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0:01ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Previously on "Dance Moms."
0:03This week, you will be performing in the annual dance
0:05concert.
0:06Are we doing a new number, or are you not?
0:08I'm going to call Kelly and see
0:09if she's planning on coming.
0:10Do you think Christi and Kelly are
0:12going to make your kid a star?
0:13Pick which side you're on.
0:14Shush the beak.
0:15Stop it.
0:16Since when does your ass go on my stage.
0:18Never in 40 years of being in the Abby Lee Dance Company has
0:22anyone been given a solo the day of the [bleep] recital!
0:26You're out. You're out.
0:27KELLY: Good! - Call the police.
0:28Get her out of here. KELLY: I'm done!
0:30ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Coming up on "Dance Moms."
0:31This week, we will be attending Believe in Lancaster,
0:35Pennsylvania.
0:36The Wicked Witch from the West will be there.
0:38All of you have come highly recommended.
0:40How's it going?
0:42You sit here and say that is not your seat,
0:45I want Kelly back, when she constantly runs out
0:47on this team with her children!
0:48Hey, how about you take a seat--
0:49CATHY: I don't need to take a seat.
0:51--and enjoy the show.
0:52ABBY LEE: She's lucky I even know her name.
0:53I didn't--
0:54So shut your mouth!
0:55No, stop!
0:57This is about dance!
0:58Are you people insane?
1:00[THEME - NIKKI LOWE, "LIVING ON THE DANCE FLOOR"]
1:02(SINGING) Get up, get on the floor.
1:06My world is with my girls, living on the dance floor.
1:12[pop music]
1:17ABBY LEE: Come on, girls. Let's go.
1:18Let's go.
1:19Let's go.
1:20Come on.
1:21Move it. Move it.
1:22Move it.
1:24JILL (VOICEOVER): I miss Kelly like the rest of us,
1:25but reality is Kelly pulled her kids from the recital,
1:29and we don't know if she's coming back or not.
1:32Well, congratulations.
1:34The annual dance concert is over.
1:36The show went off without a hitch.
1:39Let's get to the pyramid.
1:40First, I have Paige.
1:44Paige wasn't there.
1:46Paige was given the opportunity to do a new solo--
1:49very unprofessional.
1:51Next, we have Brooke.
1:55She could have sang "Summer Love Song" in my show
1:58for the finale.
1:59I single-handedly was giving her the opportunity
2:03to resurrect that old song and get a lot more mileage out
2:06of it.
2:07It's one thing for Kelly to let me down--
2:10she does it all the time--
2:12but it's another thing for her to let her own children down.
2:15And that's exactly what she did.
2:16Next, we have Asia.
2:19Asia, you did an outstanding job with the solo.
2:24ABBY LEE: You do all these really exciting tricks--
2:28grab your leg, spin around three times--
2:31and you couldn't put your pants on right.
2:32[salsa music]
2:39Kristie you're a dance mom.
2:41You know better.
2:43I do.
2:44Next, I have Nia.
2:49Nia, what can you do better than everybody else?
2:51It's good.
2:52It's fine.
2:53But it's not excellence.
2:56If you were to give her probably a little bit more
2:58of your time and attention one-on-one,
3:00I think she could prove to you that she is a great
3:04and talented dancer.
3:05I'm really getting sick and tired of Abby
3:07saying that Nia's not as good as the rest of the girls.
3:09All the other girls have opportunities to do solos,
3:12duos, trios, and get that extra time with Abby
3:15to learn from her.
3:16Nia hasn't had any of that in over six months,
3:19and that's why the girls are perceived to be "excellent."
3:22All right, moving on up, Mackenzie.
3:25Sandra from "Dance Track Magazine"
3:28said that you were a fantastic nerd.
3:30SANDRA: That's pretty.
3:32You just didn't know enough nerd moves or nerd poses.
3:36And next, we have Maddie.
3:39You had the opportunity to do a new routine.
3:42I had to put my hand up for you.
3:45Paige would prefer not to do a new solo.
3:48I'm offering it to somebody else.
3:50Maddie, you have your survivor number?
3:52She did not volunteer.
3:53You volunteered her.
3:54That can't happen.
3:55If you're going to act like that,
3:57I'm going to pass you up and give those opportunities
3:59to other people.
4:01And next, we have Chloe.
4:09You would have to be the MVP of the show.
4:13She knew Paige's choreography.
4:15She just did it.
4:16[applause]
4:21Now, Christi, I'm looking at your body language,
4:23and you're not thrilled that she's this high.
4:25I'm thrilled that she's second on the pyramid.
4:27Of course, I am.
4:29If you think Chloe was the MVP and the hero of the recital,
4:32why don't you give her the top spot in the pyramid?
4:34And now on the top of our pyramid
4:37is none other than our "Dance Track Magazine" cover girl,
4:41Miss Kendall.
4:42[applause]
4:43Woo-hoo!
4:47ABBY LEE: Kendall was looking into that camera
4:50like you were looking at another mean girl.
4:52Kendall and I worked so hard at getting her
4:56to the top of that pyramid through hard work
4:59and perseverance.
5:00And the fact that she is on top is amazing to me.
5:04All of her hard work is paying off.
5:07This week, we will be attending Believe in Lancaster,
5:11Pennsylvania.
5:11This is going to be a biggie.
5:13It's exciting to go to a new competition this week.
5:16Believe is a prestigious competition,
5:18so that means Abby is going to be that much more difficult
5:21and harder on the girls, because she's going to expect nothing
5:23but the best.
5:25You are all in the group routine,
5:27and the name is "Open Waters."
5:30You better be the sharks in those open waters.
5:34Moms, the Wicked Witch will be there.
5:37MELISSA (VOICEOVER): When I hear Candy Apples,
5:39the hair on my neck stands up, because Abby turns
5:42into a totally different person.
5:44The closer we get to the competition,
5:46the more stressed out she gets.
5:48Now, I also found out that she is doing a trio,
5:53so that means we're going to do a trio.
