1 00:00:02,035 --> 00:00:03,871 - Well, if you're so good, you don't really need to be 2 00:00:03,871 --> 00:00:05,072 a part of the Abby Lee Dance Company. 3 00:00:05,072 --> 00:00:06,473 - All of you stand here, 'cause you're cowards! 4 00:00:06,473 --> 00:00:07,641 - I'm Christi Lukasiak, 5 00:00:07,641 --> 00:00:11,111 and on this episode of Dance Moms: Epic Showdowns... 6 00:00:11,111 --> 00:00:14,014 - To talk to my child like that. 7 00:00:14,014 --> 00:00:16,917 - [Christi] Everyone fights for the top spot of the Pyramid. 8 00:00:16,917 --> 00:00:18,051 - Are you kidding me? 9 00:00:18,051 --> 00:00:19,753 You're kidding me, right? 10 00:00:19,753 --> 00:00:22,823 - But it's always Abby who decides your fate. 11 00:00:22,823 --> 00:00:25,759 - You're all at the bottom of the Pyramid, since you lost. 12 00:00:25,759 --> 00:00:27,194 You lose again, not good. 13 00:00:27,194 --> 00:00:29,530 - It's the difference between being the star... 14 00:00:29,530 --> 00:00:32,933 - All right, at the top of the Pyramid is Kalani! 15 00:00:32,933 --> 00:00:34,902 - Or being cut from the team. 16 00:00:34,902 --> 00:00:37,604 - On the bottom of the Pyramid, Hannah. 17 00:00:37,604 --> 00:00:39,907 - [Christi] This is Dance Moms: Epic Showdowns, 18 00:00:39,907 --> 00:00:42,242 Pyramid Pandemonium. 19 00:00:44,578 --> 00:00:45,946 - Can you put her picture back up? 20 00:00:45,946 --> 00:00:47,548 She deserves to be on the Pyramid, she was-- 21 00:00:47,548 --> 00:00:49,550 - She deserves nothing! 22 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:51,652 [dramatic music] 23 00:00:51,652 --> 00:00:54,021 - No one escaped the ALDC without having 24 00:00:54,021 --> 00:00:56,990 at least one horrible Pyramid meltdown. 25 00:00:58,759 --> 00:01:00,661 For Jessalynn and her daughter Jojo, 26 00:01:00,661 --> 00:01:03,897 it was an underwhelming solo performance of "Carrie" 27 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:06,733 that put Jojo at risk from being kicked off the team. 28 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:08,035 - Next, we have... 29 00:01:09,269 --> 00:01:10,437 Jojo. 30 00:01:11,471 --> 00:01:13,874 You were fifth in the competition. 31 00:01:13,874 --> 00:01:15,142 You're fifth on the Pyramid. 32 00:01:15,142 --> 00:01:16,977 Sometimes you act like a five year old. 33 00:01:16,977 --> 00:01:20,914 Maybe five is your lucky number, or not-so-lucky number. 34 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:23,083 - She did a good job last week. 35 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:25,586 She did a solo, you poured blood on her, 36 00:01:25,586 --> 00:01:27,621 you put a four-inch crown on her head. 37 00:01:27,621 --> 00:01:28,822 She did a good job. 38 00:01:28,822 --> 00:01:30,590 - Keep telling her. - I'm telling you. 39 00:01:31,625 --> 00:01:33,493 - [Christi] Talking back to Abby at Pyramid? 40 00:01:33,493 --> 00:01:36,263 Never a good idea, as Jessalynn and Jojo 41 00:01:36,263 --> 00:01:37,764 were about to find out. 42 00:01:39,099 --> 00:01:41,001 - You should have watched the movie. 43 00:01:41,001 --> 00:01:43,070 When you're given an assignment, you do it. 44 00:01:43,070 --> 00:01:45,639 - But I'm in a hotel room, and a scary movie, just... 45 00:01:45,639 --> 00:01:46,873 - No, we're not gonna do it. 46 00:01:46,873 --> 00:01:48,775 I'm not gonna have her be scared for the next six months, 47 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:50,377 'cause she watched the movie you wanted her to watch. 48 00:01:50,377 --> 00:01:53,180 Like, we did the dance, we watched the trailer, 49 00:01:53,180 --> 00:01:54,815 I told her what it was about. 50 00:01:54,815 --> 00:01:56,583 - You didn't change your emotion. 51 00:01:56,583 --> 00:02:00,687 You were, you had one look on your face the entire time. 52 00:02:00,687 --> 00:02:03,290 - It was good, she was possessed, it was good. 53 00:02:03,290 --> 00:02:04,992 - Well, if you're so good, you don't really need 54 00:02:04,992 --> 00:02:06,860 to be a part of the Abby Lee Dance Company. 55 00:02:08,061 --> 00:02:09,663 - Can you put her picture back up? 56 00:02:09,663 --> 00:02:11,031 She deserves to be on the Pyramid. 57 00:02:11,031 --> 00:02:13,266 - She deserves nothing! 58 00:02:14,601 --> 00:02:17,871 I will have no, no, no, no, no crying children. None. 59 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:20,140 - Well, if you yell at me, I'm gonna cry. 60 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:21,642 - Get out, go. - Let's go. 61 00:02:21,642 --> 00:02:23,076 - Okay. - Go. 62 00:02:24,077 --> 00:02:25,646 - Let's go, we're going home. 63 00:02:27,414 --> 00:02:28,749 - See, this is where I think 64 00:02:28,749 --> 00:02:30,717 the mothers are absolutely ridiculous. 