1 00:00:02,035 --> 00:00:03,203 - Cathy! You're finished, 2 00:00:03,203 --> 00:00:04,271 you're washed up, you're old, you're nothing! 3 00:00:04,271 --> 00:00:05,272 - Oh, am I? 4 00:00:05,272 --> 00:00:07,307 You're a hypocrite. 5 00:00:07,307 --> 00:00:09,142 - And you're a joke! - And you're...you're. 6 00:00:09,142 --> 00:00:11,578 - I'm OG Dance Mom, Christi Lukasiak, 7 00:00:11,578 --> 00:00:12,746 and on this episode 8 00:00:12,746 --> 00:00:14,681 of "Dance Moms Epic Showdowns" 9 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:16,283 - I can guarantee you, - You know what...oh. 10 00:00:16,283 --> 00:00:18,852 she will beat their ass, wearing a [bleep] leotard. 11 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:20,120 - I doubt it. I doubt it. - Watch. 12 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,289 - The Abby Lee Dance Company faces off 13 00:00:22,289 --> 00:00:25,092 with their biggest rivals, the Candy Apples, 14 00:00:25,092 --> 00:00:28,929 and their leader, Abby's number one nemesis, 15 00:00:28,929 --> 00:00:30,464 [dramatic music] Cathy. 16 00:00:30,464 --> 00:00:32,065 - Run along, little doggie. 17 00:00:32,065 --> 00:00:35,469 - [Jill Vertes] You're a wanna-be, Cathy, go back home! 18 00:00:35,469 --> 00:00:37,938 - Cathy, right there, you crossed the line 19 00:00:37,938 --> 00:00:39,072 and you know it. 20 00:00:39,072 --> 00:00:40,407 - Nobody wants your opinion, - Oh sit down, sit. 21 00:00:40,407 --> 00:00:43,544 nobody cares about your opinion, you're nothing! 22 00:00:43,544 --> 00:00:44,912 Get out of here! 23 00:00:44,912 --> 00:00:47,214 - [Christi] This is "Dance Moms Epic Showdowns, 24 00:00:47,881 --> 00:00:49,049 Cathy Chaos." 25 00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:51,418 - Don't touch other people. 26 00:00:51,418 --> 00:00:52,786 - I'm not touching you! - You sat in the theater 27 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:53,921 and poked me in the back. 28 00:00:53,921 --> 00:00:55,155 - I poked you to shut your mouth 29 00:00:55,155 --> 00:00:57,457 because all you do is talk! - You don't touch other people. 30 00:00:57,824 --> 00:00:58,859 [dramatic music] 31 00:00:58,859 --> 00:00:59,860 [bell rings] 32 00:01:00,894 --> 00:01:03,664 - Cathy always seemed to just appear, 33 00:01:03,664 --> 00:01:05,499 like the Wicked Witch of the West. 34 00:01:05,499 --> 00:01:06,900 - Look at the shambly mess. 35 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:09,269 Get your rodent butt out of my dressing room! 36 00:01:09,269 --> 00:01:10,837 - Throw this at the witch? - Shut your mouth, 37 00:01:10,837 --> 00:01:12,673 - [Abbie] Shut your mouth. - Whoo! 38 00:01:12,673 --> 00:01:14,174 - I thought the witch would melt. 39 00:01:14,174 --> 00:01:16,176 I wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire, sweetheart. 40 00:01:16,176 --> 00:01:18,879 - I would walk over you if you were laying dead. 41 00:01:18,879 --> 00:01:21,415 - And if Abby even sensed Cathy's presence, 42 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:23,884 it meant bad news for everyone. 43 00:01:25,352 --> 00:01:27,254 I couldn't believe when I heard Cathy's voice. 44 00:01:27,254 --> 00:01:29,222 - Uh, be careful, there's an incline there. 45 00:01:29,222 --> 00:01:31,658 - That annoying, whining- 46 00:01:31,658 --> 00:01:33,427 - Good luck today, everybody. 47 00:01:33,427 --> 00:01:35,062 Chloe, fabulous shorts. 48 00:01:35,062 --> 00:01:36,530 - We're late, we're rushing, 49 00:01:36,530 --> 00:01:38,598 we only have like 10 minutes to get these solos 50 00:01:38,598 --> 00:01:40,701 and get them out here. 51 00:01:40,701 --> 00:01:42,703 Forget about Cathy, forget about whoever. 52 00:01:42,703 --> 00:01:44,805 I don't want any chaos. 53 00:01:44,805 --> 00:01:46,873 - Chaos was Cathy's middle name. 54 00:01:46,873 --> 00:01:48,475 At a competition in Miami, 55 00:01:48,475 --> 00:01:51,845 she literally couldn't help but poke the bear. 56 00:01:54,281 --> 00:01:55,349 [playful music] 57 00:02:03,557 --> 00:02:05,859 [playful music] 58 00:02:10,831 --> 00:02:12,733 - And then Cathy's insults continued on 59 00:02:12,733 --> 00:02:15,202 from the competition to the dressing room. 60 00:02:15,202 --> 00:02:16,336 - Hi ladies. 