5:56Chloe, Kendall, and I was going to choose Maddie,
6:04but I think I'm going to use Nia.
6:06[applause]
6:09ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Sorry, Maddie.
6:11You obviously don't care about being featured.
6:13If you did, you would have raised your hand like
6:16(SNAPPING) that when I asked for a replacement
6:18for the dance concert.
6:19We are not going to lose to that evil woman.
6:24Understand? - Yes.
6:25Yes.
6:26I'm the only evil woman in your life.
6:28[laughter]
6:29All right, moms, you're dismissed.
6:31Girls, spread apart.
6:32Let's go.
6:33[upbeat music]
6:38Guys, did you warm up?
6:39Good.
6:40And I see that we're starting into choreography,
6:42so that's awesome.
6:43CATHY (VOICEOVER): I can't wait to compete against Abby
6:45this week.
6:46We have a new lineup with some new faces.
6:48I am so excited to show off this team.
6:51The last time that we went up against Abby, we lost.
6:54And in first place, Entry Number 76, "Bad Girls."
6:58[applause]
7:00CATHY (VOICEOVER): It's crucial this week that we win.
7:02I think with this new and improved team,
7:04it's going to happen.
7:05All of you have very good technique.
7:07You either have come highly recommended or highly sought
7:10after.
7:11CATHY (VOICEOVER): I've done a lot of research.
7:13I'm so excited for these new dancers and their moms.
7:16Just take it up.
7:17Yes.
7:19CATHY (VOICEOVER): Lucas is by far one of the most flexible
7:20dancers in the country.
7:22I'm actually very good friends with Lucas's mom, Bridget,
7:25on Facebook.
7:26There we go.
7:27OK, good.
7:28CATHY (VOICEOVER): Anthony actually recommended
7:29Brooke for this team.
7:31He said that she's a beautiful, graceful dancer,
7:33and that she can handle hard choreography.
7:36Michelle is a new mom.
7:37She has a passion to be part of my team.
7:40I appreciate that.
7:41Hadley?
7:41How about a lunge?
7:43CATHY (VOICEOVER): Hadley's a no-brainer
7:44for coming back to my team.
7:46She's the total package.
7:47She's beautiful.
7:48She's talented.
7:50And she brings along a mom that's just like me--
7:53fashionable, bubbly, and, you know, I think that Yvette
7:56and I are soulmates.
7:58CATHY: Arms up and--
7:59oh, that's beautiful, Nicaya.
8:00CATHY (VOICEOVER): I don't think that Abby took the time
8:04to find out what Nicaya's qualities were.
8:06And I, on the other hand, have become very fond of Nicaya
8:11and very fond of Kaya, her mom.
8:14And Black Patsy proved herself to me a thousand times
8:19over when she stood up to Jill and took her about 5 feet back
8:24with finger-to-nose.
8:25Show me a good pose and--
8:27see?
8:28CATHY (VOICEOVER): I brought back Mari for several reasons.
8:31She has beautiful extensions and leaps.
8:33One of the main reasons that Mari is back
8:36is that Gina is a mouth.
8:39And Gina is not going to take crap from no one, particularly
8:43the Pittsburgh moms.
8:44MICHELLE: But what's the competition?
8:45What's the name of it? - It's called--
8:47Believe. MICHELLE: Believe.
8:48Believe, I believe, and I believe
8:50you are going to meet your match this weekend.
8:52I believe I will.
8:53What is your history with Kristie?
8:55I don't really know.
8:56Oh, Kristie and I, we really didn't even
8:59hit it off from day 1.
9:00- Get out! - Kristie!
9:01- You know what? - No.
9:02- What? - Listen--
9:03- No, you listen! - Hit me!
9:04- No, you hit me! - Hit me!
9:05You hit me!
9:06Kristie's a piece of work.
9:07[inaudible].
9:08Watch one time and go.
9:095, 6, 7, 8.
9:11Wop, bop, step--
9:13CATHY (VOICEOVER): Anthony has created the most amazing group
9:15dance.
9:16It's the "Four Seasons."
9:17This, by far, is my most technically savvy team.
9:21I think between their talent and ability
9:25and Anthony's choreography that they
9:27are going to pulverize Abby.
9:29Hop, step, step.
9:31Hop, hop.
9:32Hey, bop, bop, step, step, bop, bop, bop, bop!
9:34And 3 and 4 and--
9:35[electronic dance music]
9:38ABBY LEE: All right, now ladies, listen to me.
9:40We're taking a prop because we're not going that far away.
9:43ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): We're doing a piece for the group
9:44entitled "Open Waters."
9:46It's a really cool contemporary piece.
9:49Now I have props that look like the beach, the shore.
9:53I need to make sure that they understand that whoever's
9:56up on that prop, the judges are looking at.
9:59Tour en l'air on [inaudible] side.
10:01Aerial push.
10:04Abby's going very slow, kid to kid--
10:06Yep.
10:07--and explaining exactly what she wants.
10:09That's good. - You know what I think?
10:10JILL: Yep. - It's because she wants this--
10:12She wants to do well.
10:12--because it's Cathy.
10:13It's Cathy.
10:14It's going to be us against them,
10:16and it's going to be crazy.
10:17[MUSIC - LORI MARTINI AND CASSANDRA KUBINSKI, "SWIM"]
10:19(SINGING) So even though you're terrified--
10:25You are dancing right here, right now,
10:27like you have never had a dance class in your life.
10:29If that was me and I was dancing it, three-step turn.
10:33Reach in here.
10:37[inaudible]
10:38That's what I would have done without anybody telling me what
10:40to do at 12 years old.
10:41And your mother's telling me how much you've improved.
10:43So I know what Abby's doing now.
10:45Because I demanded from her to take more time with Nia,
10:48she's going to be even harder and harsher with her because I
10:52asked her to do something.
10:53I know I asked Abby for more one-on-time with Nia,
10:56but I don't think I chose the best week to do it.
10:58First, we're going to a new competition.
