-Congratulations. -Thank you.
-Thanks. -Hi.
Um, I just need you to explain a few things to me.
I don't understand why you cut Payton.
Why I cut Payton? She's just too tall.
Oh, come on. Is that-- You're Abby Lee Miller.
Find a spot for her.
She didn't make the first cut--
She just didn't fit into that team.
-She looks too old. -Why not?
She dances very mature.
I spend tons of money. And you know what?
I know. You're a very good customer.
I'm not doubting that. The kid was great.
I told her she was great.
What is it going to take?
You'd have to cut her in half.
-She's through puberty. -It doesn't matter.
You should find her a spot.
You're bringing in strangers?
That was three girls left after you cut her
with the strangers!
What, you don't know what they're like!
You don't know-- Wait.
The one who come from Ohio?
You have no idea what these people are gonna do for you.
-Leslie. -I did everything for you!
-Leslie. Calm down. -What?
Bull crap. I do everything right.
You need to go home and re-think this.
Try and sleep and think about
what you did to me and Payton tonight.
-Leslie. -No.
Payton is too old to dance with those little kids.
Find her a spot, Abby!
Then find your own place!
Find her a spot! Solo, duet, anything!
-Give her something. -[tense music]
Are you putting any little ones in the dance?
Your daughter had a really good conversation with me.
So Ellie will be in the piece.
Next time, I'll have Lilly screaming in the corner.
[Yolanda] Okay. A, she was not crying.
[Stacey] And I heard Ellie say to you,
"Mom, just tell me exactly what to say."
-[gasps] -She said,
"Mom, just tell me exactly what to say."
That is a quote.
-That is absolutely-- -In the den.
-This is her real story. -You're a liar!
You're a liar! She is a liar!
That's why I am so upset.
-You're lying. -What are you talking about?
You're insane! You're literally insane!
Did you or did you not
hear your daughter say "Just tell me what to say"?
-No, this is her real story. -You're a liar!
This is her real story.
Lying through her teeth!
Laurieann, this was not to get a dance.
This was actually to bring closure to what she was feeling.
But do you hear how "cuckoo for cocoa pebble pops" you sound?
They're saying that she said to you,
"Mom, just tell me what to say."
That does not fly.
Laurieann, I know you have to go,
so thank you for coming and I apologize for us.
[Laurieann] Thank you. See you tomorrow.
-See you tomorrow. -Tomorrow, girls.
[mom] Tomorrow's a new day!
Oh, my. Oh, my.
Oh, my God.
Well, that was a pretty low move.
You're a big liar.
-Really? -Such a liar.
-It's interesting. -No one believes you.
I don't believe you and you have a doctorate.
-That's scary. -You don't. Everybody else does.
I feel so sorry for your patients.
I'm not really worried about your assessment of me.
And I don't deal with dissociative identity disorder
in my practice.
Oh, wow.
Oh, just got diagnosed.
-You're just a bitch. -At least I'm only one bitch.
You're, like, three bitches.
All your different personalities.
-With all your personalities, -[laughter]
I gotta call you, like, bitch one, two, three.
[laughs]
Will the real one please stand up?
[laughter]
[Yolanda]
I am tired of being mocked.
This is supposed to be a team.
I feel like I'm all alone. I just want my child to dance.
And I want some support
from people who are supposed to be teammates.
I don't wanna be here anymore.
What?
Mom.
She has feelings.
Ellie.
I'm not excluding her.
They're not.
[Lilliana] I'll give her a chair.
[mom] She's leaving.
[Stacey] Wait, she's leaving?
Yolanda?
I swear, I'm gonna kill somebody.
I wanna go out there too but I'm gonna watch the kids.
Hey! Hey, hey, hey!
Seriously! Call the police!
Call the police right now!
Stay away from me!
You'd do it!
She just attacked me.
She literally went into my neck!
You are going to jail!
-Go away! -Revel in it.
I need a very grown woman commitment
from Stacey and Yolanda that we are,
and I need you to acknowledge each other as well,
that we are done.
I tried. I apologized and I really meant it.
I'm past it and I-- We keep having to rehash.
And I just wanna move forward.
[Laurieann] As a result of what happened
between Stacey and Yolanda,
I was really perplexed
and questioning if I wanted to be here.
You know what I'm saying?
Well, I personally wouldn't want to have
what happened between Stacey and myself
to affect this-this entire team.
Honestly, I would rather leave respectfully
than to have this continue where it's gonna have you leave.
Well, we're not even talking about that anymore
because apparently you guys put it to bed.
Yolanda, you want to be a part of this
and then you say that [bleep]
and it makes us look bad. It makes you look bad.
