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0:02[music playing]
0:03ABBY LEE MILLER: Previously on "Dance Moms."
0:04You're going to be using guns in your routine. I want you to kill it.
0:08We're going to play a little bench in front of the dance
0:10studio.
0:11Beautiful.
0:12You know everyone's going to hate you?
0:13You're a conniving bitch.
0:14Eight means eight.
0:15Not nine and a half, not ten.
0:16Eight.
0:18You should be so lucky to have Chloe as your student,
0:20because she's a great dancer.
0:21Everybody knows it except for you.
0:23If that kid loved to dance, she'd
0:24have remembered that trio.
0:25You always got to keep your options open.
0:28ABBY LEE MILLER: Coming up on "Dance Moms."
0:30Kendall, you are back on probation.
0:32There's a lot of studios out there
0:33who would love what she does.
0:35We're going to one of those studio.
0:38Do Abby and the moms know you came here?
0:40They have no idea.
0:42ABBY LEE MILLER: Nia, you've worked hard in ballet class,
0:44you've waited a long time for this pretty dance.
0:46Don't screw it up, kid.
0:47She's doing my routine with my costume.
0:51I wouldn't want to steal your choreography.
0:54Really?
0:55ABBY LEE MILLER: Don't carry it into the dressing room.
0:57You go home, you cry into your pillow,
0:59and you don't make the same mistakes again.
1:01[theme music]
1:03THEME SONG: Get up.
1:05Get on the floor.
1:07My world is with my girls, living on the dance floor.
1:12[music playing]
1:15Let's go girls.
1:16Get in here, shake the lead out.
1:18OK.
1:19Now Hollywood Vibe last week.
1:23[music playing]
1:25You did an OK job.
1:27I thought it could have been better.
1:28Moving on.
1:30This week we are going to Fire and Ice
1:34right here in Pittsburgh.
1:36[clapping]
1:38And I have a reputation to uphold.
1:41It's much more difficult to walk in and compete against people
1:45you know than a bunch of strangers.
1:48OK.
1:49Let's get to the pyramid.
1:51I hate to do this, but Kendall, you are back on probation.
2:02That's ridiculous, Abby.
2:05What more do you want from her?
2:08ABBY LEE MILLER: Your head is distended,
2:10your shoulders are hunched, your rib cage is open.
2:13Are you kidding me?
2:15You're kidding me, right?
2:17ABBY LEE MILLER: No.
2:18She doesn't make the corrections.
2:20I have been telling her since the audition about her posture,
2:24and it has not improved once.
2:26Jill, careful what you wish for.
2:28You're always demanding more special parts and attention
2:30for Kendall while you're back on probation.
2:32So you got it.
2:33I can't even believe it.
2:34You know what?
2:35You should be on probation not my daughter.
2:39Kendall was on the bottom of the pyramid.
2:41Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of Jill.
2:44If I would, she would be the one that's there.
2:47Learn something, Jill.
2:48You are on my last nerve.
2:50I don't even know why I'm here.
2:52You had nothing nice to say to her
2:55since the second we got here!
2:57You know what, Abby?
2:58She does a lot right.
2:59ABBY LEE MILLER: She turns like a top.
3:01But that's what's good.
3:03I don't need to fix that.
3:05I was not surprised in the least by Jill's reaction.
3:09I was devastated by Kendall's reaction.
3:13I certainly don't wake up in the morning to intentionally hurt
3:17a child's feelings.
3:19There's a lot of studios out there
3:21who would love what she does right.
3:23And you know what, Abby?
3:25ABBY LEE MILLER: I hear that.
3:26We're going to one of those studios.
3:28I'm not putting up with this crap anymore.
3:31We're done.
3:32That's it.
3:35You know what, honey?
3:36She doesn't appreciate you.
3:37I'll take you where someone appreciates you.
3:40It makes me sick to think that Abby would do this
3:44to a little girl who is working so hard.
3:47We'll go where they will treat you with respect,
3:51they'll give you great numbers, they might even
3:53let you do a solo or two.
3:55This is disgusting to me, and I'm not putting up with it
3:59anymore.
4:00It's over.
4:02I don't want to go, I love to dance.
4:08ABBY LEE MILLER: Next, Paige.
4:12You were on the top, now you're obviously not.
4:16You couldn't remember the trio.
4:18[music playing]
4:19(SINGING) Know this is true.
4:23ABBY LEE MILLER: Unacceptable.
4:24Next.
4:26Brooke.
4:27Brooke, this whiny, mopey, teenager crap has to stop.
4:32You are the role model.
4:34Do me a favor--
4:35just smile.
4:39Mackenzie, the tricks are stronger, they're better.
4:44But you need a few ballet classes.
4:47Next we have Chloe.
4:50Once again, nice, clean performance.
4:54Maddie, you redeemed yourself.
4:57No stupid mistakes.
4:58Maddie and Chloe, you know, neck and neck,
5:01same old story different day.
5:03And deservedly so for the first--
5:06[squealing]
5:07Nia is on top of the pyramid.
5:10It's been a long time coming.
5:12I didn't think I would ever live to see this day.
5:14You were on top of this pyramid because
5:16of your hard work and your determination all week long.
5:21To me, that's sometimes more important than any trophy.
5:26And you shined.