11:00Second, Paige and Brooke are absent,
11:01and it throws everything off.
11:03And third, we're going against Cathy and the Candy Apples.
11:06What have I done to poor Nia?
11:07It feels weird to be going, you know, face-to-face with Cathy
11:10and her team without Kelly.
11:11I still think she's coming back.
11:13You do?
11:14I'm sorry, but the team isn't the team without Kelly.
11:17Kelly's always been a member of the team with her children,
11:20and it just doesn't feel the same without them.
11:22ABBY LEE: All right, I've seen enough.
11:24We have three days to get ready.
11:27A group with a big prop and we have a trio to do.
11:30I need your brains in your head.
11:33We're going up against my enemy.
11:36And what has Kelly done?
11:37She's left us short two members.
11:39ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Well, I can fix that.
11:41Everyone's replaceable.
11:50[hip hop music]
11:51All right, group dance.
11:52Everybody ready?
11:53We're going up against that crab and her rotten apples
11:56this week.
11:57ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Now, this is a brand-new competition.
11:58Losing is not an option.
12:00I shouldn't worry.
12:01I just don't trust Cathy.
12:02I don't trust her with these boys, with these older kids.
12:06If I know that witch, she's got something brewing.
12:09I don't trust her as far as I can throw her,
12:11and I'd like to throw her overboard.
12:14Cathy, I can handle it.
12:17We are going to win.
12:18We'll put some padding on it.
12:19[MUSIC - LORI MARTINI AND CASSANDRA KUBINSKI, "SWIM"]
12:21Oh, Chloe, you just stepped on a pigeon-toed foot
12:24into that turn!
12:27Watch that sloppy foot.
12:28Stay low.
12:29Keep working, Nia!
12:30You're standing there again.
12:32Go over it and over it and over it.
12:34I look up.
12:35I see Nia standing in second with her arms hanging out.
12:37HOLLY (VOICEOVER): This is a big week for Nia.
12:39She has a trio, in addition to being in the group number.
12:42But I know Nia's a tough cookie, and she can handle it.
12:45That's an interesting dance.
12:46Well, it's almost like they're-- you're trying
12:48to figure out what the hell's going on.
12:50It's like a mystery.
12:51It really does feel incomplete without Paige and Brooke.
12:53And whether Abby wants to admit it or not,
12:56they complete this team.
12:57Right here, there needs to be another person up
13:00on that dancing.
13:01ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): This number
13:02is not coming along as quickly as I'd like.
13:04Something's off, and I know what that is.
13:06It's my numbers.
13:09If we're going to beat Cathy, I need to make an addition
13:11to this group.
13:13ABBY LEE: Guess who's here early for her private?
13:16Oh, she's bringing Payton in.
13:17Oh, hey.
13:18ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): I've decided to bring Payton
13:20into the group number.
13:21She wants to be successful.
13:24She wants to be part of this team,
13:26and she's going to do everything she can to help us win.
13:29Get up there on that beach and just,
13:30like, improv a little bit.
13:31ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): I've had some problems
13:33with Payton in the past because she has a smart mouth.
13:35You need to fix that turnout.
13:37I thought that I was better than most
13:38of the people for all rounds.
13:39ABBY LEE: You thought you were better than most
13:40of the people in this group?
13:41LESLIE: Performance-wise.
13:43Oh, that's cocky.
13:45But that's how I feel, performance-wise.
13:47She's a great dancer, she's strong,
13:50and she's going to take over and be the leader of this group.
13:53It's high time that somebody be the leader.
13:57[MUSIC - LORI MARTINI AND CASSANDRA KUBINSKI, "SWIM"]
14:00How old's Payton.
14:01- 15. - Perfect.
14:02Payton's danced with the team before.
14:04I mean, and she's-- - Yeah.
14:04MELISSA: She's tall, but she--
14:06JILL: She's been an ALDC member for years now.
14:07CHRISTI: She's actually-- MELISSA: She's a member.
14:08I mean--
14:09And she's actually come in to help take Brooke's place two
14:12times.
14:12Oh, yay.
14:14With Payton-- that only means one thing's coming,
14:16and that's Leslie.
14:18Yippy for me.
14:21Hi, ladies. CHRISTI: Hello.
14:22MELISSA: Hi.
14:23JILL: Hi, Leslie.
14:25CHRISTI (VOICEOVER): However, I will say one thing.
14:27Going up against the Candy Apples this week,
14:29it's good to have someone like Leslie in your corner--
14:31you know, someone who's seen a brawl or five in a bar before.
14:34CHRISTI: We know you're scrappy, and we
14:36might need some extra scrap this weekend, because there are
14:38some bitches coming to town. - Yeah, we're happy you're--
14:39LESLIE: What do you mean?
14:41[MUSIC - LORI MARTINI AND CASSANDRA KUBINSKI, "SWIM"]
14:46CHRISTI: I am always the first person
14:47to say, like, we don't need this person--
14:49I think we need it this week.
14:50CHRISTI: --we don't need that person.
14:51Perfectly fine with Payton dancing with this group--
14:54Absolutely.
14:55CHRISTI: --this week, because you know what?
14:56It's not about this, that, and the other thing.
14:57It's about beating Candy Apples.
14:58And--
15:00And she's an Abby Lee Dance Company member.
15:01CHRISTI: That's right.
15:02HOLLY: Yep.
15:03MELISSA: She is a member of our team.
15:04HOLLY: If you got to bring someone in,
15:04bring someone from the team.
15:05Well, this is different.
15:06I'm happy that you guys are happy.
15:08No, no, of course.
15:09We're really excited to be here with the team today.
15:11And if Brooke and Paige don't come back,
15:14do you think Payton fits in this team?
15:16I mean, seriously.
15:18I think that she will use Payton until she works out
15:21whatever problems she's having with Brooke and Paige.
15:23And then Brooke will come back, and Payton will be kicked out
15:25again. - I think--
15:27- Because that's what she does. - --that's wrong.