61 00:02:16,336 --> 00:02:19,072 Hey listen, I just wanted to tell you congratulations. 62 00:02:19,072 --> 00:02:22,509 Dumbest routine that I've ever seen that you guys did. 63 00:02:22,509 --> 00:02:26,513 - Cathy comes in and she is like a raging lunatic. 64 00:02:26,513 --> 00:02:30,017 - Know what, Nationals, we have something enormous planned. 65 00:02:30,017 --> 00:02:31,184 - Of course you do. - Bigger than you. 66 00:02:31,184 --> 00:02:33,186 So look out, because I think that you 67 00:02:33,186 --> 00:02:36,390 will not have anything to say because you're amazed. 68 00:02:36,390 --> 00:02:39,626 - I have had it with Cathy's mouth today. 69 00:02:39,626 --> 00:02:44,131 She brings out the absolute worst in people, including me. 70 00:02:44,131 --> 00:02:46,233 Hey, stop! 71 00:02:46,233 --> 00:02:48,435 - Oh stop, who wants to hear your mouth? 72 00:02:48,435 --> 00:02:52,239 - Cathy, you're finished, you're washed up, 73 00:02:52,239 --> 00:02:53,340 you're old, you're nothing! - Oh am I? 74 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:54,307 - Oh really? 75 00:02:54,307 --> 00:02:55,442 - Get on the broom and fly away. - How can I? 76 00:02:55,442 --> 00:02:56,977 - I don't need to get on the broom and fly away home. 77 00:02:56,977 --> 00:02:57,978 - Don't touch other people! 78 00:02:57,978 --> 00:02:59,513 - I'm not touching you. 79 00:02:59,513 --> 00:03:01,181 - You sat in the theater and poked me in the back. 80 00:03:01,181 --> 00:03:02,716 - I poked you to shut your mouth - Stop touching other people. 81 00:03:02,716 --> 00:03:06,153 'cause all you do is talk through other kid's dances. 82 00:03:06,153 --> 00:03:08,488 You're a hypocrite- - And you're a joke! 83 00:03:08,488 --> 00:03:09,823 - And you're...you're. 84 00:03:09,823 --> 00:03:12,426 - One thing's for sure, whenever Cathy showed up, 85 00:03:12,426 --> 00:03:14,227 chaos always followed. 86 00:03:15,429 --> 00:03:16,830 - Go back to your studio. - You know what, 87 00:03:16,830 --> 00:03:19,232 I'm not, I'm here to stay, - Yeah. 88 00:03:19,232 --> 00:03:20,233 so like it. 89 00:03:20,467 --> 00:03:23,270 [dramatic music] 90 00:03:23,270 --> 00:03:26,273 - Cathy and Abby weren't always rivals. 91 00:03:26,273 --> 00:03:29,376 In fact, Cathy was actually an OG Dance Mom, 92 00:03:29,376 --> 00:03:32,079 and she asked Abby to train her daughter, Vivi-Anne. 93 00:03:32,079 --> 00:03:34,548 - Maybe it's just time for me to be the mom 94 00:03:34,548 --> 00:03:36,550 and for somebody else to be the coach. 95 00:03:36,550 --> 00:03:39,986 - But Cathy quickly proved that she was not a team player, 96 00:03:39,986 --> 00:03:42,355 when her daughter, Vivi, was asked to share a costume 97 00:03:42,355 --> 00:03:43,957 with Kelly's daughter, Brooke. 98 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:48,128 - All eyes fall on Vivi's top, and all of a sudden, 99 00:03:48,128 --> 00:03:51,331 Brooke is now wearing Vivi's top. 100 00:03:51,331 --> 00:03:52,265 - [Christi] And then just minutes 101 00:03:52,265 --> 00:03:53,800 before Brooke was to go on stage 102 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,204 for the Star Power Competition, all hell broke lose. 103 00:03:57,204 --> 00:03:59,239 - I don't want Brooke wearing the costume. 104 00:04:00,307 --> 00:04:02,275 I'm sorry, I've thought about it 105 00:04:02,275 --> 00:04:04,144 and I saw you over here floundering 106 00:04:04,144 --> 00:04:05,479 the way you were sewing that, 107 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:07,914 and it's not gonna look the same tomorrow even. 108 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,583 We just need to come up with something else. 109 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:11,818 - Whatever, Brooke, take the costume off. 110 00:04:11,818 --> 00:04:13,587 Get the costume off. - It has nothing to do 111 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:14,955 with being- - My daughter is dancing 112 00:04:14,955 --> 00:04:17,390 in three minutes and you're taking the costume 113 00:04:17,390 --> 00:04:18,758 of of her back. - Well I'm sorry, I know, 114 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:20,026 but it's ridiculous that you guys aren't prepared. 