65 00:02:30,717 --> 00:02:34,454 Jess has no idea that I already have music selected, 66 00:02:34,454 --> 00:02:37,824 a costume chosen, and choreography in mind 67 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:40,427 for Jojo to do with Mackenzie. 68 00:02:40,427 --> 00:02:43,630 But no, she's gonna cause all this chaos. 69 00:02:54,274 --> 00:02:55,876 - Because you talked back to her. 70 00:02:59,112 --> 00:03:00,914 - No, 'cause her kids don't talk. 71 00:03:02,215 --> 00:03:03,950 - [Jess] They're gonna cry. 72 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:06,586 - I hate the way that Abby is treating Jojo, 73 00:03:06,586 --> 00:03:08,855 but I know this is a great opportunity for Jojo, 74 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:10,357 and I want her to be on the team, 75 00:03:10,357 --> 00:03:12,993 and I want her to go back to Pittsburgh with Abby. 76 00:03:12,993 --> 00:03:14,227 Say you're sorry. 77 00:03:16,663 --> 00:03:18,865 - Because you're a bigger person than she is. 78 00:03:20,734 --> 00:03:23,236 - Now, Kendall, you didn't win your division, obviously, 79 00:03:23,236 --> 00:03:25,138 but something happened. 80 00:03:25,138 --> 00:03:27,307 [gentle music] 81 00:03:28,308 --> 00:03:29,509 You're back? 82 00:03:29,509 --> 00:03:30,911 - Yep. - Why? 83 00:03:30,911 --> 00:03:33,146 - And I'm sorry that I didn't watch the movie. 84 00:03:33,146 --> 00:03:34,381 - That's taking the high road. 85 00:03:34,381 --> 00:03:37,150 - Of course, if you asked Abby directions to the high road, 86 00:03:37,150 --> 00:03:39,920 she would have no idea what direction to take, 87 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,021 but she would totally try 88 00:03:41,021 --> 00:03:43,223 to tell the bus driver where to go. 89 00:03:43,223 --> 00:03:45,158 - You know what you said in the beginning of the year? 90 00:03:45,158 --> 00:03:46,226 See this heart? 91 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:47,861 As a dancer, you put your heart under the line, 92 00:03:47,861 --> 00:03:49,596 and you know what, someone's gonna stab it. 93 00:03:49,596 --> 00:03:51,698 And you know what, who thought it would be you? 94 00:03:51,698 --> 00:03:54,434 [dramatic music] 95 00:03:54,434 --> 00:03:58,205 - Abby's Pyramid wasn't just about ranking the dancers. 96 00:03:58,205 --> 00:04:00,674 She also used that time to assign exactly 97 00:04:00,674 --> 00:04:02,476 who would get a solo that week, 98 00:04:02,476 --> 00:04:04,344 and if your kid didn't get picked, 99 00:04:04,344 --> 00:04:07,547 the moms definitely had something to say about it, 100 00:04:07,547 --> 00:04:11,184 especially Joanne and her daughter GiaNina. 101 00:04:11,184 --> 00:04:12,719 - All right, onto the Pyramid. 102 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:15,989 On the bottom of the Pyramid, Hannah. 103 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:19,059 As the oldest female dancer on this team, 104 00:04:19,059 --> 00:04:22,462 you should be the best. 105 00:04:22,462 --> 00:04:23,797 Period. 106 00:04:23,797 --> 00:04:25,599 Next on the Pyramid... 107 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:28,668 GiaNina. 108 00:04:28,668 --> 00:04:30,003 You were good in the group. 109 00:04:30,003 --> 00:04:31,538 I thought your turn at the beginning 110 00:04:31,538 --> 00:04:33,106 with the ashes was beautiful. 111 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:34,975 There's nothing more to say. 112 00:04:34,975 --> 00:04:38,345 - At Pyramid, there is always something more to say, 113 00:04:38,345 --> 00:04:41,148 and with GiaNina at the bottom, she wasn't getting a solo, 114 00:04:41,148 --> 00:04:43,250 and Joanne was not happy. 115 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:46,753 - Do we all understand, any questions about the solos? 116 00:04:46,753 --> 00:04:47,821 Yes. 117 00:04:47,821 --> 00:04:49,656 - I just don't understand why I don't have a solo, 118 00:04:49,656 --> 00:04:50,891 because there's three kids on the team-- 119 00:04:50,891 --> 00:04:52,959 - Because I don't want you to have one. 120 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:54,861 Is that a good enough answer? 121 00:04:54,861 --> 00:04:56,229 I'm not giving you another excuse. 122 00:04:56,229 --> 00:04:57,464 It's my company, I say no. 123 00:04:57,464 --> 00:04:59,032 - Can you stomp your feet when you say it? 124 00:04:59,032 --> 00:05:00,534 'Cause that's what it sounds like, it's a little brat. 125 00:05:00,534 --> 00:05:02,335 - Are you making fun of me 'cause I'm in a wheelchair 126 00:05:02,335 --> 00:05:03,436 and I can't stomp my feet? 127 00:05:03,436 --> 00:05:04,604 - No, I'm making fun of you 128 00:05:04,604 --> 00:05:06,006 'cause you made fun of my kid all year, 129 00:05:06,006 --> 00:05:07,440 that she's some kind of brat, and she's not. 130 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,642 She asked you a nice question, 131 00:05:08,642 --> 00:05:09,910 and you're gonna- - No, you're the brat. 132 00:05:09,910 --> 00:05:11,778 - You're gonna slap the paper up and down like that? 133 00:05:11,778 --> 00:05:12,879 Are you serious? 