15:28Payton and I want to be on this team.
15:29We want to be permanent team members.
15:32And we're going to do whatever it takes to stay on this team.
15:34You know, Payton and I would die to have the opportunity
15:37that your kids have.
15:38Careful what you wish for, Leslie.
15:40And I know you say that, but that's
15:42why I've been doing this for 16 years.
15:44She would die just for a little bit of that.
15:49[upbeat music]
15:54ANTHONY: Foom, fa, foom, fa, foom, foom, foom, foom.
16:00CATHY (VOICEOVER): Our group number this week
16:02is the "Four Seasons"--
16:04classical, contemporary.
16:07We have Hadley as winter, Nicaya as fall or autumn,
16:12Mary as spring, and Brooke as summer.
16:15Where does that leave Lucas?
16:17He's kind of the instigator that's got the seasons going
16:20the ultimate extreme.
16:21I think it's our turn for a win.
16:24Let's rock it, Candy Apples.
16:26Good job.
16:27Love you all.
16:28ABBY LEE: OK, but your arms--
16:29push, push, circle, close.
16:32Start to roll down, down.
16:34CHRISTI: So Jill, when we see Candy Apples,
16:35are you going to be sad that you're not part of their team?
16:37Oh, stop with it.
16:38We should all carry--
16:39Why do you have to bring that up?
16:40We should all--
16:41I hate you for bringing that up.
16:42Now I got crazy.
16:43We should all go buy designer bag knockoffs
16:46and fill them with bricks and walk like this, like Cathy.
16:49[clicking tongue]
16:50And then when she comes by, everybody hit her with them.
16:52- And say, oh! - I'm game!
16:53CHRISTI: I know you are, but we have to buy knock-offs,
16:55so that it--
16:56No, why knock-- oh, you mean to--
16:57No. No, not--
16:57--emulate her?
16:58I'm dying to know who's on her team.
17:00I am, too.
17:01Oh, me too.
17:02And because the rumor is Zack left.
17:05MELISSA: Black Patsy gets on my fricking nerves.
17:07My blood-- - How about the fact--
17:08HOLLY: Gina was not--
17:09How about the fact--
17:10KRISTIE: Stay out of my personal space!
17:11OK. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
17:12She touches me, and-- KRISTIE: Wait, wait, wait.
17:13- She better-- - Sorry, I spit on you.
17:14--stay out of your personal space, 'cause--
17:15And tells me to stay--
17:16--I'm going to deck her.
17:17JILL: --out of her personal space.
17:18KRISTIE: No, I just forgot.
17:18I'm going to deck her.
17:25[electronic dance music]
17:28You hungry?
17:28Mm-hmm.
17:29I'm starving.
17:30CATHY (VOICEOVER): I brought Vivi and my mom
17:32out to eat to discuss this week's competition.
17:34Well, I'm glad that we're all here, because I wanted
17:37to ask you if you wanted to go to Lancaster with me
17:40this weekend.
17:41CATHY'S MOM: [sighs]
17:42Yeah, I guess.
17:43CATHY: Well--
17:45It's a long drive, but-- CATHY: Yes, I know it is.
17:46It's awfully long.
17:47I'm not looking forward to that, but I'm
17:48taking this special team, and it's new.
17:51Well, you know, I always like to go and support you.
17:54Well, that's nice, because, you know,
17:56this is the first time that you're
17:57going to see Abby since--
17:58Oh, yes.
17:59CATHY: --she called you pathetic.
18:00Oh, yes.
18:01And I just think that with Abby being there,
18:05it's important that--
18:06Maybe I should trip her down the steps.
18:07CATHY: Nah, I don't know.
18:08Last time that we saw her, we lost to her.
18:11That's when we did the bicycle number, which was brilliant.
18:14So it's our turn to win.
18:15I will have my revenge against ALDC.
18:19Oh, I can't get this out.
18:22CATHY'S MOM: She's an eater.
18:23CATHY: Yeah, I know.
18:24She likes food.
18:25CATHY: Did you know, Vivi, that grandma tap danced?
18:29But did you know that grandma was--
18:32A Granny Apple.
18:34She was?
18:35CATHY: Mm-hmm.
18:36And we had red skirts and white shirts that
18:39said Granny Apple on the back.
18:42We're the three musketeers.
18:43That's right.
18:44Aren't we?
18:46[electronic dance music]
18:48[MUSIC - I AM NOT LEFTHANDED, "BOATS (SWEPT AWAY)"]
18:50ABBY LEE: Too much flexed feet, too pigeon-toed there.
18:56Supporting foot needs to [inaudible] and stretch!
18:59ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): We have a trio this week.
19:00These three castaways are doing a contemporary jazz routine.
19:04Now, are they going to be strong enough and clean enough
19:07to beat whatever the crab apple is bringing?
19:11That I don't know.
19:12ABBY LEE: Supporting foot needs to point!
19:16That knee is bent again!
19:18I don't think that trio is meant to win.
19:20I don't think so.
19:21HOLLY (VOICEOVER): This is Nia's first trio in a really long
19:23time.
19:24I hope Abby gets this trio in shape because there's
19:26a lot of stake at this new competition,
19:28and I definitely don't want to lose to Cathy.
19:30Tomorrow, we come in.
19:31We get on the bus.
19:32We go.
19:33Understand?
19:36I like this spot right here.
19:38Yeah, I know.
19:39Hopefully, it's mine permanently.
19:40No, I'm pretty sure it's still Kelly's.
19:42JILL: Really, Leslie?
19:43Is that your goal?
19:44Is that--
19:44Absolutely, it's my goal.
19:46You want Payton, who's 15, to dance with--
19:48LESLIE: Well, you know what? - --10-year-olds?
19:49Then she can bring somebody-- there's another spot open.
19:51Bring somebody in her size, and it'll equal out.
19:53Wouldn't you want somebody on your team
19:55that is 100% for the team?
19:57If Brooke walked through that door,
19:58I think that she would put Brooke in the number.
