- I have a voice.
And I'm going to use it.
If I've had more opportunities,
maybe I would have been better.
Well, if you well at me, I'm going to cry, so--
You just got my focus, everybody.
I hope they don't embarrass me again.
I was wondering if I could come back to dance.
That's taking the high road.
JoJo, you were fifth in the competition.
You're fifth on the pyramid.
Sometimes you act like a five-year-old.
Maybe five is your lucky number, or not so lucky number.
She did a good job.
You should have watched the movie.
But I'm in a hotel room.
And a scary movie just--
No, we're not going to do it.
We did the dance.
It was good.
She was possessed.
It was good.
Well, if you're so good, you don't really need to be a part
of the Abby Lee Dance Company.
[music playing]
Can you put her picture back up?
She deserves to be on the pyramid.
She is in the group dance.
She deserves nothing!
You can't stand here and cry.
I want no, no, no, no, no, no crying children, none.
Well, if you yell at me, I'm going to cry.
- Get out. - Let's go.
Go.
Let's go.
Go.
Let's go.
See?
This is where I think the mothers
are absolutely ridiculous.
I already have choreography in mind for JoJo
to do with Mackenzie.
But no, she's going to cause all this chaos.
It's just her.
They're going to cry.
Say you're sorry.
'Cause you're a bigger person than she is.
I hate the way that Abby is treating JoJo.
But I know this is a great opportunity for JoJo.
And I want her to be on the team,
and I want her to go back to Pittsburgh with Abby.
You're back?
Yeah.
Why?
And I'm sorry that I didn't watch the movie.
That's taking the high road.
Abby--
I came down to take Sarah.
That's what I was doing.
I came down to take Sarah.
Why don't you tell Abby the truth?
That's it.
[shouting]
[crying]
It's OK.
Just breathe.
Look at me.
Abby's right.
We shouldn't have fought for you that week.
- [inaudible] kicked out? - Yeah, I did.
Michelle just said.
[inaudible] to my mom.
Well, because all your moms called my mom a coward.
No, no, no, no, no.
[interposing voices]
Fine.
Sarah is kind of getting mad because our moms are
creating all the drama, but that's not us.
Just because our moms are fighting
doesn't mean we have to.
OK, listen, when you get angry, both of you,
everybody gets mad, and they scream.
OK?
That's not the way that we want to do this, right?
Right.
OK?
All she wants to do is have a nice life and no drama.
But of course, with these moms, that can't happen.
But we'll love and support her through anything.
Good afternoon, everyone.
We are ready for the dancers.
All right, now, if I could get number 247 over here please.
[piano playing]
Tendu and close.
See, number 250 was popping her foot
out and bringing it back.
Oh!
So sorry.
That's your child.
Cathy.
Cathy-- is that all you guys can say?
You're not even supposed to be watching.
Aren't you the teacher?
Well, then stop popping your hat.
Take some of that tension out of shoulders there.
Lift up through the back and the neck.
Pull the stomach in. Good.
You don't even know me.
I can read you like a book.
That you are a [bleep].
Please be gone.
Oh, nice language.
I know. I got it from you.
That's what you always have to-- no, you didn't.
[interposing voices]
Ladies!
Flash There is audition going on right behind the door.
Shush!
I'm not the one that's always drunk
and can't take care of my kid.
I'm not drunk, I can take care of--
Oh, but you've always got a drink in your hand.
You embarrass yourself every time you open your mouth.
Pardon me one moment, please.
Ladies.
We're having a ballet class in here.
Thank you.
If you don't respect me, and you don't
respect these girls, respect-- - Don't only talk to me.
--the art form.
You need to talk to her as well.
You just got my focus, everybody.
Please.
I was beyond mortified.
And I was just so mad that I let Cathy get the best of me,
and I behaved that way, because I had no intentions of that.
I don't want anyone to ever execute behavior like what
I had to step out that door and tell
the people who were responsible for you to not behave like.
Don't let a bad influence like that influence your lives.
Our moms were really bad.
It was so rude.
I hope they don't embarrass me again.
Asia, you did an entire routine with your pants
on backwards.
