[Abby] I am scouting new talent.
I'm looking for a girl that is 12, someone's short, petite,
extraordinary legs and feet.
The ability to work both sides
and somebody that does all genres.
Abby's threatened us in the past
to light a fire and get things going.
But this time it sounds like she's looking
for someone permanent.
I'm afraid that's a replacement for Chloe.
You're good.
Okay?
You're beautiful. Stop it.
I know my daughter doesn't cry over nothing.
After Abby gave that checklist of what she's looking for
in a dancer, and it's not Peyton, it made her feel very
uncomfortable, and she feels unsupported on this team.
[rock music playing]
Brooke's in the best outfit.
Hey, didn't you tell me you had that bra top at home?
Are you ladies worried about her replacing your kids?
Because I'm a little nervous.
Know what? I'm sick and tired of it.
Shut up.
You know what?
-Your kid is 16 years old? -Right.
And I put her on this team this weekend because we're doing
a dance that she looks great doing.
She's in the middle.
And you're still bitching about stuff.
[Abby]
I thought I had Brooke, but she proved me wrong.
So I bring in Peyton,
but she's having a meltdown and boo-hooing
over her hairstyle.
Really, Peyton?
You're the oldest, most advanced person in this group.
This is your job.
You don't want to be here?
I have four kids standing in the hall right now
that I looked at on stage earlier today
that could take any one of your places.
Peyton, you can't even look at me.
You're looking everywhere else.
Stop acting like a baby. You're 16 years old
and everybody's watching you cry.
Save your tears for the pillow. You have an opportunity here.
Don't blow it, kiddo.
Mackenzie, see what it looks like when you cry like a baby?
There's some amazing talent at this competition.
And I have my eye on a few kids.
My girls better get their act together because they're all
replaceable.
This is a pre-teen jazz group.
Please put your hands together for "Girls' Night Out."
[cheering and applause]
[rock song plays]
♪ We don't care what Our boyfriends say ♪
♪ 'Cause we're gonna do What we want to anyway ♪
♪ We don't mind what Of you get answered ♪
♪ Don't psycho-analyze Where we've been ♪
♪ Uh-oh, walkin' Down the street ♪
♪ Like a gang of supermodels On the runway beat ♪
♪ To every girl Around the world ♪
♪ Tell your boyfriends To shut their mouths! ♪
♪ Girls night out Ain't no boys allowed ♪
♪ Girls going wild, oh ♪
♪ Girls night out That's what it's about ♪
♪ Go shout out loud, oh ♪
♪ Let's G-N-O Girls' night out ♪
[cheering and clapping]
♪ We can't wait For Friday night ♪
♪ When we put our lipstick on And pick electro-light ♪
♪ We're ready now To hit this town ♪
♪ We're gonna rock it Like an earthquake ♪
♪ And shake the ground ♪
♪ Uh-oh, Gonna raise some hell ♪
♪ Well, like to think every night's special, yeah ♪
♪ We won't tell what we did ♪
♪ Cuz we know when We gotta shut our mouths! ♪
♪ Girls night out Ain't no boys allowed ♪
♪ Girls going wild, oh ♪
♪ Girls night out That's what it's about ♪
♪
♪ Let's G-N-O Girls' night out ♪
♪ Let's go ♪
[applause]
[Abby]
The girls looked hot, but the routine was a mess.
Especially Brooke. She makes so many mistakes.
I think she ought to stick to the singing thing.
Let's hope judges didn't notice.
[announcer] In third place in our pre-teen group division.
Girls' night out!
[cheering and applause]
I haven't groomed these girls since they were babies
to get third place.
I had two routines win and two routines lose.
Fifty percent. That's an F.
To me, that's failing.
And this team failed.
So...
Starting out the season with a big bang and a big win.
What happens when you get there and everybody's good?
You have to be better!
You can't take a vacation. You can't take time off.
It doesn't help.
It hurts.
Brooke didn't want to learn. She could've known it.
She missed a whole step.
She specifically came there before she went to her concert
to learn the dance.
Her performance skills are weak.
Well, you know what?
She had a better opportunity and she took it.
We all know she has that opportunity because of me.
And the performance skills there suck too.
I don't care what you think of her performance skills.
I really don't.
