Congratulations on an outstanding performance.
I thought some of your performing skills
were over the top.
Macy, you messed up the hip hop dance
right in front of everybody.
You forgot the steps in front of people who have worked hard
and long, who I've worked hard along
with to get them to this level.
We've worked too hard to let some kid who's nobody
come in here and screw that up.
She's not a nobody.
My plan is to come in here and do what I think
is right as a dance teacher.
And I know what's right is for you, Macy, to go home.
You are cut from this team.
She looked confident after the week that you put her through.
She got up there and looked confident.
And she's standing there, and she is not boo hooing at all.
That to me is remarkable.
She covered it up.
I didn't even hardly notice it at all.
But you're used to looking at dead people all day.
They don't do anything wrong.
But Abby, you've had other kids mess up that you kept,
and she--
Who messed up that I kept?
Elliana forgot her whole solo the first time she did a solo,
and you kept her.
She did not forget her whole solo.
What are you talking about?
Yolanda, I'm not criticizing Elliana.
The first solo she had, she was first overall.
And actually, she had a higher score than Brynn and Kalani.
That's a bunch of bull.
Why do you guys say all this?
You're saying my child screwed up everything.
You're like, she does this wrong, and she does that wrong.
It was pointing out that people get treated differently.
I'm really upset.
I really, really am because I can't
win with these elite moms.
I came in here really wanting to feel welcomed.
I'm getting to the point where it's really frustrating.
I'm sick of being the center of everyone's negativity.
You don't like me, then fine.
Abby, honestly at this point, give her Elliana's spot.
Why would you say that for?
Why would you say that?
Yolanda, why would you do that?
Yolanda.
Yolanda, why on earth would you say that?
Yolanda.
What just-- what?
Professional victim.
Did you really just do that to your kid?
Honestly, none of you guys can say anything nice.
Did you not ever hear-- do you not like, see all of it?
She's crazy.
Get over here and console your daughter.
No, I've consoled her a lot.
All right.
Pack your bags, Yolanda.
You're out.
Don't make an impulsive decision.
You're not making an impulsive decision at the end of the day.
I just made this flippant comment
to the junior elite moms hoping that people would just kind
of take a step back and be like, wow, you know,
maybe we are actually not being very
nice to Yolanda and Eliana.
Nope, nothing at all.
Well, that's messed up.
I don't want to go home, mom.
Let's go.
Let's get out of here.
[elliana crying]
Why are you doing this to me?
I wanted to stay.
I tried my very hardest.
You're right, and you did.
Why are you giving up my spot?
I did perfectly fine.
Because it's hard for me every day.
Those women in there, they insult me.
They tell me that I'm a sick woman
because I'm defending you.
What was she honoring by doing that?
She was honoring her victim role is what she was honoring.
The martyr.
It's going to be OK, OK?
No matter what happens, it's going to be OK.
Oh, let me see.
That's beautiful.
Did you make that?
Um--
Yes, that's an old costume.
You didn't make that.
I didn't say I made it.
But did she wear it at her other studio?
No.
You just had that hanging in your closet?
Well, maybe it wasn't mine.
Maybe it was someone else's that lent it to me.
Hello.
Jill, let me see her costume.
OK, this is the white costume.
You did not whip that up last night.
Oh, I never said I whipped it up last night.
You didn't say go home and whip up--
I'm not Becky home-eccy.
I don't whip up costumes.
Where did that costume come from?
Because it's obviously not pieces of something
you pulled together.
I just wanted to use pieces that you had at home
and come up with something at the last minute.
This is what I came up.
Well, whose is that? May I ask?
This is Kendall's costume.
You have not seen her in this costume.
Somebody somewhere has seen her in it.
Kendall's old costume.
It's Kendall's costume now.
It's not one of her old costumes.
I'm trying to teach the children a lesson.
They don't need a $500 costume to win.
You have something at home, make it work.
- It's not about winning. - That's--
It's about what I want to put my daughter in.
No, it's about what I want to put your daughter in.
Whipped up costumes.
Go look at what you have.
Figure it out.
Put it on the kid.
That's what I did.
Brooke went out there in a $30 leotard, and--
And she did great.
