Melissa, this is your last six minutes on "Dance Moms."
Let's take a look at your journey.
[music playing]
These are my two daughters, Maddie and Mackenzie.
Maddie's eight, and Mackenzie's six.
And they're both dancers.
Good job, kids!
Thank you so much for everything.
My ex calls me a crazy dance mom.
But I really am not.
But you gotta show your boobs to get beads.
Oh, no!
[screaming]
I'm going to miss these ladies.
You know, we've been together for so many years.
[all exclaiming]
That looks pretty.
I love this dress.
You look like a princess.
We've been through so much together.
My mother, Maryen Lorrain, passed away on February 8
at 7:30 PM.
Her last words were to Melissa.
And she said, I just want to dance.
I love you.
And I'm going to be here for you.
Abby knows how dedicated I've been.
And I've been very loyal to her.
This is going to be a rough week for me.
Broadway Baby passed away.
Wait.
Where'd you get that?
Dance for me.
That was last week.
I miss her so much.
I know.
She was my whole world.
I'm really sad that Maddie and Mackenzie
will be leaving the team.
We love you guys so much.
This has been such a great ride together.
We'll always be ALDC members.
Melissa, how's it feel to patch all that back.
It's just been such an amazing journey.
And without Abby and this show, my kids
wouldn't be able to be moving on and doing
these fabulous things.
And to the fans, I mean, we have the best fans.
You just don't even know.
When we went to Australia, and there was 2,000 people
there for us, the girls were like, why
are all these people here?
I'm like, they're here to see you.
People look up to our kids.
And they're such great role models.
Holly, do you have any final words?
Oh, Holly, you're going to kill me.
I don't know.
It's a sisterhood.
We started before there was even an elite competition team.
We're mothers.
We're dance moms.
Never would I have dreamed that our goodbye
would be so difficult for me.
It's just-- it doesn't seem real.
But I'm so excited to see what your girls
have in store for them.
Thank you.
I love you.
I love everything you stand for.
I love your girls, their attitude, their little smile.
There's no other, no other Melissa, Maddie, or Mackenzie.
[applause]
I'm happy that you have no regrets.
I really am.
And I'm just thankful for all this time
that I've had with you.
I hate that it has to end here on this team,
even though I know we'll be friends forever.
But I hate that it has to end.
So much of Melissa leaving becomes about, you know,
Maddie.
But what's interesting is, I have really
gotten to know Mackenzie.
And she is the sweetest little busybody firecracker kid.
And she's so nice to everybody.
She was so nice to Brynn.
Why can't Kenzie stay on the team?
Oh, I love that.
Why can't Kenz stay with us?
Well, we're not actually coming
back until after vacation.
OK, we'll take it whenever you're back.
Whenever you're back, we'll be here.
We'll be here.
So maybe-- I don't know.
You never know.
Abby, we all know how much you love Melissa and the girls.
And your relationship extended beyond the dance floor.
As a friend, is there anything you want to say to Melissa?
[both sniffing]
Remember everything I told you.
Yes?
And remember everything that you learned.
Because those lessons will come into play.
And with my whole heart, I say this is just the beginning.
[applause]
This is why you do what you do.
In celebration, I think there's
only one little verse that we all know that seems fitting.
We are Abby Lee!
[applause]