This weekend, we are headed to Columbus, Ohio.
You know who lives in Ohio.
Candy Apple's!
[cheering]
We are going there and she will be at the competition.
[Christi]
You guys!
She's like a cold sore that keeps coming back,
like, "I'm here, I'm here, I'm here,"
and you're like, "God! Go away already!"
I don't want any squawking between the mothers.
You are all on the same team
and we're all gonna take a bite out of that big apple.
[laughter]
Every single person's gonna be in the group dance.
It is called... "Bad Apples."
[laughter]
It's a little '40s.
Has a little novelty.
But it's a little Katy Perry.
It's a little kicked up.
So I want the pin-up girl look.
We have the rat. We have the snood.
[Mackenzie]
And a snood? What's a snood?
If you don't know what a rat and a snood is,
go Google it and figure it out.
When you go on stage for that competition,
you better be on fire.
[cow mooing]
[Cathy] Now's the time for us to show our technique.
Keep our toes pointed. Straight knees.
Keep everything nice and tight. We're gonna get busy.
I haven't seen any of the dance moms
since we came back from LA.
And LA was really humiliating for me.
But, you know, I had to brush myself off
and get a game plan,
and when the dance moms from Abby Lee Dance Center see us,
they're gonna be blown away.
Heart, heart, heart!
Yes! See? That's beautiful!
[bright music playing]
Thank you.
[Abby] Bus driver Jim!
Why didn't we jump on the turnpike
and hit 79 the other way
so we would miss all this traffic?
[Christi]
every time we get on the bus.
Apparently, that navigation system isn't good enough.
You need to put Abby Lee Miller on your dashboard
so she can give you the directions.
[dramatic music playing]
Girls, come on. Let's go.
This is a very important competition.
There's a lot at stake.
We have a group number against Candy Apple,
and Brooke's solo.
Never a dull moment in the Abby Lee Dance Company.
[indistinct chatter]
Oh, I got mail.
So we arrive at the hotel in Columbus
and as we're checking in, Kelly gets a note.
"We are cordially invited to a soiree
in the presidential suite, downtown Columbus.
Cocktail attire encouraged."
[Holly] What kind of event is this?
-[shrieks] -What is it? Let me see!
-Oh no! -A freaking apple!
[all exclaim]
[Kelly]
by inviting us to a party,
but we're gonna go.
[up-tempo jazz music playing]
Hi! You're not wearing a gown!
Thank goodness you're not-- We thought you--
Know how you're supposed to keep your friends close
and your enemies closer?
Well, these ladies need to see the way my studio travels.
It's first class all the way.
Something Abby Lee doesn't know anything about.
Have you guys missed me?
I am actually excited to see Abby. I hate to say it.
Do you think she's a good leader?
She just wants our kids to be the best they can be.
I just feel you guys would be so happy
if you were someplace where you had a good leader.
[Cathy] I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
How many fights have you had with her already?
[Kelly] Oh God, I don't even know.
It seems like it's a negative experience for you guys.
Why don't you go somewhere you're gonna be happy?
Never in a million years did I ever think
Cathy would try to poach us from Abby,
I thought she hated us.
[dramatic music playing]
Get 'em up. Get 'em up!
[Abby]
I told my girls and their mothers,
"Game faces on."
[Cathy] Abby Lee, she draws on abs.
We have real abs.
Keep going.
There they are.
Keep your heads up high, all right?
And remember, no running, hugging, kissing,
just, "Hi! How are you?"
Guys, come here. Don't even look at them.
Do not look at them. Keep your eyes on me.
Hi. How are you?
-Love the curler! -Oh!
[shrieking laughter]
-Very fashionable! -Nobody can tell me?
-Hi, guys! How are you? -Oh, God.
Come on. Let's go, girls.
-Good to see you. -Thank you.
I'm gonna overturn that apple cart.
Cathy is gonna go after the jumps, turns, tricks.
I'm not. I'm gonna go with entertainment value.
I'm gonna pull my bow and arrow out
and I am gonna be right on target.
Think of everything I yelled at you about five days ago,
four days, three days ago, two days ago, yesterday,
and go over that dance in your head.
This is really important to me personally.
It's really important to your moms.
[Jill]
But I'm not sure she fully understands what's at stake.
[Abby] Kendall, this is about you getting
an Abby Lee Dance Company jacket
or going back to the regular classes. You understand?
Yes? Mom, you understand that?
-[Jill] I do. -Okay.
In order to do that, you expect--
I want your corrections,
that I've corrected, fixed.
Kendall forgets that she's still on probation.
And unless these technical issues get cleaned up quickly,
her days are numbered.
[Kelly] Ready for a snood?
[Holly] Don't worry about that.
What do you mean, last night?
[dramatic musical sting]
-We had a soiree. -We had a soiree
and she was the only person there.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
When I left last night, you all didn't go up to your rooms?
-Nope. We went to Cathy's. -We went and changed.