--danced beautifully.
I can't believe you guys wouldn't back me up on this.
Because we're following the rules.
You're not.
She's going out there in the gymnasium in her costume
that I brought for her. - You're looking me in the eye.
This is her costume--
Has she ever worn that costume in a competition or stage
or show or showcase or performance or a school
gig or anything else?
Yes, but you haven't seen her in it.
None of you have seen her in it.
I don't care.
Somebody else in the world did.
What are you doing?
I'm leaving.
You don't want me here.
I'll just make it easier for you.
We want you here.
We want you to play by the rules.
Whatever.
I'll pack my bags and go home right now.
Is that-- would that make you guys all really happy?
No, that would not make me happy.
Because that's what I'm doing.
I'm sick of this.
You know, it's going to be--
Done.
It's going to be your daughter that loses out.
Good for you.
Jill's starring shoes, and she's cursing.
And all I'm thinking is, you are so hard to take
seriously wearing that hat.
Yeah, you know what?
You're exactly right.
It's supposed to be about the kids.
Let her wear the [bleep] damn costume.
Your top four.
Fourth place, I'm the wrong mother, and that's Chloe.
I don't like to lose, but I don't ever lose anyway.
And our first place overall top scoring
advanced mini soloist receiving a $75 check
and the trophy is A Cry.
That's Maddie coming from Abby Lee Dance Company.
Congratulations.
You were our top scorers.
Let's give them a big round of applause.
Congratulations.
You guys make that big wacky vow.
Whatever.
This is not fair.
Chloe was learning a dance 12 hours ago in a studio,
and you expect a 9-year-old to go on stage
and like be flawless.
Our kids were set up to fail.
I'm done.
I don't want to say anything else.
Woo hoo.
Good job.
Good job, baby.
All right, let's go.
Abby, I think we need to talk.
No, you're not going to ruin this day.
No, we need to talk Abby.
In the hallway, now.
Are you kidding?
I'm a paying client, and you won't speak to me?
No, nothing's worth that much money.
I think the worst thing that Christi can do
is talk about me when her daughter is present.
I cannot get Chloe to trust me if her mother
doesn't trust me herself.
I'm so excited for you because she got the best--
We don't want to ruin the weighted victory.
I'm not ruining today.
No, Abby.
We need to go in the hallway.
Don't be doing this in front of my daughter, Christi.
Abby.
We can all go in the hallway because I tried to talk to you,
and I tried not to you personally.
Let's go in the hallway.
I'm not going anywhere.
My daughter's happy.
Let's go in the hallway.
Do you want to talk about all the things
that need to be talked about? - Not here.
Not now.
Because you won't talk, and you won't talk about it.
I won't ever talk to you again.
Abby, I'm not talking about it--
You're making my daughter cry, so shut up.
Talk about what?
How many times did my daughter beat your daughter this year?
The weight was stacked against everybody
this weekend because you--
Get-- get out of here now.
- Let's go. - Bitch.
Let's go.
You think your kids feel bad, but it doesn't matter
that my daughter feels bad.
Your daughter is holding a national title,
and I will take it away in a minute.
Go ahead and take it away, Abby.
I'll leave your studio. - That's fine.
Where are you going to go?
I would say that fight between Abby and Christi
was incredibly embarrassing.
That could've been handled behind closed doors,
definitely not in front of children.
Even when there are issues, I try to limit the things
that I'm saying in front of the kids
because it makes them feel bad.
It makes them feel self-conscious and awkward.
No, come with me.
Girls, they are staying with me.
You are uneducated mess.
Quit drinking.
I'm not going on that [bleep] bus.
That [bleep] bitch.
Don't cry.
Give me a phone.
No, she didn't even--
You are out of control.
I the [bleep] for staying in your studio.
There you go.
Then I need to leave.
You're done.
Congratulations.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you very much.
How did I get stuck in this?
[upbeat music]
So how do you think the number's going?
- I love it. - We love it.
The girls--
I was like.
I figured, Christy is going to go off the deep end.
How did she get you to let her back on after what
happened at the competition?
Did you call me a liar?
If the shoe fits, wear it.
Sarah, your mother is pulling you out of the routine.
