Maddie Is PUSHED Out of the Spotlight (S3, E4) | Full Episode | Dance Moms — Transcript

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1. 0:01ABBY LEE MILLER (VOICEOVER): Previously on "Dance Moms."
2. 0:02ABBY LEE MILLER: Sophia, you were doing a solo.
3. 0:06Everybody knows that Melissa will
4. 0:08do whatever it takes to have her kids number one in Abby's eyes.
5. 0:12What are you people doing?
6. 0:13I've probably cleaned this place up 12 times.
7. 0:16There are too many people in this dance.
8. 0:18Brooke, you're out.
9. 0:21Chloe is your student.
10. 0:23You are a plagiarist, because that little girl is
11. 0:25somebody else's student and you just put her name on her back.
12. 0:28You're ridiculous.
13. 0:29Chloe was awful today.
14. 0:32ABBY LEE MILLER (VOICEOVER): Coming up on "Dance Moms."
15. 0:35Sophia is on top of the pyramid
16. 0:36and she's not even here.
17. 0:38My next routine will be a duet with Maddie and Kendall.
18. 0:44What did you think about the duet?
19. 0:46Not happy about that, but.
20. 0:48Abby told me last night that you weren't happy about doing
21. 0:51a duet with Kendall.
22. 0:52You can believe whatever you want to, Jill.
23. 0:55Kendall, are you going to admit
24. 0:57that you screwed the whole dance up and that you were off?
25. 0:59You have picked on her the entire week about it.
26. 1:02Kiss my butt.
27. 1:04[music continuing]
28. 1:07(SINGING) Get up.
29. 1:09Get on the floor.
30. 1:11My world is with my girls living on the dance floor.
31. 1:24ABBY LEE MILLER: Come on ladies, let's go.
32. 1:29All righty.
33. 1:32We went to Youngstown, Ohio to Intensity Dance.
34. 1:35We won.
35. 1:36ANNOUNCER: Highest scoring group, Red Carpet Special.
36. 1:42We should have won.
37. 1:43You're national champions.
38. 1:45Let's move on to the pyramid.
39. 1:48I have Chloe.
40. 1:50Chloe, remembering your choreography,
41. 1:53that is what you need to work on.
42. 1:55Write it down.
43. 1:56Maybe if you write it out, it'll sink in.
44. 2:00Try that.
45. 2:01This week, Abby has Chloe at the bottom of the pyramid
46. 2:02because she forgot her solo.
47. 2:04And you know what?
48. 2:05For once, I can't really argue with Abby because Chloe did
49. 2:08forget her solo, and she's getting older
50. 2:10and she needs to take responsibility for her actions.
51. 2:13She forgot.
52. 2:15Next, Mia.
53. 2:18Mia, you don't apply the corrections.
54. 2:22That's what you need to do.
55. 2:23Try writing them down.
56. 2:25Next.
57. 2:27Mackenzie.
58. 2:28MacKenzie, when I took you out of the group,
59. 2:30I gave you this cute little part to do.
60. 2:33And thank goodness it was humorous.
61. 2:37Because had they started timing our number,
62. 2:40we would have been disqualified, and the Abby Lee Dance Company
63. 2:43is not going to get disqualified.
64. 2:45All she had to do was grab this rope
65. 2:48and pull the carpet across the stage.
66. 2:50She kept getting it stuck.
67. 2:52I will forgive Mackenzie for what she did.
68. 2:55She made a mockery of the beginning of that routine.
69. 2:58You will not be in the group numbers going forward, not
70. 3:02until it's appropriate for you.
71. 3:04Understood?
72. 3:06And Paige.
73. 3:10You got the featured part.
74. 3:12You had the big jump, the tilt, whap.
75. 3:15You could have made that fabulous,
76. 3:17but you didn't do that.
77. 3:21You were given an opportunity, and instead of running with it,
78. 3:24it was mediocre.
79. 3:26I think Abby takes her frustration out on the kids.
80. 3:29Like if Abby's mad at me, she takes it out on Paige.
81. 3:33Just because I don't want to be there,
82. 3:34that should not be any reflection onto Paige.
83. 3:37Next.
84. 3:38Maddie.
85. 3:41You were good.
86. 3:45I noticed you have the Sophia hairdo.
87. 3:50How about we have the Sophia energy,
88. 3:53the Sophia turns, and not worry about the hairdo?
89. 3:56I think there's enough pressure on Maddie
90. 3:58without being compared to Sophia,
91. 4:00but now I know how the other moms feel when Abby does it
92. 4:03to their children.
93. 4:04Next.
94. 4:05Kendall.
95. 4:06You were in the front.
96. 4:07You were given a correction 100 times.
97. 4:12Did you keep up with Sophia?
98. 4:16I don't know.
99. 4:18At the top of the pyramid is Sophia.
100. 4:21I think the ceiling was going to cave in at the Abby Lee
101. 4:24Dance Company because Maddie was not on the top of the pyramid.
102. 4:28It was Sophie.
103. 4:30Kind of a given.
104. 4:32She won the high score overall, nine to 11-year-old,
105. 4:36and she won the entire competition.
106. 4:39She was the high score of the day.
107. 4:40Sophia is still a part of this team
108. 4:42and she will remain on the pyramid.
109. 4:44Just because she's in LA shooting a movie,
110. 4:46that's just another feather in my cap.
111. 4:48This weekend, we will be traveling to Greensboro, North
112. 4:52Carolina.
113. 4:53We will be attending Dance Troupe Challenge.
114. 4:58Since Brooke's not on the pyramid,
115. 4:59does that mean she's not going this weekend?
116. 5:02Well, Brooke, I want to know, what happened over the weekend?
117. 5:07Right.
118. 5:17So you didn't come to rehearsal Sunday?
119. 5:20You're 14.
120. 5:21You've been taking ballet class since you
121. 5:24were six or seven years old.