115 00:04:20,026 --> 00:04:21,728 - Cathy's way out of line, coming up to me, 116 00:04:21,728 --> 00:04:23,697 three numbers before my daughter's going on stage 117 00:04:23,697 --> 00:04:25,298 and having her take her costume off. 118 00:04:25,298 --> 00:04:27,367 And I think it's [bleep] 119 00:04:27,367 --> 00:04:28,635 - It's ridiculous, 120 00:04:28,635 --> 00:04:30,237 I never saw such disorganization in all my life. 121 00:04:30,237 --> 00:04:32,305 - [Kelly Hyland] You're doing it to show Abby something- 122 00:04:32,305 --> 00:04:34,708 - No, I'm not doing it to show Abby anything. 123 00:04:34,708 --> 00:04:37,244 - Here's your costume and you can sew it yourself. 124 00:04:38,478 --> 00:04:40,714 - She ripped the costume off of her 125 00:04:40,714 --> 00:04:43,817 and she had the audacity to throw it at me. 126 00:04:43,817 --> 00:04:47,187 - No, my daughter is gonna dance in her leotard and tights, 127 00:04:47,187 --> 00:04:49,055 and I'd like to have one of your kids from your studio 128 00:04:49,055 --> 00:04:50,824 out there dancing against her 'cause I can guarantee you, 129 00:04:50,824 --> 00:04:51,892 - Are you...you know what? Oh. 130 00:04:51,892 --> 00:04:54,828 she will beat their ass, wearing a [bleep] leotard. 131 00:04:54,828 --> 00:04:55,862 - I doubt it. I doubt it. - Watch. 132 00:04:55,862 --> 00:04:56,997 - I doubt it. - Let's go. 133 00:04:58,064 --> 00:05:01,434 Do not let it upset you, okay? 134 00:05:01,434 --> 00:05:04,004 You look fine, you don't need a costume to win. 135 00:05:05,472 --> 00:05:06,940 - [Christi] Well, maybe a costume might have helped 136 00:05:06,940 --> 00:05:09,709 because Brooke placed sixth in her division. 137 00:05:09,709 --> 00:05:11,178 I hate Cathy. 138 00:05:11,178 --> 00:05:13,580 I ended up fixing Vivi's costume. 139 00:05:13,580 --> 00:05:15,949 You couldn't tell I had touched it at all. 140 00:05:15,949 --> 00:05:17,851 Cathy just needs to keep her mouth shut. 141 00:05:17,851 --> 00:05:19,886 - As if that would ever happen. 142 00:05:21,454 --> 00:05:23,223 - You think way too highly of yourself, 143 00:05:23,223 --> 00:05:25,192 especially the way you dress. - Listen Granny- 144 00:05:25,192 --> 00:05:26,092 - You know what, Christi? 145 00:05:26,092 --> 00:05:27,327 - Take it out in the hallway. - Listen. 146 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:33,934 The ALDC beat Cathy over and over and over again, 147 00:05:33,934 --> 00:05:37,671 so it's no shock that at the Rising Star Competition, 148 00:05:37,671 --> 00:05:39,506 Cathy came up with a new trick. 149 00:05:39,506 --> 00:05:41,174 - The word on the street 150 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:43,877 is that Cathy has entered somebody 151 00:05:43,877 --> 00:05:45,478 directly against Brooke, 152 00:05:45,478 --> 00:05:47,547 as far as age goes. 153 00:05:47,547 --> 00:05:49,749 So Brooke needs to go out there 154 00:05:49,749 --> 00:05:53,053 and show everybody that she is flawless. 155 00:05:53,053 --> 00:05:56,223 - I came up with a new plan, to come back with a vengeance. 156 00:05:56,223 --> 00:05:58,825 This competition is on my home turf, 157 00:05:58,825 --> 00:06:01,428 and those dance moms aren't gonna know what hit 'em. 158 00:06:05,265 --> 00:06:05,999 - Have you guys missed me? 159 00:06:06,333 --> 00:06:07,868 - We don't talk that much about you, I'm sorry. 160 00:06:07,868 --> 00:06:08,501 [laughter] 161 00:06:08,501 --> 00:06:09,703 We were used to beating Cathy 162 00:06:09,703 --> 00:06:12,272 and her Candy Apples all the time. 163 00:06:12,272 --> 00:06:14,808 So it's not surprising that in order to win, 164 00:06:14,808 --> 00:06:17,077 Cathy had to play dirty. 