5:27Your mother isn't always here, but she does make sure
5:30that you're here.
5:32And you can see the improvement.
5:33I'm very happy I'm on the top of the pyramid this week.
5:37Yay.
5:38ABBY LEE MILLER: This week you're
5:39going to be doing a solo.
5:42Holly, she's going to perform, act, and look like a princess.
5:47Like I tell everybody else, it's tough getting here,
5:50it's even more difficult to stay here.
5:53Moving on to the group number.
5:55We are going to do a dance.
5:57It's called Head Over Heels.
6:00It's about falling in love and getting married.
6:05As an artist, I draw my inspiration
6:08from the world around me.
6:09And I think that Melissa has a little secret.
6:13So hopefully once she sees this number,
6:17she's going to realize that everybody knows her secret.
6:21Yes?
6:22Aren't I too young to get married?
6:25I just got engaged, but I like to keep my private life
6:28private.
6:29ABBY LEE MILLER: You're going to be dressed as brides,
6:31so I want your dads to be at the competition
6:36as if they were giving their daughters away.
6:38All right, you're dismissed.
6:39Thank you very much.
6:40Girls, when outside triple ballet pirouette.
6:42That's what I want to see, it's in the number.
6:45[music playing]
6:50Five, six, seven--
6:54I freaking can't believe what just happened with Jill.
6:57I think Jill's going back to her old studio.
6:58- No! - Yeah.
7:00Oh, I do too.
7:01And I also think that she's going to go back there,
7:02and she's going to kind of dish the dirt.
7:04And I think that we're going to run into them.
7:06I wouldn't be surprised if we run into them soon.
7:08I feel horrible for Jill.
7:10It's hard being a dance mom and making these tough decisions.
7:13I hope she comes back.
7:15I'm not all that shocked.
7:16Jill didn't really bond with us.
7:18Kendall I thought fit the group very well.
7:20And I thought Kendall is a good little dancer.
7:22She held her own.
7:23Yeah, I think she holds her own.
7:24I think Jill's going to regret walking out of there.
7:27It was like a spur of the moment, like, I'm pissed off,
7:29I'm leaving.
7:30Well, she can't come back now after that.
7:31Well, I'm kind of disappointed she didn't get a chance
7:33to see Nia at the top of the pyramid
7:34after she talked about--
7:35I know.
7:37I'm really kind of disappointed about that.
7:38She kept saying that she'd never pretty much amount to that.
7:42[music playing]
7:42ABBY LEE MILLER: Open.
7:43Big rich, big rich, and in.
7:46Stop jump.
7:49Slide.
7:51This week I'm doing a solo called
7:53I'll Do Anything For You.
7:55It's an acro routine, and that's one of my strongest styles
8:00of dance.
8:01And I'm just really excited.
8:03If I were Magellan, I would sail straight up to heaven
8:08and find you.
8:11It's true.
8:12I'm so excited about Nia.
8:13Did you see the girls?
8:14Oh.
8:15As soon as she wasn't on the last row.
8:17I know.
8:18Not even that she was at the top of the pyramid.
8:19You know what I was excited for?
8:21The kids were doing an ethnic dance?
8:22[laughter]
8:25Nia, listen.
8:26You've worked hard, you've worked hard in ballet class,
8:29you've waited a long time for this pretty dance with me,
8:32and I'll tell you what--
8:33don't screw it up, kid.
8:35Melissa, you have to be upset.
8:37I mean you were friends-- you are friends with Jill.
8:39And you guys were like buddies.
8:42I am upset.
8:43I mean, you know, I just think it's the wrong decision.
8:45I don't how you make that decision like that.
8:47I think she'll be back.
8:48Jill didn't mean it, she doesn't want to leave, she'll be back.
8:51I'm going to try to call Jill and see--
8:54Poor Kendall was upset.
8:56She was upset.
8:57She was crying.
8:58I hate to see a kid cry.
9:02Oh my God, she sent me a text.
9:05What she say?
9:06Kendall and I deserve better, I'm not coming back.
9:09Sorry to leave you to the wolves.
9:10I just don't want this for K. I'm going back to my old studio
9:13where they like Kendall.
9:15No, she didn't say that.
9:16I told you she was going back there.
9:18It didn't take her long to make that decision.
9:21That was fast.
9:23Hello, let's call a spade a spade-- she's a studio hopper,
9:26so it's time to hop back to the old one.
9:27You know what?
9:29Frankly, I don't want somebody like that
9:30around us and our kids.
9:32So I say good riddance.
9:37[music playing]
9:37Listen, Kendall.
9:39I'm not putting up with this crap anymore.
9:41I can't have you at a place that doesn't appreciate you
9:44and all they do is tear you down.
9:46That probation is ridiculous.
9:48You did nothing wrong.
9:50It was my fault, she should put me on probation not you.
9:54Were done at Abby's.
9:55I'm taking you somewhere where they
9:57are going to appreciate you.
9:59DANCE TEACHER (ON PHONE): Hello?
10:00This is Jill Vertes from Abby's?
10:03I'm fed up with Abby, I can't go back there.
10:06And I really need a dance studio where they're
10:08going to train my child.
10:10I was wondering if you could take a look at Kendall
10:13and tell me what you think of her talents.