122. 5:25Abby, if she's going to do that,
123. 5:27like she spent the entire week learning the number
124. 5:30with this group.
125. 5:31Why wouldn't she just go away with us and keep the number?
126. 5:33But that doesn't mean you don't do anything dance-wise
127. 5:36all weekend.
128. 5:39I realize that Brooke didn't dance last week so she's not
129. 5:42on the pyramid, but she is still part of the group.
130. 5:44Sophia is not even here and she's
131. 5:47at the top of the pyramid, and Brooke is and she's not on it
132. 5:49at all.
133. 5:50The group piece is entitled "Voyage Home."
134. 5:53this is a very serious piece.
135. 5:55You will be immigrants.
136. 5:58Everybody will be in the routine, but Brooke, who will
137. 6:02be staying home, and Mackenzie.
138. 6:05Brooke, I want to see you work to get back into this group.
139. 6:12Mackenzie, you will be doing a solo.
140. 6:15My next solo will be Paige.
141. 6:18[applause]
142. 6:21My next routine will be a duet with Maddie and Kendall.
143. 6:26[applause]
144. 6:31Moms, you can head upstairs.
145. 6:33Ladies, spread apart.
146. 6:34Start warming up.
147. 6:39You want to sit in your old spot?
148. 6:41Here you go.
149. 6:42Thank you.
150. 6:43Brooke, go over there and play the music for us,
151. 6:45please, because I don't want Gianna counting even messing.
152. 6:49Let's use Mackenzie.
153. 6:51I am planning on Sophia showing up at the competition
154. 6:54and participating in the group number.
155. 6:56I have special parts built for her.
156. 6:58She's going to work out just fine.
157. 7:00Start backing up.
158. 7:01Everybody, backing up.
159. 7:03I have Mackenzie being "the swing"
160. 7:05and blocking the spaces for Sophia.
161. 7:06- It should be up there, Brooke. - Wait, wait.
162. 7:08You said that already.
163. 7:09Did she put Mackenzie in now?
164. 7:11Yeah, Brooke's now running the music.
165. 7:13Put your right foot back.
166. 7:14Dig your right foot.
167. 7:16This week's theme is very lightly about immigrating.
168. 7:19It's more about getting across that border.
169. 7:22It's about the struggle.
170. 7:23And now we're stepping out and across.
171. 7:27It's a really cool contemporary piece.
172. 7:29The music's great, and I want the kids to push themselves
173. 7:32artistically.
174. 7:33Some of their feet are flexed.
175. 7:35They're pulling on each other.
176. 7:36There's some partner work, and that's
177. 7:38something new for these kids.
178. 7:40And run.
179. 7:44So Brooke's really going to further her dance education
180. 7:47by running music and watching.
181. 7:48This is Sophia.
182. 7:49This is not anybody else.
183. 7:51She's playing like Sophie, you know what I mean?
184. 7:54Although I'm happy I'm not competing this weekend,
185. 7:57there is a part of me that really wishes I was there,
186. 7:59because I wanted to show the girls that although I'm not
187. 8:02on the team, I still do really care
188. 8:04and I just wanted to support them.
189. 8:06My daughter was here all last week
190. 8:09and she's here today for pyramid.
191. 8:10Two weeks in a row she's been here for pyramid
192. 8:12and has not been on that pyramid.
193. 8:14Sophia is on top of the pyramid and she's not even here.
194. 8:18Brooke is part of the team.
195. 8:19She needs to be at the dance competition with me.
196. 8:22It's [bleep].
197. 8:23Remember, you're an immigrant coming through the desert
198. 8:27or coming on a boat that you've been on for days and days
199. 8:31and days.
200. 8:33Wait.
201. 8:34Did Abby just say that they're immigrating?
202. 8:37It has to do with them being immigrants in the Ivy League
203. 8:41Dance Company.
204. 8:42Except we've been on this team since they were born.
205. 8:45Yup, that's what it is.
206. 8:47She got lucky because these little immigrants
207. 8:49are good dancers.
208. 8:51Watch that back foot.
209. 8:52Keep it pressed into the ground.
210. 8:53Flex your feet there, Kendall.
211. 8:55Turn your left.
212. 8:57I didn't think about when Dee did Maddie's hair.
213. 8:58I'm like, oh, man, it does look like Sophie's.
214. 9:01Do you think Maddie's sad she doesn't have a solo?
215. 9:04She's happy she has a duet.
216. 9:05Is she happy?
217. 9:06So yeah.
218. 9:07Is she OK with that?
219. 9:08Oh, yeah, just tickled pink.
220. 9:12You have to know that Maddie feels a little disappointed
221. 9:15in Abby and--
222. 9:17Sure.
223. 9:17--the Sophia thing.
224. 9:19Oh, a little.
225. 9:20Are you kidding me? It's not a little, honey.
226. 9:22What does she say?
227. 9:23She goes, Mom, I like Sophia.
228. 9:24I said, honey, I know you do.
229. 9:25It's got nothing to do with that.
230. 9:27Maddie is amazing on her own.
231. 9:28She doesn't need that from Abby.
232. 9:30It's just not fair.
233. 9:32But guess what?
234. 9:33Kendall could be amazing on her own, too.
235. 9:43[music playing]
236. 9:44Such a great day to go visit Abby.
237. 9:46It's never a good day to visit Abby.
238. 9:48Abby asked us all to come over to us and go through her garage
239. 9:51and look for old dance stuff.
240. 9:53I don't know why we can't say no to this lady.
241. 9:55ABBY LEE MILLER: Hello?
242. 9:56Hello.
243. 9:57ABBY LEE MILLER: Come on in.
244. 9:58Oh my gosh.
245. 10:00ABBY LEE MILLER: Here we go.
246. 10:01Wow.
247. 10:02Here's the main things that I'm looking for.
