[Abby] Yes. Ready? Let's go.
[dance music playing]
I promised Nia a trio.
So we threw together like a dainty,
sassy, feisty number.
But as always with the trio,
you need a lot of time to rehearse.
It's difficult spacing. It's difficult timing.
Body roll!
[Holly] Nia is super excited about the trio,
and I'm super nervous about it.
Trios are hard.
Maddie and Chloe have had experience with trios.
They've done a duet before.
Putting a new person in the group--
You don't want her to be the scapegoat.
[Holly] She's gonna be the one. She's the weak link.
She already has that target on her back.
And I'm trying-- I don't want to add any pressure to the kid.
But this is a dream of hers,
and she's not gonna be able to fulfill it.
She's been waiting since forever to be in a trio.
And I want her to do well. I'm just a little concerned.
Yeah, I'm concerned too.
[lowing]
[snorting]
[Cathy] Hey, guys, are you ready? Come on.
Get it done right the first time.
[dance music playing]
-[hands clap] -Go, go.
Stay together, girls. Reach out. Kendall, spooky.
Ode to the Clown
We've got the dark clown
that walks in slow motion,
has mystery to them.
Okay, guys, that was good.
A couple things I saw:
Kendall, make sure that you hit this really,
really luring those judges in, okay?
So I will run it again tomorrow when I see you guys.
Go home, think about the choreography.
We'll be fine. Get out! Go!
I have a rehearsal to run.
Vivi, you're not going anywhere, baby doll.
[Abby] One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
One, two, three, four...
What kind of clothes do you need?
I want to make sure I have my clothes.
What clothes do you need? Because I'm--
Why aren't you wearing your ring?
[Holly] Lunch for Nia? Lunch for me?
-I'm not wearing it anymore. -[Christi] Why?
Just not.
Melissa still won't talk about her engagement,
and now she's not wearing her ring.
What is going on here?
Doesn't that hurt Greg's feelings, though?
It's just how we're doing it.
That's too bad, because it's a happy thing.
You should want to flash your ring and show it off.
I could try it out and see if I like it,
so that way when I get mine made,
I'll know if that's the way I want it.
You know, once I put my engagement ring on,
I don't think I ever took it off.
Do the girls say anything about it?
You don't wear it.
Do they notice it?
My God.
Seriously.
I don't know why the other moms are so nosy.
I think sometimes it's jealously.
I'm really not sure.
I'm happy in my life.
I think they need to worry about their children,
and I'll worry about mine.
I'm not going this weekend, guys.
Abby, I'm sorry to interrupt you,
but these people are starting this again,
so my kids and I are leaving and not going this weekend.
Come on, Maddie. [bleep].
We're leaving. We're not coming this weekend.
Maddie, we're really not going.
We're not going!
[Abby] I knew it. I knew that these other mothers
would eventually push Melissa too far.
[Melissa] Abby, tell them. Tell them now.
[Melissa] Maddie, I know you want to do this.
Maddie can go without me if you take care of her.
[Abby] I will take her.
[Melissa] I will go get your clothes.
-Okay? -[Abby] Come on.
[Melissa] Please call your attorney.
These [bleep] are doing this again.
-Thanks, Ab. -[crying]
Come on.
All we were doing was asking.
She tells us everything.
We all have meltdowns, and she runs to Abby.
-That's her protection. -[Christi] I know.
And I feel bad. I didn't mean to--
I didn't mean to cross that line.
Abby's watching us.
Maybe when you get home tonight,
or when you have a private moment with your mothers,
tell them to keep their mouths shut
and stay away from Melissa.
The last thing that I need right now
is for Melissa to have a meltdown.
These girls need to be rehearsing,
not watching their mothers act like teenage drama queens.
Two things you don't talk about:
weddings and divorces.
It's none of their business.
And they are causing this trouble.
No, we're not, and don't speak to our children that way.
Abby always has to drive our kids into things.
She has no clue what's appropriate and what's not.
Here's a clue: if it makes them cry,
probably not appropriate.
Stop screaming at our kids.
[imitating gun firing]
Don't scream at my kids.
You're an adult.
I don't care.
Melissa talks about me and says stuff about me too.
-Not about your husband. -Yes.
And you talk about my mother!
So shut up, Abby!
We didn't say anything.
If you're a friend, you're a friend.
And you shouldn't have all these rules and obligations
about what you can say and what you can't say,
and tiptoeing around everything.
She has no clue. She's talking on misinformation.
Let's go. We're taking our kids out of this room.
Chloe, we didn't do anything wrong.
Don't listen to Abby. Go get your stuff.
[Holly] Just fabricating. It's all a lie.
-Hey. -Hi.
[Melissa] I came back for my girls.
I won't let my personal life
interfere with my girls' happiness.
I knew you wouldn't let Maddie down.
Or me.
That is such a crock of [bleep].
Melissa came back because she didn't want
Abby to be pissed off
and not be able to get her daughter ahead anymore.
Okay, we're ready to go. I'm gonna let Gianna know.
Well, that's not how you talk to us.
You talk to us like we're a bunch of [bleep]
and you're sweet to her.
Yeah, well, you need the biggest one.
[Abby] One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
Girls, we have two days!
Two days until company dance.
There's gonna be every amazing studio in the Midwest there.
Do you understand that?
Come on, let's get to it.
♪ Trapped inside These fallen walls ♪
♪ Waiting for someone To call ♪
I chose the homeless topic
because these girls in the Abby Lee Dance Company
are very fortunate.
They all live in beautiful homes,
they have everything they need.
And a lot of kids their age don't.
I'd better see a homeless child that hasn't eaten,
that hasn't bathed, in that box.
Acted out.
And they get you, and they befriend you,
and they help you, and they clean you up.
You come around, you dance with the girls.
And at the end, what do we see?
Another homeless child.
Because the problem still exists.
So think about that when you're in your own bedroom tonight,
going to sleep in your big, beautiful house.
Yes?
All right.
Well, girls, I went to lunch with Jill.
-Why? -Well, I think she's nice.
Keeping your friends close and your enemies closer.
[Holly] It's hard for people to understand.
I think for the dance moms, it's different.
It's not like a typical friendship.
We have these blowups that occur.
Melissa gets angry, she storms out of the studio.
And then the next day, it's as if we never argued.
It never happened.
And we don't talk about it.
But I have to tell you, I'm really amazed.
She really likes it at Candy Apple.
She likes it because Kendall's the star,
and they're welcoming because she didn't walk in and say,
"My kid's better than your kid" like she did to us.
And she said, "Cathy is so amazing."
The fact that she thinks Cathy is so amazing
just speaks volumes on Jill.
Well, Cathy's doing so much for Kendall,
and I don't know if she's doing it as a dig, you know, to Abby,
but she danced at the halftime show
of a Harlem Globetrotters game.
Cathy got her that?
Yup. Cathy was sitting right beside her.
Of course Cathy was right beside her.
[Holly] That was her claim to fame.
That was her claim to fame.