ABBY LEE MILLER: All right, listen to me.
What I'm telling you about this number,
it needs to make people feel something.
And if you're not feeling it, they're not going to feel it.
If we tell a story, if those judges are in tears, Maddie,
we need to make them feel something.
And you don't know in whose life out there that's happened.
The group number this week is called "Runaways."
Lots of privileged children run away from home.
It's a problem in society today.
I feel this is getting the judges to feel something,
getting our audience to be moved in some way.
If I can do it in an artistic way, in a respectful way,
but I can make the judges see something
and feel something and learn something,
why not take the opportunity?
Here.
Your hand.
And you look to them for help, look to her for help, uh-uh.
Turn your back on her.
CHRISTI: Does anybody here--
I know the answer used to be, do we think Cathy's a threat,
and it was always no.
But now that she has these boys--
MELISSA: Absolutely.
CHRISTI: --and they beat us, do you think she's a threat?
MELISSA: I do.
I don't think Cathy is a threat.
I think the boys are a threat.
And it has been shown, with a good choreographer--
not Cathy-- to beat our kids.
So, yes. - Yeah, but--
- Her boys-- - But listen--
--her team is a threat. KRISTIE: But it's temporary.
- She is no threat. - It's temporary.
But I think the group that she had that danced
and got the 300, I think that group is amazing,
and it's threatening.
Right.
But that number would not have been the same--
MELISSA: Without the boys.
--without Gino and with Jalen coming
in and spinning on his head.
Will spin for food, or dance, or whatever.
Spinning on the head, I don't see him fitting in.
Can he be put into a-- KELLY: Nope.
He cannot.
KRISTIE: --contemporary routine and it be just as good?
No, I don't think so.
You're looking at your hands like, I did this.
Wipe your hands.
Like, take your hands and be like--
and then you are like, take your hands
and push them away from me.
Like, get away.
Go.
Wack, down, start to roll in pain, agony.
And look at her like, help me.
And you push her hands back.
No. No.
No.
Yes.
JILL: She's the bad girl.
Hey, it's a role.
I don't care.
It's a role.
You got to act, you got to act.
Oh, I don't know.
It's a little bit sensitive, wouldn't you say?
No, but I-- you know what?
I don't think that way.
If she walks or Abby kicks her out, then that's on her.
My kid has a voice.
She can raise her-- she can speak for herself.
But she's seven.
She hasn't cried yet about [bleep] that's been going on.
But wait a minute.
You just said that your kid doesn't cry.
I think that it was pointed out that she cried twice
since she's been here, Kristie.
When?
Name one about a dance.
- Yeah, it was about a dance. - Oh, what about?
What? JILL: Well, the duet--
- About the duet. - She cried after the duet.
KRISTIE: No, she didn't cry after the duet.
JILL: Yes she did. - I thought she did.
KRISTIE: No she didn't. - Holly?
- I think Jill saw her-- - Not about the--
- --when she came out. - Oh, really?
Really, Kristie.
You can sit there and say, really, Jill?
KRISTIE: Uh, no. No, no, no, no, no.
JILL: Really? Really?
Yes. - Back up.
No. - After you ran in and--
Uh-huh?
JILL: --saved her, she said, oh, I was crying
because I felt sad for Nia.
No.
No, she was not crying.
She was crying.
Just face it.
Don't sugarcoat it, Kristie.
Asia felt bad that Nia got yelled at.
And--
You just said Asia has a hard shell--
- Jill-- - --and she doesn't cry.
KRISTIE: Jill-- - She cried.
Give up. JILL: Nia's fine.
Give up. You're not getting to me.
I'm not going to give up-- KRISTIE: Give it up.
JILL: --because I was there. You weren't.
- Give it up. - You're raising your voice.
I don't care.
You're the one who says it never will happen.
It already happened.
I didn't say never.
I did not say never.
I don't mind if my child cries.
She's seven.
She can cry all day [bleep] long.
So [bleep] what?
Who cares?
We-- we got a Brooke text.
CATHY: Wait a minute.
Let me read this.
What, are you giving Brooke the game book?
[laughter] - Yes.
RICK: Traitor! Traitor!
Traitor! CATHY: Oh, wait.
This is better than "The View."
"You guys in New York?
We are going ice skating at a place called Bryant Park."
I say crash it.
Just don't go on the skates.
[laughter]
Yeah, I agree with you.
I think we should go just to watch.
If Abby has ice skates on, this could be "Fantasia 2."
[laughter]
MELISSA: Maddie, put your skates on.
I am your mother.