134 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:14,181 Why don't you give her an adult response? 135 00:05:14,181 --> 00:05:15,549 A professional response. 136 00:05:15,549 --> 00:05:17,050 - You're just not good enough. 137 00:05:17,050 --> 00:05:19,019 [Joanne gasps] - I, I won. 138 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:20,887 - You want a professional response? 139 00:05:20,887 --> 00:05:22,189 That's it. - Wow. 140 00:05:22,189 --> 00:05:23,757 - Your left leg's not as high as your right. 141 00:05:23,757 --> 00:05:25,625 - You know what you said in the beginning of the year? 142 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:26,626 See this heart? 143 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:28,228 As a dancer, you put your heart on the line, 144 00:05:28,228 --> 00:05:30,063 and you know what, someone's gonna stab it. 145 00:05:30,063 --> 00:05:31,832 And you know what, who thought it would be you? 146 00:05:31,832 --> 00:05:33,333 Who? 147 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:34,234 (bleep) this. 148 00:05:36,436 --> 00:05:38,071 Snooki, get out. 149 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:39,072 Trash. 150 00:05:39,072 --> 00:05:40,740 - Oh, I'm actually upset to hear 151 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:43,343 how many times Abby called other moms trash. 152 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:45,512 I thought that was her special name for me. 153 00:05:49,316 --> 00:05:50,083 - Grow the (bleep) up! 154 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:51,751 I'm done, I'm leaving, goodbye. 155 00:05:51,751 --> 00:05:53,753 [dramatic music] 156 00:05:53,753 --> 00:05:56,856 - When Ashlee first joined the ALDC with her daughter Brynn, 157 00:05:56,856 --> 00:06:00,594 she managed to get on everyone's bad side. 158 00:06:03,463 --> 00:06:04,598 - What? 159 00:06:04,598 --> 00:06:05,732 - Nobody wants you here, go. 160 00:06:05,732 --> 00:06:07,300 - Go (bleep) yourself. 161 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:09,269 Abby, did you come all the way to sit in the car, 162 00:06:09,269 --> 00:06:10,704 or are you gonna come in? 163 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:13,106 [tense music] 164 00:06:13,106 --> 00:06:14,641 These moms are idiots. 165 00:06:16,109 --> 00:06:19,346 - I can't stand Ashlee thinking Brynn is the next Maddie. 166 00:06:19,346 --> 00:06:20,947 Not today, Satan. 167 00:06:20,947 --> 00:06:23,950 - [Christi] Maddie was the breakout star of Dance Moms 168 00:06:23,950 --> 00:06:26,720 and everyone wanted their daughter to be next. 169 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,788 - This is Brynn's opportunity to show Abby 170 00:06:28,788 --> 00:06:31,424 that she is going to be the next Maddie. 171 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:35,629 Abby, how do you really feel about moms 172 00:06:35,629 --> 00:06:38,398 who don't necessarily agree with the way the results went, 173 00:06:38,398 --> 00:06:39,599 automatically questioning-- 174 00:06:39,599 --> 00:06:41,301 - This is what it's come down to, 175 00:06:41,301 --> 00:06:45,071 every fricking day, thanks to that one. 176 00:06:45,071 --> 00:06:46,406 - You're just jealous that Brynn 177 00:06:46,406 --> 00:06:48,208 has had a better season than Kendall. 178 00:06:49,175 --> 00:06:51,344 It's all over social media. 179 00:06:51,344 --> 00:06:52,479 - That's a lie! 180 00:06:52,479 --> 00:06:54,714 That's a flat out lie. 181 00:06:54,714 --> 00:06:58,218 You're not allowed to speak or look at my child. 182 00:06:58,218 --> 00:06:59,719 - I wasn't talking to either of you. 183 00:06:59,719 --> 00:07:00,920 I was talking to Abby. 184 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,789 - Then don't speak when she's around. 185 00:07:02,789 --> 00:07:04,090 - [Ashlee] I care about her feelings. 186 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:06,493 - So much that she has to tear down every kid 187 00:07:06,493 --> 00:07:07,560 to make hers feel good. 188 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,229 - [Ashlee] I have not torn down kids, Jill. 189 00:07:09,229 --> 00:07:10,730 - Yes, you do, yes, you do. 190 00:07:10,730 --> 00:07:12,532 - You're the one who tears down kids every day. 191 00:07:12,532 --> 00:07:14,968 You guys say crap about my kid all the time. 192 00:07:17,404 --> 00:07:19,406 - You're not out there, Kendall, so you don't know. 193 00:07:19,406 --> 00:07:20,907 - Excuse me, Abby! 194 00:07:20,907 --> 00:07:26,112 I am not allowing this woman to talk to my child like that! 195 00:07:26,112 --> 00:07:27,580 Grow the (bleep) up! 196 00:07:27,580 --> 00:07:30,150 I'm done, I'm leaving, goodbye. 