10:16And if you could find a place for her on your team.
10:19DANCE TEACHER (ON PHONE): If you want to come to Candy Apple's
10:21then I am here for you.
10:23But I need to be 100% your that all of your ties
10:27are severed from Abby Lee Dance Company.
10:34Five, six, flat back.
10:36Let's point your foot out.
10:37Hip down, hip down.
10:39Five, four-- come on, straighten that knee.
10:41Three, two, one.
10:43And finish.
10:44Other side.
10:45I heard about the engagement.
10:47[giggling]
10:49So are you going to be in the wedding?
10:52Do you think I'm going to be in the wedding?
10:56My mom is engaged, but she wants to keep it quiet.
10:59Chloe, work on your solo.
11:02Maddie, same thing-- work on your solo.
11:03Think about the corrections.
11:05You should work on your pirouettes
11:08and your [inaudible] turns.
11:10Okey doke, all right.
11:11Let's everybody get to where we need to be.
11:15I can't believe you're not more excited about the wedding.
11:18[music playing]
11:20What do you think of the ring?
11:21Beautiful.
11:23I love the story.
11:25No, don't say it--
11:27What story?
11:28Nothing.
11:29We weren't even supposed to talk about it.
11:31Wait a minute, what story?
11:32Nothing.
11:33Come here.
11:35Mackenzie, tell me the story.
11:37Come here.
11:38I don't know what story.
11:40We're not supposed to tell Abby anything.
11:42She's a blabbermouth.
11:44No, seriously.
11:45I don't know the story. - You don't know the story?
11:46What's Chloe? She's a weirdo.
11:47What's she making up?
11:48I don't know what story they're talking about.
11:50Tell me the story.
11:51Kenz, come on.
11:53Tell Chloe I want the story, come here.
11:55Uhm, hey, Chlo, Abby wants the story.
11:58No, don't.
12:00[music playing]
12:03Ooh, I like that one.
12:04I actually like this one.
12:06So the moms and I went to Babbette's bridal shop
12:08so we could get some inspiration for this bridal dance
12:10that we're doing.
12:12Are we doing long dance for the girls or short nails?
12:14I want somebody to try this one on.
12:18We got awfully sidetracked.
12:19[giggles]
12:21That is a poofy, poofy dress.
12:24Is that a wedding dress?
12:26I'm assuming.
12:26I want to wear it.
12:28[inaudible]
12:29[interposing voices]
12:30I remember going shopping for my wedding dress
12:32with my mom and my sister.
12:33It was me, my mom, my sister, and my grandmother,
12:37and the first dress I came out in--
12:39That, was that it?
12:40I bought it.
12:41Well, personally, if I got married again,
12:42I wouldn't be wearing a big wedding gown.
12:44No? You wouldn't do that?
12:45Nope.
12:46Oh no, somebody try that one on.
12:47I like that one over there.
12:48I used to get excited when I looked at wedding dresses.
12:50I really don't anymore.
12:52Why are you lying?
12:53We all know you're engaged, so why don't you just admit it?
12:56You wanna go first?
12:59[giggling]
13:00Welcome to my world-- no panties.
13:04You're a bride!
13:06A fat one!
13:07[laughter]
13:09[inaudible] trying on a wedding dress.
13:11Me neither, we came here for headpieces.
13:13You look skinny.
13:14You look really skinny in that.
13:16Because it hides your butt.
13:20She wants to get married again, and she wants a big rock.
13:23That's right.
13:24Maybe you should renew your vowels.
13:26Vowels?
13:27[laughter]
13:28I think you need to say, will you marry me again?
13:31But Melissa, you're the one who has a chance of getting
13:34married again.
13:35Not me.
13:36I'm not wearing a wedding dress.
13:38I don't know, I think if I was getting married again,
13:40I'd have to have the birth thing.
13:41I like the birdcage too.
13:43Yeah, to hide your wrinkles?
13:44Oh, no she didn't.
13:45[laughter]
13:49[music playing]
14:00Here we are.
14:01I'm a little nervous to join the Candy Apples.
14:04I haven't really seen their studio,
14:07but I want to dance at a place where they actually respect me
14:10and they like me as a dancer.
14:12Hi.
14:14Welcome.
14:14Thank you.
14:16When Jill called and wanted to bring Kendall over to the dance
14:18studio, I was thrilled.
14:20I mean, why wouldn't I be?
14:21It's a win-win situation.
14:23You're not nervous are you?
14:24No.
14:25Oh, maybe a little, but that's OK.
14:26That's normal.
14:27Don't be nervous, don't be nervous.
14:28You'll get over that.
14:29You don't have to be nervous.
14:30So come on, let's go.
14:31They're actually having acro class right now.
14:33Should we take our shoes off?
14:35In our studio?
14:36Oh, honey, we have a cleaning lady that cleans the floor
14:39every night. We don't need to worry about it.
14:40All right.
14:41No screaming and yelling about that here.
14:42May I come?
14:43The cleaning lady comes every night.
14:44All right.
14:45Kendall misses her friends back at Abby's.
14:47I had to explain to her why this was a good decision
14:50to bring her out here, because Cathy is going to give her
14:53what she needs and what she wants to be a good dancer.
14:58Looking to join our company?