I think that's really
going behind my back and I don't appreciate it.
She had some not-so-nice things to say about you.
I would never
go and invite a bunch of moms from another dance studio
to my room and then talk about their teacher.
I can't believe that Cathy
went behind my back again
and invited my dance moms
to a cocktail party.
Who does that?
Goes to show you, Cathy is
up to her underhanded tricks again,
thinking it's gonna get her ahead in the competition.
Not.
All right, girls. Let's go.
-Break a leg! -[overlapping goodbyes]
[dramatic music playing]
-[Cathy] Are you the new girl? -[Kendall] Yeah.
You're the one that said hi to me?
No. I don't think so.
-Oh. Well, hey, good luck. -Thank you.
[Abby]
going up to Kendall in the wings
and wishing her good luck.
"Oh, you're the new girl? Good luck."
She's a grown adult.
Why would you do that to a little kid?
What's up with your guys' hair?
It's interesting.
-Okay, have fun. -We are gonna just slaughter
the Candy Apples.
[tense music playing]
[emcee] Next up, Abby Lee Dance Company
with "Bad Apples."
["One Bad Apple" by Nikko Lowe playing]
♪ Bad apple ♪
[singer vocalizing]
-♪ Oh yeah ♪
♪ Bad apple ♪
[singer vocalizing]
♪ Honey, won't you meet me at the apple tree ♪
♪ Just you and me with no one else around ♪
♪ Honey, won't you meet me at the apple tree ♪
♪ Just you and me with no one else around ♪
♪ So that's a double slice of that big apple pie ♪
♪ Juicy, red, and shiny all around ♪
♪ Ohh ♪
♪ You're the cutest apple that I've found ♪
[Cathy]
and all of the little apples.
I was clearly represented.
I love it.
[cheering]
♪ Honey, won't you meet me at the apple tree
♪ Just you and me with no one else around ♪
♪ So that's a double slice of that big apple pie ♪
♪ Juicy, red, and shiny all around ♪
[music ends]
-Cute! -[cheering]
I really think their faces and their facial expression
and kinda that old-fashioned look
really stood out during the performance.
I thought they did great.
[emcee] Next up, Candy Apple's Dance Company
with "Baila Hispanola."
[cheering]
[woman] Go, girls!
[lively Spanish guitar music playing]
These girls totally look a lot older than our kids.
They look 14, 15.
[cheering]
They were well trained. Their technique was beautiful.
They were doing five and six turns together as a group.
I am really concerned.
[Christi] I'd like to know that myself.
[cheering]
-[music ends] -[cheering]
[dramatic music playing]
After watching the number,
I'm not certain that our girls are gonna pull it off.
Yeah.
They looked really old.
Some were almost my height.
And I really questioned Cathy's integrity
because you don't wanna be known
as somebody that lies about kids' ages
at a competition.
Well, that went down the tubes, didn't it?
-[Jill] What? -When Kendall goes early
and doesn't hold and doesn't listen to the music.
Kendall, do you play an instrument?
You need to. You need to learn to read music.
You need to learn to hear it.
You have to step up the face if you're next to this one.
She was over the top with the face.
Girls, this was an easy baby dance.
I'm very upset with the girls.
This was an easy piece, and they blew it.
[Jill] Abby, don't you think those girls were much older?
-They looked much older. -That's my job.
I need to worry about that.
You think those girls were 9 and 10?
[Abby] No, I don't.
However, I look like an idiot that I just can't win
on our own talent
and choreography and costuming
that I have to call somebody out
because I think their kids are too old.
I'm gonna have to walk out with my tail between my legs,
getting beat by Cathy from Candy Apple.
And I'm a little worried. You should be worried too.
[Cathy]
It's not Amish.
-Yes, it is. -No, you should know that.
That's '40s.
Know what, Cathy? Go think of something good to say
then come talk to me.
If that's all you got, it's not that good.
[emcee] Third place, #47, "Dock of the Bay."
[cheering, applause]
Second place number...
Number 44, "Baila Hispanola."
-[cheering] -[dramatic music playing]
And our top team in small group is #23, "Apple Tree."
[cheering]
[triumphant music playing]
[Kelly]
'cause we did win first place.
I guess the judges liked that.
It went with the theme of the dance.
[Abby] Think it's time for some pork chops and applesauce.
[laughter]
How you like them apples, Cathy?
[emcee] Now ready for our top teen small group.
[Cathy]
I am totally, totally irritated
with this whole situation.
It's an outrage that she won.
Our dance was far superior.
Did you see how pissed Cathy was? Oh, she was.
Um, I would love to see the scores on that one.
I'm sorry. And you know me.
I don't ever rock the boat,
but that was a no-brainer.
She scored a 287. "Baila Hispanola" scored a 275.
Oh my God. That is utterly ridiculous.
Abby Lee has barely beaten us in this group number,
but right now, I don't have time to sit and brood about that.