But don't laugh.
It's not funny.
Someone is dressing you, and I understand that.
I always check her.
And in the circumstances, I didn't even know.
You're not sitting in the audience.
You're backstage.
You're in that quick change room.
I'm looking at a list that says--
it says her name on 18.
I popped her into Brooke's spot.
But no one told me.
Now, I want the name of who put that costume on you
backwards.
It was my responsibility.
Thank you, Asia.
Whatever she wants to hear.
Thank you for ending that.
What did you say?
The kid in the red pants didn't know what they were doing?
I wasn't-- no, that's Paige.
Paige generally doesn't know what she's doing.
I'm watching the number.
And Anthony and Cathy are talking bad about Paige--
I mean, loud.
I could hear it.
And it's really freaking me out.
I summoned Paige down off the stage.
I thought that if Paige stood up to them,
and looked at this man, and said, if you have something
to say, say it to my face, that he
would rationally, as a grown adult, say oh, honey,
I'm sorry.
I won't say anything else.
MAN: But it didn't look like that.
I guess because you were closer to the wing,
it looked like you were, you know, about to hit the wing.
So it showed on your face.
And I mean-- - Uh-uh.
Uh-uh.
You're not her dance teacher, so don't give her critiques.
I'm not a dance teacher. That's why I did--
Leave her alone.
Yeah, but you're [inaudible].
Paige, please go up on the thing with your group.
So what?
Don't rip on my daughter.
She's 11 years old.
She does it enough.
Yeah, well, I pay her.
I didn't really care that he was giving me corrections
because I like getting corrections from other people
because it makes you a better dancer.
I just didn't like that he did it
in front of the whole audience because it
kind of got me embarrassed.
You guys won, won without Maddie doing the featured spot.
That's great.
But when Maddie dances and tells the story,
you can't take your eyes off of you.
When you do it, it was like nothing.
If I've had more opportunities,
maybe I would have been better at it.
On the bottom of the pyramid, we have Nia.
As usual, Abby is all over Nia's case.
You guys never once take into account that this kid
has feelings too, ever.
Because everything out of your mouth is mean and hurtful.
You're just jealous that Brynn has had
a better season than Kendall.
[tense music]
It's all over social media.
It doesn't--
Kendall, don't listen to her.
It's not all over social media.
Trust me.
She's a fool.
You're the one who tears down kids every day.
You guys say crap about my kid all the time.
You're not out there, Kendall.
So you don't know.
Excuse me.
Abby, I am not allowing this woman
to talk to my child like that.
When a mother talks about you, it's really not OK.
And now that I'm becoming older and more mature,
I have a voice, and I'm going to use it.
I saw some snafus.
But I thought the routine was good.
Well, I'm just speaking from on my behalf and us.
We won, but we don't feel like it was our best.
Make it work!
It's an honor to be in this group.
We have three weeks until Nationals.
You need to make it work.
Goodbye.
Bye.
I invited Miss Abby to come out
with me so I can tell her that I want to come back to dance.
Cheer-leading just wasn't my thing.
Abby was really upset.
I don't know if she's going to take me back,
but I hope she does.
I was wondering if I could come back to dance.
That's just not that easy, Brooke.
You stab everybody in the back.
You slap me in the face.
She should have opened her mouth and said, let somebody else
be at the top of the pyramid.
She's screwing me.
I can feel it!
I just wanted to try it out to make sure dance
is what I wanted to do.
What my problem with that was that you didn't speak up
and say something ahead of time.
And I mean, you just didn't show up.
You let a lot of people down.
You let me down.
I'm very torn about this decision.
Brooke broke by heart.
My biggest disappointment, I think, too,
would be that you just didn't want to dance.
You have a god-given talent.
Don't throw it away, honey.
I think you have a lot to offer to the team.
You're going to have to really prove yourself.
Abby finally said she would be glad to have me back
in the Abby Lee Dance Company.
I was very happy.
And I'm never going to let her down again.
I feel like we haven't been a team anymore.
And it's like there's been, like,
separation between the team.
I mean, I think there was an incident that happened,
that everyone was saying that Gia was trying
to take me away from the team.