Put your skates on.
Do you know what this is about, Maddie?
It's about fun.
Have fun.
Stop crying.
KENDALL: Asia.
Asia, why aren't you going?
KENDALL: Why?
KRISTIE: She's not allowed to. KENDALL: Why?
KRISTIE: Because she can't be hurt.
CHRISTI: Well, nobody can be hurt.
Well, I know.
She's not going to do it.
She knows why.
KELLY: I think it's official.
Cathy is definitely a stalker.
Not only does she find us at dance competitions,
but now she's finding us at our recreational activities.
CATHY: I have a question.
Where's Abby?
KELLY: Oh my god.
Want to put a hole in the ice?
I thought for sure that this was going to be Abby on Ice.
Oh my god, no.
JILL: Here, we have to hold hands.
Oh, I'm not holding your hand.
Are you going to pull me down?
[shrieks] Hold on!
[squeals] [bleep]
MELISSA: Come on.
I'll hold your hand, Maddie.
Oh, Zack and Brooke.
Look, Zack and Brooke.
JILL: Look at me!
Chloe, I can turn like you.
MELISSA: Are you staying on the wall the whole time?
Yeah. MELISSA: I think that's good.
Could you just stand up?
[laughs]
MADDIE: It's OK.
And you're not going to go off the ice.
KELLY: I just remembered why Maddie doesn't want to skate.
CHLOE: Why?
KELLY: Because she can't.
MELISSA: Maddie's freaking out because we're
not allowed to ice skate.
The kids are not allowed to ice skate.
She says, what if I get hurt?
What if someone else gets hurt?
We're going to be in so much trouble.
We're sorry, Maddie. Princess Maddie.
Sorry, your highness.
KELLY: Oh!
Right into the wall!
Are you guys having fun?
JILL: Whoa-- whoa-- whoa--
[squeals]
KELLY: [shrieks] All right.
Go, Brookie!
CATHY: Let's go!
We're taking off now!
ABBY LEE MILLER: Asia, we're going to start with her.
And you all are going to do 100 push-ups.
[dramatic musical sting]
She doesn't have to do the 100 push-ups
because she didn't ice skate.
You were selfish.
You were naive.
And you put this entire group in jeopardy.
I'm making the girls do push-ups because every single one of
those girls could have said no.
Asia chose not to.
Now, was it her mother's choice or her choice, who cares?
All I know is that that kid did not put skates on.
She did not risk an injury.
And she did not try to sabotage my team.
[MUSIC - PARTY COLORS, "ROBOT PRISONER"]
(SINGING) Love crimes.
Love crimes.
JILL: Look, all the girls are doing push-ups,
and Asia's running her solo.
What's that about?
Did the kids have a really good time?
KELLY: Yes. - They did.
KELLY: And that's all that matters.
Sometimes they have to just be kids.
Like-- HOLLY: Enjoy their childhood.
For God's sakes.
KELLY: Abby's sitting here making these kids do push-ups
because they went ice skating?
Abby, what did you do while the kids were ice skating?
Did you maybe go for dinner?
Maybe you should be doing the sit-ups and the push-ups.
KRISTIE: I still stand.
Asia knows, and she's not going to ice skate two days
before competition because you can't be 100% sure an accident
won't happen on the ice.
That's not what you said yesterday.
Well, I'm telling you now.
After thinking about it, we have two days out before a show.
You want to just take that chance?
I don't, as a mother.
My daughter is a dancer.
Why are you getting all bent out of shape?
Nobody-- nobody's asked you.
- Christie. - Yes?
KRISTIE: Look at me when you talk.
- I'm speaking. - Look at me when you talk.
Excuse me?
Look at me when you talk.
Excuse me.
CHRISTI: I don't want to look at you when I talk.
Well, then, don't talk to me.
But I don't want to look at you when I talk to you,
KRISTIE: You guys are so caught up on, oh my god,
complaining about-- CHRISTI: No one--
--every little [bleep]-- CHRISTI: --asked you.
--that happens.
HOLLY: I don't know why you're acting so emotional about this.
KRISTIE: Because Christi and Jill bring it up.
And then Christi is over there standing there,
making faces, like, oh my god!
I can't believe she's saying that.
I can't.
But then you can't look me in the eye--
I'm looking you in the eye, bitch.
Bitch! Let's go.
Let's go. CHRISTI: I'm not that way.
KRISTIE: Exactly.
So don't call me a bitch if you--
I'm not that way. KRISTIE: --can't back it up.
CHRISTI: Settle yourself down.
