ABBY LEE: I have a guest choreographer
coming in because the four of you
will all be in a commercial.
Wow.
Oh, that's fun.
So the commercial is not the group dance?
These are separate?
Two separate, yes.
So they do the commercial today,
and they learn the group dance when?
Tomorrow, because I want them to concentrate
on what they have today.
Plus, tomorrow, I'm bringing two ALDC LA students
to dance with the group.
ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): I want to do a hip hop number.
I need more kids on that stage.
There's two girls who catch my eye every time
they're in a hip hop class, Saryna and Jayden.
They're amazing at hip hop.
They are going to take the level of a hip hop number
and raise the bar.
JILL (VOICEOVER): Our girls have been here all morning,
and she spent all her time with the minis.
We have a commercial dance that films tomorrow that she chose
not to be a part of and a group dance
that we haven't even started with two new dancers.
ABBY LEE: These are the two little ones joining our group.
This is Saryna, and this is Jayden.
So the number is certainly a tribute to Muhammad Ali.
He was so confident, saying I'm the greatest.
And I think sometimes you guys need a little bit more
Muhammad Ali, a little bit more "I
can go out there and be the best performer on the stage today."
HOLLY: I love it.
That's a nice tribute.
HOLLY: It's a great tribute.
Girls, boxing number, you are the champs.
If we go to a competition and enter a number called
the champs, and it doesn't win, I'm
going to look like an idiot and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 of you
along with me.
So we need to make this amazing.
[bell ringing]
[cheering]
[MUSIC - JOY CHARITY ENRIQUEZ, "CHAMPION"]
Why doesn't she turn?
It's these three and then these three.
ABBY LEE: Huh.
ASHLEE: This dance is a--
JILL: Oh, god.
This is so slow.
It's painful.
JILL (VOICEOVER): These poor girls.
I can't even believe this is happening to them.
For whatever reason, it's just not working.
ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): I don't think the problem has anything
to do with my choreography.
They have to work harder.
And if the girls hold back or they're lazy
or they think it's dumb, they don't want to do it,
they're not going to win.
HOLLY: [gasps] She just pulled up.
I see her.
[gasps] Abby?
Abby?
Miss Allen's here.
Clean up!
Everybody, clean up!
Hello.
Hi.
How are you?
- Abby. - Hi.
It's nice to see you.
Hi, sweetheart.
This is-- you know Vivian.
Good to see you. DEBBIE ALLEN: Hi, mommies.
MOMS: Hi.
DEBBIE ALLEN: How are y'all doing?
I'm going to [inaudible] like her when I grow up.
[laughter]
Debbie Allen's one of my heroes.
ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): And she said
she wanted to meet with me.
When Debbie Allen calls, you just do what you're told.
You want to sit down?
Yes.
Yeah.
We could just imagine what that conversation is going
to be about, because it probably would impact
us in one way or the other.
Well, maybe she's willing to give up this building
to save herself from prison.
If she sells it, she has more money--
Right.
--to fight instead of taking a plea.
DEBBIE ALLEN: Vivian's very savvy in her ideas
about classes and organizing the schedules, so--
Maybe she should work for me.
Well, she could come over here and do something.
I'm not possessive like that.
Hey, if you want to take over my payment, let's talk.
Let's talk about it.
Seriously.
ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): I can't believe it's come to this,
but let's face it.
Who knows what the future holds?
Abby is going to make at least one
offensive comment to Debbie Allen before she leaves,
at least one.
What that offensive comment may be, I have no idea.
She'll say something.
It's not that I don't see color.
I just-- it never mattered.
The only thing that I do is I am very much a type-caster.
So I'm using "The Color Purple" songs for the two sisters
that are African American.
Because if those kids get hired professionally to work,
that's the work they're going to do.
But isn't that seeing color?
JILL: Yesterday, when you guys were doing your group dance--
Oh, that steamed me up.
I mean, you have a reputation to uphold.
I don't think that dance really showcases any of you.
HOLLY: It was bad.
JILL: I don't know. - I don't know.
JILL: That's a good question.
I mean, like, really, it's like, one here.
Go.
KENDALL: And 1 and 2 and 3 and--
That's from Jane Fonda's workout video in 1973.
There we go.
I think that we show Abby, look, not interested.
If this is all you have to give, we're not in--
I'm not interested.
ASHLEE: I think we are all in agreement
that we cannot go out on stage with that boring group routine.
We're in a little bit of a situation
here with our group dance tomorrow.
ERIK SARADPON: Yes.
HOLLY: Abby had the girls learn it yesterday,
and it was boring.
ERIK SARADPON: OK, so I know where this is going.
So we need a group number.
Is there any way we could use that tomorrow?