165 00:06:17,077 --> 00:06:19,312 - [Announcer] Next up, Candy Apples Dance Company, 166 00:06:19,312 --> 00:06:23,950 with "Baile Espinola." [audience cheers] 167 00:06:24,951 --> 00:06:27,554 [upbeat latin music] 168 00:06:31,258 --> 00:06:35,061 - These girls totally look a lot older than our kids. 169 00:06:35,061 --> 00:06:37,030 They look 14, 15. 170 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:40,900 - Yeah. 171 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:42,068 - They looked really old. 172 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:43,637 Some of them were almost my height. 173 00:06:45,071 --> 00:06:45,505 - Shh. 174 00:06:46,806 --> 00:06:48,942 - And I really questioned Cathy's integrity 175 00:06:48,942 --> 00:06:51,111 because you don't wanna be known 176 00:06:51,111 --> 00:06:54,314 as somebody that lies about kid's ages at a competition. 177 00:06:54,314 --> 00:06:56,383 - [Christi] Something smelled rotten 178 00:06:56,383 --> 00:06:58,051 and the solos confirmed it. 179 00:06:58,051 --> 00:07:00,120 - I think Brooke gave an amazing performance, 180 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:01,955 but I'm a little bit worried because 181 00:07:01,955 --> 00:07:03,690 that other girl from Candy Apple 182 00:07:03,690 --> 00:07:06,059 was much more mature than Brooke. 183 00:07:06,059 --> 00:07:07,227 - [Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni] She doesn't seem like 184 00:07:07,227 --> 00:07:07,861 she was from Cathy's studio at all. 185 00:07:07,861 --> 00:07:08,995 - Exactly. 186 00:07:08,995 --> 00:07:10,497 She's at least 15. - Yeah. 187 00:07:10,497 --> 00:07:12,399 - [Christi] There's no way that kid's 11, 12. 188 00:07:12,399 --> 00:07:14,167 - I don't think so either. 189 00:07:14,167 --> 00:07:15,535 - Hi there. - Hello. 190 00:07:15,535 --> 00:07:17,103 - I was just wondering if we could talk to Cathy 191 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:19,339 and Erica's mom. - Sure. 192 00:07:19,339 --> 00:07:21,441 - [Abigale] If you guys could come upstairs with me. 193 00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:22,575 - Mmhmm. - Shh. 194 00:07:22,575 --> 00:07:23,710 - They're questioning Erica's age. 195 00:07:23,710 --> 00:07:25,045 - Who is? - The competition. 196 00:07:25,045 --> 00:07:26,313 - Yeah, 'cause I was back there 197 00:07:26,313 --> 00:07:27,747 and the girl walked over and goes, 198 00:07:27,747 --> 00:07:30,050 "We need birth certificates for Cathy's students." 199 00:07:31,351 --> 00:07:32,986 - Hi Cathy, I'm Leigh with Rising Star, hey. 200 00:07:32,986 --> 00:07:34,387 - Hi. Hi, nice to meet you. 201 00:07:34,387 --> 00:07:36,056 - We've got a lot of people questioning Erica. 202 00:07:36,056 --> 00:07:37,958 - Yeah. - Erica's age. 203 00:07:37,958 --> 00:07:39,059 - Yeah. We have people complaining 204 00:07:39,059 --> 00:07:40,960 that they have seen her perform 205 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:45,065 in the 14 age division at other competitions. 206 00:07:45,065 --> 00:07:46,866 - Okay, so I don't have birth certificates. 207 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:48,234 I didn't have to have birth certificates at the last... 208 00:07:48,234 --> 00:07:50,003 - Let me ask you a question, how old is Erica, 209 00:07:50,003 --> 00:07:52,305 and her date of birth? - Erica is 14. 210 00:07:52,305 --> 00:07:53,473 - Correct- - January- 211 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:54,908 - 17th- - yeah. 212 00:07:54,908 --> 00:07:57,243 - 1997. - So '97, she's 13, 14. 213 00:07:57,243 --> 00:07:58,511 - Yeah. - Then all right, 214 00:07:58,511 --> 00:07:59,879 she is in the wrong age division. 