Stop feeling having everybody feel sorry for you.
[Yolanda] It's because of, like, all of this.
Like, now everybody's come down on me.
Yeah, because you said stupid [bleep]!
Oh, my God!
Everybody's come down on me.
[tense music]
Y'all are killing me.
You guys pissed me off this week.
This is why I'm an emotional wreck.
I wanna stay committed to the process
but right now, mm-mm.
It's too much division. Too much separation.
Too much unanswered questions.
I don't know whether or not I continue
with these team and with these mothers.
[announcer]
Number 193, Creep...
[cheering and applause]
Altogether, I think we did a really good job,
because everyone was really acting like a doll.
So I think we did good.
[announcer]
Number 198, How Great Thou Art.
[announcer speaking indistinctly]
[cheers and applause]
Rounding up the team, number 189.
Sassy Girls, Abby Lee Dance Company!
[cheers and applause]
Thank you.
[Abby]
because they won.
Is it good enough for me? No.
Is it ever gonna be good enough for me? Probably not.
Girls, you have to get it together.
I said no more sloppy groups.
And you know what? Brooke, you're too old to be cute.
You're right in the front before the whole side intersection
looking across Chloe to see what to do.
I was just a little bit nervous that I was on the wrong count.
Every once in a while, I would look at Chloe.
[Abby] Nia, you were not even dancing.
You didn't even know where you were onstage.
You don't want to do the group dance?
We can just come and do the solos.
It'll save a lot of rehearsal time if we don't need a group.
[Christi]
for being sloppy onstage,
and the number wins first place.
[sighs] Back to the drawing board.
New number, starting tomorrow.
You're the one that wants them to learn a new dance
every three days.
Everybody else out there, I can guarantee you,
have been doing their numbers more than three days.
How come I'm the only one who gets aggravated?
'Cause you're the only one who hasn't had a child.
No, but I had a mother and a father.
And if they looked at me one time, I knew!
One look!
So I'm telling you right now, it's 4:30 to 9:30.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Plan on it.
I'm allowed to say the routine wasn't good.
Most parents value my opinion
more than the three judges.
Whatever, Abby.
I'm so frustrated.
I'm just not the kind of person that's gonna sit back
and shut up.
I don't have to pay on time.
I'm Kelly Hyland. I've been dancing for 30 years.
[Kelly] I always pay the whole year upfront.
'Cause I'll show you my Discover card payment
that shows for the past 10 years, I paid in full.
You're the reason I don't take Discover anymore.
[tense music]
Kelly, go get a job!
[Kelly] Oh, don't even go there, you whore!
Oh, you are a whore!
[Christi]
-Sorry. -Welcome.
[Jill]
that kind of behavior from adults
and I don't know why they let it get to that level.
-Does it happen all the time? -Yeah, it does.
Why do they get that heated?
Why does it go so far?
I mean, my God. Name-calling.
Don't ever trust Kelly or Christi.
They'll stab you in the back as quickly as they can.
They do it to me all the time.
[Jill]
If they ever pull that stuff on me,
they're gonna see a whole other side of Jill.
[Christi]
and her headpiece is falling off.
Oh, my God. She can't even see right now.
♪ I want it My 15 minutes of fame ♪
-♪ I want it ♪
Yeah!
Oh, no. Poor girl.
[cheering and applause]
Good girl!
-You did great! -She's not nervous at all.
-I know, you did great. -It was awesome.
We'll have it sewn.
You, you, you, get off stage.
You, I will deal with later. Go.
What's your deal?
We need to talk.
[tense music]
It came forward. What did you want me to do?
You're in the bar having a drink
and her headpiece is falling off.
It didn't fall off, it came forward.
-It didn't fall on the stage. -Whatever.
-She's fine. -She's fine?
-It's my number. -It was fine.
It was fine. They didn't miss a beat.
[crowd cheering]
Winning means a lot to me because it feels really good
and it feels like, oooh, yay.
I never get tired of winning.
[announcer]
Starting off in duo, trio.
At second place with a score of 66.
This goes to Money.
Abby, mistakes happen. We're human.
You are. Mistakes like that don't happen to me.
I'm not gonna have you treat me like this.
I'm an adult.
-Act like one. -You act like one!
You're screaming at me
-in front of these people. -You screamed at me.
If you're gonna come on the trip, she's yours.
Get out of the bar, stay in the dressing room.
When she goes onstage,
the headpiece is sewn in the head.
Do you understand?
Next time, have it right.
I'm not gonna put up with it.
Remember, I pay your bills!