248. 10:05I'm looking for old programs, but there's also some props
249. 10:09that I think that we could do for dance routines
250. 10:11that we don't have to pay for new props to be made.
251. 10:13All right, get started. Let's go.
252. 10:15Let's go.
253. 10:16I'm not touching anything in here.
254. 10:17God knows what's growing in that garage,
255. 10:19and I do not feel like getting a case of scabies.
256. 10:22There's mice droppings in here.
257. 10:23[scream]
258. 10:24Oh my gosh, I hit a jackpot.
259. 10:28Look at Abby here.
260. 10:29Too pure to be pink, Abby.
261. 10:31[laughs]
262. 10:33Melissa is like gung-ho on cleaning out this garage.
263. 10:36She's thinking, I'm going to kick butt cleaning this garage
264. 10:39because Maddie is going to get her at the top of the pyramid.
265. 10:42This is right up Melissa's alley.
266. 10:44I don't know what's worse, her cleaning out the junk
267. 10:46or kissing Abby's ass.
268. 10:47She hit the jackpot.
269. 10:48This had your name on it.
270. 10:50"Kelly on probation for cursing in the studio, 1979."
271. 10:55Some things never change.
272. 10:56[screams]
273. 10:59What is it?
274. 11:01Let's get out of here.
275. 11:03I think I touched it.
276. 11:06[screams]
277. 11:08I don't do mice.
278. 11:09It was a lovely afternoon.
279. 11:11I'm done.
280. 11:12See you later.
281. 11:13Bye, Holly.
282. 11:14She's running.
283. 11:17I got two photos, ladies, I'm sneaking out of the building.
284. 11:22I got the one of Abby with a black eye and the same hairdo.
285. 11:25I'm going to dream about this tonight
286. 11:26and think that I did it to her.
287. 11:28[laughs]
288. 11:29[music playing]
289. 11:34Fabulous.
290. 11:35Now, the name of your routine is "Lemonade."
291. 11:37But I don't want a lemon out on that stage.
292. 11:39You know what a lemon is?
293. 11:40A lemon is you buy a car and everything goes
294. 11:43wrong with the car.
295. 11:45My solos this week is called "Lemonade,"
296. 11:47and I am going to be a big glass of L-E-M-O-N-A-D-E.
297. 11:53Like when something's sour, it's like--
298. 11:55go.
299. 11:57Mackenzie does cute well, but she has a few more difficult
300. 12:00tricks in her routine this week.
301. 12:02She's doing her round off back tuck
302. 12:04on stage on the bare floor.
303. 12:06She's doing her aerial walkover.
304. 12:08She's doing side aerials.
305. 12:10So I feel like pushing her in the level of difficulty
306. 12:13of her routine.
307. 12:14It needs to be more than a split.
308. 12:19That does look funny.
309. 12:21I love it.
310. 12:22She was like sitting on her boobs, her bosom.
311. 12:25ABBY LEE MILLER: All right, Paige,
312. 12:27you're going to be in sound.
313. 12:28God, Paige is going to get tortured.
314. 12:30No, she's in a good mood. You were her servant today.
315. 12:33No.
316. 12:33Yeah, you helped her out.
317. 12:34You only stole two things.
318. 12:36[laughter]
319. 12:37Shut up, Jill.
320. 12:39I think you're ahead of the game.
321. 12:42All right, now Paige, you're 12.
322. 12:45You're going to be dancing 12, 13.
323. 12:47So you need to dance up.
324. 12:48You need to dance older.
325. 12:50And make things big.
326. 12:51Give it 100%.
327. 12:53This is my first solo of the season
328. 12:55so I need to be better than good and I
329. 12:57need to prove to Miss Abby me that I deserve to be here.
330. 13:00Stop.
331. 13:02The arms are not a dishrag, a dishwash cloth.
332. 13:06She's yelling at her about her arms
333. 13:08because Paige has noodly arms.
334. 13:10They're so long, that's why.
335. 13:11I totally agree with that.
336. 13:13And I don't mind Abby for yelling at her for her arms,
337. 13:16because when she yells her for being stupid, that bothers me.
338. 13:20Don't look at your mother.
339. 13:21Every time you look at your mother, you get 20 push-ups.
340. 13:24I think Paige is ready for this solo
341. 13:26and Abby just doesn't ever give her a chance.
342. 13:29And I think if she would give Paige the chance
343. 13:32and get her up on stage, she would get used to it.
344. 13:34All right, breathe.
345. 13:36Go get a drink.
346. 13:37We're going on to the group.
347. 13:39I'm going to go downstairs for a little bit, OK?
348. 13:41What are you doing?
349. 13:47Get back to the top of that pyramid in any way, shape
350. 13:50or form you can.
351. 13:52Does anybody else feel like this?
352. 13:54I'm fine.
353. 13:55I don't care.
354. 13:58It's an act.
355. 14:00Melissa and Maddie are so overwhelmed by the fact
356. 14:02that Sophia is here on the team and they're
357. 14:04kind of living in her shadow.
358. 14:05I don't think either one of them know what
359. 14:07to do with themselves now that they're in somebody else's
360. 14:09shadow.
361. 14:10Guys, back foot.
362. 14:14Three times I told you.
363. 14:16More acting.
364. 14:18I don't think you understand that like there's people
365. 14:20with machine guns in their cars that won't let you get out
366. 14:23of the car.
367. 14:25Like you need to be stronger.
368. 14:27I'm seeing this.
369. 14:31Be tougher.
370. 14:33Come on.
371. 14:34Don't be so weak.
372. 14:39[music continuing]
373. 14:41On your left.
374. 14:428, 4, 5, 6.
375. 14:45We're starting the duet.
376. 14:46it's.
377. 14:47Called "Sugar and Spice."
378. 14:49Understood?
379. 14:50I don't know why you're all laughing and silly.
380. 14:52That much time ago you were doing a solo
381. 14:54and at the top of the pyramid.