Let's go. She's done.
She's finished.
The child definitely has something special.
She does.
So what happens, Abby, if she does
it again at the competition?
Are you going to pull Sarah's solo?
Because if you are, Tia's watching it,
and she'll know it.
So you can just put Tia right into it.
Uh, I'm going to interrupt you.
I have heard every word you guys have said.
Good.
And all you are is jealous, that's all.
Jealous of you?
Yes, and that little girl that is in there.
Absolutely.
I think it's absolutely ridiculous that all these moms
do is talk behind my back.
And I'm not willing to stand for it.
It needs to be stopped.
They need to go.
This is my studio, and I'm not going anywhere.
Go home.
If you want to hear yourself talk--
[overlapping speech]
Honey, if I had lips the size of Texas, I would.
[overlapping speech]
Tammy.
Are you kidding me?
Tammy.
That bitch.
She punched me.
Yeah, because you grabbed me and put your hand.
[overlapping speech]
I feel like I paid for front row seats to watch two grown
women act like seven-year-old boys fighting
over a truck in the playground.
It's ridiculous.
I'm going to have everybody please go out
and sit in your cars, please, till we handle this.
Their behavior is deplorable.
They are an embarrassment to women,
A an embarrassment to the Abby Lee Dance Company,
an embarrassment to me.
Take the upper road.
You need to show that you can take the upper road.
You need to calm down.
Do I pull those two kids out of the number
and start all over again?
Do I reblock everything?
Do I have kids panicked because they're
going to forget a part because they
had to learn it the day before?
No, I'm not doing it anymore.
I didn't need this today.
I need this like a hole in the head.
Come up, and you apologize to this woman
or the kid gets taken out of the dance and there's no solo.
That's it.
It's crazy.
Sarah and I, we're not going anywhere.
They're the ones that need to go.
So we're willing to do whatever it takes.
And I think Abby will sooner or later see the light,
and she will get them to go.
And that's what we're praying for.
Hi, Christy.
How are you?
Just say you're sorry, so we can all--
No, she needs to apologize first.
You know what?
I extend my hand in apology.
So do you apologize-- - Yes.
--for being the way you are?
Absolutely.
[tense music]
5, 6, 7, 8.
And 1 and 2.
5, 6, 7, 8, and 1.
Make sure that your supporting foot is turning out.
I want everyone to watch.
Dawn's daughter was called into my class for a routine
that she was picked special for, and she had socks and a T-shirt
on.
I don't care if you're taping.
I'm going in to kill her.
They were to wear tights and a leotard.
I made two other children change their clothes
because it's acro.
We're doing a lot on our knees, and they
have to be in their bare feet.
May I speak to you a minute?
I want to speak to you.
You don't throw my kid out of class.
I paid for class.
I'm looking at every single kid out here, Abby.
They all look like children.
Isn't that crazy, that children look like children?
She's dressed appropriately.
Yes, I am a minister.
Let's play the Bible game, Abby.
When Jesus saw things that were wrong, he went after it.
And I'll tell you what?
You're not going to do this to my kid.
Out of the room. Out.
Out.
Reagan, goodbye.
Out.
You're not throwing her out.
Oh, yes, I am, and you with her.
Go. - No, you're not.
Yes.
Every week, we put the trash out.
Go.
Them take yourself out because you're the biggest
piece of trash there is.
You cannot take acrobatic class in socks.
I told you to tuck in your two piece costume.
There's a big difference.
How can you remember that, and you can't
remember to turn your feet out?
Huh?
That's pathetic.
Go somewhere else. Take your money.
Take your kid.
Take your socks.
Find another school.
Does it not hit in your head that maybe you're wrong?
No.
Do you not get it?
I don't get it.
I know I'm right.
Why are you right?
It's my building.
My name is on the front.
So what?
You keep telling her how stupid she is.
She's not stupid.
She just can't read.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
[chuckles angrily] So you're saying I'm stupid?
Well--
Abby, I got more education than you will ever have,
than you will ever have.
Because I went to school.
Unfortunately, you didn't.
May I have your phone?
Call to police.
Go for it.
I'm sorry, girls.
There's a psycho in every batch.