You guys need to clear that with her,
and I would be OK with them using what they've
already learned with me.
And how about can we have some of your boys?
That would be an Abby question, too.
OK.
We'll ask her.
[music playing]
ERIK SARADPON: Way better, Kalani.
Everyone, take a second.
We're going to take a break right now.
ASHLEE: Abby's here.
[gasps]
How's it going?
You would be really proud.
The girls look amazing.
Do you want to get out of their way and let them finish?
We have a proposition for you.
JILL: We need to pull Abby aside before she
ruins our kids' reputation with this man's company.
We wanted to talk about the kids' group dance.
In the car, I have the shoes for the performance.
That's what we want to talk about is we may not need them.
So here is the problem with tomorrow.
The girls are not happy with the choreography
that they're doing.
The consensus was it was boring.
JILL: We talked to Erik, and we love this choreography.
He has to get the OK from you.
As long as you're OK with it, that's the plan.
He's happy to do it.
Perfect. Yay.
I don't care.
Do whatever you want.
ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): I really went out
of my way to get the girls in the commercial,
and this is how they show their gratitude?
Jill, you're going to regret this.
JILL: Hi. HOLLY: Hi.
How are you? KIRA: Hi, girls.
Hello.
Did Abby tell you the time to come?
- Yes. - Yeah?
OK.
JILL: She called those two moms and told them what
time to come to competition.
She's just mad that we went against her.
She invited them here to cause extra drama.
She wants to sabotage us.
KIRA: No, but the girls aren't dancing.
I'm sorry.
They can't learn the number in time.
It's not happening.
It's nothing against them.
It's not happening.
JILL: Yesterday, Abby knew exactly what she was doing.
No, no, no.
You didn't want these two kids in that number.
You wanted two boys.
Do not turn this on us!
Do not! ABBY LEE: She didn't want them!
It is your fault!
You said--
This is your studio!
That--
- Do not turn this on-- - That's not--
--them or me!
That little kid right there-- KIRA: Don't!
--isn't stepping on that stage!
I don't even know his name!
He didn't even sign a waiver to be here!
This is ridiculous.
This has nothing to do with your girls at all.
They're not doing a crappy dance that they were given,
end of discussion.
JILL: Listen, we would never leave you out,
but we don't want to put that boxing number on stage.
It does nothing for them as dancers.
We're just wondering, if they sat back and watched what
our kids have put together yesterday
and learn pieces of it without having
to learn the whole thing--
Well, they are certainly able to learn choreography quickly.
OK.
Would it be a good idea if they come on on this
from the same side we come on?
JILL: If Jayden and Saryna can look at our dance
and see if they can learn it, our kids would
be happy to dance with them.
I'm really worried.
- Hi, guys. - Hi.
Hi.
JILL: OK.
And she will not tell me it's OK--
JILL: OK.
--so they cannot dance.
KIRA: Abby needs to approve the boys' dancing, and she won't.
That's not true.
He just said it.
So now you're going to call the director a liar here?
That's not what I said.
ABBY LEE: Sir?
Sir, didn't I tell you to let them dance?
No, you did not. I'm sorry.
ABBY LEE: Yes, I did. I went right back there.
And I said, it's all fine.
JILL: Be honest. ROBBIE: I am.
She lies.
And if we're playing by the rules, which I explained
to you in the back, if you tell me that it's
OK to let those boys perform--
I said they could dance.
And you-- what you're telling me right--
I said 100 times they could dance.
ROBBIE: 100%.
[applause]
Thank you.
ANNOUNCER: Next up, Small Group Hip
Hop Number 101, "The Champs."
[MUSIC - JOY CHARITY ENRIQUEZ, "CHAMPION"]
Woo!
[cheering]
[applause]
NIA: Saryna, you're good.
I'm sorry.
No, don't be-- NIA: Dude--
JAYDEN: Dude-- - Wait.
Listen. Listen to me.
JAYDEN: Don't-- - Listen to me.
Listen to me.
Have you ever learned a dance in one day and actually, like,
competed and performed it?
Actually, not even one day.
Exactly.
- Like, two hours. - Two hours.
Yeah.
All right, let's give them a big round of applause.
Come on!
[applause]
All right, here come the Overall Junior Group.
ASHLEE: It's super important that the kids can win
with this choreography because they
already feel defeated by Abby.
These girls need a morale boost more
than anything else right now.
Let's put our hands together for Black Dog.
Come on up!
Wow.
KALANI: It does hurt knowing that Abby isn't as invested
as she should be anymore.
She says she wants us to win.
But deep down inside, it kind of feels like she
doesn't want us to win.
Like, I'm not playing these games anymore where you just
want us here because we're going to help you,