382. 14:56That's where you always were, and now you're
383. 14:59her duet partner?
384. 15:02I wouldn't be laughing about it.
385. 15:03Well, why is a duet something that's downgraded?
386. 15:05I don't know.
387. 15:06Because Sophia is the star now so she's getting the solos.
388. 15:10But a duet or a trio is still a lovely thing to do.
389. 15:13That's what I said.
390. 15:14I think it is, too.
391. 15:15That's not a downgrade.
392. 15:16It's an opportunity.
393. 15:17So you don't feel like that's a downgrade?
394. 15:19- No. - Absolutely not.
395. 15:20I think a duet is a great dance.
396. 15:23Any time Mia gets a chance to dance, I am happy.
397. 15:27So fuck what Melissa thinks.
398. 15:29I think it's great.
399. 15:30[music playing]
400. 15:30(SINGING) Everybody--
401. 15:32"Sugar and Spice" is a very fun dance.
402. 15:35It's upbeat and cute, but it's not hard.
403. 15:38I wish I had a solo this week because solos are so much more
404. 15:42challenging for me.
405. 15:43Now look at each other like, what are you wearing?
406. 15:46Uh-huh.
407. 15:48I really want to do well in a duet
408. 15:49because since there's only two people,
409. 15:52you can sort of tell if one messes up.
410. 15:55All right, girls, you're done for right now.
411. 15:59You have tomorrow, and Saturday morning we
412. 16:00leave for Greensboro.
413. 16:01Got it?
414. 16:06Oh, somebody was in here looking for stuff.
415. 16:08Yeah, because this is just all-- look.
416. 16:10We all know that Melissa wants Maddie back
417. 16:12on top of the pyramid, and she wants her daughter
418. 16:14doing a solo.
419. 16:15Hey, what did you think about the duet?
420. 16:20Not happy about that, but.
421. 16:21Maddie was the one doing a solo every week
422. 16:23and now she's doing a duet with Kendall.
423. 16:25Yeah.
424. 16:26I think, you know, it's just different.
425. 16:30Did Melissa just admit to me that she's not happy Maddie has
426. 16:34a duet with Kendall?
427. 16:36Interesting.
428. 16:38If Abby thinks this is a downgrade for Maddie,
429. 16:41she's wrong, because Kendall can keep up
430. 16:44and this duet looks adorable.
431. 16:46I just don't understand why she has to consistently always drag
432. 16:50Kendall down.
433. 16:51What concerns me the most is that you came in and told
434. 16:54Maddie that she's been downgraded
435. 16:55to a duet with Kendall.
436. 16:57How do you think that makes Kendall feel?
437. 16:59Kendall is dancing with Maddie,
438. 17:01and that's what she wants.
439. 17:02She's been dancing with Maddie for a year now.
440. 17:04Not in a duet, but--
441. 17:05Never in a duet.
442. 17:05Never even in one trio.
443. 17:08I don't think that was fair to say.
444. 17:10Hey, Melissa was the one that stood in the store and told me
445. 17:13she wasn't thrilled about her kid doing a duet with Kendall.
446. 17:16I don't know where you want me to go with that.
447. 17:18That's just rude.
448. 17:19Why do people think their kids are so above others?
449. 17:23Melissa, you're busted.
450. 17:24You lied to me.
451. 17:32Have you heard from Sophia?
452. 17:34I have not heard from Sophia.
453. 17:36I'm a little worried about her being in that movie.
454. 17:39How were the dances?
455. 17:40I finished the duet this morning.
456. 17:41- OK. - It was hard.
457. 17:42It was hard?
458. 17:43Yeah.
459. 17:45You're ready.
460. 17:46Hello.
461. 17:47That looks good.
462. 17:48Hi, guys.
463. 17:50Chloe was telling me last night,
464. 17:52basically Sophia has the whole solo part.
465. 17:54But then she was saying there's a whole section that's
466. 17:57only Maddie, and she said Abby was saying,
467. 17:58you know, Sophia gets left behind but Maddie crosses
468. 18:01the border.
469. 18:02And she's like, mom, not the other four of us.
470. 18:04Like she never even mentioned us.
471. 18:05Well, how about this?
472. 18:06I was talking to Abby, and I wanted
473. 18:08to say thank you for the duet.
474. 18:09And she said, you know, Melissa came flat out and said
475. 18:12she didn't want to do it. - Oh my god.
476. 18:13Melissa said that to Abby?
477. 18:15Mm-hmm.
478. 18:16I guess because she thinks Maddie's
479. 18:17too good to dance with Kendall.
480. 18:18Abby told Jill that Melissa was not
481. 18:21happy doing a duet with Kendall, but it was a step down
482. 18:25from doing a solo.
483. 18:26And I think that really hurt Jill and Kendall's feelings.
484. 18:29Melissa told us that story upstairs and Melissa said, oh,
485. 18:32I talked to Abby and Abby said, how do you feel about the duet?
486. 18:34And she said, oh, I'm really happy about it.
487. 18:37Oh, she did.
488. 18:38Did she say that?
489. 18:39Yes.
490. 18:40Someone here is lying.
491. 18:42Abby, as everybody knows, just speaks the truth.
492. 18:46She doesn't care if she's going to hurt your feelings or not.
493. 18:48Melissa has lied to me many times before.
494. 18:50Don't you think that's wrong?
495. 18:52Yes.
496. 18:53You're allowed to not be happy about it.
497. 18:54Don't lie about it.
498. 18:55What do I do? I mean--
499. 18:56I would definitely say something.
500. 18:58I don't want to cause any drama with this duet,
501. 19:00but I can't let Melissa get away with this.
502. 19:03I can't let her think that her kid is too good to dance
503. 19:05with mine.
504. 19:06All right, so ready?
505. 19:07Take it from your whole hip section.
506. 19:095, 6, 7, 8, and.