14:59I need a studio, I need a group
15:01of kids she can dance with.
15:03Oh OK, so you're coming here under the assumption that you
15:08you might want to just go ahead and join with us?
15:09Absolutely.
15:10And become an apple?
15:11I need a studio.
15:13Cathy takes a look at Kendall, she sees her potential right
15:17away, she sees what this little girl can do,
15:19what she can bring to a solo or group number.
15:23This is great.
15:24This is exactly what I needed.
15:26A little something that we're doing this weekend,
15:27and I don't want to put any pressure on you whatsoever.
15:30I have an adorable little solo that I think
15:32would be very fitting for her.
15:34And the funny thing about it is, dare I say,
15:37we're going to go to Pittsburgh.
15:39This week's Fire and Ice competition
15:41just got a little bit more interesting.
15:43That'll give you an opportunity to just join in and be with us
15:47even though you won't be in a group number.
15:49Cathy gives Kendall a solo right off the bat.
15:51This was Cathy's way of telling me that she appreciates me
15:55and my daughter, she has respect for us,
15:58and she knows that Kendall is a good dancer.
16:01This is good.
16:03[music playing]
16:07ABBY LEE MILLER: And one, hit two, hit three, hit four.
16:10Give me something.
16:11Come on, girls.
16:13We do a lot of contemporary lyrical in competitions,
16:15because that's like the biggest fad right now.
16:18But it's nice to also do some novelty numbers.
16:22And Head Over Heels is a novelty routine.
16:27I love you, I love you, I love you.
16:29What's going on?
16:30That's good.
16:31They're just practising.
16:32Hello.
16:33Hey, what you up to?
16:35What's on Mackenzie's top? Are those bats?
16:37They're puppies.
16:37They look like bats from here.
16:40Don't cross your fingers.
16:41Oh, those hands.
16:44Who's your manicurist?
16:46She should be out of work.
16:47Girls, three more days.
16:50We need to get this choreography fixed.
16:52Got it?
16:53Fire And Ice, three more days.
16:57Go back to the top, let's do it.
16:59There's a story and a theme.
17:01The girls are brides, they hold nosegays,
17:05they might even wear garters.
17:07One, two, up, up.
17:09Down down, jump over, don't catch feet.
17:13Push.
17:14I'm inviting the dads to come and watch the competition.
17:16It's as though they're giving away their daughters,
17:19but instead of giving them to some guy that's never going
17:21to be good enough, he's going to give them
17:23to the world of dance.
17:25I want to marry dance, but I don't.
17:26[giggles] If I had to marry someone,
17:29I would marry Justin Bieber.
17:31Girls, remember, your dads are coming to the competition.
17:35They complain about all the money you spend,
17:38all the hours you spend here at the studio, all the outfits,
17:41all the rhinestones.
17:43Your dad's going to sit-in that audience and watch you.
17:45You want him to say, oh my God, look at my kid up there.
17:48It's all worth it.
17:50It's all worth it to see her up on that stage.
17:53Look what she's accomplished, look how good she is.
17:56I really hope that Chloe's dad can make it,
17:58but I think the bigger question on everyone's mind
18:00is, who is Melissa going to bring to represent?
18:03Is she going to bring the dad or the sugar daddy?
18:07Their dad's not coming.
18:08Really?
18:09He's not going to be here, so--
18:12Curt's not coming at all.
18:14Mm-mm.
18:15This is the one time the dads are asked
18:17to come and participate with their girls,
18:20and Melissa can't put the drama aside.
18:21It always has to be about her.
18:23Did you not want him to come?
18:24No, he's not coming, because he's going to be at a hockey
18:26tournament. - OK.
18:28Will Greg come?
18:30No way.
18:32If Curt can't come, why wouldn't you just bring Greg?
18:34I wouldn't want to hurt feelings.
18:36You know?
18:38But if he couldn't be there, would his feelings be hurt?
18:41If he knew that Greg did it, yes.
18:45I don't know why you wouldn't bring Greg.
18:48They live with Greg, Melissa.
18:50I mean, I would love for him to be there.
18:52But absolutely not.
18:55I don't know why Melissa goes crazy every time she hears
18:57Curt's name.
18:59I mean, he is still Maddie and Mackenzie's dad.
19:02So they still need to have some kind of relationship just
19:05for the girls.
19:06I can't wait to see how our headpieces are all
19:08going to look.
19:09Oh, I have something that I'm going to bring to you tomorrow.
19:14I think I have a white thing you might want to use.
19:16I don't know. - OK.
19:17Oh, it would have been so cool if I had my gown, you guys.
19:19We could have cut it up because it has so many beautiful pieces
19:21to it.
19:22You should have saved it!
19:23Your kids probably would have wanted it.
19:26Even if they didn't wear it, they're just for a keepsake.
19:28Right.
19:29Well, they can help you pick out a new dress.
19:31[snorting laugh] There won't be any new dresses.
19:40JILL: Hi.
19:41DANCE MOM: Hi!
19:42DANCE MOM: Hey, Jill!
19:43Thank you so much.
19:44I'm Jill.
19:45Hi it's nice to meet you.
19:46I'm Nikki
19:46It's so nice to meet you.
19:47I'm a little nervous walking in here.
19:49And I meet the moms and they all welcome me with open arms.