You work for me.
I pay you to teach my daughter dancing.
I'm not gonna have you treat me like this.
[announcer]
with a score of 282 out of 300 first place
goes to Abby Lee Dance Company.
[crowd cheering]
[Maddie]
and that means we were the best.
-This will never happen again. -It better not.
This conversation is over.
And you pay your bill late, by the way.
-I do not pay my bills late. -Yes, you do.
-Yes, you do. -We'll talk.
[Abby]
That woman is gonna cause her child
to be expelled from my studio.
[Christi]
I don't care if Chloe ever dances again.
I can't put up with this woman anymore.
I wasn't at pyramid. I'm the adult.
Nia has no control over me
and there was no need for Abby to be harsh
or just take it out on Nia,
because I wasn't present for pyramid.
-There you are. -Yes.
Just checking to see if everything is okay.
It doesn't sound like it.
No. The parents were required to be here today.
Here, I think moms who don't work
probably have a more flexible schedule.
But you know that I work.
I cannot...
If you cared, you wanna speak your opinion,
you be here at the meetings.
I can't believe this is starting already again.
Abby, let's not go there once again.
You need to be here.
I feel right now
that I care more about Nia's success than you do.
-No, what you-- -Your husband was here.
He walked right through the door.
Why didn't he stay?
-Abby, if you-- -My dad
even took me to the mother-daughter talk
about getting your period. My dad took me
because my mother was at work.
Oh, my God, she's talking about her period.
What the hell does that have to do with anything?
Oh, my God.
Figure it out because you know what?
-Abby-- -The kid needs somebody.
-Was I-- -She's not that swift.
-How dare you. -She's not.
-How dare you. -She needs help.
She needs you to be here.
-She needs people to take notes. -Abby.
[gasps]
You think you're up here
because you have a doctorate
and everybody else is down there.
That's your problem, Abby.
You're intimidated by me
-because I got a doctorate. -Bull!
[Abby] Bull!
Abby, don't be ignorant.
That's it. No.
Oh, my gosh. Gifts.
Whoa!
-Who's that for? -It's for Sarah.
Oh, my God. It's huge.
Did you send Sarah flowers?
Open it.
It's not for me. It's for Sarah.
-Is there a card? -Is there a card, Michelle?
Abby took it and ripped it up.
Oh, I think that's a federal offense.
Took someone else's mail.
Abby obviously knows who sent this gift.
But she doesn't want us to know who it's from.
But we just had a big win
and that's what she should be focusing on.
[moms cheering]
Yay!
Somebody sent it. It was sent with your things.
We'll deal with it later, okay?
Yay! Pick it up and move it.
It was on your thing when I came in.
But I'm not sure.
Congratulations, everyone.
Sarah, you didn't place.
You're representing the Abby Lee Dance Company.
So, you should never, ever, ever
go to a competition and not be in the top five.
We're leaving for the day.
Can you help me with my stuff?
I can. It's back here.
Michelle, I have no idea yet
what your status on this team is.
Your behavior today was fine.
I'd like to see you smiling and standing up straight.
You're like a 90-year-old haggard woman.
Toodles.
It's a sweatshirt? What is it?
What does it say?
It's okay, Sarah.
It's just a black onesie, guys.
-Have you heard from them? -No.
I haven't talked to anybody.
So why would they be sending you gifts and flowers
and balloons, and...
Did you contact them when you thought maybe
you weren't gonna be allowed to stay?
-No! -Would you go back there?
If Abby doesn't let you back into the studio?
I would not go back there.
But I saw, actually, you were hugging.
I actually saw, like, there was a hug.
[tense music]
I don't know who it was,
but it was a Studio 19 mom.
-You were, like, hugging her. -I talked to her
at the competition.
Why don't you guy, all the kids leave.
This whole situation is really pissing me off.
We've done nothing but stand up for Michelle,
and now she just seems like she's being super sketchy
and looks like she's hiding something.
Am I hearing that they don't want me?
Is that what-- Is that what you're hearing?
I don't think that's what--
I think that's what they're saying.
Why are we having a sidebar conversation?
She-she's wondering whether or not
you guys want her on the team.
You have a lot of balls then
if that's what you're saying because every one of us
put our necks on the line
and our children for you and your daughter last week
to stay on this team.
And now, like, you're questioning our loyalty to you
and whether we want you on the team?
You're questioning if I'm reaching out to another team.
That's ridiculous!
Getting gifts and flowers and everything else.
You're questioning if I reached out.
Whatever. You know what, seriously, look.
-[mom gasps] -[thud]
Keep your onesie!
[dramatic music]