507. 19:10[music playing]
508. 19:12(SINGING) Everybody, count off the rhythm.
509. 19:14Show us the way to dance.
510. 19:15- Hey. - Hi.
511. 19:16Hi, ladies.
512. 19:17How are you?
513. 19:18We're doing a project.
514. 19:19And down.
515. 19:20Now, what did you do after the back handspring?
516. 19:23Can we kupe out of that?
517. 19:24Can we leap out of that?
518. 19:26Can we jump out of that?
519. 19:28I have to tell you that Abby told me last night that you
520. 19:30weren't happy about doing a duet with Kendall.
521. 19:34What?
522. 19:35And it hurts my feelings, so.
523. 19:37Well, Jill--
524. 19:38I don't want to get all angry and scream.
525. 19:40I never said that.
526. 19:41Well, why would Abby tell me that?
527. 19:43She lies all the time.
528. 19:44Never said that.
529. 19:45Well, tell me how the conversation--
530. 19:47I told you.
531. 19:47--went, that she would get that,
532. 19:49that you weren't happy about it.
533. 19:50Never said it, Jill.
534. 19:51I guess what hurts the most is, 1,
535. 19:54that Abby truly believes that you think Maddie's
536. 19:56too good to dance with Kendall.
537. 19:58I never said that.
538. 20:00And that is hurtful.
539. 20:02Well, that's really funny.
540. 20:03And really disappointing, because Christi
541. 20:05sat here and asked you how many times.
542. 20:07I'm excited.
543. 20:08You told me how excited--
544. 20:09Well, I'm very excited.
545. 20:11I told you.
546. 20:11And Kendall's very excited.
547. 20:13I think things like that just hurt the kids' feelings.
548. 20:16Of course it does, but I didn't hurt the kids' feelings
549. 20:19because Abby asked me.
550. 20:20I even told you.
551. 20:21I told you guys all yesterday.
552. 20:22She said, what do you think of the duet?
553. 20:24I said, I'm so excited.
554. 20:25She goes, it's a step down.
555. 20:28That's what she said to me.
556. 20:30Melissa just lied right to my face.
557. 20:32She told me she was happy about the duet with Kendall and Abby
558. 20:35told me the exact opposite.
559. 20:37Melissa, you're busted.
560. 20:38You lied to me.
561. 20:39And let's face it, they're all different levels.
562. 20:41They all have their strengths and their weaknesses.
563. 20:44But it's not fair for a teacher to say
564. 20:46one kid's too good to dance with another
565. 20:48or for a mother to agree with it.
566. 20:51I don't know how it went down, but that's what Abby been led
567. 20:53me to believe.
568. 20:55Well, you can believe whatever you want to, Jill.
569. 21:05ABBY LEE MILLER: Now, the girls, obviously, immigrants.
570. 21:08Watch, ladies.
571. 21:09The costumes for this week's competition
572. 21:10need to be dark and dramatic.
573. 21:12I want the girls to look as though they've
574. 21:15been through a whole lot to get across that border.
575. 21:18Where are these children immigrating from?
576. 21:20We don't know.
577. 21:21They're trying to cross the border.
578. 21:23It's not about where they're coming from
579. 21:26but where they're going.
580. 21:27It's about the voyage home.
581. 21:28I'm listening to Abby's definition of immigration
582. 21:31and I'm confused.
583. 21:33How on earth can you immigrate home?
584. 21:35[music playing]
585. 21:41Hi, Jim.
586. 21:42Hi.
587. 21:42Good morning.
588. 21:44You wouldn't know what to do if we didn't have pink suitcases.
589. 21:46That's right.
590. 21:47We're going back to Greensboro, North Carolina
591. 21:49this week, and we actually attended DTI last year.
592. 21:52So we're familiar with the competition.
593. 21:53We know the judges.
594. 21:54We did well last year.
595. 21:56Come on, Jim, let's go.
596. 22:01Ladies, we're going to the Dance Troupe Challenge
597. 22:03and we need to remember that those kids are already there.
598. 22:06They're already working.
599. 22:07So when you step into that hotel,
600. 22:08you don't know who's the judge.
601. 22:10You don't know who's a faculty member.
602. 22:11You don't know who's running it.
603. 22:12Game faces on.
604. 22:13No back talking your moms.
605. 22:15Get in there and pretend you're dancers, yes?
606. 22:20Here we go.
607. 22:21"Good luck today.
608. 22:22Thinking of you all.
609. 22:24Just got to set here in LA.
610. 22:26Last day of filming.
611. 22:27Miss you all."
612. 22:28So what does that mean?
613. 22:29No Sophia this weekend?
614. 22:30No Sophia this weekend.
615. 22:32See, you should have just put Brooke on the team
616. 22:34from day one.
617. 22:36Well, day one you weren't there.
618. 22:38You didn't show up on day one.
619. 22:39Day one of this week.
620. 22:41Well, this week is a little late, Kelly.
621. 22:43Yeah, well, Sophia wasn't there day one of this week
622. 22:45either, was she? - No.
623. 22:46Brooke was there.
624. 22:47She wasn't.
625. 22:48Nope.
626. 22:49She was doing a movie in Hollywood.
627. 22:52Brooke was at school with her friends.
628. 22:54Big difference.
629. 22:55Kelly, you have to understand, I want stars.
630. 22:57I don't want mediocre.
631. 22:59We know you want stars, Abby, and it's clear
632. 23:02that you'll do whatever it takes to get those stars.
633. 23:04If you really want to call it out,
634. 23:06then maybe you should say something in front of Abby.
635. 23:09Yeah, but think of it this way.
636. 23:11If Abby had to pick whose side she's going to take--
637. 23:13I mean-- - I don't know about that.
638. 23:15--if honesty is not the best policy and she's going to pick
639. 23:18a side, I mean, I'm going to leave.