19:51They're so nice.
19:53They're so polite.
19:55Kendall, have fun. - OK.
19:56JILL: All right.
19:57It's just been a battlefield at that studio.
20:01It's a different beast over there.
20:03DANCE MOM: Beast?
20:04Mhm.
20:05[laughter]
20:06Look at you!
20:07DANCE MOM: Some sparkling apple cider.
20:09JILL: This is so different from the battlefield the first day I
20:12walked into Abby's.
20:13Cheers!
20:13Cheers to you.
20:18And they're really welcoming.
20:20This is really nice to be on the other end of receiving.
20:24- Apple toast. - Apple toast.
20:25- Thank you for welcoming me. - Cheers.
20:26- Cheers. - Cheers, girls.
20:28Thank you.
20:29CATHY: So why don't we start in the corner?
20:31Let's put your hands behind your back.
20:34And let's just do two walks.
20:361, 2, 3, 4, then--
20:38JILL: Kendall just wants to dance.
20:39She was not doing that enough at Abby's.
20:42Pirouette up and over.
20:45Pirouette.
20:46Now, she's dancing.
20:47Your second leg is bent.
20:49Can you straighten it out for me?
20:50And straight.
20:51Oh, yeah.
20:53See how when you give nice corrections, you get results.
20:59So does Abby and the moms know you came here?
21:03They have no idea.
21:05And guess what?
21:06I don't care.
21:07I know that when she finds out, she's going to be probably more
21:11angry than hurt.
21:13And maybe she'll feel the anger that I felt when she belittled
21:15my child in front of everybody--
21:16DANCE MOM: Karma.
21:17--for no reason.
21:19CATHY: Do you happen to know who's
21:20at the top of the pyramid?
21:21I think it's Nia.
21:22Oh, it's Nia that's at-- really?
21:25Well, if Nia is at the top of the pyramid,
21:28you know what that means.
21:29She is probably going to be doing a solo.
21:32That means that you and her are going to be going head-to-head.
21:34OK.
21:35OK?
21:36Kendall is really going to kick butt.
21:39And Abby, she's going to miss Kendall being
21:42part of her competition team.
21:43So are you going to feel badly if you go head-to-head against
21:47Nia?
21:48Yeah, I guess.
21:49I'm really doing this for Kendall.
21:51And if this is the only way I can
21:53get Abby to see what Kendall can do,
21:55then this is what it's got to be.
21:59ABBY LEE MILLER: Nia, this is it.
22:01I don't want to see any mistakes in this number.
22:03Go.
22:03[piano music playing]
22:05Chasse.
22:05Knee knee.
22:07A lot is riding on this solo for Nia.
22:10It's an important solo for her and she
22:12needs to get her act together.
22:14I'm a little confused.
22:15Is Melissa engaged?
22:17Well, she has her ring on.
22:18Exactly.
22:19CHRISTI: But today and yesterday she didn't.
22:21I hope that's not a friendship ring.
22:22Uh, yeah.
22:23No.
22:24That's a nice friend.
22:25Yeah.
22:26I want to meet a friend like that.
22:28You have a friend.
22:30He needs to buy me another one of this.
22:33Because your other hand's lonely.
22:34I want to be--
22:35I want to have another friend!
22:38Melissa has a big rock on her finger,
22:39and I don't know why she's being so secretive about it.
22:42It's like, I mean, every time I ask her about it,
22:44she's just like, oh, it's no big deal.
22:48Hand.
22:48Hand.
22:49Don't go so far.
22:51It's awkward.
22:52HOLLY: And then this weekend, the dads are invited,
22:54and she's wearing another man's engagement ring.
22:57Yeah, I wonder if Kurt knows.
22:59And I thought maybe that's why--
23:00If she didn't tell us--
23:01--the ring keeps coming on and off.
23:02--I can't imagine her telling Kurt.
23:04These people are all going to have
23:05to come to terms with things, because there's
23:07two little girls involved. - Exactly.
23:08And they're going to have a long time growing up
23:10if they don't get along.
23:12She's so forthcoming.
23:13She'll tell you everything about her body;
23:15nooks, crevices, desires, taboos, all of that.
23:19KELLY: Fair game.
23:21[inaudible] like the time she told me that she thinks of sex
23:23and throbs.
23:24Ugh, that was bad.
23:26That was making me--
23:28I mean, I know that she's cleanly shaved down there,
23:31but she won't tell me she's engaged.
23:33Hello!
23:34That's a little too personal.
23:36I know!
23:36A little too personal.
23:37Kelly, you're crossing the line.
23:46ABBY LEE MILLER: Come on, girls, let's go!
23:48KELLY: Ugh!
23:49Girls, be careful.
23:50It's slick out here.
23:52ABBY LEE MILLER: I love the Fire and Ice competition
23:54because it's here in Pittsburgh.
23:55So it's always nice when we get to stay home.
23:58I have more time with Broadway Baby.
24:00And they are always thrilled to see the Abby Lee Dance Company.
24:02Hey.
24:03Hello.
24:04[inaudible]
24:05I mean, come on, it's the Abby Lee Dance Company.
24:09Welcome.
24:18I'm not excited about competing in Pittsburgh,
24:20because everybody knows Abby, everybody hates Abby.
