MOM: We're back!
Let's get ready to start dancing.
It's quiet.
MOM: I know, that's what I said.
Where is everyone?
MOM: Just us.
ABBY: The mini team is back this week but not all of them.
Some of the moms cracked under pressure.
We don't like Abby.
We're not used to this type of teaching.
Poof, be gone.
It's ridiculous.
And then the remaining mothers are absolutely nuts.
Yell at my daughter one more time.
I can get louder.
Get out of this room and quit being so rude to me.
I want her to be able to do this,
but I'm not going to go against who I am.
Do we connect?
Not at all.
As luck would have it, I invited a new kid here this week.
The legacy has to continue.
Maddie and Mackenzie are leaving.
So the moms better behave this week.
So are you excited or nervous or--
I'm more excited than nervous.
- Good. - Good.
Good.
YOLANDA: Just a little over a week ago,
we received a text that Abby had wanted us to come and be
a part of the team, and we were beyond elated Elliana
brings a lot of strength.
She's strong in many, many genres.
I think the ultimate consequence if she doesn't do well
is that Abby could say, you're not worthy of this team.
So there's tremendous amount of pressure on Eliana
because we're not guaranteed a spot on the team.
Nobody is at this point.
Are you a mom that'll, like, stick it out?
Hell yeah.
No, no, no.
Like, I'm being serious because this is our third mom?
You guys have to understand.
We spent thousands of dollars to come out here.
We've given up a lot.
We do want to come.
We want to be part of the team.
We're committed.
We could have an actual team right
now with these five girls.
JESS: Whoa!
You guys have a new member!
Hi, I'm Jess.
Nice to meet you.
What are you doing here?
What am I doing here?
It's Yolanda, right?
You know that nobody's going to be nice to you, right?
ABBY: Well, hello. How are you?
- It's great to see you again. - Good to see you.
What's happening? - Not much.
We're here.
I want to get in here for a pyramid.
Let's get the girls.
OK.
ABBY: I have high hopes for Elliana.
She's a spectacular dancer.
She really is.
I need a fifth kid on this team.
Is she the key player?
We're going to have to wait and see.
Welcome back, minis.
Now, we have a new member, Elliana.
Her mother is Yolanda.
Do you have anything to say, Elliana?
Hi, everybody.
I'm super excited to be here, and you all are great.
Aw, thank you.
The mini group routine is Just Like Mama Said.
Now, it's kind of a play on words
because I don't want you to listen
to anything your mothers say.
I want you to listen to me.
I definitely feel like Abby likes the girls.
Otherwise, she would not be inviting them back.
But Abby is obviously annoyed and tired of the mini moms.
So we need to show Abby that we want to be her mini team.
So now go one at a time and really put--
you're not on your heel.
With good posture, roll away.
Go.
1, 2-- but you're pointing front.
And your feet are behind you!
Behind you!
This week, my focus is on the mini team.
I have to think about my future, and my future might
just be with a new mini team.
Run, run.
Don't, you're going this way.
You're going this way. Run, run.
Go.
Oof.
And you're going this way, and you're going this way.
Trust me.
But it's taking time away from the other kids,
and I just think the mothers get a little jealous.
JESS: You guys have had the exact same dance three times.
MOM: Yeah.
No, actually, I think this is way better than the caveman.
Yeah, this is exactly like the caveman, just different music.
MOM: I think this number, it seems sassy,
and it's, like, catchy.
And it's going to get attention.
They always go to one line.
They do a pyramid.
One person turns.
The other people pose, and there's an area
where they do a peel off.
What else do you do in three days?
SARI: The junior elite moms have been on this team
for several years, and they're used
to getting all the attention and their children.
So they're obviously jealous.
Hey, you guys.
Why don't you guys-- why don't we ask them
to scooch down a little bit? Do you guys mind?
I don't understand.
Why does it matter?
MOM: Because we can't hear ourselves think.
Well, I'm sorry.
OK, could you-- do you mind scooting down?
Yeah, I do mind.
We're going to stay right here because there's
no reason for us to move.
No, you're moving down there.
MOM: Move down please?
MOM: Thank you.
JESS: Somebody needs to get their happy pills out
today and take them.
Don't be a bitch about it.
Oh, I can breathe.
Uh, take out the trash.
KERRI: The junior moms are ridiculous.
This is the rudest thing I've ever experienced.
I know how mad I am internally, so I'm going to walk away, be
a good example for the girls.
I'm not going to blow up and make a big scene.
I want to show Abby that I can handle my attitude so the girls
can get their jackets
Abby hasn't even said they're on the team yet.
I mean, when you talk about a legacy, I will say Kenzie
and Maddie have a legacy for ALDC.
This is not a legacy yet.
Oh, my-- that is a train wreck.
They never like anything of ours.
They never like anything of the minis.
But that's OK because we're supportive to--
I am.
I'm supportive of the older girls.
But they're not supportive of ours.