197 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:31,451 Have fun, I'm leaving. 198 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:33,186 I am so over this. 199 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:35,055 [tense music] 200 00:07:35,055 --> 00:07:38,758 - Jill might've been over it then, but she always came back. 201 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:41,161 - An absolute liar! 202 00:07:41,161 --> 00:07:43,463 And you sit there and all of you women stand here 203 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:44,898 'cause you're cowards! 204 00:07:44,898 --> 00:07:46,866 [dramatic music] 205 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:48,168 - Throughout the years, 206 00:07:48,168 --> 00:07:50,003 Holly has always been our voice of reason, 207 00:07:50,003 --> 00:07:52,205 so when she lost it, you knew it was bad. 208 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:55,041 - Holly, what's going on with the short skirt? 209 00:07:55,041 --> 00:07:56,910 And your hair's in your face, I mean, come on. 210 00:07:56,910 --> 00:07:58,912 - I'm surprised you don't like my style. 211 00:07:58,912 --> 00:08:00,113 - I, I don't. 212 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:03,616 - It wasn't until heading out to sunny California 213 00:08:03,616 --> 00:08:06,653 that Holly was really pushed to her limit, 214 00:08:06,653 --> 00:08:08,822 when Abby set up an audition for Nia 215 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:10,623 with a big time casting agent. 216 00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:13,259 - Hi, Nia, I'm Lisa. 217 00:08:13,259 --> 00:08:14,894 Do you have any questions before we get started, 218 00:08:14,894 --> 00:08:16,663 or you would like to just jump right into it? 219 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:18,198 - I'll just jump right into it. - Great. 220 00:08:18,198 --> 00:08:20,100 Have a stand right out there on that pink mark. 221 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:22,335 - [Actor] ...Ben would ever have a crush on you. 222 00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:23,470 - Why would you? 223 00:08:23,470 --> 00:08:24,671 How could you? 224 00:08:24,671 --> 00:08:26,673 I never did anything to you. 225 00:08:26,673 --> 00:08:28,708 How could I be so stupid? 226 00:08:28,708 --> 00:08:30,210 Just get away from me. 227 00:08:31,711 --> 00:08:34,748 - She did not take... 228 00:08:34,748 --> 00:08:37,717 She, she took the character in a different direction, 229 00:08:37,717 --> 00:08:38,918 which was her mother. 230 00:08:38,918 --> 00:08:41,321 - Did Abby really just go there? 231 00:08:41,321 --> 00:08:42,989 - [Christi] Abby embarrassed Nia and Holly 232 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:45,759 in front of the casting agents and ruined the audition. 233 00:08:45,759 --> 00:08:47,694 - What you just did was foul, Abby. 234 00:08:47,694 --> 00:08:48,795 Foul. 235 00:08:48,795 --> 00:08:50,697 - [Christi] And after Abby left for the day, 236 00:08:50,697 --> 00:08:52,699 Holly just wouldn't let it go. 237 00:08:52,699 --> 00:08:56,936 - I put myself out there and no one here said anything. 238 00:08:56,936 --> 00:08:58,905 Everyone's out for self. 239 00:08:58,905 --> 00:09:00,407 Hope it keeps you warm at night. 240 00:09:00,407 --> 00:09:01,541 It's not worth it to me. 241 00:09:01,541 --> 00:09:03,343 - Well, it's not-- - It's not worth it to me. 242 00:09:03,343 --> 00:09:06,179 - But Holly, I don't know what to say to a woman 243 00:09:06,179 --> 00:09:07,981 who can say that to kids, 244 00:09:07,981 --> 00:09:09,916 and has done that to my child. - You're wrong. 245 00:09:09,916 --> 00:09:11,017 You're wrong. 246 00:09:11,017 --> 00:09:12,185 - I, I get it. 247 00:09:12,185 --> 00:09:13,987 - You put your daughters here. 248 00:09:13,987 --> 00:09:16,623 You put them across country to be led by Abby, 249 00:09:16,623 --> 00:09:18,058 and you failed your daughters, 250 00:09:18,058 --> 00:09:19,626 because you are afraid of Abby. 251 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:24,597 Others may not hold Abby accountable for her behavior, 252 00:09:24,597 --> 00:09:28,835 but I do, and I am not going to let Abby off the hook. 253 00:09:28,835 --> 00:09:31,671 - And at Pyramid the next day, it all came to a head. 254 00:09:31,671 --> 00:09:34,074 - That was mean-spirited, what you said, 255 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:36,443 and let it not go unnoticed. 256 00:09:36,443 --> 00:09:37,710 - Nia, is something wrong? 257 00:09:39,512 --> 00:09:42,582 - So you have nothing to say to Nia about what you said. 258 00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:44,050 - I've done nothing. 