24:23Girls, I need not say how important it is here, yes?
24:29We all know what's on the line.
24:31It's Fire and Ice.
24:32Every one of those people are my friends.
24:35I've known them for years.
24:36But even though you're friends, they're still competitive,
24:39like your girlfriend at school.
24:46We've just arrived at the Fire and Ice competition,
24:49and Abby and all of those moms aren't
24:51going to know what hit them when they
24:53see my secret little weapon.
24:57I'm a little nervous walking into this competition
25:00with Candy Apples.
25:01I'm going to be the one looking over my shoulder.
25:03I'm afraid Christi and Kelly might come after me
25:05with a shotgun.
25:06You know what I want to see with you?
25:09I want to take a look at your solo since it's new.
25:13JILL: My goal here is to have Kendall stand out.
25:16Do I think I'm going to get Abby's attention?
25:18Yes.
25:20I'm going to do a little more liner and a little more
25:22on her cheeks. - OK.
25:23And you know what?
25:24We have do little wings.
25:25Could you please do that? JILL: Absolutely.
25:27CATHY: Do you have any loose rhinestones?
25:28We do little rhinestones on the eye
25:30just to add a little glimmer.
25:31I know I'm going to see Abby and I just want to say to her,
25:35do you see what you made me do.
25:37CHRISTI: Oh, you don't have eye shadow on, Jill?
25:39JILL: No.
25:40CHRISTI: OK, purple.
25:40We do purple.
25:46This Candy Apple green room is a lot different than the one
25:49at Abby's.
25:50Close.
25:51Are you dabbling?
25:53Well, I was contemplating purple with her orange costume,
25:57but I trust you.
25:58Close.
25:59Mm.
26:00Oh, well.
26:01We'll see what happens.
26:02There's no screaming or yelling or crying.
26:05I don't have to, like, be looking over my shoulder,
26:08feeling the knife in my back at any second.
26:10I can relax and take care of my child.
26:12Stand up tall.
26:13Kendall?
26:15You walk in there like you own the place.
26:16That's right.
26:17And you need to just beam, because you're so relieved
26:19and you're so happy right now because you
26:21don't have a whole lot of crappy pressures on you.
26:26Let's go.
26:37Stand up tall.
26:38Kendall?
26:39You walk in there like you own the place.
26:40That's right.
26:41All right, let's go.
26:42Nia, I need you.
26:43Come on.
26:45CATHY: Look, she doesn't have a kid,
26:47but she has a dog in a stroller!
26:50Come on.
26:51Do my eyes deceive me?
26:52I can not believe that Kendall is here with Cathy.
26:56What is her mother thinking?
26:59CATHY: Hi, everybody.
27:00ABBY LEE MILLER: What are you doing [inaudible]??
27:01Everybody laughed at me when I said
27:03I wanted to look into Jill's background,
27:05but here she is with Cathy.
27:07Of all people, why would you go to Cathy?
27:09You're leaving Freddy to go to Jason.
27:11Oh, Melissa, so good to see you.
27:14MADDIE: I was so surprised to see Kendall and Jill with Candy
27:18Apples.
27:19I mean, I kind of wanted to cry because it didn't seem right.
27:22I think she fits better with us.
27:24CATHY: All right, well, we have a solo
27:25that we have to go perform.
27:27HOLLY: All of a sudden, it hits me, that's Nia's competition.
27:31I felt like I had been punched in the stomach.
27:33ABBY LEE MILLER: Excuse me. Let's go.
27:34Oh, Kendall, let's go this way.
27:42Anybody else shocked?
27:43I can't say I'm really all that shocked
27:45that Jill's with Candy Apples.
27:46I mean, it was only a matter of time before she hop,
27:48hop, hop over to somewhere new.
27:49I think she's pretty desperate to go to Candy Apples.
27:51Well, that's what I'm thinking.
27:52I wouldn't think that that's where she would go.
27:53I would think she would move further, like towards New York.
27:56I'm feeling pretty betrayed to see someone who I thought
27:59was on my team walk through the door on the competition team.
28:02You know what's going to be the problem?
28:04Guess who's she's going to be up against?
28:05I know.
28:06[inaudible] Nia.
28:07I bet she's going to do a solo.
28:09I feel like Jill has become the ultimate traitor
28:12to put her daughter up to dance against a teammate.
28:14She was a teammate of ours.
28:16Who does that?
28:17Well, I hope Nia has a great time--
28:19She will. KELLY: Me too.
28:20--on stage. That's the most important thing.
28:21That's all that matters. HOLLY: That's all that matters.
28:23At this point, that's all we have to keep telling our kids.
28:25It's all about having fun [inaudible]
28:27like kill everybody!
28:29But I don't know how much fun it
28:30is to compete against someone who's your former teammate.
28:32- Yeah. - That's hard.
28:33Oh, yeah.
28:34Wonder if any of the dads have gotten here?
28:35Maybe Greg will surprise you.
28:36Maybe.
28:37It can happen.
28:39I think this meeting is adjourned.
28:41OK.
28:41Yeah.
28:42[music playing]
28:49So I just wanted to tell you that I was really reluctant
28:53when you called.
28:54I know.
28:55Because I don't like to engage in Abby's sloppy seconds.