640. 23:20Abby is not going to want to be the one who is accused
641. 23:23of lying.
642. 23:24I think she'll choose her own side,
643. 23:26because if Melissa is calling her a liar,
644. 23:28Abby's not going to stand for being called a liar.
645. 23:32[music continuing]
646. 23:35[cheering]
647. 23:40Girls, listen up.
648. 23:42All those people lined up in that hallway, all those people
649. 23:45so excited to see you, why do you think that is?
650. 23:48National champions.
651. 23:50So step up to the plate, get it in gear,
652. 23:53figure it out, and no lazy mistakes.
653. 23:56[music playing]
654. 24:08Paige, you're 12 now.
655. 24:09Were your arms straight behind you
656. 24:11like Chloe's, and your sternum open every time
657. 24:13you rolled around?
658. 24:14Were your elbows lifted and supported through your back
659. 24:17on your PK tinsica.
660. 24:21Those are all things that we went over and over and over.
661. 24:26I feel like Paige wants to get out there and show Abby
662. 24:30that she can do this solo.
663. 24:31She is listening, and she will make
664. 24:33a few of those corrections.
665. 24:36Mackenzie, you made a mockery of your entire routine
666. 24:39with that bow falling out and then doing your back handspring
667. 24:41the wrong direction.
668. 24:47Now you have an even bigger headpiece.
669. 24:49Don't let it happen again.
670. 24:51All right, are we ready?
671. 24:52Let's walk the mile.
672. 24:53Game faces on.
673. 24:54Good luck.
674. 24:55Paige, go out there and dance like you've never
675. 24:57danced before.
676. 24:57No mistakes, got it?
677. 25:06[music playing]
678. 25:09ANNOUNCER: Up next, Mackenzie performing "Lemonade."
679. 25:12[applause]
680. 25:15[music - dj laz, "lemonade"]
681. 25:16(SINGING) L-E-M-O-N-A-D-E. L-E-M-O-N-A-D-E.
682. 25:24Sweet as lemonade.
683. 25:28Bright as a sunny day.
684. 25:32She's sweet as lemonade.
685. 25:35Bright as a sunny day.
686. 25:42Sweet as lemonade.
687. 25:47Bright as a sunny day.
688. 25:58L-E-M-O-N-A-D-E. L-E-M-O-N-A-D-E.
689. 26:05Sweet as lemonade.
690. 26:08[cheering]
691. 26:10I think it was a great routine.
692. 26:12That back tuck was outstanding.
693. 26:15The face was cute.
694. 26:16All of her jumps were nice and high.
695. 26:18She did a great job.
696. 26:23This is my first solo of the season and all I'm thinking
697. 26:26is of Abby's corrections and Abby's screaming in my head.
698. 26:29Do this right, do that right.
699. 26:31ANNOUNCER: Up next from the Abby Lee Dance Company,
700. 26:33Paige performing "I Want to Dance."
701. 26:36[applause]
702. 26:37[MUSIC - REBEL AMERICA, "I WANNA DANCE"]
703. 26:46(SINGING) I got this craving like something stickin'
704. 26:52up a demand.
705. 26:54It starts in my feet, moves up to my legs,
706. 26:59making my body find a deep satisfaction.
707. 27:02I want to dance.
708. 27:05Yes, I want to tell Mr. DJ to turn the music up
709. 27:12so I can hit the dance floor.
710. 27:15What you waiting for?
711. 27:17I want to dance.
712. 27:19Yes, I want to tell Mr. DJ to turn the music up
713. 27:25so I can hit the dance floor.
714. 27:29What you waiting for?
715. 27:30What you waiting for?
716. 27:31[cheering]
717. 27:37I thought Paige's dance was great.
718. 27:39She looked confident.
719. 27:40She made a lot of the corrections.
720. 27:42She wasn't perfect, but nobody's perfect.
721. 27:46I thought both of them did really well.
722. 27:47I know.
723. 27:48You know Abby's going to have something to say.
724. 27:50You know, I am trying to behave myself
725. 27:53and kiss her ass this week, so I'm going
726. 27:56to sit here and bite my tongue.
727. 27:58That's so hard to do.
728. 28:00Kelly, this is where you called her a whore.
729. 28:05ABBY LEE MILLER: Kelly, go get a job.
730. 28:07KELLY: Oh, you are a whore.
731. 28:09I have to behave here this year.
732. 28:11You could be like, whore the sequel.
733. 28:15I missed it last year.
734. 28:16I was working.
735. 28:17It wasn't good.
736. 28:18Whore the sequel.
737. 28:20Hey.
738. 28:21Good job.
739. 28:23Good job.
740. 28:25If Miss Abby comes in here and says mean things,
741. 28:28just listen and ignore.
742. 28:33Hey, girls.
743. 28:34Nice job.
744. 28:36Paige, how do you think you did?
745. 28:42Good.
746. 28:43I thought you were wonderful.
747. 28:44I thought it was fabulous.
748. 28:49That's a big arch back, Kendall.
749. 29:00So Abby, I have a question about you came right out
750. 29:04and said Melissa said she doesn't want to do the duet.
751. 29:06We were discussing the duet and she said,
752. 29:08I'm not too crazy about it either.
753. 29:10- That's not what I said. - Those were her words.
754. 29:12I said I'm not too crazy about not having a solo is what
755. 29:15I said.
756. 29:16Well, I think everybody in this room
757. 29:16knows you have a selective memory.
758. 29:20I did not say that.
759. 29:22Come on, Melissa, your ex-husband told me how many
760. 29:23times when you were on the phone with me, telling me this,
761. 29:26telling me that.
762. 29:27You'd hang up with me, call somebody else,
763. 29:28and rip all over me.
764. 29:31I have been so dedicated to that studio.
765. 29:34You are the person that is love the one you're with.
766. 29:38If your kid's doing a duet with Chloe,
767. 29:41you're up Christi's butt--
768. 29:43[chatter sounds]
769. 29:46Come on, you know Melissa.