259 00:09:44,050 --> 00:09:47,253 Girls, you can go in the other room, and you can dance. 260 00:09:47,253 --> 00:09:49,422 - No, I am not gonna have this woman 261 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:52,692 stand here and lie about what she said. 262 00:09:52,692 --> 00:09:57,263 I refuse to be in a room with this woman who's lying. 263 00:10:01,835 --> 00:10:05,472 - I refuse to be in a room with this woman who's lying. 264 00:10:05,472 --> 00:10:08,475 - [Christi] After Abby sabotaged Nia's audition in LA... 265 00:10:08,475 --> 00:10:10,443 - What you just did was foul, Abby. 266 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:12,912 - Holly demanded accountability at Pyramid. 267 00:10:12,912 --> 00:10:14,981 Did she forget who she was dealing with? 268 00:10:14,981 --> 00:10:17,116 - My integrity is worth more. 269 00:10:17,116 --> 00:10:19,953 You are shallow, nasty, but I'm not leaving the team, 270 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:21,988 so if that's what you want, I'm not your new Christi, 271 00:10:21,988 --> 00:10:23,823 and I'm not your new Kelly, 272 00:10:23,823 --> 00:10:28,061 and Nia is not Brooke, Paige, or Chloe. 273 00:10:28,061 --> 00:10:30,730 Okay? So you get your act together 274 00:10:30,730 --> 00:10:33,900 and you stop telling lies. 275 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:36,736 You are a liar! 276 00:10:36,736 --> 00:10:38,271 An absolute liar, 277 00:10:38,271 --> 00:10:40,673 and you sit there, and all of you women stand here, 278 00:10:40,673 --> 00:10:42,008 'cause you're cowards! 279 00:10:42,008 --> 00:10:43,843 - I didn't, I wasn't there. - You're cowards! 280 00:10:43,843 --> 00:10:45,578 You know I would never lie, 281 00:10:45,578 --> 00:10:47,714 and you let this woman stand here and lie! 282 00:10:48,715 --> 00:10:52,785 - I've never seen Holly so upset in our whole relationship. 283 00:10:52,785 --> 00:10:55,421 - I am sick and tired of it. 284 00:10:55,421 --> 00:10:58,591 I'm sick and I cannot take this anymore. 285 00:10:59,959 --> 00:11:01,861 Not only do I deserve better, 286 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:04,597 that little girl deserves better. 287 00:11:04,597 --> 00:11:07,834 She's a vicious and nasty, vile woman. 288 00:11:07,834 --> 00:11:10,203 None of those other mothers said a single word. 289 00:11:10,203 --> 00:11:13,039 They let that woman tear my kid apart last week, 290 00:11:13,039 --> 00:11:14,674 and they did the same thing today. 291 00:11:14,674 --> 00:11:16,476 That woman is insane. 292 00:11:16,476 --> 00:11:17,977 She's crazy. 293 00:11:17,977 --> 00:11:20,513 - I think Holly needs to keep Abby in her pocket 294 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:23,917 and not cut her off, because Abby has a lot of connections. 295 00:11:23,917 --> 00:11:25,184 I mean, Holly's a dance mom. 296 00:11:25,184 --> 00:11:26,519 What's she gonna do for Nia? 297 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:28,721 - So if I don't need her and she doesn't need me, 298 00:11:28,721 --> 00:11:31,057 what the hell is she still doing here? 299 00:11:31,057 --> 00:11:32,559 - Well, 'cause she's a part of this team. 300 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:33,960 - But she doesn't need to be. 301 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,729 Everyone's replaceable. - I believe she wants to be. 302 00:11:36,729 --> 00:11:38,064 - Abby's favorite mantra? 303 00:11:38,064 --> 00:11:39,599 "Everyone's replaceable." 304 00:11:39,599 --> 00:11:40,967 And Holly believed it, too, 305 00:11:40,967 --> 00:11:43,636 because she and Nia didn't go anywhere. 306 00:11:43,636 --> 00:11:45,705 [all cheering] 307 00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:47,407 - Are you kidding me? 308 00:11:47,407 --> 00:11:48,875 You're kidding me, right? 309 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:50,643 [dramatic music] 310 00:11:50,643 --> 00:11:52,378 - [Christi] When Jill and her daughter Kendall were new 311 00:11:52,378 --> 00:11:56,349 to the ALDC, Jill always clashed with Abby. 312 00:11:56,349 --> 00:11:58,785 - Let her wear the (bleep) damn costume! 313 00:11:58,785 --> 00:12:02,455 - And Jill gained a bit of a reputation as a studio hopper. 314 00:12:02,455 --> 00:12:04,857 - No, you can have her, 315 00:12:04,857 --> 00:12:06,359 have her, have fun. 316 00:12:06,359 --> 00:12:09,095 I'm leaving, I am so over this! 317 00:12:09,095 --> 00:12:10,830 - [Christi] So when Abby criticized Kendall 318 00:12:10,830 --> 00:12:13,633 on a particularly intense Pyramid, 319 00:12:13,633 --> 00:12:15,268 Jill was ready to hop. 320 00:12:15,268 --> 00:12:19,205 - This week, we are going to Fire and Ice 321 00:12:19,205 --> 00:12:20,506 right here in Pittsburgh. 