Now, those moms need to be done
because they all have their horrible hair extensions
and all their Botox.
And it's time for them to quit.
They're trying to be us.
They'll never be us.
Just saying.
We don't want to be you.
Just saying.
Uh, you'd only wish to be even half of me.
Old news.
Bitch!
LYNN: This is so exhausting to me.
Like, I don't know how these moms continue to do this.
But I keep thinking about the possibility of this team,
and, like, all these girls together are so good.
So I'm just going to make it work.
I've always dreamed of, like, just meeting these girls.
Like, anybody would give their, like, left arm to be on the bus
with the junior elite team.
And here, I'm just, like, sitting next to them.
But the only bad thing I didn't like was that my phone died.
I sent the minis and their moms
out to the audience to watch the dances.
Those are the kids that continue the legacy.
But they have so much to learn about competing in general.
MOM: So, what do you think of the minis
now that they're not here?
I love teaching minis.
All the children are nice, very nice.
But the moms really are trash.
Uh-huh.
Did someone record that?
Because they don't believe us.
Wait a minute.
Trash.
They're trash.
I think these mini moms had high hopes,
and they have no idea what Abby is really like.
ABBY: All right, girls. Come on.
We've got to get ready for the group dances.
Come over here, minis.
Let's go.
Come here.
Ladies, there's some stiff competition here.
You may think, oh, well, we're fabulous, and we do this,
and we do that.
But you're representing a lot of history,
and you're representing me.
I expect that you're respectful backstage.
You're in control.
Okey doke?
Let's go.
1, 2, 3.
We are the minis!
SARI: This is make or break it for the mini team.
We need to prove to Abby that our mini girls are good enough
to win these competitions, and hopefully, Abby will finally
make the mini a real team.
EMCEE: Next up is entry number 98 performing
to "Just Like Mama Said."
[music - "just like mama said"]
SINGER: (SINGING) Study hard.
Get your lesson.
Whatever goes there, don't take no mess.
That's what my mama told me.
That's what my mom said.
You done already beat the rest.
What's one more round?
You're still the best.
That's what my mama told me.
I work much harder than all the competition.
I put my sight on the prize.
Now I'm addicted.
Some imitators and haters wish they could get this.
They can't imagine my passion.
I'll never finish.
I navigated to making it on a win, yes,
because there ain't nothing too hard.
Can I get a witness?
When I roll, nobody can go with me, because they
can't match my precision.
Do what my mama told me.
Stay ready for the competition.
Go hard and nobody can hold me just like my mama said.
Study hard.
Get your listen.
Whatever goes down, don't take no mess.
That's what my mama told me.
Do what my mama said.
ABBY: The minute group dance was amazing.
It was the best that I have ever seen those kids dance.
I think the new mini Elliana is on par with Ariana.
She's good.
So I'm happy with my decision.
We have a moment of truth.
Second place-- the girls have to win
today because Abby will acknowledge them
as the team, the mini team.
Enter number 95, "When I Was."
First place, number 98, "Just Like Mama Said."
ELLIANA: It feels really cool to win because I think I actually
proved myself to Ms. Abby that I'm
good enough to be on the team.
Hi, pink ladies.
The annoying minis are back.
Don't worry.
We never said annoying.
They are annoying.
I'll say it now.
Why are we so annoying?
You just are.
I'm sorry.
Have you ever looked in the mirror?
Yeah. All day, every day.
Siri.
What exactly is annoying?
That we won first place.
That's even more annoying.
Are you delusional?
We lost because Abbey spent more time with the minis all week.
I mean, come on, girls.
Get over it.
You're not as good as you think you are.
You guys are old news.
We are checked in.
You guys have all checked out.
You know what Abbey called you guys this morning?
- What did she say. - Trash.
Oh yeah. She said you guys are trash.
She did.
Who did she called trash?
All of you.
Hey, Abby.
I heard you called us all trash.
Is that true.
ABBY: Yeah.
All right, I'm leaving.
If that offends you or threatens you,
then maybe this isn't the right team for you.
It's not the right place because I don't need to be
treated like that by anybody.
If you want your daughter in this,
you have to grow up and deal with it.
It's Abby.
Since my daughter has four, she's been insulting me.
But guess what?
My kids are stars.
If you want your kid to be something,
you have to stick it out.
Why are you leaving?
My daughters are booked for jobs.
That's why I'm leaving, OK?
When your daughters get movies and jobs,
you'll leave too, OK, and not be on a competition team.
Just saying.
I thought I heard you say you were too good for this.
So--
I'm never too good for anything.
I'm too good for you.
I think the mini moms are dumb and dumber
and dumber and dumber.
I was going to invite you back, but now I don't know anymore.
You don't need to be listening to all these moms
yelling, a teacher yelling.
So we're leaving.
ABBY: You were this close--
an official team member.
And you blew it.
That mother should say, yes, ma'am.
Thank you, ma'am.
And if you don't like it here, your money's good elsewhere.