I know we talked a little bit about it last night,
and you sent the video over of, like, your part,
filling in for Elliana, but she's, like, not here again.
But do you want to fight for the opportunity to dance?
Of course I want to dance.
She hasn't even been here the past two weeks.
And GiaNina has a duet, and she's
messed up two times in a row.
So I don't know why I wouldn't have a duet.
But I don't know what to do today,
because I'm also your advocate and I
don't want you to be used.
Well, I think I-- what should happen is I can do the dance,
and then show her.
And if she thinks it looks good, she'll keep me.
So I should trust you?
Yeah, basically.
So you don't want me barging in there and saying anything?
No.
You're not going to come downstairs and then get me
screamed at and waste her time.
And then I'm going to get yelled at,
so you're not going to do that.
You're going to sit your little booty upstairs
and not be a pain in her hoo-ha, like you
said you were at pyramid.
And I mean it.
You're not going to.
So I still have no Elliana?
MICHELLE: Aw, imagine that--
Yeah.
Seriously?
She left--
We all left at the same time.
Seriously?
We got in our cars at the same time.
I mean, like, does this kid want to be in the dance or not?
Like, I don't understand what the deal is.
Like, we're all doing this for her.
This is ridiculous.
I know.
Sarah wants to dance.
Sarah, again, thank you for doing this.
I mean, you're really taking one for the team here.
Yeah.
It's unbelievable, honestly.
They show up whenever they want to.
And then they-- it's like a whole set
of-- different set of rules.
I've never seen anything like it.
But why is it allowed?
I don't know.
It's fine.
Well, I don't need to see it full out.
I just need-- I literally need Elliana,
is what I need right now.
Let me call her.
[phone ringing]
I mean, she was late.
I mean, I didn't see her behind you, but, like--
MICHELLE: I saw her get in the car when we got in the car.
I saw her.
You're killing me, Smalls.
WOMAN (OVER PHONE): Please record your message.
When you are finished recording, you may hang up
or press one for more options.
You can't write this stuff.
One second.
[beep]
Hey, Linda.
It's Joanne and Michelle.
And we're here at the studio.
And Gianna is wondering where you are, and so are we.
So do I call until you pick up?
Are you going to call me back?
Are you lost?
Where are you?
She's not answering.
Gianna, she's not--
I mean, I don't want to make your kid,
like, do all this work.
Well, Sarah wanted to dance.
And it's good for her to dance.
Gia has to know it.
MICHELLE: I mean, you're the only one
that has the conversation with Abby that can make the change.
Sarah can learn it.
Right.
Sarah can learn it.
And the change we made with you and Abby.
That's the only--
I already asked.
Honestly, you're teaching it and you see Sarah.
I mean--
I don't think that there's anything that Sarah
can't do in this dance.
Push back.
Ah-ha!
Ah.
Yolanda scored.
What do you think about the studio?
We were wondering where you were.
Well, I'm here on time, girlfriend.
We were like, oh, my god.
Did you think I went to the wrong place?
I thought you got lost.
Remember you told me your GPS, you get lost all the time?
Well, true.
But I had, you know, I checked this out.
I knew where it was.
OK, Elliana.
Elliana, are you warmed up?
OK.
And she-- I did send the videos to her.
So she says she knows it.
INSTRUCTOR: OK.
So what do you know, Elliana?
Do you know any of it?
OK.
Well, we need to walk it through slow from the top
because Gianna has never done it with you.
All right.
Step in, Ellie.
Let's see what we have.
[music playing]
SINGER: Say you're guilty, say you're naughty.
Say you did it.
Say you're sorry.
Seven, eight--
[music playing]
SINGER: Back down to the floor.
Gonna rub 'em and cuff 'em until they beg for more.
OK, you know this part.
This is crazy.
Y'all, I'm done with the--
night rehearsals.
Like, I was there at 7:00 today, from 7:00 AM.
And it's about to be 7:00 PM, and I'm still going.
This is not what I planned.
And it's not fair to you.
It's not fair to Gia.
It is not fair to Sarah.
It's not fair to the mothers.
It's not, like, fair to anybody.
You have to jump that way, so you have to do
a half of a turn, a half of a--
or you have to do second--
let's have you not jump.
Let's have you jump.
And I need to get you that way.
Can you aerial to the back and land?
There we go.
And land on your stomach.
There you go.
So I'm so confused.
Does she know it?
She learned it in--
she couldn't do school, but she learned the dance?
This is, like, really, really, really hard for me.
Different condition here.
JOANNE: What's the matter?
What's happening? - She had no mirrors--
She's trying to say she learned this
whole dance in 20 minutes while she
drove through drive-through.
Well, she knew the beginning last night.
The beginning was last night.
So it was the second little half.
The new stuff-- the new stuff.
But this is a much-- this is an actual dance floor.
Like, there are mirrors.
Last week, she had no practice on Friday.
She had learned on Thursday in a room that was
a fourth the size of this room.
But that shouldn't matter because she
learned it in the car today.
You just told me she does it many, many times in the car.
Learns it and takes it right to the stage.
So she should never need to have a room.
