ABBY LEE MILLER: This weekend we will be traveling
to Miami Beach, Florida.
[cheering]
I love Miami.
It's tropical. It's exciting.
It's fun.
It's fast paced.
There's sun, there's sand, and there's pool boys.
We will all be performing a group number.
Even me?
ABBY LEE MILLER: Even you.
Yay.
ABBY LEE MILLER: The group number is called Reputation.
I want you to think about Annette
Funicello and Frankie Avalon in "Beach Blanket Bingo."
Miss Abby stars talking about Annette "Funicelli"
and the Beach Bingo.
I have no idea what she's talking about.
Now, moms, when those girls get home tonight,
I want you to look at some of those old movies.
I want the girls to see what that's all about because that's
going to be their group number.
It's '60.
It's Pony.
It's swim.
Cute, cute, cute.
Fun in the sun.
I want to see big, high ponytails,
big, beautiful smiles, and little,
itsy-bitsy '60s bikinis.
[music playing]
ABBY LEE MILLER: I want to take the girls back
to an era of innocence, to Frankie and Annette,
and the beach blankets, and the beach balls, and the umbrellas.
If you don't point that foot, I'm gonna
come out there and break it.
Point your foot.
We're going to Miami.
And in South Florida, every kid dances.
And every kid is amazing.
Paige will be very upset if she doesn't get to do the trio.
I agree.
She'll go on there, dance whether her foot hurts or not,
just because she doesn't want to be replaced in the trio.
Why are you doing the surgery now?
You can't wait, like, a couple more weeks?
A couple weeks?
She-- she's having a hard time walking on it.
Aw.
Abby says that dancers dance through pain.
That's fine if you're on Broadway,
but my daughter is 11 years old.
And if she can't dance, she's not dancing.
Did she mention what the trio was gonna be?
No, and I thought she would have.
Because I was wondering, if she had to switch it up,
who it might be.
Because I think Nia would have gladly stepped in.
Yes. Definitely.
Oh, Nia was volunteering herself there.
CHRISTI: I see that.
Yeah.
I am continuously frustrated with Abby.
Nia has so much to offer.
She has great potential and, yet, Abby
only sees one aspect of Nia.
And I'm beginning to believe she will never get a trio.
I'm getting really sick and tired of it.
OK.
All right, Miss Holly, good luck.
All right.
One, two, three, four.
Why are you interrupting my rehearsal?
HOLLY: Can I see you for a second outside,
just for a moment? - Holly.
HOLLY: Just for a moment.
I am coming to your school, I'm walking into your office,
and I'm gonna interrupt you. It's ridiculous.
Fine, you go ahead and do that.
I have parents who do that all the time.
I don't think there's anything more invasive
than being interrupted.
Holly is now a principal.
She, of all the mothers, should understand.
I would like for Nia to be considered for the trio.
You said you would consider her.
Yet, you looked at her and you looked beyond her in pyramid,
and didn't even give her the courtesy
of being considered for that.
You are so far off my plans, you have no clue.
I was already planning on Nia being the swing for Paige
in the trio.
But Holly can't even give me 3 seconds
to let me tell her this, no.
She has to come in, interrupt my rehearsal again.
Paige might not be able to do it.
Nia is in.
Why didn't you just say that?
And Nia has a solo.
Because you come in interrupt me.
You don't need to do that.
You don't know what my master plan is.
[arguing]
You would think that she would have a little bit of respect.
What I ask was that we're on the same page.
That's all you got to say is like, Holly,
we're thinking the same thing.
That's all you had to say.
You didn't have to--
Yeah, but Holly, it's not about what you're thinking.
I don't give a crap what you're thinking.
It is about-- you know what?
It does matter what I'm thinking because I'm her mother.
A mother looking out for our daughter
trumps the word of a dance teacher all of the time.
Not inside this studio it doesn't, sweetheart.
This is my domain.
I'm the principal here.
But--
It's my office.
What you fail to realize, Abby--
I don't fail to realize anything.
--is that you do not control me.
I will not be bossed around in my own studio.
I give Nia a solo, and then I think
about putting her in the trio.
But that's just not good enough for Holly.
Nothing's ever good enough.
Well, you know what?
Detention is good enough, and that's
what her and Nia both need.
Get the hell out!
Go!
[gasps]
What did she say?
She had a solo tonight--
Abby--
--and you just blew it. You're expelled.
You're done.
Holly didn't do Nia any favors.
She ruined this entire evening's rehearsal.
Nia didn't even get a chance to learn the trio.
What has Holly accomplished?
Nothing.
[music playing]
There are no amount of solos, duos, trios, which
are worth this aggravation.
Are you leaving?
I am never setting foot in this studio again.