215 00:07:59,879 --> 00:08:01,915 - And so is Brooke. - Of course, 216 00:08:01,915 --> 00:08:04,184 Cathy had to deflect getting busted, 217 00:08:04,184 --> 00:08:06,586 so she tried to throw us under the bus. 218 00:08:06,586 --> 00:08:08,822 - [Leigh] Okay, I'll take that up in a minute with Abby- 219 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:10,423 - We definitely need to take that up, okay. 220 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:11,057 - Okay I will. - I promise you, I will. 221 00:08:11,057 --> 00:08:12,258 - Okay. 222 00:08:12,258 --> 00:08:14,794 - Hi Abby. - Hi, how are you? 223 00:08:14,794 --> 00:08:18,064 - Good, we got somebody questioning Brooke's age. 224 00:08:18,064 --> 00:08:20,800 - [Abby Lee Miller] Okay, she's 13, and she turned- 225 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:21,701 - [Leigh] When is her birth date? 226 00:08:21,701 --> 00:08:24,004 - January- - Of what year? 227 00:08:24,004 --> 00:08:25,004 - I don't know. 228 00:08:27,674 --> 00:08:29,075 - Of '98. - Our ages go 229 00:08:29,075 --> 00:08:31,177 as of the first of the year. 230 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:33,680 So she would have been 12- - Right. 231 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:35,715 - [Leigh] The first year she turned 13, in January. 232 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:36,182 - Right. 233 00:08:37,784 --> 00:08:40,587 - I can call and get it faxed. - That'll do. 234 00:08:40,587 --> 00:08:43,890 - In the end, Cathy's sinister little plan backfired 235 00:08:43,890 --> 00:08:46,026 when her Candy Apple was disqualified, 236 00:08:46,026 --> 00:08:48,061 and Brooke ended up taking first. 237 00:08:50,597 --> 00:08:52,499 - We're a little wilted because 238 00:08:52,499 --> 00:08:55,668 there wasn't a whole lot of air conditioning- 239 00:08:55,668 --> 00:08:56,903 - There was air conditioning, 240 00:08:56,903 --> 00:08:58,471 there was just a lot of hot air. 241 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:01,608 [dramatic music] 242 00:09:01,608 --> 00:09:04,310 - We usually avoided Cathy at all costs. 243 00:09:04,310 --> 00:09:05,912 So when someone sent her tickets 244 00:09:05,912 --> 00:09:09,949 to the annual ALDC Dance Concert, it was a true mystery. 245 00:09:09,949 --> 00:09:12,519 - Somebody sent me tickets to Abby's recital. 246 00:09:12,519 --> 00:09:15,321 Now who would have sent these to us? 247 00:09:16,623 --> 00:09:19,559 Should we go? - They invited us. 248 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:21,227 - It would be kind of funny though because, 249 00:09:21,227 --> 00:09:22,462 you know, some of you 250 00:09:22,462 --> 00:09:24,230 have never really been to other recitals 251 00:09:24,230 --> 00:09:26,433 to see how awful it is compared to ours. 252 00:09:26,433 --> 00:09:29,269 Since I've been invited to Abby's recital, 253 00:09:29,269 --> 00:09:31,538 I would like to bring some of my moms 254 00:09:31,538 --> 00:09:35,708 to come witness what thrown together is just to make money. 255 00:09:35,708 --> 00:09:36,910 And Rhonda can take notes 256 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:38,945 on dos and don'ts of a bad recital. 257 00:09:38,945 --> 00:09:41,481 I can't imagine that her recital compares to ours. 258 00:09:41,481 --> 00:09:42,949 There's no way. 259 00:09:42,949 --> 00:09:44,417 - [Dance Mom] Well, you put on a very good show, so... 260 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:48,588 - Not only am I, like, mystified as to who sent these, 261 00:09:48,588 --> 00:09:50,824 but I'm also laughing because 262 00:09:50,824 --> 00:09:53,793 they're paper-print-out tickets. 263 00:09:53,793 --> 00:09:55,862 And it would be a quick laugh. 264 00:09:55,862 --> 00:09:57,497 - I'm always up for a good laugh. 265 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,266 - No one was really sure why someone 266 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:02,702 would invite Cathy to our annual dance concert, 267 00:10:02,702 --> 00:10:05,872 but we all knew who she would act when she got there. 268 00:10:05,872 --> 00:10:10,510 - I'm not expecting any type of real theme. 269 00:10:10,510 --> 00:10:15,148 I'm not expecting anything that is, I guess, Broadway style. 