29:00I hope you're feeling welcome.
29:01- I am. - Good.
29:02Everybody's been really nice.
29:03Thank you.
29:05KENDALL: Hi, Nia.
29:07Hi, Kendall.
29:08You're dancing with Candy Apples?
29:10Yeah.
29:11I was really excited to perform my solo because I just
29:15wanted to see Abby's face.
29:17You have a solo too?
29:18Yes.
29:19I like your crown.
29:22I'm supposed to be a princess.
29:24Well, good luck.
29:25You too.
29:26I'm a little nervous to have a solo against Kendall.
29:30But I'm going to try very, very hard to make it my best
29:35PA: Please welcome to the stage participant number 20.
29:37This is Nia performing to "I'll Do Anything For You."
29:40[cheering]
29:44[MUSIC - KADIE HODGES, "I'LL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU"]
30:00(SINGING) If I were Magellan, I would sail straight
30:04up to heaven and find you.
30:08It's true.
30:11If I were John Lennon, I would ask the world
30:15to imagine loving you, if I could, for you.
30:25HOLLY: Watching me on stage was an incredible experience
30:28for me.
30:29I am not a person who cries easily.
30:31I'm not one who gets very emotional.
30:34But she looked like a princess.
30:35She looked beautiful.
30:36She looked happy.
30:38She owned that stage and she was dancing with such joy
30:41and passion and energy.
30:44It was her moment, and I knew what it took
30:47for her to get to that place.
30:49I was just so proud of her.
30:51(SINGING) And when the stars come out across red velvet
30:55skies, I'll catch them all and bring them home for you.
31:06I'd do anything for you.
31:13[cheering]
31:25ABBY LEE MILLER: I think Nia did everything right on the money.
31:28She just needs to work on her technique,
31:30straightening her legs, stretching her feet.
31:32Abby just couldn't see her potential, her talent.
31:36All she did was pick out her flaws.
31:38ABBY LEE MILLER: Kendall has a solo coming up.
31:40She's against Nia in the same age category.
31:43Cathy didn't have to put Kendall up against Nia.
31:47Cathy knows that Nia deserves a chance to shine.
31:51And that was just a really rotten, shady thing to do.
31:54PA: Judges, our next competitor comes to us from Candy Apples
31:57Dance Center.
31:58This is Kendall performing to "I Think I Like You."
32:00[cheering]
32:04[MUSIC - EAGLE EYE, "I THINK I LIKE YOU"]
32:17(SINGING) Ever since the day I saw
32:19you waiting for that train--
32:21Oh, nice straight knees.
32:23Woo!
32:24(SINGING) --my head's been reeling.
32:25At night, I lay awake in bed and I can't explain--
32:31ABBY LEE MILLER: Kendall's a great little performer.
32:33And the routine is certainly dynamic,
32:35because she's doing my routine with my costume.
32:40And the kid's only been gone from my studio for a week.
32:44What did Cathy teach her?
32:45Nothing.
32:46Cathy is a worm.
32:49(SINGING) Now what should I do?
32:51Hey!
32:53What I'm really trying to say is I think I like you.
33:00[cheering]
33:01CATHY: Good job, Kendall!
33:03Good job!
33:04Woo!
33:07HOLLY: Kendall danced well.
33:08I knew it watching her from my seat.
33:10Kendall danced well.
33:11I hope that the judges see what I saw in Nia.
33:14You did good, Nia.
33:15MADDIE: I know.
33:16You did so good, Nia.
33:19KELLY: 10 times better than Kendall.
33:20MADDIE: Like, I couldn't even tell you [inaudible]..
33:21KELLY: Your face was just like you loved to dance.
33:23I know.
33:24You looked like you were having just the time of your life.
33:39Mark, are you able to come?
33:40MARK: (ON PHONE) I can't.
33:41I have a meeting I got to go to.
33:43Oh.
33:44OK, well, Chloe understands.
33:46My dad can't come to the competition today,
33:48but that's OK because I know he tried his hardest to get here.
33:51MARK: (ON PHONE) Hi, Chloe. How are you?
33:52Good.
33:53MARK: (ON PHONE) I love you.
33:54I love you too.
33:55And I'll just tell him when I get home all about it.
33:57Oh, my goodness!
33:58All the single girls!
34:00I'm really excited because the wedding costume
34:03is my favorite costume of the year so far.
34:06It's gorgeous.
34:07And I'm excited because I just got engaged,
34:09so it's kind of fun for me.
34:12[gleeful screaming]
34:17Let's not break it!
34:19Oh!
34:21All right, you two!
34:22I got it!
34:23I wanted to catch the flowers, but the other girls
34:25did before I could.
34:26MELISSA: Your make-up!
34:27MADDIE: Mackenzie, it's OK.
34:28MELISSA: Don't cry!
34:32MELISSA: OK, let's not talk to her, please.
34:33Please, I don't want--
34:34we're ready to go on stage.
34:36Just leave her alone.
34:38I do.
34:39It does matter about you.
34:41(AMUSED) Emotional.
34:42You're so cute.
34:43You're so cute, honey. Hey.
34:44Stop.
34:45Don't cry.
34:46ABBY LEE MILLER: All right, it's time.
34:47Don't forget your dads are out there.
