[muffled background music] - No formation yet.
We're just going to start with the moves.
So go, no way-- like that.
Boom, boom, bring it up.
Yeah.
Just make sure you put extra swag on it.
Make this nice and slow.
Boom, boom, boom, bow, bow.
Maddie and Kenzie's last number--
Abby's not even teaching it.
She doesn't care.
ASHLEE: Aren't you kind of glad that you're not going to have
to deal with that anymore?
[musical sting]
HOLLY: Yeah, you know you are.
We'll have to hear it, but you won't have to hear it.
I think that Abby should be involved in choreographing
this week's group dance.
This is the last group dance with Maddie and Mackenzie.
Why isn't she doing it?
And, most importantly, why isn't Melissa saying
anything to Abby about this?
But Melissa has chosen to not address the situation
and pretend that it doesn't exist.
It's just a matter of time.
Something's going to happen that's going
to make Melissa snap.
It's inevitable.
[upbeat pop music]
ALL: Cheers!
[laughter]
Yay, me!
I never, ever, ever thought this day would come.
I mean, Melissa is Queen ALDC.
I can't imagine my days without Melissa.
Thank you for letting me be a part of your goodbye brunch,
Melissa.
HOLLY: Ashlee's been doing really well so far.
I'm so proud of her.
She's trying to turn over a new tree.
ASHLEE: It's like junior high when you're
being asked to sit with the popular kids
instead of sitting by yourself.
I mean, it's a little exciting.
[chuckles] For once, it's nice to have peace with these moms.
Now, is this more of what you had in mind for this week?
Because it-- - Yes.
HOLLY: --seems like this week has
not gone quite like you wanted.
But what exactly did you want?
I feel bad.
I don't want those minis being such asses.
It's not what you want, but you know what you don't want.
It's not about them.
It's about us.
I think Abby's behavior is the most disappointing.
I really do.
HOLLY: Maddie's the closest she's
ever had to having a child.
Mm-hmm.
I think that's part of the reason why
she's struggling a little bit.
JESSALYNN: Oh, she's clearly struggling.
And I think that--
I think you're mad about Ari's solo and everything
that's been going on with that.
Like, Ari has a solo that's meaningful for her,
but your kids don't?
That's terrible.
She is not acknowledging this at all.
Your girls deserve more.
Our team deserves more.
MELISSA: I just want to reminisce
and have fun and not so--
just to let you know.
Because we can make it fun.
We can turn it around.
[musical sting]
Just saying.
Melissa hates confrontation.
Hates, hates, hates.
She doesn't want any kind of argument.
But the Melissa we're seeing right now
is definitely not happy.
That's definitely not the Melissa that we know.
And it's like, come on, you're leaving.
You have nothing to lose.
I would let it all just hang out right now.
[suspenseful uptempo music]
JESSALYNN: The final walk, Melissa.
[cheering]
Hey!
JILL: It means we're in mourning.
We're in mourning for what we're about to lose.
JESSALYNN: Our funeral.
MELISSA: Yeah.
So you know what?
Please don't take this the wrong way.
But, well, we want to arrive as the elite competition
team for one final time.
So would you just let us have this last moment just
to walk in together as a team, and
we'll meet you upstairs later?
KERRI: Let them have their last time because we're here,
and we're going to take their place, and we're over it.
MELISSA: Come on, girls.
[cheering]
ABBY LEE: How is everybody?
Melissa, how you doing?
I'm good.
ABBY LEE: You good?
You relishing in the moment?
JILL: I think she's ecstatic. - I know.
No, I cried. I was crying down there.
Oh, stop.
I will say, this week has been a weird week for me
because you have been, in some way,
very much in denial that they're leaving,
Melissa just wants everything to be happy,
and it's really hard for some people
to process the closure of what it means to move on.
Our elite team will never be the same anymore.
Are you sad that Maddie and Kenzie
are leaving and Melissa's-- - Um--
JILL: --leaving?
Because we've all expressed our feelings.
I don't think you've--
And I think we've gone through--
--expressed it.
--all of-- we've been reminiscing.
ABBY LEE: I don't know.
I need to really worry about the kids that are here.
I actually thought that, I hoped and prayed, that I would move
on first and take that with me.
JILL: We all know that Abby changed
the way people look at dance.
But it's not Abby moving on.
It's these girls.
And that's not sitting well with Abby.
ABBY LEE: Girls, line up right here.
I want to say a few things.
This will be the last time that I
work with Maddie and Mackenzie.
Well, it's kind of like when you graduate from high school
and you're off to something maybe not better,
maybe not bigger.
You never know what your future holds.
They don't.
They think they have it all planned out.
Maybe, maybe not.
Who knows?
Just saying.
She should have said something to Mackenzie and Maddie.
JILL: Yeah.
Not even the team.
To them.
JILL: Her two students who helped create it all.
SARI: I know, but I think there's a certain way
that you treat people as well.
And I think the way that you ladies
have treated me today is disrespectful,
immature, and ugly.
Just saying.
KIRA: And I think there's a way to be
respectful for both situations going on.
We're very respectful towards you and your son.
There's also people who have been here from the start,
from the beginning, who have paved the way for all
of your kids to be here today.
Obviously, oh, we're here for you, respectful.