270 00:10:15,148 --> 00:10:18,585 I'm just expecting to see a recital, or concert, 271 00:10:18,585 --> 00:10:22,555 I'm expecting to see just one number after the other happen. 272 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:24,324 Oh my God, we're in the nose-bleeds. 273 00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:30,897 - Somebody sent me tickets to Abby's recital. 274 00:10:30,897 --> 00:10:33,633 Now who would have sent these to us? 275 00:10:34,968 --> 00:10:37,337 Should we go? - They invited us. 276 00:10:37,337 --> 00:10:39,873 - Somehow, our arch-rival, Cathy, 277 00:10:39,873 --> 00:10:43,309 ended up with tickets to the ALDC Annual Dance Concert, 278 00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:47,514 which just gave her another opportunity to annoy us. 279 00:10:47,514 --> 00:10:49,315 - There's a hiphop number 280 00:10:49,315 --> 00:10:50,416 and for some reason, 281 00:10:50,416 --> 00:10:53,786 I'm just not thinking of Abby as a Grand Master Slam. 282 00:10:54,988 --> 00:10:56,689 And nothing's worse than sitting and watching 283 00:10:56,689 --> 00:10:59,859 little girls come out, who are incorporating their jazz 284 00:10:59,859 --> 00:11:01,394 and trying to call it hiphop. 285 00:11:02,629 --> 00:11:05,331 [audience applauding] 286 00:11:05,331 --> 00:11:07,100 - Cathy might not have cared for the recital, 287 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:10,036 but she was never going to pass up an opportunity 288 00:11:10,036 --> 00:11:11,504 to recruit a new Apple. 289 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:13,873 - It's been an outstanding show 290 00:11:13,873 --> 00:11:18,278 and now I want to sit back and relax and enjoy my evening, 291 00:11:18,278 --> 00:11:19,546 when all of a sudden, 292 00:11:19,546 --> 00:11:23,716 I hear this agitating, grating voice. 293 00:11:23,716 --> 00:11:25,151 - We, you know, 294 00:11:25,151 --> 00:11:27,787 groom you into becoming part of our competition team. 295 00:11:27,787 --> 00:11:30,557 - I'm footing the bill for this and she was not invited. 296 00:11:30,557 --> 00:11:33,393 All I know is she has no business 297 00:11:33,393 --> 00:11:36,095 being anywhere near my customers. 298 00:11:36,095 --> 00:11:38,932 - Technically, her dancers were amazing. 299 00:11:38,932 --> 00:11:40,233 - But didn't you feel that, like, 300 00:11:40,233 --> 00:11:42,435 the steps were somewhat limited, like, 301 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:44,470 not a whole lot of choreography going on? 302 00:11:44,470 --> 00:11:48,508 You know what, you sound like you would make a dandy Apple. 303 00:11:48,508 --> 00:11:50,577 - Yes she would. [group laughing] 304 00:11:50,577 --> 00:11:52,312 - We're a little wilted because 305 00:11:52,312 --> 00:11:54,914 there wasn't a whole lot of air conditioning in there. 306 00:11:54,914 --> 00:11:56,282 - There was air conditioning, 307 00:11:56,282 --> 00:11:57,917 there was just a lot of hot air. 308 00:11:59,752 --> 00:12:02,188 - Thank you so much for having us 309 00:12:02,188 --> 00:12:04,057 invited to this lovely show. 310 00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:06,092 - I didn't know you were invited. 311 00:12:06,092 --> 00:12:09,228 - Yes, you invited us, we got tickets from you. 312 00:12:09,228 --> 00:12:11,464 - Not from me. How did she get here? 313 00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:13,866 I don't see a broom in sight. - No backdrops. 314 00:12:13,866 --> 00:12:15,401 Black curtain. - No. 315 00:12:15,401 --> 00:12:17,604 - No money on your end? Come on, you gotta step it up. 316 00:12:18,538 --> 00:12:19,606 - Did she fly in? 317 00:12:20,673 --> 00:12:21,674 Who knows. 318 00:12:21,674 --> 00:12:23,843 - Clean houses. - Listen, listen, she's 319 00:12:23,843 --> 00:12:24,911 the one that invited us. 320 00:12:24,911 --> 00:12:27,547 - I invited Cathy because I wanted her to see 321 00:12:27,547 --> 00:12:30,783 how Kendall fits in with this team. 322 00:12:30,783 --> 00:12:33,720 - Oh Jill invited you. - I wanted them to see 323 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,122 what we've all been up to. - Your tickets are paper. 