A psycho?
Yes.
Her name's Abigail Miller.
Hi, I need police at 7123 Salzburg.
You OK, Dawn?
No, no, no.
You OK?
No, I'm not.
I don't know if she went outside.
I walked into a room.
My senior company is warming up in another room,
and I went into there.
Turn up and out.
Bye, Reagen.
Bye.
Let's go, guys.
Let's get in the other room.
Thank you.
Sorry you had to see that.
[police sirens]
We just want you to leave the property, Minister.
- Yeah, I'm all done. - All right.
You got to go.
Take your daughter somewhere else then if you don't
like the dance company here.
A little shaky to get myself together.
Get back into rehearsal and worry about the competition
this weekend.
[pop music]
[applause]
It wasn't the best.
I think some of the girls could have made better choices.
But the technique looked good.
We'll see what the judges think.
- Nia? - Yeah.
- No. - She was.
Never noticed.
I think you were wrong about that.
I don't think-- I don't think so.
She danced like she has two left legs.
I knew she was a lefty.
I'm not engaging.
Why did you say something to begin with?
I'm disengaging.
For her to sit in the audience and critique somebody else's
child is just plain wrong.
That's very rude.
So there can be two rude people in here today.
It's enough rudeness for everybody.
If you're going to critique something,
you would have noticed that she was just a whole beat
ahead of everybody.
You didn't let Patsy run you out of here, did you?
If she thinks that she ran me out of that auditorium,
she better think again.
I gracefully exited.
It's easy for her to dish it out and go off on everybody,
but when somebody tells her something,
she don't want to hear it.
That's a puck move right there.
And I see Kendall because that was
my first time really watching her,
and she can't dance either.
Kendall, no.
All of a sudden, Black Patsy moves on from Nia to Kendall
and starts trash talking her.
Did you hear her?
She just said Kendall can't dance.
Who said that?
It's obvious that Black Patsy is just jealous of Kendall
because she replaced Nakia on Abby's team.
That little girl can not dance.
Your daughter cannot dance.
I thought Nia was the one that had to work her way up.
Nia dancing circles around your kid.
Well, you know what's funny?
We said the same thing about your little girl.
I'm not going to sit back and let
this woman badmouth my child and say all
this [bleep] that isn't true.
I walked in your recital, got right on stage
and danced with your elite dance.
You were kicked out because she wasn't good enough.
No, bitch, I left.
You ran back up in the studio, and I see why they want you
back because your kid sucks.
That make you feel good?
Bitch, you don't want to go there with me.
I will show your ass hood.
Who started this?
I just thought it was hysterical to see Jill trying
to get like all hood rat.
Shut your big mouth, and I'll tell you who started it.
Shut the blank up.
And Black Patsy's all like, F y'all, and I'm like,
whoa, whoa.
[overlapping speech] - Shut up.
Bitch, I'm grown.
Who you talking to?
Stop.
I apologize on behalf of the Abby Lee Dance Company.
You are punk, Abby.
Apologize for that.
Where's my daughter?
We are not a part of that, and I
am very, very sorry that this happened and your children
had to hear that.
I am sorry.
I'm done talking.
I'm disengaging like Dr. Holly said.
[bleep], y'all.
[gasps]
I really hope to never, ever, ever
come across that woman again.
Bitch is what she is.
Where were you guys?
Come on.
I really wish you guys could have stuck up for me.
Jill was all mad that the moms wouldn't jump in,
but I was really worried that Black Patsy
was going to pull out my weave.
I, I--
She's speechless.
This one's speechless.
You know, Kelly, I was actually looking at you,
and I'm going, come on.
Come on.
But I couldn't fight because I didn't--
Like, I was trying to get you because I
wasn't letting her go down. And I'm like, come on.
And you're not doing anything.
And I'm like--
Maybe that's why we didn't join in.
We weren't-- our partners in crime.
Oh my God, Kelly.
I need you.
I miss so many things with Kelly.
I just miss knowing that someone has my back.
And clearly, you know, Kelly and I
need each other because when we're separated,
we don't have the forces to fight evil.
But I need you to be my friend because we
can fight evil forces.
Like, I lost my mojo.