And on top of the pyramid this week is Brooke.
You're the oldest person in this group.
You need to be the role model, and that needs to continue.
Abby wants me to be a role model for all the other girls,
but I really don't know if I want
to be a role model for them.
Now, the group dance is Born to Dance,
and it's about a child being born.
Brooke, you're going to be featured in this number,
but you should be the glue that's holding it together.
Don't let me down.
That's what I want to see.
This week's group routine is called Born to Dance.
It's kind of provocative, yet beautiful and wondrous.
And it's all done very artistically.
Oh, my god.
Brooke's in the fetal position!
Oh, my gosh.
Electricity!
Did you see that?
Abby's being really hard on me.
I'm just wondering if I should go off and do other things?
Cheerleading try outs are coming up.
When are the try outs?
The same day as the competition.
You're, like, the lead in the dance.
Do you realize, like, she's going to kill us?
Head up.
Kendall, you're right behind Chloe.
You should be beyond her.
Stop.
[shouting]
She's gonna be really mad.
Maddie, turn the leg out!
What is wrong with you?
Where's Brooke?
Brooke!
I don't think she's coming this weekend.
So she's out?
You're making a decision for me, and for everybody
in this group.
She knew when she was at the top of that pyramid,
and this is where it's bad parenting, Kelly.
She should have opened her mouth and said, Abby, let somebody
else be at the top of the pyramid this week.
That is a mature 13-year-old.
Not screwing everybody, and stabbing them in the back!
But I don't think she's screwing any of them.
She's screwing me.
I can feel it.
Gianna is willing to come in tomorrow morning
and rehearse for four hours before you get on the bus.
Gianna's going to go, my name will not be the number.
I cannot let Brooke hold back these other dancers.
Brooke should have come and told me.
Would I have been angry?
Yes.
But it would have been the right move on her part.
Hey, girls.
How was rehearsal?
Gianna leading the troupe.
I arrive at the studio to go on the bus.
There's no Abby.
I'm feeling pretty relaxed.
[shouting]
No way.
Oh, my god.
She just ruined my weekend.
Give me your coat.
Hello, everybody.
Hi, Abby.
I really didn't want to get on that bus,
but I could not throw Gianna to the wolves.
Kelly's not here?
You really know when a person's important in your house,
don't you?
Girls, remember, this is Starbound.
You are their national winners.
You can't be any less than that.
Do you understand?
Yes.
Remember, Brooke never existed.
They have no idea what we're missing a dancer.
Today I'm trying out for cheerleading,
and I'm kind of nervous.
Number 24, your jump.
24 maybe smiled once.
OK.
24, can you call the chant for us?
Just to make sure she can talk.
Yell out your colors.
Yell out your colors!
Panthers, blue and gold.
I made the cheer team.
I'm so excited to get my uniform and pom poms.
Now, listen to me--
I wasn't even going to come.
Not only do you have to prove Brooke wrong,
that she's worthless and doesn't mean anything-- everyone's
replaceable.
We all make choices.
And we have to live with those choices.
So let's go.
SINGER: What would you do if I told you
I just knew that somehow, you'll change me in some special way?
Would you say I was silly?
A sentimental fool?
Or would you say, I was hoping and praying
for someone like you?
I guess that's just something--
something that I'll never know.
[applause]
This group went to a competition
with a routine that was designed specifically to feature Brooke,
and that group succeeded without her.
Top overall junior group, Born to Dance, Abby Lee Dance
Company!
Make some noise.
Born to Dance won the entire thing.
So they did OK without Brooke?
Well, no one knew what the number was supposed to be,
so in my eyes, you know--
I--
Gianna helped me out and it made it happen,
and made it work.
And they didn't embarrass themselves,
and it was all good.
I would have rather just said, one dancer missing,
and let everybody sit on the floor for 64 counts
to prove a point.
All I'm saying is I don't want the anguish
that I went through being upset, being nasty, being worked up--
that is all unnecessary.
It was all brought on by somebody not showing up,
and not stepping up to the plate.
So you're saying that they did OK without her.
They stepped up to the plate, and they did well.
Yes.
But it was a different dance.
The routine that I taught--
But it doesn't matter.
They still did fine.
Paige was horrible.
Christi, you want to go?
No, I don't.
Well, you keep thinking they were fabulous!
They weren't fabulous.
No, but I'm saying they were fine without Brooke.
Fine is not good enough.
They--
I don't want a mediocre kid.
I want great kids.
They were great.
I don't think-- you could have heard
a pin drop in that auditorium.
They were great.
That's your opinion.
I don't think it was a flawless performance,
but I think it was a powerful performance.
And for this age group, I think they--
and learning a dance, a new--
And when are you all going to realize that I don't care what
you think?
I know.
Why don't you just say they did a great job,
and call it a day? - No.
That's why I used to not watch.
And you know what?
I don't need to watch anymore.
I can stand outside and talk to my colleagues.
I don't need to watch the dance, because I can tell you
before they ever go onstage whose legs are going to be
that, whose feet aren't going to be pointed,
who's going to second guess themselves
and look all over the place.
I know that.
I'm just saying, for the moment,
that the girls achieved something
that I think many of us didn't think
they were capable of achieving.
Oh.
Well, I knew they could do the number.
It's did the time, the energy, the expense--
worth doing it?
I mean, I don't even know if we're going to the finals
or not.
I'm glad that all of these kids, and all the time
that they put in--
they got to go out there and show what they had.
That's what this was about.
Instead of being at rehearsal, at the studio,
getting better, learning new things.
Well, you say--
Gianna had to keep redoing a number.
You said that they learn by being on stage,
and they got to go and be on stage.
So-- - They did.
Thank goodness they got to do that.
So you guys, everybody is proud of you.
Yay!