324 00:12:36,122 --> 00:12:38,291 - Jill, use your brain. [claps hands] 325 00:12:38,291 --> 00:12:39,826 Why would she bring 326 00:12:39,826 --> 00:12:41,861 my arch-rival enemy 327 00:12:41,861 --> 00:12:44,497 into my own show? 328 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:47,233 To steal more ideas, to steal more music? 329 00:12:47,233 --> 00:12:49,268 - We only saw five minutes of your show 330 00:12:49,268 --> 00:12:51,804 and that was enough, so, but thanks for the great reception. 331 00:12:51,804 --> 00:12:53,272 - You're welcome. 332 00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:55,475 Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. 333 00:12:55,475 --> 00:12:57,343 - Oh honey, you can't afford a door, that's the problem! 334 00:12:57,343 --> 00:13:00,680 - Cathy, you're awfully brave with all of that smack-talk 335 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:02,382 on our home turf. 336 00:13:02,382 --> 00:13:04,317 - Why do you always have to interrupt. 337 00:13:04,317 --> 00:13:05,985 You are the rudest person in - But... 338 00:13:05,985 --> 00:13:07,153 the room, shut your mouth! - Was she talking to you? 339 00:13:07,153 --> 00:13:08,554 - Shut your mouth. 340 00:13:11,190 --> 00:13:13,626 - One of the things that really pissed Abby off 341 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:17,296 was that Cathy was becoming a celebrity in her own right. 342 00:13:17,296 --> 00:13:19,065 - [Crowd] [cheering] Cathy, Cathy... 343 00:13:19,065 --> 00:13:20,133 - [Christi] Which emboldened 344 00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:21,601 that little granny Apple even more. 345 00:13:22,869 --> 00:13:24,237 [crowd cheering] 346 00:13:24,237 --> 00:13:26,072 Like the time we faced the Candy Apples 347 00:13:26,072 --> 00:13:27,874 at the Masters of Dance Competition. 348 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:30,977 [crowd cheering] 349 00:13:30,977 --> 00:13:33,913 Cathy's new-found fame was going straight to her head. 350 00:13:33,913 --> 00:13:36,316 She picked fights with Asia's mom, Christy. 351 00:13:36,316 --> 00:13:37,950 - Don't touch me, don't you touch me. 352 00:13:39,118 --> 00:13:41,220 - With me. - How's your striped socks 353 00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:42,922 and black shoes, Hag? 354 00:13:42,922 --> 00:13:45,058 - That's a good one. - She always comes up with... 355 00:13:45,058 --> 00:13:46,426 With Melissa and Jill. 356 00:13:46,426 --> 00:13:50,697 - Oh, and by the way, Melissa, I have had no face lift. 357 00:13:50,697 --> 00:13:51,497 Why would you say that? 358 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:52,665 - Well you need to shut up about... 359 00:13:52,665 --> 00:13:54,534 - Why do you always have to interrupt? 360 00:13:54,534 --> 00:13:55,835 You are the rudest person in the world. 361 00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:56,836 - Was she talking to you? 362 00:13:56,836 --> 00:13:57,870 - Shut your mouth! 363 00:13:57,870 --> 00:13:59,472 - Shut your mouth. - I'm gonna take my bra off 364 00:13:59,472 --> 00:14:01,474 and show her how my boobs are still perky. 365 00:14:01,474 --> 00:14:03,509 She said I needed a lift. 366 00:14:03,509 --> 00:14:05,645 - Who is that white-faced bag 367 00:14:05,645 --> 00:14:07,880 to tell anybody about anything? 368 00:14:09,148 --> 00:14:10,717 - [Christi] But in the end, 369 00:14:10,717 --> 00:14:12,185 the only fight that mattered 370 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:14,721 was between our girls and Cathy's, 371 00:14:14,721 --> 00:14:19,392 and once again, we won. [crowd cheering] 372 00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:25,732 - Nobody wants your opinion, 373 00:14:25,732 --> 00:14:27,200 nobody cares about your opinion! - Oh sit down. Sit. 374 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,836 You're nothing! - Talk about gutter, 375 00:14:29,836 --> 00:14:32,438 you're a gutter. - Go, get out of here! 376 00:14:32,438 --> 00:14:33,106 Go! 377 00:14:33,106 --> 00:14:34,240 [dramatic music] 378 00:14:36,275 --> 00:14:40,880 - It was Cathy's mission in life to destroy Abby Lee Miller. 