[suspenseful music]
Girls, we have two days, two days,
before you're in Miami against all those kids that dance
at a studio and at school.
And then there were two.
- I know. - You know what, though--
Nobody likes us.
The two bitches are left.
[laughs] I don't blame Holly and Nia for not
being at rehearsal today.
I wouldn't want to look at her either
after she talked to me that way.
I mean, Abby just pushes and pushes.
And I hope she didn't push too far this time.
Smile!
Over the top!
Watch the foot!
KELLY: Do you think Holly will come at all?
I don't know.
I texted her and I asked her how she was.
And her response was, I'm not good.
I can't imagine her not bringing her to Miami.
I mean, she has a solo, too. - Yeah.
KELLY: You know what I mean? - I know.
If we lose Holly it's going to be
a devastating loss to our team.
She's our center.
She really is.
She keeps us sane, believe it or not,
if we're even to be called sane.
I feel bad because we have to learn this dance.
So then Nia will be behind.
[music playing]
Hold, two, three, four, and exit.
I think we're good.
I think that's a wrap.
I don't know where Nia is, but rehearsal's over.
She missed it.
Remember, everyone's replaceable.
[music playing]
Have a seat over here.
ABBY LEE MILLER: Hey.
Hi.
Holly blew up at me the other night
because she wants Nia in a trio.
But they have been absent from rehearsals
for an entire day and a half.
We're leaving for Miami tomorrow.
She definitely wants to come back.
Nia wants to be here.
And I just wouldn't want what happened to interfere
with her dance progress.
And whatever the issues we have with each other--
Holly, I would never let a kid's parent hold them back.
Nia, you need to get into rehearsal.
I just don't want you to let her miss rehearsals.
She will be here.
Nia makes her own opportunities.
She has to earn it.
I decided to come back to the studio to teach Nia
how to take the high road, be a bigger person,
and to not run away from your problems.
Hey, ladies. - Hi.
KELLY: Hey! You're here.
So glad you're back.
HOLLY: Yeah, I'm back.
The hardest thing was walking through that door again.
Yeah.
'Cause I certainly didn't want to do that.
Nia really wanted to come and she wanted--
she was worried about the group dance.
What a team player. HOLLY: She is.
CHRISTI: I know.
HOLLY: That was the first thing she asked about this morning
before we went to school. Am I going to dance today?
I'm like, are you kidding me?
Ultimately, my daughter loves to dance.
She has that passion.
And if that means that I have to deal with that evil witch,
Abby, then I guess I'll just be the bigger person.
Nia, don't make any mistakes.
Because you missed the whole first rehearsal when I had
time to go through mistakes.
[music playing]
Oh, Nia, did you see that left foot?
I'm a bit concerned going to Miami.
I know there's going to be amazing dancers there.
I mean, they are on their A-game all the time.
Nia, that whole entire section is what we went over,
and over, and over, and you missed it.
And that's the part you messed up.
All right, girls, dismissed.
It's over.
Nia, maybe you can practice in Florida.
Tell them about the movie.
What other movies did they do?
The Pony, The Swim, The Jerk.
Are The Pony, The Swim, and The Jer in your number?
Yes.
So let's see, stand up.
[music playing]
Well, the girls have worked really hard.
And we only have a few hours to spend on the beach.
Yeah.
Can you go in the water?
Yes.
How about if I pick you up and throw you in the water.
[screaming]
Can we go?
Go, go, go, go, go, go.
I don't know how cold it is, guys.
[music playing]
[screaming]
Where's Mackenzie?
Oh, jeez.
You had to go and lose her.
I could have gotten lost at sea.
ANNOUNCER: Performing next we have an Abby Lee Dance routine.
[music playing]
(SINGING) Come on, let's have some fun.
Come on.
Come on, let's have some fun.
I knew they were gonna do fabulous because I could
just tell in their attitude.
The costumes are so adorable.
They come strutting out.
And I just love this dance.
(SINGING) Come on, let's have some fun.
Come on, let's have some fun.
I think that everybody doing something
different in the choreography really worked in our favor.
When the girls went back to the umbrella,
and Brooke did her roundoff, back layout, step out,
the crowd went crazy.
[cheering]
ANNOUNCER: Thank you so much for coming out.
It was amazing.
In fourth place, the ladies from Riviera Prep.
[cheering]
This group was clearly the best.
They were the most entertaining.
They were having fun.
The whole audience was into it.
I would really be surprised if they didn't win first.
Moving on, third place ensemble,
"Beach Fun" from Abby Lee.
[cheering]
In second place, we have the trio from Abby Lee.
ABBY LEE MILLER: Even though we did not
win first place in the group category,
I'm still very proud of the girls.
Not only is the competition fierce in Miami,
but they were competing against girls in high school.
And they still placed in the top three.
That's impressive.