the most important part.
39:30I know it wasn't what you would consider your best
39:34performance, but with the condition,
39:35you did the best you could.
39:36You should be proud of yourselves.
39:37You pulled this together.
39:40All in all, it was a great day, but it revealed a lot.
39:43The girls need discipline.
39:45They need a dance teacher.
39:46And it wasn't up to the standards that we're used to.
39:49I guess it's a lot to think about right now.
39:52Ally got second in her solo and second in the group.
39:56I mean, I don't know if that impacted the group in some way
39:59that if that's the best, then Abby might have a real problem.
40:03And I think right now to really put a good posture
40:07forward here, we might want to zip it in front the kids.
40:10OK?
40:15Ladies.
40:17Second?
40:19Second is not good enough for the Abby Lee Dance Company,
40:22especially when it was Yvette.
40:24Ally, could you tell the girls bye and everybody?
40:26ABBY LEE MILLER: Wait.
40:27Where are you going?
40:28I'm just trying to give space.
40:30Just trying to give some space.
40:33Shelly cracked.
40:34We saw the real Shelly, and out the door she went.
40:37See you later, Shelly.
40:39So part of me is happy that you pulled it together
40:42and everything, but part of me is livid, because it was Yvette
40:46and those kids.
40:48So I am disappointed in the group.
40:50Thank god for you, Sophia.
40:51Thank god.
40:53This team is just as disappointing as the old one.
40:55I have some tough decisions to make,
40:57and not everybody is going to be happy.
41:00Next on "Dance Moms."
41:02WOMAN: (SINGING) We went back to New Orleans.
41:03This is my livelihood.
41:05This is what I do.
41:06I don't have a husband that has a million dollar job.
41:09You give an inch, they take a yard.
41:11It's over.
41:12I've had enough.
41:14You are the only one left.
41:15You need to win your division and you need
41:18to win the entire competition.
41:20The only way she's going to let your kids back
41:22on that team, she needs to hear it from your girls.
41:24Oh, my god.
41:26They're right there.

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