770. 29:47If she's with me, she agrees with my opinion.
771. 29:50If she's sitting next to Jill, she's
772. 29:52going to tell Jill whatever Jill wants to hear.
773. 29:58Kendall, turn your left foot in and then invert it
774. 30:00and make sure your ankles on the floor on one knee.
775. 30:04Stretch your feet, Kendall.
776. 30:06When you shoot out to that jazz back bend.
777. 30:10OK, Maddie's knee is bent.
778. 30:13It's perched.
779. 30:14It's supposed to be that.
780. 30:15But her leg wasn't straight.
781. 30:16OK.
782. 30:17But you're too busy watching them.
783. 30:19Maddie, Maddie, Maddie, take a private
784. 30:21from Miss Jill next week.
785. 30:22Abby, I'm just saying you could be a little more critical
786. 30:25to both children, not just one the whole time.
787. 30:30Maddie's not perfect.
788. 30:31I'm sorry, she's not perfect.
789. 30:32I never said Maddie was perfect.
790. 30:33If she was perfect, she'd have a solo.
791. 30:35She's not perfect.
792. 30:36Do it one more time, honey.
793. 30:38You know what?
794. 30:40Tell her to stop.
795. 30:41You've worked really hard and all
796. 30:43she does is say your one foot.
797. 30:45Come on, Kendall.
798. 30:46Come on.
799. 30:48I gave it to her.
800. 30:49- I understand that, but now-- - I picked her for the duet.
801. 30:50--you're tearing her down.
802. 30:52I am not tearing her down.
803. 30:53I'm correcting her foot.
804. 30:54Yes, you are.
805. 30:55You're going to ruin it.
806. 30:56Jill, your child's foot is sickled and I'm correcting it.
807. 30:59I know, it's all my fault.
808. 31:01Because I'm not going to let that big
809. 31:04you know what sit there and belittle you.
810. 31:06I'm not.
811. 31:08I can't stand to hear her screaming at Kendall anymore.
812. 31:11I can't stand it.
813. 31:12This is the plan.
814. 31:13I hope everybody's happy the plan fell into place.
815. 31:17That's all she worked on all week with screaming at Kendall.
816. 31:20Girls, I'm not putting up with this crap.
817. 31:22You either dance now, you get in the wings,
818. 31:24or you find another studio.
819. 31:36[applause]
820. 31:42ANNOUNCER: From Abby Lee Dance Company,
821. 31:44let's welcome to the stage contestant number 217.
822. 31:52[MUSIC - ASHLEY JANA, "SUGAR 'N SPICE"]
823. 31:58(SINGING) Everybody count us a rhythm.
824. 32:02Show us the way you dance.
825. 32:05'Cause baby, tonight there is no mistaking.
826. 32:09We get another chance.
827. 32:13Well, I'm sugar and spice and everything nice.
828. 32:17When you see us coming, you might look more than twice.
829. 32:21Because we love the world in a ballerina's twirl.
830. 32:24Come and watch us do it, do it, do it.
831. 32:29You know through it all, we're here to hit the ball.
832. 32:37Just like sugar and spice and everything nice.
833. 32:41When you see us coming, you might look more than twice.
834. 32:50[cheering]
835. 32:56I think the duet went very well.
836. 32:58I thought we were together, and Kendall
837. 33:00took all the corrections and applied them.
838. 33:02Good job.
839. 33:03You did good, guys.
840. 33:05Really good job.
841. 33:08Nice job, ladies.
842. 33:16OK, Abby, you can give corrections.
843. 33:18Oh, you're allowing me to correct my students now?
844. 33:21You can do whatever you want.
845. 33:22I just don't want you screaming, hurting feelings
846. 33:24before they go out on stage.
847. 33:26Jill, if you looked at your kid doing that bit
848. 33:29and thought that her leg was in a la seconde,
849. 33:31go to the optometrist or the ophthalmologist,
850. 33:33because it was not.
851. 33:34You needed to get up off your chair and hands-on and show
852. 33:37her.
853. 33:38I did.
854. 33:39You sat right there.
855. 33:40Jill, in the studio, you get your face out of your phone
856. 33:44and pay attention.
857. 33:46Because you have said to me if Kendall just gets her chance,
858. 33:49if Kendall just gets an opportunity,
859. 33:52she will dance up to that level.
860. 33:54I gave it.
861. 33:55I didn't see it.
862. 33:58And you picked on her the entire week about it.
863. 34:01Pick on her?
864. 34:02Yes.
865. 34:03Kiss my butt.
866. 34:06No, thank you.
867. 34:07Get over yourself.
868. 34:09Every time I call her, good or bad, I am fixing her.
869. 34:13Say thank you.
870. 34:14Every time I say your kid's name, it should be a thank you.
871. 34:18When I never say it, start worrying.
872. 34:23Start worrying.
873. 34:29ANNOUNCER: Let's get rocking.
874. 34:30[applause]
875. 34:31I really, really need this to duet to score well,
876. 34:34because if it doesn't, we know who Abby's going to blame.
877. 34:37She already set the stage that it's
878. 34:39going to be Kendall's fault if the duet doesn't win.
879. 34:42In the gender age division, ladies and gentlemen,
880. 34:44our overall solos for level 2.
881. 34:47First place, "Lemonade," Abby Lee Dance Company.
882. 34:51[cheering]
883. 34:55In our intermediate solos for level 2.
884. 34:59Taking our third place is number 205,
885. 35:03"I Want to Dance," Abby Lee Dance Company.
886. 35:08ABBY LEE MILLER: I think Paige is in her glory.
887. 35:11She was the third overall high score in her age division.
888. 35:14For Paige, that's pretty darn good.
889. 35:19Our highest scores for our duet trios.