LINDA: However, those were solo performances.
It makes a big difference.
She has to be--
she has to be with her duet partner.
I feel like you really have something on your mind
right now.
I just think poor Sarah's sitting back here.
And you don't think that I'm considering her feelings?
No.
You should've brought her an ice cream.
She skipped dinner.
Elliana, do you even know what this dance is about?
Um-- she's, like, calling me, like, safe or guilty for, like,
being a strangler.
So she's the judge?
So she's the judge.
Have you ever seen "Judge Judy?"
It's my grandma's favorite show,
so yes, I've watched it before.
And you see what she looks like,
and you see her demeanor and her posture,
and you see the people in the courtroom?
Yes.
So that's you.
OK.
And we don't know yet if you're guilty or not.
OK.
So we can't tell, and we won't know until the end.
OK?
If you really did it or not.
But you need to be, like, taunting her.
OK.
And you're like, I've had it, I don't want--
I don't want to hear your story, I don't want to hear your side,
I don't want to hear it.
OK.
So I'm kind of, like, sneaky, right?
Sneaky.
And I'm stuck here.
I'm sure Abby will go over it with you.
Are you going to be here tomorrow,
or am I never going to see this dance again?
Who am I going to see do this dance?
How long are these arrangements
going to go on for, that I need to plan extra time in my week?
I just need to know.
Well, is that OK?
No.
Three strikes, you're out.
Tomorrow is the third one.
I know.
It's crazy.
It's not.
And Sarah, thank you, again, for being here and stepping in.
I don't know if you're helping us,
but you're definitely helping me.
So--
Yeah, but--
Thank you, Sarah.
Thanks.
I really feel that, like, this shows who she is as a dancer
and as a person.
And that, you know, Abby's going to see that, that she's
had an awesome attitude.
Like right now, she's practicing right now.
Like, she doesn't have to, but she's,
like, going, like, balls out to be
the best team player she can.
And that's, like, a true teammate.
You owe her a lot.
Yeah.
I've told that to Ellie numerous times.
To everybody here.
I'm just-- what I'm trying to figure out--
Well, you didn't want me in their recording
at all, which I'm not really quite sure why some--
Well I mean, it's my kid. Because--
No, because you wanted to sabotage it,
so she wouldn't have her chance at all.
Me sabotage it?
Are you insane?
Why would that be insane?
You want to sabotage getting Sarah out of the dance
because you want Elliana in the dance.
By doing what?
Because wanted to make sure she got the part.
You don't bring her on time.
We have to rearrange rehearsals.
We have to be here in the nighttime for you
because you don't have your stuff together.
You didn't even want me--
Are you crazy?
That's insane.
You didn't even want me to record her.
That's my kid.
Abby had already given permission.
That's my kid.
For you to help your kid.
To help your kid.
But it's a team play-- it's supposed to be a team.
Wait. Wait.
She's not even allowed to dance at the same time.
So now on my night off, on my night to go eat dinner--
I didn't even eat.
You stopped and you arrived late--
This was your choice.
She didn't have to come.
She didn't have to come today.
That I want my kid to be in the duo.
So if Sarah wants to run her music
and make sure she knows it, because if she goes
in the studio tomorrow, and Abby says, Sarah, run the dance,
I want to make sure Sarah knows it.
With the music, and not just standing back here because she
didn't do it with a partner.
Michelle, you're not even listening to it.
All these things I've said about Sarah, but have you
even said one nice thing about Elliana?
Not one.
Yap, yap, yap, yap, yap, yap, yap, yap, yap.
Exactly.
Not one.
Yap, yap, yap.
But I didn't come here to hear the validation.
Not one.
Sarah's not going to know the dance if you're talking to her
while you're doing the dance.
[music playing]
SINGER: Do some time in the back seat.
Do some time in the back seat.
I love that.
Yeah, it's cool.
A lot of energy.
SINGER: You look like a felony.
Handcuffs, so put your hands up.
And baby, you look like a felony.
Handcuffs, so put your hands up.
You look like a felony.
So what do you think?
What do you think?
Go up there, Sarah.
I think you all need to practice it.
I think you need to practice it with her.
And I think you need to practice it with her.
GiaNina, do you have a preference for a duo partner?
No, I don't.
I think they dance--
they don't dance-- they don't dance the same,
which is fine, but I'll--
We'll find a way to dance the same, and all of us.
I don't really have a preference at all.
I think they can both do it just equally as well as I
could have been partnered with.
It just comes down to what Miss Abby wants.
Good answer, Judge Judy.
Good job, Sarah.
Don't worry about it, OK?
Thank you.
I'm going to leave it at this.
Let's work with what we have tonight.
I will send you updated music later.
I think that's all I can do for you guys right now.
LINDA: Thank you.
I'm going home.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Sarah.
Thank you, moms.
Thank you, both of you, for--
Next week, there will be no after school rehearsal with me.
You're talented kids, and making it work.
So you're saying right now, Sarah did it better?
Yeah.
Well, she has the character down.
You can see it.
Yeah, of course.
But--
That's it.
Oh, did you jump in there wrong?
We'll see.