- Three weeks until LA--
three weeks.
You are going to be studying, training, living,
and hopefully working in LA.
So, moms, we're going to do head shots tomorrow.
[cheering]
You are selling your image.
This is Becky and her assistant, Nancy.
Hi.
They're going to be working with you today.
These photographs will be submitted to casting agents,
to commercial agents, to dance agents in Los Angeles
upon arrival.
And you guys know-- some people are photogenic.
Some people aren't.
Today our job is to get the best photos possible
that are going to put you out there and say,
we want this kid.
So I put a timer.
We have 15 minutes with each girl.
OK.
ABBY: Maddie would be the leading lady, be Jodie Foster.
If it's not Maddie, it's Mackenzie, Kalani.
Those are her favorites.
They don't obviously don't much time or focus
or attention for Nia or Kendal.
She probably won't even be able to remember their names.
I gotcha.
Ready?
Next.
We need a definition, though.
We can't even see her lips.
And her under eyes are too dark, too.
OK.
Three frickin' times, and she still doesn't have lipstick on.
OK, I'm finished.
You're on your own, babe. Good luck.
[laughs] WOMAN: Aw, come on, Abby.
It's Nia's turn.
Every child got a critique I'm Abby, except for Nia.
Do something sassy and just be you.
This has been a roller coaster of emotions this week.
And Abby needs to find a target to focus her anger.
Abby is showing her true colors, and I don't like what I see.
I overheard Abby tell the photographer
Kalani, Maddie, and Mackenzie will be the only ones getting
work in LA.
I'm trying really hard to bite my tongue.
In any other week, I probably would say something.
But at this week, knowing what she's going through,
I'm not going to stoop to her level--
not yet anyway.
No, you could see the difference in the pictures.
It's frustrating.
Yeah, I know.
She can't make-- oh, whatever.
We'll see what happens.
She can't make what?
She can make or break you.
That just solidifies that we go to LA
to support now these three.
What is the kicker is that she wants us to be loyal to her.
We're standing by you through the lawsuit and all
the negative media attention.
Do you not see how outrageous your behavior is?
It's cruel.
Look at this competition!
It's a joke.
Yeah, how did Eva beat Kalani?
This is rigged.
And I will say that. - OK.
You look like an idiot. I would stop.
You're creating excuses to protect Maddie's and Kalani's
reputations because those kids matter
because those are the only ones who are going
to work and book jobs anyway.
- That's bull. - I didn't say it.
You did.
ABBY: That's bull.
You said it.
I did not say that.
You need to be a grown woman and own your words.
I-- I own my words.
You're not getting rid of me, and
you're not getting rid of Nia.
We have been here, unlike some people.
ABBY: But I want Nia on the team.
And then who--
wait, excuse me.
But who gets your benefit and your interest?
Someone who just walks in after being gone for several
months. - No, that's not true.
I have backed Nia up with those pathetic feet for years!
Holly and Jill, they think that their kids are it,
and they're not.
If the moms can see what I see, then they'll understand
what I'm talking about, right?
Don't tell me how to act.
I will tell you how to act because I'm helping you.
It's everybody else's fault. She wants to blame everyone else.
You are a disgrace.
Stop it. - Oh-ho-ho-ho.
HOLLY: Stop it.
ABBY: You're an ass.
Abby, stop it!
Stop it!
Holly, I don't know why you're acting like this.
Because, Abby, I'm telling you--
ABBY: I told you 10 years ago--
I'm telling you what you're doing is wrong.
--or eight years ago, get Nia had a great face,
that Nia should be doing this.
I'm the one that told you that.
No other dance teacher told you that when she was little.
Abby-- ABBY: I told you that.
And what I'm hearing now is not the same person
who's doing that.
You're not advocating for her the same way you used to.
You do what you want to hear.
I thought that Nia had pictures, period.
I think the woman has lost her mind.
Wake up.
You need to change your ways, and you better do it fast.
We're standing by you.
But how much can you put up with?