34:51- Love you. - Love you too.
34:53Good luck.
34:57PA: From the Abby Lee Dance Company,
35:00please welcome to the stage number 201, Junior Group.
35:03This is "Head Over Heels."
35:05[MUSIC - ROBYN JOHNSON, "HEAD OVER HEELS"]
35:17(SINGING) Treat me kind.
35:21But really, as long as you keep me, I don't mind.
35:26As long as you don't have to leave me.
35:29I won't make a fuss just as long as it's us.
35:34I don't care what they say.
35:37They can say what they want.
35:39MACKENZIE: I wish my dad was here, because he could watch me
35:42dance.
35:43(SINGING) Because I'm head over heels big time for real.
35:49Oh, baby I love you.
35:53I love you.
35:54I love you.
35:54I love you.
35:58[cheering]
36:01MACKENZIE: Always a bridesmaid.
36:02Never a bride.
36:08PA: From Candy Apples Dance Center, please welcome number
36:11287, This is "A Funeral."
36:13[applause]
36:14[music - we3kings, "wake"]
36:35KELLY: I think that Cathy actually
36:37may have some good dancers at her studio.
36:40The problem is that they're just old.
36:42Cathy needs to put Vivi and her two little friends
36:46in there to bring the age down.
36:58[applause]
37:04ABBY LEE MILLER: Cathy doesn't know how to choreograph.
37:05And who runs into a funeral and does an arabesque?
37:08Vivi-Anne.
37:15PA: In our Junior Small Groups, we have a first place
37:20overall award.
37:22And that is going to number 288, "Head Over Heels!"
37:31[cheering]
37:36ABBY LEE MILLER: The girls actually got a platinum
37:38in their performance and they won the overall high score
37:41for the junior groups.
37:45PA: For your first place overall Junior Soloist, number 21,
37:51"I Think I Like You."
37:53[cheering]
37:56HOLLY: My child was set up.
37:58It was like I have been blindsided.
38:02And I'm not sure what game is being played between Jill,
38:07Candy Apples, Cathy, and Abby for that matter,
38:11but my daughter's not a pawn in this whole game.
38:14This is real for her, and I feel like she
38:16was a pawn in their bigger game that they were playing
38:19at my daughter's expense.
38:21Where's Nia?
38:23Nia, what's up?
38:26Nia, what's wrong?
38:27I did really want to win because my dad was there,
38:30but it will come again.
38:32You could not have been more beautiful out there.
38:36You should be proud of yourself.
38:38You did the number.
38:39You finished it.
38:41Hold your chin up high.
38:43You have nothing to be embarrassed about.
38:45Not at all, sweetie.
38:46Not at all.
38:47WOMAN: People who don't cry crying.
38:49Why are we crying and pouting?
38:51And I see one kid in tears, one kid pouting, and one kid
38:54sitting on their dad's lap.
38:55Don't carry it into the dressing room.
38:58You go home.
38:59You cry into your pillow.
39:00You figure out what you did wrong
39:02and you don't make the same mistakes again.
39:04Jill, we would like to present you with a Candy Apples Dance
39:08Mom jacket.
39:09So this is for you, and we want you to have this.
39:14I feel great that there's no such thing as probation
39:18at Candy Apples.
39:20I don't have that hanging over my head.
39:21And you know what?
39:23Kendall feels great too because she can go out and dance and do
39:26her thing and not be afraid to do great.
39:27Wait.
39:28Are you leaving?
39:29I need a break.
39:31For what just happened out there, you know it was wrong.
39:33She did a beautiful job.
39:35And a child who has been off, this kid
39:38has been working her tail off--
39:40Yeah. HOLLY: --late at night.
39:42ABBY LEE MILLER: [inaudible]
39:43I think it's not a reflection of her job.
39:45Outstanding.
39:46ABBY LEE MILLER: Right.
39:47I just do not like the way that played itself out.
39:50ABBY LEE MILLER: Mhm.
39:51It's tough enough having to deal with Abby,
39:53but I've learned over the years how to handle her.
39:56But when it comes to my daughter's happiness,
39:58I don't want have to go up against Jill and Cathy too.
40:01CHRISTI: [inaudible]
40:03KELLY: Oh, god, here they come. CHRISTI: Here they come.
40:04Come on, Cathy.
40:05You have parting words?
40:06We may be number two and we may be trying harder,
40:09but, Abby, there will come a day when we beat you.
40:12Because you have six kids that you have to worry about.
40:15I have 306.
40:17ABBY LEE MILLER: Cathy, how do you still have that membership
40:19when you solicit students?
40:20Um, I'm not soliciting anybody, Abby!
40:23She came to me at her own free will.
40:25She called me up and said that you were a witch!
40:27Cathy makes my blood boil.
40:31You went as Candy Apples Dance Center today,
40:33so that was a win for Candy Apples.
40:35With our number!
40:37The dance world doesn't have rules,
40:39so Cathy can poach any student that she wants.
40:42But Jill made a big, big mistake.
40:45Big. CATHY: Yes, I tweaked it!
40:47I think there's a lot of studios in Ohio
40:48that got in big trouble for stealing choreography.
40:50Oh, believe me, Abby, I wouldn't want to steal
40:53your choreography, really.
40:55Let's go, guys.

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