20:00I don't think Kelly and Brooke and Paige
20:01should be able to come back.
20:02Three times you leave the team?
20:06When is it time that you're not allowed back?
20:08From my perspective, watching Abby yesterday,
20:11she missed Brooke being in this number
20:13because there are things she wanted the kids to do,
20:16and they're not Brooke.
20:18In the group number, you're going
20:20to watch Payton and give her choreography that she can do.
20:23Leslie must be on some sort of mind-altering drug-- you know,
20:26probably one she borrowed from Melissa--
20:27if she thinks she's going to replace Kelly on this team.
20:30I plan to tell Abby that we really want this spot.
20:33I don't want this just to be another fill-in week.
20:35Everybody has to think of the real reason
20:37why we're sitting here in the first place.
20:39It's to get our child ahead in dance.
20:41CHRISTI: Well, Candy Apples has a lot of teams.
20:43Maybe you need to go there.
20:45JILL: Cathy is trying so hard to come up
20:47with a group of kids that can beat our group of kids.
20:50Her boys didn't work out, so she gets rid of the boys.
20:53She brings in a new group.
20:54What kind of teacher is that?
20:56I am so sick of Cathy's tricks.
20:58I want to make sure that us moms stick together this week,
21:02and we hand that crab apple a loss.
21:04Are we sticking together?
21:05Because, you know, once we get there, Cathy's--
21:09they're going to come after us or me.
21:11Now why are you saying this?
21:13Have you guys not stuck together in the past?
21:14Yes!
21:15No, we have.
21:16I feel like I'm getting ready to go, like, to battle.
21:19You're our-- what did you call yourself?
21:21The boy who fights in hockey?
21:22The goon.
21:23(LAUGHING) The goon.
21:24I'm not the goon.
21:25Maybe Leslie has a purpose after all.
21:27I could get used to her going in as the muscle to fight
21:29with Cathy this weekend. LESLIE: Morning.
21:31HOLLY: Hi, good morning.
21:31JILL: Good morning.
21:33Good afternoon.
21:34New face, how are you?
21:35I'm good.
21:36Good.
21:37Finally getting to sit in Kelly's seat?
21:39I just want to let you know that she is really enjoying
21:42this, and we are going to take every opportunity that
21:44comes our way.
21:44And that's why we are here.
21:45Payton has the energy.
21:47Payton has the desire.
21:48She wants to do it.
21:49She wants to be the best.
21:50She wants this.
21:52But for this routine that we're doing right now,
21:55when I envisioned this number, I had Brooke on that prop,
22:00and she could do all that contortion work, that rolling
22:03around on the floor.
22:05All of that was supposed to take place on that prop.
22:07Payton doesn't have those skills.
22:08She has other skills.
22:10I hate to say it, Leslie, but we told you so.
22:13Brooke just has a certain skill set that's difficult for Abby
22:15to replace.
22:17Do you know how hard it is when you don't-- when she gets
22:19kicked off this team every time?
22:20It's not about being kicked off the team.
22:22It's about not being right for the piece that we're doing.
22:24But it still feels that way to--
22:25ABBY LEE: Right.
22:25Well--
22:26--a 14, 15-year-old.
22:27So every time I explain to her, but you still
22:29have to be there when she asks you back
22:30and we are going to keep doing that, we don't want that.
22:33We want to be a permanent spot.
22:34ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Leslie is in my face about Payton
22:37being on the team and being a permanent member and blah,
22:39blah, blah.
22:40You know what, Leslie?
22:41You are not making a very good case for Payton's future.
22:45[exhales]
22:47I want to remind you what this competition means to everybody
22:50and what's at stake.
22:51Lots of things are at stake at this one.
22:52I want to win.
22:54CATHY (VOICEOVER): Everybody needs
22:55to bring it to the table this weekend at the competition.
22:58CATHY: Moms, Anthony has requested that you
23:00keep your chatter to a minimum.
23:02And Anthony is going to keep his bold corrections to a minimum.
23:05Who said that?
23:06I did.
23:08CATHY (VOICEOVER): This trio is parody on those moms trying
23:13to be spies.
23:14So we've got a spy musical theater jazz
23:17routine going to the stage.
23:19ANTHONY: Watch your face. (CLAPPING)
23:20Why am I seeing your face?
23:22Why am I seeing your face?
23:23I don't want to see your face until you put the newspaper
23:25down.
23:27Go back.
23:29CATHY: Do you think that your bark is worse than your bite?
23:33ANTHONY: I don't bite.
23:33CATHY: You bark though.
23:34ANTHONY: I bark.
23:35Bigger lean-- sharper, sharper.
23:38Bop, bop, lay.
23:40Did you change that part where they were all
23:42going the same way?
23:43ANTHONY: Yeah, I did, because Brooke couldn't get it.
23:46Because Brooke couldn't get it?
23:50ANTHONY: I'm talking about her not getting her choreography.
23:52That's what I'm talking about.
23:52MICHELLE: Really?
23:54Whatever I took out.
23:55And it's done, so quiet.
23:58CATHY: Anthony--
23:59CATHY (VOICEOVER): I am tired of fighting with Anthony.
24:02He needs to remember who signs his checks.
24:05Honestly, I think that Anthony likes to perform when you get
24:09in here.
24:10So just know that I have--
24:11ANTHONY: No.
24:12--the kids' best interest at heart.
24:14ANTHONY: Yeah, 'cause I'm a true performer.
24:15Hey, how about you take a seat--
24:16CATHY: I don't need to take a seat.
24:18ANTHONY: --and enjoy the show. - I don't need to take a seat.
24:19ANTHONY: You take a seat and enjoy the real show.
24:20Listen, listen.
24:21I'm Miss Candy Apples, and you are not.
24:23ANTHONY: It sure can be ABD--
24:24So you always have to keep that in mind.
24:25--Anthony Burrell Dance.
24:25You better best believe.
24:26CATHY: Yeah, OK. - It can happen.
24:27CATHY: OK, OK.