322 00:12:20,506 --> 00:12:23,042 [dancers cheer] - Yay! 323 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:25,845 - And I have a reputation to uphold. 324 00:12:25,845 --> 00:12:28,481 It's much more difficult to walk in 325 00:12:28,481 --> 00:12:30,183 and compete against people you know 326 00:12:30,183 --> 00:12:31,951 than a bunch of strangers. 327 00:12:31,951 --> 00:12:34,153 Let's get to the Pyramid. 328 00:12:34,153 --> 00:12:36,556 I hate to do this, but... 329 00:12:38,625 --> 00:12:39,726 Kendall, 330 00:12:40,994 --> 00:12:42,762 you are back on probation. 331 00:12:44,631 --> 00:12:46,733 - That's ridiculous. 332 00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:50,903 Abby, what more do you want from her? 333 00:12:50,903 --> 00:12:54,107 - Your head is distended, your shoulders are hunched. 334 00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:55,842 Your rib cage is open. 335 00:12:55,842 --> 00:12:57,677 - Are you kidding me? 336 00:12:57,677 --> 00:12:59,312 You're kidding me, right? 337 00:12:59,312 --> 00:13:03,816 - I was not surprised in the least by Jill's reaction. 338 00:13:03,816 --> 00:13:07,720 I was devastated by Kendall's reaction. 339 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,356 I certainly don't wake up in the morning 340 00:13:10,356 --> 00:13:13,259 to intentionally hurt a child's feelings. 341 00:13:13,259 --> 00:13:17,030 Now, she doesn't make the corrections. 342 00:13:17,030 --> 00:13:19,932 I have been telling her since the audition 343 00:13:19,932 --> 00:13:22,635 about her posture, and it has not improved once. 344 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:24,203 - Jill, careful what you wish for. 345 00:13:24,203 --> 00:13:26,039 You're always demanding more special parts 346 00:13:26,039 --> 00:13:27,507 and attention for Kendall, 347 00:13:27,507 --> 00:13:29,676 well, you're back on probation, so you got it. 348 00:13:29,676 --> 00:13:30,910 - I can't even believe it. 349 00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:34,847 You know what? You should be on probation, not my daughter. 350 00:13:34,847 --> 00:13:37,417 - Kendall was on the bottom of the Pyramid. 351 00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:40,453 Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of Jill. 352 00:13:40,453 --> 00:13:43,122 If I would, she would be the one that's there. 353 00:13:43,122 --> 00:13:45,191 - I don't even know why I'm here. 354 00:13:45,191 --> 00:13:47,794 You had nothing nice to say to her 355 00:13:47,794 --> 00:13:49,696 since the second we got here. 356 00:13:49,696 --> 00:13:52,098 You know what, Abby? She does a lot right. 357 00:13:52,098 --> 00:13:53,466 - She turns like a top. 358 00:13:54,467 --> 00:13:57,470 But that's what's good, I don't need to fix that. 359 00:13:57,470 --> 00:13:59,272 - There's a lot of studios out there 360 00:13:59,272 --> 00:14:01,407 who would love what she does right, 361 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:03,309 and you know what, Abby? 362 00:14:03,309 --> 00:14:05,712 I'm not putting up with this crap anymore. 363 00:14:05,712 --> 00:14:07,513 - And there it is. 364 00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:09,115 - It makes me sick 365 00:14:09,115 --> 00:14:12,585 to think that Abby would do this to a little girl 366 00:14:12,585 --> 00:14:14,387 who is working so hard. 367 00:14:14,387 --> 00:14:18,491 We'll go where they will treat you with respect. 368 00:14:18,491 --> 00:14:19,959 They'll give you great numbers. 369 00:14:19,959 --> 00:14:22,261 They might even let you do a solo or two. 370 00:14:22,261 --> 00:14:24,530 This is disgusting to me 371 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:27,233 and I'm not putting up with it anymore. 372 00:14:27,233 --> 00:14:28,368 It's over. 373 00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:31,671 - I feel horrible for Jill. 374 00:14:31,671 --> 00:14:33,106 It's hard being a dance mom 375 00:14:33,106 --> 00:14:34,874 and making these tough decisions. 376 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:36,476 I hope she comes back. 377 00:14:36,476 --> 00:14:39,278 - Jill's gonna regret walking out of there. 378 00:14:39,278 --> 00:14:41,714 It was like a spur of the moment, like, I'm pissed off. 379 00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:44,117 - Well, she can't come back now, after that. 380 00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:45,752 - Melissa, you have to be upset. 381 00:14:45,752 --> 00:14:48,221 I mean, you were friends, you are friends with Jill 382 00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:50,556 and you guys were like, buddies. 383 00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:52,191 - I am upset, I mean I, you know, 384 00:14:52,191 --> 00:14:53,893 I just think it's the wrong decision. 