Whenever she dances with you, you do.
You put all your eggs in one basket.
Your kid was the basket.
Your child was the one.
-I put all my eggs in you. -She got nowhere with you.
Years and years ago.
And where did it get Brooke? Nowhere.
She had a mother that was a bitch.
[slamming sounds]
Here comes the kids.
Well, you guys look cute.
You did so good in that group dance, girl.
Good job on the trio, girls.
I don't usually announce where you're going until pyramid.
But next week, we're going to Ohio.
-[groaning] -And you all know...
who's in Ohio.
So being third overall high score
has me a little bit worried.
A lot worried about next week.
You're welcome. You don't need to thank me. Just win.
Hey, girls. How we doing?
Chloe, what's with the hair?
I told her four times.
You told her four times to get it up?
Push-ups, go, 25.
You can't listen to your teacher?
[Abby]
Chloe broke the rules.
Rules are for safety.
Safety for the dancer.
Safety for those around her.
Straighten your bottom knee.
[claps]
Every dancer knows you come with your hair up to class.
You're not going to start turning again
with your hair still down. For real?
Leave the room, get the hair up,
and don't come back until it's up.
[dark music]
[Abby] Chloe. Here.
Why didn't you open your mouth and ask me?
Ridiculous.
Could've asked for a rubber band at the desk.
Right?
Why she was crying? I don't know.
Kids should cry when their arm is broken and it's hanging off
or somebody dies. That's it.
We're working on turns and it's taking
20 minutes to get your hair up.
A Broadway talent scout is coming here tomorrow.
I don't have time to be nice and sweet.
[fast-paced music]
We are, turning these girls into athletes,
not pageant queens.
Five. Below arabesque turn. Six.
Let's go. Come on in.
[ominous music]
So we're going to have the girls are going to perform
one at a time.
Each member of a group should be able to do
that group routine
choreography like a soloist.
When they do it one at a time by themselves, it gives us
the opportunity to see who's using the wrong arms on a turn
or who's turning one more time than everybody else.
[Abby] Are we ready to go?
[jazz music]
♪ Let's spin the wheel ♪
♪ Let's feed the slots ♪
-♪ Let's bet it all on... ♪
♪ Oh, let's sit ♪
[Abby] C'mon, tighten up.
♪ Best advice Let's take a chance ♪
I wish Ricky could teach the group rehearsal because he gives
you nice critiques. Not screaming at you.
[Abby] Face, face, face. Come on.
♪ Baby, let's roll the dice ♪
[Abby] Gotta get higher in the air.
♪ If we lose Well, we won't grumble ♪
♪ Baby ♪
♪ Let's roll the dice ♪
-♪ Baby ♪
♪ Let's roll the dice ♪
-[music stops] -Paige, you're up.
[mysterious music]
Okay.
I can't breathe.
[Paige] I just need water.
[Abby]
Every single girl in the group had to do the routine
by themselves.
She should know this dance as well as everybody else.
I don't know what's going on with you,
but you need to get your act together.
You are 12 years old.
You are way too old to be forgetting.
Paige, I think you're having, like, anxiety,
and she gets you so nervous that you can't function.
Like, this is not right over dance class.
If Abby didn't have a lot of connections to get these kids
ahead, I would have left a long time ago.
We have to get out of here.
Paige is so afraid of Abby right now.
It's killing me inside.
I just don't know what to do.
It's okay.
All right.
Remember, this is the first competition back.
This is it.
Don't make me regret coming home.
So, ladies, we have three solos.
Mackenzie, you're the first solo up.
Then Chloe second. Then Maddie, you're third.
Maddie, you ready? I had a different shirt, though.
Maddie, come out.
Yeah. Okay. That's good. I don't like the shirt.
-You don't? -No, this is
-competing... -[Christi]
Abby and Team Melissa
should just travel to competitions
on their own, because as it stands
right now,
we're the filler in between the Maddie dances.
-Yeah. -[Abby] Let me see.
Do some steps.
I like the back of the shirt.
I like sleeves bouncing.
I don't know what it is, but as soon as Abby comes back in town,
I seem to get all sorts of flack
for any attention that Maddie gets.
[boom]
The set number 13, junior tap solo.
Please welcome Maddie performing
-You and Me Against the World.