Do not call me a bitch if you can't back it up.
CHRISTI: I can back it up, but I don't fight.
KRISTIE: You call me a bitch one more time--
- What, are you going to hit me? - Watch your tongue.
What, are you going to hit me? KRISTIE: Watch your tongue.
CHRISTI: Are you going to hit me?
- Watch your tongue. - You don't tell me what to do.
What, are you going to hit me?
Watch your tongue.
ABBY LEE MILLER: No, I love her.
I hope she slaps her in the face.
CHRISTI: Why am I the one in trouble
when this is going like this?
Why are you so violent? You have--
I'm not violent. CHRISTI: --pent up angry?
You just don't-- you just don't know how to handle me.
[dramatic musical sting] KRISTIE: Save it.
Save it, Christi. Save it.
CHRISTI: You save it.
KRISTIE: Save it.
Save it. OK?
CHRISTI: You save it.
Save it.
I'm not looking away now, am I?
Good. Now I've taught you a lesson.
[laughter]
You've taught me how I don't want to behave.
Save it.
Sorry.
KRISTIE: Abby, did Anthony come to do their group?
Yeah.
[scoffs]
You want to really know the truth, what my real opinion is?
Yes.
ABBY LEE MILLER: I think he's wonderful.
But he's the kind of choreographer,
they choreograph for themselves, and they
want the kid to look like them.
They don't choreograph for the kid, what the kid does well.
There's a difference between being an amazing dancer
and being an amazing choreographer.
Right?
That's why I win.
ANNOUNCER (OVER LOUDSPEAKER): Next to stage is act number 51.
This is a junior open small group.
Put your hands together for "Dia de los Muertos."
[applause]
[music - david o'dowda, "rooms"]
[applause and cheering]
ANNOUNCER (OVER LOUDSPEAKER): And that was number
51, "Dia de los Muertos."
MELISSA (VOICEOVER): I'm so nervous about the group dance.
The girls have a ton of pressure because Cathy and her boys
are here.
ANNOUNCER (OVER LOUDSPEAKER): Next
to the stage is act number 50.
This is a junior open small group.
Put your hands together for act number 50.
[applause and cheering]
[MUSIC - LUKAS KEISER, "SO MANY GUNS IN NEW YORK"]
What did you say?
The kid in the red pants didn't know what they were doing?
CATHY: I wasn't-- no, that's Paige.
But Paige generally doesn't know what she's doing.
MELISSA: I'm watching the number,
and Anthony and Cathy are talking bad about Paige.
I mean, loud.
I could hear it.
And it's really ticking me off.
It's obvious you put your best dancer out front.
So you watch the back line.
[applause and cheering]
ABBY LEE MILLER (VOICEOVER): I summoned
Paige down off the stage.
ABBY LEE MILLER: I thought that if Paige stood up to them
and looked at this man and said, if you have something to say,
say it to my face, that he would,
rationally, as a grown adult, say, oh, honey, I'm sorry.
I won't say anything else.
I really did.
ANTHONY: But it didn't look like that.
I guess, because you were close to the wing,
it looked like you were about to hit the wing.
So it showed on your face.
And, I mean-- - Uh-uh.
Uh-uh.
KELLY: You're not her dance teacher,
so don't give her critiques.
ANTHONY: I'm not her dance teacher,
and that's why I didn't-- - Leave her alone.
PAIGE: Well, you know what?
Paige, please go up on the thing.
ABBY LEE MILLER: You've been ripping on her since--
He's rude. --you sat down. PAIGE: But he should be--
ANTHONY: So what? PAIGE: --talking to me--
- Don't rip on my daughter. - I'm giving her critiques.
She's 11 years old.
ANTHONY: She does it enough. She does it enough.
KELLY: Yeah.
Well, I pay her for her critiquing.
Not you. ANTHONY: Good.
Maybe you should get a refund.
Maybe you should get a refund because those knees were bent,
and she missed many a steps. KELLY: Yeah?
Well, at least my daughter can get out there and dance.
Your daughter can't.
She's sick every week.
PAIGE: I didn't really care that he was giving me corrections
because I like getting corrections from other people
because it makes you a better dancer.
I just didn't like that he did it in front of a whole audience
because it kind of got me embarrassed.
And it was only the truth, Abby.
That's all I was-- you know, I'm not saying anything.
And it's not nothing against you.
ABBY LEE MILLER: You know what?
Well, let's call Katy Perry and see
what she has to say about you. - I quit.
That's what happened. I quit--
Yeah, or got fired. Figure it out.