24:28And I will have a squash of a team--
24:29OK, I hear ya.
24:31--because half of this team will be coming with me.
24:32I hear ya.
24:32[dramatic music]
24:40[shouting]
24:41[electronic dance music]
24:42CROWD: Cathy!
24:42Cathy!
24:43Cathy!
24:44Cathy!
24:45Cathy!
24:46Cathy!
24:47Cathy!
24:48CATHY (VOICEOVER): We're going up against the Abby Lee Dance
24:50Company here in Pennsylvania.
24:52We have a group dance and a trio.
24:55Anthony's mom is here, and my mom is here.
24:58That sounds like an unbeatable combination.
25:00[screaming]
25:05ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Here we are at Believe Talent
25:07Competition in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
25:09I think that our routines are going to knock Cathy
25:12right off that broomstick.
25:15And the Abby Lee Dance Company is
25:17going to make a name for themselves
25:19at this brand-new Believe Talent Competition.
25:24Oh, this is great.
25:25ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): This week, we also
25:26have a tag-along, Leslie.
25:28Now her daughter, Payton, is a great addition to the team.
25:31Payton works well with the other kids,
25:33and she looks great in this number.
25:35I'm not so sure about her mother, Leslie,
25:37but I do know she's a vast improvement over Kelly.
25:41So Leslie, let me just say, Payton, that I'm
25:44happy you're here, but I am--
25:45Are you happier that we're here and Kelly's not?
25:47Is that what you're trying to say?
25:48Well, I can't say happier. That--
25:49ABBY LEE: Oh, I am! - That's not fair.
25:50I'm hoping that you guys get used to it being Payton
25:52and I here and Kelly not coming back.
25:54ABBY LEE: It's fine.
25:55Listen to me, Kendall.
25:56You know what, Payton?
25:57Just so all of you know, my name is Payton.
25:59It's not Kendall. It's not Brooke.
26:00It's none of you.
26:01It's Payton.
26:02HOLLY: Yes, yes.
26:03ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Just what she did right now, like,
26:05saying her name like that, that's a 15 going
26:07on 16-year-old thing.
26:09You would never, ever hear one of these kids talk
26:12to me that way.
26:13No, she wasn't talking to you.
26:14She just said that.
26:14That's a smart mouth.
26:15She wasn't being smart.
26:17And as a parent, you should take her outside
26:18and have a little chat.
26:20No, you're missing what she's trying to tell you.
26:21She's trying to tell you-- ABBY LEE: No, because I kept--
26:23--that she's a person!
26:24--calling her Kendall in rehearsal by mistake!
26:24LESLIE: Confuse--
26:25I say lots of kids' names!
26:26She's lucky I even know her name!
26:28LESLIE: I didn't--
26:28So shut your mouth!
26:31I'm going to ask you a question right now, Miss Payton.
26:33And if you answer me yes, then you're--
26:36LESLIE: Don't answer.
26:37--where you should be at 15 years old.
26:40Do you have your solo costume with you?
26:42No?
26:43Then keep the smart mouth to yourself,
26:45because you'd have brought it just in case
26:47I wanted to write you in.
26:49Leslie wants Kelly's spot so desperately.
26:52CHRISTI (VOICEOVER): That seat has a name on it,
26:54and it's not Leslie.
26:55Clearly, as soon as Kelly comes back, Leslie is out the door.
26:58You know what?
27:00Can you all listen to me while you're doing whatever?
27:02No surprises here, the kids are going up against Kendall,
27:06Chloe, and Nia.
27:08That's their trio.
27:10So I need you guys to really go out there and sell this, OK?
27:14There's scores to be settled when it comes to talents.
27:18And Anthony's mom is here.
27:20My mom is here.
27:21So we're excited, right?
27:23Absolutely.
27:25But you know what?
27:26There's some people here that don't know our chant.
27:28Oh, yes. Let's do it.
27:29Come on.
27:30Everybody put your hands in.
27:31Everyone, who are we?
27:33ALL: Apple core, apple core, apple core!
27:35[cheering]
27:37CATHY (VOICEOVER): I think it's our turn for a win.
27:39And nothing drives Abby off the brink than when Candy Apples
27:43Dance Center beats ALDC.
27:46So let's rock it, Candy Apples.
27:48CATHY: Do good, guys. Do good.
27:49[ominous music]
27:50ABBY LEE: All right, girls, listen up.
27:51Everybody, listen to me.
27:53I want as little interaction with that other team
27:56as possible.
28:00Let's go.
28:01HOLLY: Break a leg. LESLIE: Hey, break a leg, girls.
28:02[inaudible] HOLLY: Break a leg.
28:03ABBY LEE: Are you going to get them back in and come
28:04sit with us?
28:05Hey.
28:06Oh, here they come.
28:08Hi.
28:09MELISSA I could see her Spanx.
28:11Whose Spanx?
28:12LESLIE: Your Spanx are squeezing your thighs too tight.
28:14I see her Spanx.
28:16Look it.
28:17KRISTIE (VOICEOVER): Right now, I'm watching Yvette,
28:19and I think it's going to go down.
28:20I was on a competition with Yvette and Asia.
28:23She said that she would ruin my daughter
28:26at six years old if she ever--
28:27I never said that. I--
28:28Are you kidding me?
28:29YVETTE: No, I would never do that.
28:30You stood there, and you said, I will ruin your daughter--
28:32YVETTE: No! - --if she ever--
28:33I would never take it out on the kid--
28:34KRISTIE: Are you kidding me? - --ever.
28:35KRISTIE: You know what?
28:35I said be careful.
28:36Uh-huh.
28:37You don't know who I am.
28:40I did say that.
28:41Well, I'm glad I don't know a person that would say that
28:43about six-year-old.
28:44I did not say that--
28:45- OK? --about a six-year-old. - Really, Yvette?
28:46- Come on. - Yes, Kristie.
28:47Let's go.
28:48Yeah, really, Yvette.
28:48Yes.