385 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,062 - I don't know how you make a snap decision like that. 386 00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:57,463 - I think she'll be back. 387 00:14:58,531 --> 00:15:00,800 She sent me a text. - Ohh. 388 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,368 - What'd she say? 389 00:15:02,368 --> 00:15:03,870 - "Kendall and I deserve better. 390 00:15:03,870 --> 00:15:06,305 I'm not coming back, sorry to leave you to the wolves. 391 00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:07,874 I just don't want this for K. 392 00:15:07,874 --> 00:15:10,943 I'm going back to my old studio where they like Kendall." 393 00:15:10,943 --> 00:15:12,178 - No, she didn't say that. 394 00:15:12,178 --> 00:15:13,980 - Hello, frankly, 395 00:15:13,980 --> 00:15:15,114 She's a studio hopper. 396 00:15:15,114 --> 00:15:16,949 So it's time to hop back to the old one. 397 00:15:16,949 --> 00:15:19,786 - And sure enough, just a few months later, 398 00:15:19,786 --> 00:15:23,356 Jill came hop-hop-hopping back to the ALDC once again. 399 00:15:28,194 --> 00:15:29,462 - See what happens to people? 400 00:15:29,462 --> 00:15:30,863 You do all this crap for their kid, 401 00:15:30,863 --> 00:15:33,065 you get them to win a national championship 402 00:15:33,065 --> 00:15:34,500 and they (bleep) all over you. 403 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:36,669 [dramatic music] 404 00:15:39,605 --> 00:15:43,075 - Nothing, I just, it's hard to watch your kids on stage 405 00:15:43,075 --> 00:15:45,711 and think it's the last time you're gonna watch them dance. 406 00:15:48,147 --> 00:15:49,682 I just don't wanna come back. 407 00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:51,751 - [Christi] After Kelly's daughters, Brooke and Paige, 408 00:15:51,751 --> 00:15:55,755 made the drastic move of actually leaving the ALDC 409 00:15:55,755 --> 00:15:57,423 because of Abby's antics... 410 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:59,592 - You can credit me for the rest of my tuition. 411 00:15:59,592 --> 00:16:01,627 - [Christi] We didn't fight about it at Pyramid. 412 00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:04,464 - I think the moms are finally just at their breaking point. 413 00:16:04,464 --> 00:16:05,865 - We took action. 414 00:16:05,865 --> 00:16:08,301 - We're a team, and a team includes Kelly. 415 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,435 - I just want Kelly back. 416 00:16:09,435 --> 00:16:10,770 - Oh no, that's the plan. 417 00:16:10,770 --> 00:16:12,171 - So what is the plan? 418 00:16:14,874 --> 00:16:16,609 - The moms and I all decided 419 00:16:16,609 --> 00:16:18,845 that we're just gonna sit there silent 420 00:16:18,845 --> 00:16:20,680 and we're not gonna go into Pyramid 421 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,782 and we're just gonna have a standoff, 422 00:16:22,782 --> 00:16:24,784 trying to get Kelly back. 423 00:16:24,784 --> 00:16:26,953 [tense music] 424 00:16:28,721 --> 00:16:31,190 - So ladies, have you recovered from your weekend? 425 00:16:33,226 --> 00:16:35,261 I don't know what these moms are trying to pull on me. 426 00:16:35,261 --> 00:16:37,663 I'm polite, I'm trying to have a conversation, 427 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:41,067 and they won't say one word to me. 428 00:16:41,067 --> 00:16:42,235 What is going on? 429 00:16:44,070 --> 00:16:45,705 Girls? 430 00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:47,406 Come on, I wanna get going for the Pyramid. 431 00:16:47,406 --> 00:16:49,842 Where are you? Girls? 432 00:16:50,943 --> 00:16:52,178 This is ridiculous. 433 00:16:52,178 --> 00:16:54,580 I just saw the moms at the front desk a few minutes ago 434 00:16:54,580 --> 00:16:56,315 and where are the girls? 435 00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:57,950 I don't know what's going on, 436 00:16:57,950 --> 00:17:01,120 but if they're trying to piss me off, mission accomplished. 437 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,422 The moms and the girls have disappeared. 438 00:17:03,422 --> 00:17:04,790 Poof! Be gone. 439 00:17:07,426 --> 00:17:09,595 There's people standing in the parking lot. 440 00:17:11,631 --> 00:17:15,368 Is that, someone sitting on the ground like a dog? 441 00:17:15,368 --> 00:17:16,402 - Melissa. 442 00:17:17,436 --> 00:17:18,638 - Really? 443 00:17:18,638 --> 00:17:20,072 I am tired of this. 444 00:17:20,072 --> 00:17:23,276 The moms are outside in my parking lot, I've had it. 445 00:17:23,276 --> 00:17:26,279 I'm gonna go out there and find out what's going on. 446 00:17:26,279 --> 00:17:28,080 Ladies, what's going on? 447 00:17:29,315 --> 00:17:30,783 I'm waiting to do the Pyramid. 448 00:17:30,783 --> 00:17:32,685 I've been waiting and waiting and waiting. 