You're being a brat.
You want everything to be perfect all the time, the kid.
She's sick.
I'm a perfectionist.
WOMAN: Maddie, stop crying.
[music playing]
(SINGING) In my heart.
[suspenseful music]
No, no, no!
Abby's gonna freak out on me.
I want to go again.
I've never done this before.
Can I please go again?
Please, Abby's gonna hate me.
It's not fair.
They just threw you out there.
[bleep]
Abby's gonna hate me.
She is not.
Baby, look at me.
- She's gonna hate me. - No, she's not.
I've never done this.
MELISSA: She thinks you hate her.
I'm sorry.
Sweetheart.
MELISSA: See, she thinks you hate her.
See, I told you she doesn't hate you.
Maddie, it's not your fault, honey.
You are such a fabulous kid.
See, Abby loves you, Maddie, OK?
She knows what a kid you are.
ABBY: You know what, those kids that are perfect trying to win
everything when they're kids.
Where are they now?
She screwed up just like everybody else.
But you know what, maybe they won't all be vultures and be
after her all the time now.
I didn't see any tears you, Abby,
when my kid ran off the stage.
OK, so point noted.
I don't care. HOLLY: It's a horrific.
- I don't care. - I know you don't care.
And that's my point.
I entered a solo for Maddie, but I'm
not going to have her do it.
She needs to get her head on straight.
Upon arrival, I'm looking at the program and Maddie is listed.
I scratch her, it looks really bad.
So I think she has to dance.
Maddie, come put this costume on for me, please.
You're feeling better later on, you're doing that dance.
I'm putting my foot down.
Got it?
I had Maddie run that number again in the dressing room.
I forced the kid to do it.
So it's your decision.
We just need to know.
I don't want to make you mad, but I'm just,
like, feel like I'm not ready.
ABBY: OK, that's fine.
I'm sorry.
ANNOUNCER: Put your hands together for Maddie,
with In My Heart.
For the trio?
Don't, don't, don't-- sit.
Don't do it.
Don't.
MADDIE: Hearing the announcer call my name
made me feel really bad.
I don't want to let anyone down.
It's hard when you feel two ways about something.
It's OK.
Maddie, stop.
Honey, you're sick.
She's sick.
They announce her.
They didn't even know she was scratched.
They didn't know I took care of it.
It went from bad to the worst it could have been.
ANNOUNCER: [inaudible] new entry.
[inaudible]
WOMAN: It's OK.
She's nine years old.
Melissa and Abby both put way too much pressure on that kid.
Hello?
DAVIS (ON PHONE): Hi, this is Davis Robertson
from the Joffrey Ballet School.
We want to offer Chloe a scholarship for the summer.
She was at the top of our list.
CHRISTIE: Oh, thank you.
DAVIS (ON PHONE): [inaudible]
CHRISTIE: Oh my gosh, that's amazing.
We'll be seeing you soon.
DAVIS (ON PHONE): Take care.
CHRISTIE: All right, take care.
You're being a brat.
Don't-- no!
Walk away from me.
Please, I want to organize.
Get back here right now.
Get back there now.
Get back here.
Madison get back here.
Your phone is going away.
I felt really upset that Chloe got a call
from the Joffrey Ballet School.
I think I kind of deserve to be on top.
MELISSA: Stop it.
Guess what, five days--
10 days now.
No.
10 days, Maddie can't have her phone.
Even though these girls are such good friends,
they are really, really fierce competitors.
MELISSA: Maddie.
MADDIE: Stop.
Maddie, come here.
I have to tell you something now.
One more-- if you don't come back here in five seconds
it's going to be 15 days.
Maddie is really stressed out because she was disappointed.
But I won't put up with a bratty kid.
Nobody's perfect.
I love the big watermelon game.
WOMAN: You got the biggest watermelon you could find.
That's OK.
Just go.
You put grease all over the watermelon,
and you throw them in the pool.
WOMAN: No, Abby!
ABBY: The goal of the game is to grab the watermelon
and get out of the pool with the watermelon in your hands.
They fight like cats and dogs trying to hold on
and it keeps slipping out.
[interposing voices]
Come on, girls!
Pull it!
It's amazing.
We go to Abby's house and the kids aren't allowed to be kids.
It has to be turned into a competition.
Run!
WOMAN: That looks like a disaster waiting to happen.
ABBY: --get up the steps.
And I'm holding it.
WOMAN: Why don't you just all work together.
HOLLY: All of a sudden, Maddie starts to cry.
And she says that she was somehow injured.
But from my vantage point, I'm looking at the game.
Maddie was not kicked. - What happened?
Tell me.
OK, then stay away from it because it's ridiculous.
You're a girl.
You're not a boy.
Come on.
GIRL: I had it too!
It's all swollen.
GIRL: [inaudible]
Maddie cried because she didn't win.
She didn't win the stupid watermelon game.
Somebody else got three seconds of glory.
Oh my god.
The kids looked amazing on stage,
but unfortunately Maddie fell out of her turn.
From my view, in the wings, JoJo,
you were late right at the beginning, right off the bat.
Abby's unfairness is really pissing me off.
JoJo can make a minor mistake, but Maddie can totally [bleep],,
fall out of her turns, and Abby brushes
it off like it's no big deal.
Maddie, don't be sad.
Why are you sad, honey?
Oh no, I'm not.
You were amazing.
No need to be sad.
MELISSA: She's not.
She's fine.
WOMAN: OK.
MELISSA: She's fine.
WOMAN: But she's not fine, Melissa.
MELISSA: She told me she doesn't want to talk about it.