[applause]
[upbeat pop music]
♪ Now I woke up on the wrong side of bed ♪
♪ And I spilled coffee On your white T ♪
♪ I burnt your bacon Burnt your pancakes ♪
♪ And my hand ♪
♪ It's not my day I hope you understand ♪
[Abby] The apron starts to come down
in the middle of the number.
♪ You know I don't... ♪
[Abby]
She is right on the money the entire routine.
[music continues]
♪ Against the world ♪
[cheering and clapping]
[announcer]
[Abby] That kid...
was like a pro.
I thought all of them look great.
I thought Kenzie is looking so strong and Maddie looked great.
Maddie's apron came down. I looked over at Abby...
-Abby was laughing -...and Abby laughed.
I know.
When Chloe lost her headband, Christi was, like, murdered.
Oh, my God.
It came forward. What did you want me to do?
You're in the bar with a drink. Her headpiece is falling off.
She's not going to come in here
and yell at Melissa. She's not going to be upset.
Like she screamed at me.
She was angry with Chloe.
That's not gonna happen with them.
It is what it is.
Melissa, you are on my last nerve.
[boom]
Amazing job.
I was nervous.
First runner up with a score of 280.7 points
is Miss Maddie with Act #13.
"You and Me Against the World."
[applause]
Yay, Maddie.
[clapping and cheering]
[Abby] That is a joke.
And your highest-scoring elite junior soloist
is Miss Haley
with Act #10,
"Pardon My Southern Accent."
[applause]
[Abby]
Second? Are you serious?
[announcer]
Now, for our elite junior small group, in third place
was Act #81.
"Mannequin."
[applause]
In second place, with a score of 275 points,
is Act #88,
"Rockelbel's Canon" from Tom Marines.
[applause]
And your highest scoring elite junior small group with a score
of 277.5 points
is Act #86,
"Gone Too Soon" from the Abby Lee Dance Company.
[applause]
Congratulations to all
of our elite junior small groups.
The group just won first place, and Abby can't even bother
to look up from her phone because she's so upset
Maddie got second place.
Oh, boy.
Thank God that we won the group dance.
Oh, I don't think Abby cares that the girls won.
Only thing she cares about was Maddie's solo.
I feel bad the girls probably won't get
to enjoy their win.
So all your kissing ass and doing whatever has paid off.
And aren't you glad that you went to LA to make sure
that she will protect you?
But you don't see when you do things against the group,
that it hurts our kids.
My kids come first to me.
And they always will come first to me.
I can't say I'm fed up with Melissa's lying and fakeness.
I've always been fed up
with Melissa's lying and fakeness.
But I think all the other moms in the room are finally
fed up with it, too.
[screaming in joy]
-Good job. -Good job.
-We took first, people! -I know.
High five. High five.
See? And Melissa thought you were upset.
Uh, you said that Maddie was so upset.
-Okay? So kiss my ass! -She looks so upset.
Why are you saying this?
Because guess what? You do it all the time.
You talk about my kid all the time.
You said, "Oh, Maddie's upset." Every time Maddie doesn't win.
"Oh, my God. Maddie is upset. Maddie is upset."
Don't play the game.
She was crying. Thank you.
Oh, whatever.
-Okay. -Screw you.
I'm done. I'm so over it.
You know what? You're always against me.
Come on.
Why don't you tell that trashy girl to stop?
We're leaving.
I walk into the dressing room, Melissa's mad. She's leaving.
The other kids aren't there. They're milling around.
What is going on with the Abby Lee Dance Company?
Come on, girls.
[dramatic music]
You're sitting here like we have another number. It's over.
Get your stuff together.
Oh, let's all be children.
[Melissa] Maddie. Maddie, stop.
[Abby] Melissa, what's going on with you?
Tell me what happened.
Maddie is fine.
[Abby] Maddie!
Learn from Chloe or learn from Christi,
being evil,
not to cry.
[soft piano music]
You got to save it for the pillow.
Because people like that...
make it worse.
Every time you get knocked down, you fight that much more.
And that's what makes you Maddie.
You're a survivor.
Got it?
[Abby]
This is Maddie's time to shine, and they don't understand that.
Come over here and give me a hug.
Oh.