449 00:17:33,653 --> 00:17:34,954 Ladies, what's going on? 450 00:17:36,022 --> 00:17:37,390 Holly, something has to be going on, 451 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:39,458 or you would never be so rude to me personally. 452 00:17:40,693 --> 00:17:43,162 You guys are having a, what is it called? A sit-in? 453 00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:47,466 If you're doing this for Kelly, you're a fool. 454 00:17:47,466 --> 00:17:49,969 This is completely unprofessional. 455 00:17:49,969 --> 00:17:51,671 Do you think that your kid's gonna go on 456 00:17:51,671 --> 00:17:53,439 and work professionally after this behavior? 457 00:17:53,439 --> 00:17:55,007 That's ridiculous. 458 00:17:55,007 --> 00:17:56,475 - [Christi] When Abby comes out, it's like 459 00:17:56,475 --> 00:17:57,977 the scene from Jurassic Park. 460 00:17:57,977 --> 00:17:59,312 We're all sitting in our cars 461 00:17:59,312 --> 00:18:01,147 and like, here comes the Tyrannosaurus Rex. 462 00:18:01,147 --> 00:18:03,282 Holly's not moving, but I'm thinking, thank God, Holly, 463 00:18:03,282 --> 00:18:04,717 because they can sense movement. 464 00:18:04,717 --> 00:18:07,019 I'm over it, something's gotta change. 465 00:18:07,019 --> 00:18:08,220 - See what happens to people? 466 00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:09,655 You do all this crap for their kid, 467 00:18:09,655 --> 00:18:11,791 you get them to win a national championship, 468 00:18:11,791 --> 00:18:13,192 and then they (bleep) all over you. 469 00:18:13,192 --> 00:18:14,660 They start when they're three years old, 470 00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:16,596 they don't know their right foot from their left, 471 00:18:16,596 --> 00:18:19,432 their kid becomes a star, they're winning titles, 472 00:18:19,432 --> 00:18:22,034 and the parents suddenly think they know something more. 473 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:24,070 Let's go, let's get on the phone. 474 00:18:24,070 --> 00:18:25,838 We have to replace all these kids. 475 00:18:25,838 --> 00:18:27,740 - We were determined to prove Abby wrong, 476 00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:29,909 so we set out to do our own show. 477 00:18:29,909 --> 00:18:31,510 - I'd like to know where the people are. 478 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:33,479 - Everybody into your spots. Let's go! 479 00:18:33,479 --> 00:18:35,381 We're gonna run out of time, guys. 480 00:18:35,381 --> 00:18:37,950 [plucky banjo music] 481 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:39,452 - You can't look confused there, Clo. 482 00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:41,020 - No, you guys are all off. 483 00:18:41,020 --> 00:18:42,722 - Find a window. 484 00:18:42,722 --> 00:18:44,624 No one should be behind anybody. 485 00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:46,025 - Do a pose at the end. 486 00:18:46,025 --> 00:18:49,462 - Despite our less than stellar coaching, 487 00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:52,031 the girls did their usual best. 488 00:18:52,031 --> 00:18:55,101 [upbeat music] ♪ Come to life 489 00:18:55,101 --> 00:18:56,802 ♪ Come to life 490 00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:59,672 - But in the end, it just wasn't the showstopper 491 00:18:59,672 --> 00:19:01,207 we were hoping for. 492 00:19:01,207 --> 00:19:03,676 - Woo, yeah! 493 00:19:03,676 --> 00:19:05,144 - [Holly] Revealed a lot. 494 00:19:05,144 --> 00:19:06,445 The girls need discipline. 495 00:19:06,445 --> 00:19:08,080 They need a dance teacher. 496 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,282 And it wasn't up to the standards that we're used to. 497 00:19:10,282 --> 00:19:11,384 - You did it! 498 00:19:11,384 --> 00:19:12,785 You did it! 499 00:19:12,785 --> 00:19:16,555 - [Christi] A few days later, we went back to Pyramid, 500 00:19:16,555 --> 00:19:18,691 but we did bring Kelly with us. 501 00:19:18,691 --> 00:19:22,228 So I say, we were at the top of the Pyramid. 502 00:19:22,228 --> 00:19:24,030 - Are we being invited in? Can we come in now? 503 00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:26,666 - If you wanna come, the door is open. 504 00:19:26,666 --> 00:19:28,434 - Alright, let's go. - I'll come in. 505 00:19:29,902 --> 00:19:33,339 - So, that's it for me and this Epic Pyramid Pandemonium. 506 00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:37,476 And just like so many moms that threaten to leave the ALDC... 507 00:19:37,476 --> 00:19:38,944 - I'm leaving, goodbye. 508 00:19:38,944 --> 00:19:40,846 - Let's go, we're going home right now. 509 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:43,516 - You can credit me for the rest of my tuition. 510 00:19:43,516 --> 00:19:45,151 - You know I'm coming back.