28:50KRISTIE: Take your Spanx off. Take--
28:51YVETTE (VOICEOVER): I absolutely think Kristie Ray has it
28:53out for me.
28:54I don't know what it is.
28:55Is it my blonde hair?
28:56Is it my daughter?
28:57I take her accusations with a grain of salt.
29:00[electronic dance music]
29:05CATHY: Anthony and I put a great deal
29:07into working with the trio.
29:10I hope that the trio does well.
29:11ANNOUNCER: Please help me welcome to the stage, "Spies
29:14Like Them," [inaudible].
29:18[applause]
29:19[MUSIC - BRYAN STEELE, "LIVE AND DIE"]
29:21(SINGING) Yeah.
29:22Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:25Yeah, yeah.
29:37Ladies--
29:40[record scratching]
29:41(SINGING) And this is how you do it.
29:42Yeah.
29:44Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:46Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:48Yeah, yeah.
29:51[applause]
29:53[dramatic music]
29:55ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Cathy's trio is a mess.
29:58I'm not sure if the whole thing was improvved.
30:01My trio looks good.
30:02It's unbeatable.
30:04ANNOUNCER: Judges, up next will be Entry Number 43A, 43A.
30:08MELISSA (VOICEOVER): So Anthony is standing
30:10against the wall over there.
30:11And Anthony and us moms have this really bad relationship.
30:15ANTHONY: Yeah, do not touch my props ever again.
30:16I didn't know it was your prop.
30:18Well, that's what I'm saying. You don't--
30:19But you keep your hands off of a lady.
30:20But you don't-- [interposing voices]
30:21Why you take [bleep] that's not yours?
30:22MELISSA: Whose prop would it be?
30:23What the hell wrong with you, crazy?
30:24I think it's hilarious because I don't have to hear him
30:27screaming in my ear.
30:28Please help me welcome to the stage, "Castaways," Number 43A.
30:32Woo!
30:33[applause]
30:35[MUSIC - I AM NOT LEFTHANDED, "BOATS (SWEPT AWAY)"]
30:43(SINGING) Oh, hey.
30:47So I know you're tired, so leave it to the tide.
30:54And at next light, when weather is right, come sailing home.
31:01Let the dark subside.
31:05Just leave it to one side.
31:07I'm on your side.
31:10Nia's face is priceless.
31:13(SINGING) Come sailing home again.
31:18[applause]
31:22[electronic dance music]
31:24ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): My trio gave a nice, solid performance.
31:27I was impressed.
31:28Nia, you're on the right path now.
31:31- Oh, well-- - All right.
31:32--bu that was good.
31:33I got to tell you, when our girls get on stage,
31:35all she does is--
31:36[babbles]
31:37[interposing voices]
31:38They shouldn't be speaking and talking and doing
31:40that while our kids are on stage.
31:42JILL: No.
31:43There's not a whole lot of class back there.
31:43LESLIE: Yeah.
31:45CHRISTI (VOICEOVER): How disrespectful are the Candy
31:46Apples?
31:47The entire time our girls were on stage,
31:49they're sitting behind us mocking them.
31:51Last time you saw them, she put her hands on you.
31:54They have terrible issues.
31:56Every time we see them, there's a physical altercation.
31:58And she's not nice.
31:59They're not going to back down.
32:07[electronic dance music]
32:12ABBY LEE: That was beautiful.
32:13Your port de bras was beautiful.
32:14She did it.
32:15ABBY LEE: Are you smiling?
32:16KID: Yes.
32:17Maddie is!
32:18Aw, I see her teeth up here.
32:20ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): I think that our routines are going
32:22to knock Cathy right off that broomstick.
32:26This is a brand-new competition.
32:27When it comes to Cathy, they have to win.
32:30ABBY LEE: I don't think we have to worry about making
32:33applesauce, because I think all those other groups out
32:35there already made applesauce out of them.
32:37OK, let's go.
32:39CATHY: Do it from the back.
32:40Do it-- there you go.
32:41ANTHONY: This is a strong team.
32:42CATHY: This is a strong team.
32:44ANTHONY: We want to immediately, you know,
32:45get ready for this group dance. CATHY: Yeah.
32:47ANTHONY: We got a lot to do.
32:47CATHY: So we need to get moving.
32:49ANTHONY: Sharp-- this is extra sharp.
32:50Ba, da, uh, da, uh, tt.
32:52This group number has got to beat Abby.
32:55That's why we're here.
32:56We have to put Candy Apples back on the map
32:58and show Abby that we are a team to be reckoned with.
33:02ANNOUNCER: Judges, up next, it will Entry Number 88B
33:04in the Contemporary category.
33:06Please help welcome "Four Seasons."
33:09[applause]
33:17[MUSIC - SLY/FLY/BADMAN, "SUMMER BUMMER"]
34:15[applause]
34:18[upbeat music]
34:21CATHY (VOICEOVER): I think that the group did an amazing job.
34:24The faces, the choreography, the costumes--
34:27all top notch.
34:28I'm sure that Abby's group is nervous to dance.
34:32Those little girls are probably shaking in their jazz shoes.
34:35ANNOUNCER: All right, judges, up next,
34:36it will be Entry Number 88A in the Contemporary category.
34:40Please help me welcome to the stage, "Open Waters."
34:43[applause]
34:47Woo!
34:48Woo!
34:51[MUSIC - LORI MARTINI AND CASSANDRA KUBINSKI, "SWIM"]
34:52(SINGING) I can tell you're still testing the water
34:56and don't know how to begin.
35:00Fall with me to the open water.
35:04There is no lifeline to climb.
35:09The deeper you go, swallowed by the undertow,
35:13the more you feel alive.
35:17I'll be there to keep you floating over and over again.
35:26I'll be there, and I'll keep you floating
35:30until you learn to swim.
35:37To swim, oh, oh.
35:47[cheering]
35:48Woo-hoo!
35:49[applause]
35:52Woo!
35:56Woo!
35:59ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): I thought that our group was excellent.