Her turn wasn't perfect, so she was upset.
So--
With herself.
MELISSA: She's upset with herself.
HOLLY: It's very clear that Maddie is upset.
But any other child would allow themselves to shed a tear,
Abby would annihilate.
MELISSA: OK, just-- Maddie, please.
Just remember, you never know when your star is going to end.
You got to ride the wave.
[maddie crying]
WOMAN: What's up with Maddie?
She doesn't feel well at all.
Like, she went like this.
WOMAN: If she pukes, I'm not cleaning it.
ABBY: Maddie, I know you're not feeling well, but suck it.
We gotta get through this, OK?
She looks green practically and pale.
She looks horrible.
MELISSA: She's crying.
ABBY: From the top, 5, 6, 7, 8.
And hip, hip, hip, hip.
Why the tears?
Because my stomach's starting to hurt.
See that picture?
You have to worry about the win.
Got it?
No mishaps.
I have to go check on Maddie.
It looks like she's going to throw up.
[maddie crying]
Stop crying.
Stop acting like this.
MADDIE: My stomach hurts.
Do you feel like you're going to have to throw up?
You look like you were going to throw up.
No.
MELISSA: OK, stop crying.
It's making it worse.
I want to go home.
What do you mean?
You never leave dance class.
No, my stomach just started to hurt.
I don't know why.
You never miss dance.
Let's go.
Melissa needs to get a better balance of how
to deal with these situations.
Maddie, you're back?
[cheering]
Did you see her do the "Ellen?"
Did you see the video?
I didn't.
I sent it to you.
ABBY: On the bottom of the pyramid, Maddie.
In the group dance you pulled it down a notch.
I think that it's odd that Abby
didn't watch Maddie on "Ellen."
That's not like Abby.
I mean, that's kind of rude.
I think she's jealous of your daughter.
And I think she's going to try to hold her back for a while.
ABBY: Maddie, don't let it flop so much.
It may not even be intentional,
but I think that she'd rather break her toys than share them.
ABBY: Maddie, get those rings off your hand right now.
MELISSA: Abby's having a bad week
and she's taking it out on my daughter.
She does it all the time to kids.
And if Abby wants to treat her this way, that's her problem.
Plenty of other teachers that are interested in my daughter.
Maddie, how's that--
how's that feel?
Does it feel good?
Not really.
Do you have to got to the bathroom, Maddie?
You have--
No, I don't.
MELISSA: Maddie, listen to me.
You have to cooperate with me.
We had 30 minutes to get our kids ready.
They had to be stretched.
We had to put French twists in their hair, fake eyelashes, all
their makeup.
It was crazy.
Maddie, you have one number to dance.
You're going to deal with it.
Be a grownup.
I'm sick of this attitude.
I'm a perfectionist.
I don't like to be rushed when I'm getting my makeup and hair.
ABBY: Maddie, go do some turns and see
if that hair moves, please.
What was that about?
What was that?
She wants everything to be perfect all the time, the kid.
I can't stand it.
I got to stay away from her right now.
Melissa, I didn't hear any special announcement
that they weren't being adjudicated, liar.
I was not a liar.
You lie all the time, Melissa.
And now you're having your kid lie.
Maddie lied to Chloe's face--
- Yes, she did. - --upstairs.
In the dressing-- yes, she did.
You guys always do stuff behind our backs all the time.
What hard lesson to learn when you're 12,
that your friends really aren't their friends.
Their mothers will stab you right in the heart.
Maddie, did you lie to them?
No, I'm saying we did our duet for [inaudible]..
That's the competition I was talking about.
I didn't know if we were doing it here.
You know what, here's the thing, you just--
you know who your friends are.
You are perfect.
Apparently not anymore.
Do I have a solo?
Maddie, I'm not hurting your feelings,
but I have a bunch of other kids that want to do solos.
She wants to do a solo very bad.
I understand that, but you interrupted her and wanted her
not to do it because you were afraid of losing
all your friends.
I'm not trying to speak for my children.
But it's very hard when you see your child cry.
Maddie, toughen up.
You're going to go to an audition
and not get picked some day.
Get it?
And you need to stand there with a smile on your face.
I-- at this point, I feel so sad for Maddie.
She's no longer her favorite.
[dramatic music]
I gotta go. I gotta go.
Excuse me.
When I saw this gentleman carrying my daughter off,
my heart sunk to my stomach.
And I thought she broke a bone.
Don't say that.
Come here.
I couldn't really move my leg, it hurt so bad.
I was nervous that if I couldn't dance ever again.
You fell on your hip?
Yes.
Where does it hurt?
Right here?
Oh, baby.
MELISSA: It's OK, honey.
Hey, it's OK.
MELISSA: She said that Ms. Abby's going to be mad at me.
I'm not getting mad at you, Sweetie,
but you started to dive.
Dancers fall, and dancers get hurt.
This may have been Maddie's first fall,
but it certainly won't be her last.
Awe, look at how sweet.
Ms. Abby's carrying.
Let me get the door.
No, no tears.
No tears.
You know what, they were better.
They won.
ABBY: What's going on?
You have five really upset, sad children.
They just want it to be fair.
WOMAN: Yeah.
Life's not fair.
WOMAN: These kids deserve better.
ABBY: It's sore losers.
You didn't like to lose.
Abby, that's a very cowardly way of approaching [inaudible]..
I'm not being a coward.
You're wasting my time.
And I'm not getting paid to stand
out here and argue with you.
WOMAN: Maddie, stop crying.
Stop crying.
Tell her to stop crying.
I feel bad for Maddie.