I've never talked to her like that and never would.
When you say you don't care about this
and you're talking about kids that--
Her kid paved the way for your kids to be here.
Your kids wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her damn kid!
You haven't been through what we've been through.
Guess what?
Your kids will be nothing!
STACEY: Our kids will be nothing without you?
You really think that?
Screw all of you.
Come on, ladies.
The fans will not love you.
Come on, girls.
[bleep] you.
[bleep] all of them.
ANNOUNCER: Small group hip-hop ages 13 and 14,
number 128, "Boss Ladies."
[applause, cheering]
JESSALYNN: This is Maddie and Mackenzie's last performance
with our team, and we've got a lot of cards
stacked against us right now.
There is clearly an elephant in the room with Melissa and Abby.
The minis are here.
Abby's completely invested in them.
If we lose this week, it is going to be devastating for us.
[MUSIC - PHOTRONIQUE FEAT.
SHARI SHORT, "WE ON TOP"]
(RAPPING) Put your hands up in the air.
Put your hands, hands up in the air.
Put your hands up in the air.
Put your hands, hands up in the air.
Put your hands up in the air.
Put your hands, hands up in the air.
Put your hands up in the air.
I turn nothing into something.
I work hard and I play.
I be chilling, but I'm business.
Call me Boss Lady.
Don't be jealous my hustle 'cause I'm killing all day.
I be flexing my muscles.
I don't care what they say.
See the watch, see the Benz, I can spend my money.
So much dough, so much bread, I could have a bakery.
Watch out, I'm in my zone.
Hand me the microphone.
They say, when in Rome.
Yup.
Me and my crew, although we made it-- yeah,
we on top-- we keep on pushing.
Bars are raising.
We don't stop.
No one can replicate the magic that we
unlock 'cause we on top.
Woop!
Put your hands up in the air.
Put your hands, hands up in the air.
Put your hands up in the air.
We on top.
That's right.
Put your hands up in the air.
Put your hands, hands up in the air.
Put your hands up in the air.
We on top.
Tisket, a-tasket, we the freaking baddest.
You can cause your drama 'cause it won't stay here.
A-tisket, a-tasket, you are so unbalanced.
Freak out if you want to 'cause you're losing it, dear.
Me and my crew, although we made it-- yeah,
we on top-- we keep on pushing.
Bars are raising.
We don't stop.
No one can replicate the magic that we
unlock 'cause we on top.
We on top.
Hands up in the air.
Put your hands up in the air.
Put your hands, hands up in the air.
Put your hands up in the air.
Put your hands, hands up--
That's right.
Listen, no tripping.
Put your hands, hands up in the air.
We on top.
[applause, cheering]
I did it!
Oh my--
That was so fun!
ANNOUNCER: Top senior group of the day--
it goes out to 128, "Boss Ladies"!
[cheering, applause]
MADDIE: This is exactly how I wanted
to end my whole experience on the team.
I ended it with a bang.
It's great.
I wanted to win, and it happened.
So it was just a great day.
I think it looks great, Oh, do I hear them?
Are they coming?
[excited screaming]
Surprise!
[cheering]
Yay!
[cheering]
JILL: Party!
ABBY LEE: Where's my minis?
I think this win today is going to put you
on the pyramid as official members
of the Abby Lee Dance Company.
[applause]
These kids will be official members of the ALDC,
absolutely.
But, like I say, getting to the top is one thing,
but staying there is another.
Do you want to say anything before they
walk out the door, Abby?
ABBY LEE: Uh, Maddie, Mackenzie, you did solos for the ALDC.
As your teacher, I saw mistakes.
Really?
ABBY LEE: Maddie, when you stepped out on stage,
I feel like you weren't sure if your head was down
or you were looking straight where you were walking
or you were supposed to turn front and really play it up.
Mackenzie, on this gyrating, pulsing section,
that is your moment to really strut out there.
I really didn't see that.
JESSALYNN: But they did very well today.
HOLLY: They did.
They did great.
Where you going?
HOLLY: Why, is there something you want to say?
As their last time they're walking out the door?
That was it.
[musical sting]
[uncertain music]
JILL: Melissa, how are you feeling?
MELISSA: Oh, you know what?
I'm not doing-- I don't know what you're talking about,
but I'm leaving.
Overall, our time at the ALDC has been fabulous, exciting,
adventurous.
More good times than bad times, for sure.
- Nope. - I don't want to say anything.
I'm good.
I'm great.
Just saying.
She's mad.
Yeah, she needs to talk with Abby.
They really needed to sit down and talk,
and that's what we were saying.
But she doesn't want to hear it.
She really doesn't want to hear it.
HOLLY: She started to tear up. You saw that?
JILL: She doesn't want to hear it.
They were Abby's favorites, and Abby never wanted to show up.
So I can only imagine what the future holds for this team,
you know?
But we have to stand strong.
These kids have worked too hard and come
too far to let it all crumble.
To the best of my ability, I'm not going to let that happen.
HOLLY: We pretend like everything's OK,
and everything's not OK.
Do you know what?
This is where it leaves us.
ASHLEE: Well, she made it all the way to the end
without being direct.
And she had nothing to lose.
[dramatic musical buildup]
[musical sting]