I've never.
I've never, ever got-- never, ever got fired from a job.
Check my resume, boo.
That's why I continue to work.
I continue to work. CATHY: Why would you--
KELLY: Cathy, you shouldn't talk about kids.
CATHY: --set your own student up?
We never talk mean about your kid--
What about Vivi? KELLY: --ever.
Because she said something about my kid.
Was I sitting here talking about Vivi-Anne?
No, I wasn't.
No one said anything about your kid.
Abby called her off the stage.
Because you're talking about her.
ANTHONY: I wasn't talking about her.
Yes, you were.
I said she was lurking on her steps, which is true.
All right.
Look, this is a dance competition.
This is my livelihood.
You either need to leave the premises
or you need to act like a lady and a gentleman.
I've had it. Enough.
You know what, then, Abby? [applause, cheering]
What are you talking about?
KELLY: I hope you're happy.
Now my kid's leaving.
That's OK, Kelly.
You're where I was two weeks ago.
KELLY: Paige?
PAIGE: Mom--
ABBY LEE MILLER: You were ripping on Paige.
Yes, you were.
I was not ripping on her, Abby.
- Yes, you were. - Abby--
You said she should give it up and go model.
I heard it. - No.
I did not say nothing. Don't put words in my mouth.
And you continuously do that.
What's wrong?
Paige is upset because they just humiliated her in front
of a whole entire audience.
I hold Abby and Cathy both responsible.
They're both grown adults, and they put a 12-year-old
in a horrible situation.
ANNOUNCER: In third place, with a score of 271.9 points,
is act number 14, "Don't Swing."
[applause and cheering]
Your first runner-up, with a score of 279.7 points,
is act number 50.
[dramatic musical flourish]
[applause and cheering]
And your highest-scoring elite junior small group,
with a score of 280.1 points, is act number
51, "Dia de Los Muertos."
[applause and cheering]
Goodness prevails.
Exactly.
ABBY LEE MILLER (VOICEOVER): It kills me that Cathy beat me.
But I have to put it all into perspective.
Cathy didn't beat me.
One little girl that she stole, three
boys from around the country, and a guest choreographer
beat me.
That I can handle.
MELISSA: What happened, Abby? ABBY LEE MILLER: I don't know.
I'm sitting there.
They want me to engage with them.
They are trying to stir me up.
So Paige was looking right at me,
and I went, Paige, come here.
And I whispered in her ear, and I said, these people behind you
are saying things, nasty things.
Do you feel comfortable confronting them,
or would you rather go right back up on stage
and not say a word?
She goes, I can do it.
She walked right behind me and said, if you have
something to say, say it to me.
KELLY: OK.
But, Abby, you called her down from the stage
and had her confront them when you knew
how those people treated you and how
that guy treated Christi today.
ABBY LEE MILLER: I know, but he has a daughter--
You threw an 11-year-old--
ABBY LEE MILLER: I never thought or even imagined
he would say it to her face.
She was completely confident.
Yeah.
And she wanted to prove to her dance teacher
that she was strong enough to stand up to somebody.
ABBY LEE MILLER: And she did. KELLY: Yeah, OK.
She was great.
Do you want your kid just to be another pretty face, Kelly?
[interposing voices]
Don't you want her to have some guts?
She stands up to you every week!
Every day, when you scream at her, she stands up to you.
ABBY LEE MILLER: I'm very proud of Paige.
She came down, she listened to me, she knew what I was saying,
she confronted this man.
I thought they did great.
I thought the group dance was good.
I really did.
Do you think everybody was together in the group dance?
No. I thought Asia was a hot mess.
She was ridiculous.
The choreography is here.
When it moves this way, whoever's on this end
ends up in the middle.
Asia was in the wings on the right.
Asia ruined the group dance.
However, I don't know where those judges were looking,
and I don't know what they saw.
CATHY: Hey, Ab.
How you doing?
Big win for the Apples this week, huh?
Get ready.
Guess what, Abby?
Everybody knows who Candy Apples is.
And you know what?
You're going to go down every week because you know why?
You're not only rude to people, you're rude to children.
You did that to poor Paige.
Don't put your hands on your waist at me and look pitiful.
You set that up.
You're rude, and you're going down.
Nobody cares about Abby Lee anymore.
[cheering]
JALEN: Yay! Apple Core!
Apple Core!
ABBY LEE MILLER: Cathy was victorious this time.
I'll give her that.
But it didn't have anything to do with her skills.
Cathy had nothing to do with that number.
Cathy, it's not going to happen again.