36:02Was it the most exciting routine I've ever done in my life?
36:05no, of course not.
36:07But in two days, I thought it was pretty darn good.
36:11[suspenseful music]
36:13ANNOUNCER: All right, we got some special awards
36:15to give away.
36:17So here we go.
36:19Now Nine to 11, Duo-Trio Power Top 10.
36:24Seventh place goes to "Spies Like Them," Number 43B.
36:28[applause]
36:29CATHY (VOICEOVER): This is definitely
36:31not one of my prouder moments.
36:32I wish that the trio would have placed higher.
36:35I'm keeping my fingers crossed though.
36:38I'm hoping that the group definitely beats Abby.
36:41Fifth place champion is "Castaways," Number 43A.
36:45[applause]
36:49CHRISTI (VOICEOVER): The trio might not
36:50have won the entire competition, but they beat Candy Apples,
36:53so that's all right in my book.
36:54All right, we're moving now into our 9 to 11 Small Group.
37:00Fourth place champion, "In the Middle," Number 72.
37:07And now, ladies and gentlemen, our third place champion,
37:14"Four Seasons," Number 88B.
37:19[laughter]
37:20ANNOUNCER: Now. ladies and gentlemen,
37:22your highest scoring Nine to 11 Small Group Power Champion
37:26will be "Open Waters," Number 88A.
37:30[cheering]
37:31CHRISTI: Yeah, woo!
37:32[applause]
37:35ANNOUNCER: Way to go, guys.
37:36Congratulations.
37:38And what's the name of your dance studio?
37:40Abby Lee Dance Company.
37:41ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): The very first time
37:42at a brand-new competition, and we
37:45were the overall high-score winners.
37:48And just for some icing on the cake,
37:51we did it in front of Cathy and all her moms.
37:54[cheering]
37:58What a rush.
37:59You know what?
38:00I think Payton was great today.
38:02That does not mean that that chair that your butt is in
38:05belongs to anybody but Kelly.
38:06[dramatic music]
38:08After the win?
38:09After the win, you have enough nerve to say that to me?
38:12Leslie, I said Payton danced great.
38:14She came for your team.
38:16She supported you.
38:17She helped you out to win.
38:18But you're going to sit here and say--
38:19And I gave her the credit! --you want--
38:20[bleep]
38:21I said-- [bleep]!! --gave her the credit.
38:22Don't you [bleep] me.
38:23I'll [bleep] you!
38:25You will sit here and say, that is not your seat,
38:28I want Kelly back, when she constantly runs out
38:30on this team with her children.
38:32Leslie's like the boil on the butt of humanity.
38:35Go away.
38:36CHRISTI (VOICEOVER): I need Kelly.
38:37I miss my partner in crime.
38:38ABBY LEE: Woo!
38:39MELISSA: I know!
38:40I know!
38:41See?
38:42See?
38:43I knew it was the best thing in the world that Kelly was gone.
38:45Yes!
38:47Fabulous!
38:48Woo-hoo!
38:49We didn't have Paige screwing up the numbers!
38:52Yes! JILL: It was great, Abby.
38:53Great! Woo!
38:54MELISSA: Woo!
38:55[applause]
38:57I was namedropping.
38:57No one's home.
39:00Hi, guys.
39:01WOMEN: Hi.
39:03So moms, congratulations.
39:05HOLLY: Thank you.
39:06You guys had an amazing day.
39:08I do want to introduce somebody to you guys.
39:10This is Anthony's mom.
39:12Yes, I am.
39:14So I don't know if you guys realized that she was sitting
39:17behind you and hearing all kinds of comments that were being
39:20made about her son.
39:21He's a gentleman!
39:22He's a gentleman first!
39:24Well, he wasn't a gentleman to us!
39:26But I'm going to speak for my son!
39:28Now we know why he is the way he is!
39:32And I can get in your face, too!
39:34Why bother?
39:35Because I'm talking about my son!
39:37MELISSA: OK. Oh, my gosh.
39:38Oh, oh, oh, get out of her face.
39:39That's why.
39:40CHRISTI: Get out of her face.
39:42You know it.
39:43CHRISTI: This is not--
39:43Yeah.
39:44--what we signed up for.
39:46Stop!
39:46This is about dance!
39:48Are you people insane?
39:50CHRISTI (VOICEOVER): What the hell is going on in this room?
39:53Like, it's dance.
39:54It's just a dance competition.
39:57Settle down, women.
39:58Settle down.
40:00JILL: He can't choreograph a number to beat ours.
40:03That's the bottom line.
40:04ABBY LEE: Woo-hoo!
40:05[cheering]
40:08Yay!
40:09Yay, yay, yay.
40:11Good.
40:11Payton did great.
40:12Thank you for letting me join this week.
40:14I want to see the aerial walkover add a one-step though.
40:16OK.
40:17Abby, what about Kelly and Paige and Brooke?
40:21Who?
40:23I think if they wanted to reach out to their dance teacher,
40:26they would have.
40:28I just can't get it through your heads
40:31that those children don't want to be here.
40:35CHRISTI: Kelly, Brooke, and Paige are part of the team.
40:37I think everybody here wants them.
40:39She's going to throw it all away to be a singer?
40:43Don't you think it hurts me?
40:45Come on, guys.
40:46Let's go.
40:50ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Next on "Dance Moms."
40:52We are going to Intensity Dance Competition again.
40:54CHRISTI: We just want to know why you want your 15-year-old
40:57to dance with our seven-year-old.
40:59Kelly, what's it going to take to get you back?
41:01LESLIE: What I'm telling you is between you and I right now.
41:03You are hurting my daughter!
41:05I am more a part of this team than you will ever be.
41:07No you're not. You're a threat.
41:08You're a habit.
41:09ABBY LEE: The Abby Lee Dance Company has one president.
41:12[thunder striking]
41:13I rule this Abby Lee Dance Company!
41:15LESLIE: When opportunity comes knocking,
41:16you better take advantage of it.
41:18Shame on you!

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