She's not purposely trying to exclude me from the team.
All of you guys have been nice to me,
but she's, like, been especially nice.
We just have to act more as a team from now on and--
Yeah, exactly.
The last two weeks for Nia have been phenomenal.
She had an amazing solo.
And then last week, she had the lead
in "Good Help is Hard to Find."
And I think that proves that Nia is a force to be reckoned with.
So I'm optimistic that, as Abby is building this team,
that she's going to recognize Nia's leadership
and what she brings to the team.
On the top of the pyramid, finally, a win from Camryn.
Camryn, you won the duet.
I would like to inter--
I don't know why Nia is on that spot in the pyramid.
Yeah.
I absolutely do not--
I agree.
You are the one who gave that ultimatum
to Nia that if she did not deliver
when it was on her shoulders, that they lost.
I want to win this week.
Nia, that pressure is on your shoulders.
So they won.
And yet, she doesn't get to have the--
She doesn't get the glory?
No.
She got the glory right there on stage.
She doesn't get the attention and the recognition
of pulling out a win.
Camryn also won that duet.
How things work here, whenever Maddie would
be the lead of the group dance, she would be at the top
if we won.
Absolutely.
Why isn't she at the top when everybody here
expected her to be at the top of the pyramid?
Because I thought that when Camryn left the stage,
she stole a little bit of that thunder with her acting.
I actually thought, for a change,
for a moment, that your pyramids meant something.
So we talk about your standards--
Yeah, These are really different standards.
Kalani.
Nia.
Kendall.
All three of you were in the group.
We did not win at the competition.
Was it because Nadia didn't dance with the team?
Abby, it was because they were better that time.
[suspenseful music]
Touche.
That means you are spot on.
That was close.
I have never choked her.
I pushed her back.
Her daughter lied and said that I was screaming in her face.
I just calmly talked to my daughter to say,
please get your stuff-- - Time.
--and let's go and leave.
We have a witness.
I did say that you yelled at me,
but I'm not going to say that you calmly told me that--
But Lilly, it's not OK to say--
Ah, ah, ah!
You had your 30 seconds.
It's not OK to lie.
[inaudible] 30 seconds!
Even if you are eight years old--
Do not speak to my kid--
Even if you are eight years--
Do not talk to my child!
You say-- don't you!
Don't go after my child.
I can do whatever I want to do.
- Get out of my face. - No.
All right. Let's stop.
You're not allowed to talk to her.
You're supposed to bury the hatchet,
and put this behind us.
And it was supposed to be fun.
My courtroom is not going to be a place for this behavior.
I'm holding them all in contempt.
I've had people all summer long calling,
wanting to work with Kendall.
But I had to turn them down because of my loyalty to Abby.
That's [bleep].
You know what you're missing, Abby?
More than anybody in this room, Kendall and myself
have been loyal to you.
Aw, please don't do that.
Well--
That's not true.
But that is the truth.
That is not true.
OK, Holly--
That is not true.
I have been more loyal to you and what you asked--
--has nothing to do with loyalty.
Do not go there.
No, no, I have been loyal.
It stinks because she won't let me go out and do auditions.
And I just wish my mom wouldn't cause
a scene because then it's just going
to make things worse with Abby.
Sarah would probably take care of that faster than you would.
No, come on. We're going back.
No, I want to listen.
Sarah, you shouldn't listen.
No!
Sarah.
You're hopeless.
I am not hopeless!
Yes, you are.
You actually are.
[interposing voices]
You clearly--
I'm actually not hopeless.
Well, you're not going to get kicked out.
We're not going to let you.
We won't let you get kicked out.
OK this is not kid drama.
I know.
My mom is literally your second mom.
[inaudible]
Every singe time--
So I-- OK.
I really feel like--
I'm going back in the den because I don't
want to listen this and get--
cause drama.
Because you're still-- pull out
your phone and call them then.
Just take a deep breath, honey.
Take a deep breath.
Honey, take a deep breath.
Go warm up with the team.
Take a deep breath.
It's OK, honey.
Take a deep breath.
It's OK.
Take a deep breath.