890. 35:22Taking third place by a score duet trio is "We Hate Boys,"
891. 35:27Divine Dance.
892. 35:28[cheering]
893. 35:30Second place is going home with "Alouette," Studio 45.
894. 35:34[applause]
895. 35:36And rounding out the highest score--
896. 35:39drumrolls students on the floor-- number
897. 35:41217, "Sugar and Spice," Abby Lee Dance Company.
898. 35:46[cheering]
899. 35:47The duet "Sugar and Spice" with Maddie and Kendall
900. 35:51won first.
901. 35:52Am I surprised?
902. 35:53Am I shocked?
903. 35:55No.
904. 35:56They were looking at Maddie, guaranteed.
905. 35:59Hi.
906. 35:59You did wonderful.
907. 36:02Congratulations.
908. 36:03I'm so proud of you.
909. 36:05High five.
910. 36:06I'm so proud of you.
911. 36:08You and Maddie were a good pair.
912. 36:09You guys were good out there.
913. 36:11Listen, let's go out and make this group number the best it's
914. 36:15ever been.
915. 36:16Congratulations, girls.
916. 36:20Congrats, congrats, congrats.
917. 36:22You should all be just fine without Sophia.
918. 36:25Kendall, you remember your part, how you move into the middle
919. 36:27where Sophia used to be?
920. 36:29You're not going to screw that up.
921. 36:31You know what you're doing.
922. 36:32I think the girls will be fine doing the parts
923. 36:34because Sophia never really does the dance.
924. 36:37No, I know.
925. 36:39I mean, compare her devil pipe point blank to Chloe's.
926. 36:41Yes, and her dance teacher from San Diego
927. 36:44taught it, where you taught Chloe.
928. 36:47No, I taught Chloe to do it correctly.
929. 36:48Chloe pikes it forward and she gets told about it every time
930. 36:51she does it.
931. 36:55Right now, we're getting ready to do the group.
932. 36:58And since me and Maddie won for the duet,
933. 37:00I think we have a big chance of winning with the group.
934. 37:03ANNOUNCER: Let's welcome the Abby Lee Dance Company,
935. 37:05performing "Voyage Home."
936. 37:07[applause]
937. 37:16[MUSIC - ATLANTIC LINE, "VOYAGE HOME"]
938. 37:48(SINGING) Sometimes we change too fast.
939. 38:12[cheering]
940. 38:15ANNOUNCER: That's the Abby Lee Dance Company
941. 38:18performing "Voyage Home."
942. 38:21Most of the girls did a good job of the group dance.
943. 38:26I just hope the judges weren't watching the immigrants
944. 38:29with the sickle feet and the bad timing.
945. 38:32Whoo.
946. 38:34Good job.
947. 38:35I liked it.
948. 38:36Does anybody know who messed up?
949. 38:39Don't throw anyone under the bus, children.
950. 38:41No.
951. 38:42Don't throw anyone under the bus.
952. 38:43Because Abby was like, somebody messed something up.
953. 38:45And Abby just like looked at all the moms.
954. 38:47I was like--
955. 38:48You can tell.
956. 38:52So Christi, I'm not so sure that was amazing.
957. 38:56No, but they usually are very amazing.
958. 38:58Christi's mouth is always big and full of things to say.
959. 39:03She wants to think that everybody's amazing.
960. 39:06I don't wake up amazing.
961. 39:07It takes me hours to get this way.
962. 39:10Come on, girls, let's go.
963. 39:11[applause]
964. 39:21ANNOUNCER: And now the scores for the small groups.
965. 39:25Our third place trophy goes to "Smooth Criminal."
966. 39:29[applause]
967. 39:35Our second place trophy goes to "Blow."
968. 39:37[applause]
969. 39:41And our first place trophy goes to "Voyage Home" from the Abby
970. 39:45Lee Dance Company.
971. 39:46[cheering]
972. 39:51Yes.
973. 39:53You were amazing.
974. 39:55Pipe down over there.
975. 39:57The "Voyage Home" was a success.
976. 39:59Was it amazing, Christi?
977. 40:00No.
978. 40:01It isn't your place to say that.
979. 40:03Certainly not.
980. 40:05But they won, and it will go down in the history books
981. 40:09as another victory for the Abby Lee Dance Company.
982. 40:12[cheering]
983. 40:15High five.
984. 40:18Congratulations, girls.
985. 40:20Amazing.
986. 40:21Christi, amazing.
987. 40:23They were amazing.
988. 40:23They were amazing.
989. 40:26You really think that, just because they got lucky and won?
990. 40:28Kendall, are you going to admit that you screwed
991. 40:30the whole dance up and that you were off timing?
992. 40:32I messed up one part, not the whole dance.
993. 40:34It couldn't have been that bad because they
994. 40:36won the whole thing, Abby.
995. 40:38Yeah, you know what?
996. 40:39Last week they looked at Sophia.
997. 40:41Today, you couldn't take your eyes off of Maddie.
998. 40:43How hurtful is that?
999. 40:45How ignorant is that to say to a child in front of everybody
1000. 40:51when the number just won?
1001. 40:53Some people are good soloists.
1002. 40:54Some people are better in a group.
1003. 40:57Other people choke on stage.
1004. 40:59There you have it.
1005. 41:01ABBY LEE MILLER (VOICEOVER): Next on "Dance Moms."
1006. 41:03I want to make sure that you're
1007. 41:04all aware, your replacements will be at the competition.
1008. 41:07You're really like making fun of our kids?
1009. 41:09Yeah.
1010. 41:11I was just going to ask you if I could have a solo.
1011. 41:14Uh-uh.
1012. 41:15Your mom did this and you let it happen.
1013. 41:18Sorry.
1014. 41:20If one person really has the dreams to do this for a living,
1015. 41:24nothing should get in their way.
1016. 41:26Not your personal life.
1017. 41:28You picked on the children.
1018. 41:29Because you're an idiot.