379 00:14:42,248 --> 00:14:45,952 - I want Abby to always think of me as a nightmare. 380 00:14:46,853 --> 00:14:48,421 Do you wanna be her nightmare? 381 00:14:48,421 --> 00:14:49,388 - Yes. - Yeah, 382 00:14:49,388 --> 00:14:53,292 I want her to fear the CADC 383 00:14:53,292 --> 00:14:56,028 - Abby would never admit this, 384 00:14:56,028 --> 00:14:59,265 but when the ALDC met the Candy Apples at Nationals, 385 00:14:59,265 --> 00:15:00,800 Abby was scared. 386 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,169 Her biggest fear was to lose to Candy Apples 387 00:15:03,169 --> 00:15:06,672 on a national stage. - The time is finally here, 388 00:15:06,672 --> 00:15:09,509 it's Nationals, and I have put my whole heart 389 00:15:09,509 --> 00:15:13,079 into this team for the entire season. 390 00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:15,281 - [Jill Vertes] Hey girls, line up in front of the beach. 391 00:15:15,281 --> 00:15:18,985 Say, "ALDC!" - ALDC! 392 00:15:18,985 --> 00:15:20,453 - [Abby Lee Miller] They have to be good enough 393 00:15:20,453 --> 00:15:22,622 to beat the Candy Apples. 394 00:15:22,622 --> 00:15:23,823 We have to win. 395 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:28,428 - It's your moment. - Go away! 396 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:29,428 - Gimme this. 397 00:15:29,428 --> 00:15:32,231 [dramatic music] [people hollering] 398 00:15:32,231 --> 00:15:34,634 - Abby always wanted to win at Nationals, 399 00:15:34,634 --> 00:15:36,636 but this time, she had to 400 00:15:36,636 --> 00:15:40,106 because we were going up against Cathy and her Candy Apples. 401 00:15:40,106 --> 00:15:42,475 - [Dance Mom] Welcome to Nationals, you guys! 402 00:15:42,475 --> 00:15:43,676 - Are you guys lost? 403 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:48,448 - We're back! 404 00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:50,750 This is what I think of you. 405 00:15:51,818 --> 00:15:54,420 That's what you call gutter trash! 406 00:15:54,420 --> 00:15:55,988 - The only reason they're in here 407 00:15:55,988 --> 00:15:57,356 is 'cause they know they're not gonna beat us in dancing. 408 00:15:57,356 --> 00:15:58,825 They gotta beat us with their mouths. 409 00:15:58,825 --> 00:16:01,594 - Honestly, we think that Kalani is the entire team. 410 00:16:01,594 --> 00:16:03,629 Everybody else can pack it up and go home. 411 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:05,731 - I disagree with that. Wait a second. 412 00:16:05,731 --> 00:16:09,001 You've gone too far now. - Come on, Holly. 413 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:10,269 - At a certain point, that was wrong. 414 00:16:10,269 --> 00:16:12,672 - Kalani is the whole team. 415 00:16:12,672 --> 00:16:14,941 - Kathy, I've given you a lot of respect, 416 00:16:14,941 --> 00:16:18,144 but right there, you crossed the line and you know it. 417 00:16:18,144 --> 00:16:19,946 - I am allowed to have my opinion. 418 00:16:19,946 --> 00:16:21,514 - You're allowed your opinion. - But nobody wants your opinion, 419 00:16:21,514 --> 00:16:23,282 nobody cares about your opinion, - Oh sit down. Sit. 420 00:16:23,282 --> 00:16:24,116 you're nothing! 421 00:16:24,116 --> 00:16:26,452 - Talk about gutter, you're a gutter. 422 00:16:26,452 --> 00:16:29,989 - Go, get out of here, go! 423 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:32,825 Nobody cares about you, go! 424 00:16:34,460 --> 00:16:38,264 - Things had never been so tense between Abby and Cathy, 425 00:16:38,264 --> 00:16:40,666 but trash-talk wasn't gonna settle it. 426 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:42,635 The only thing that would settle it 427 00:16:42,635 --> 00:16:44,871 was what happened between the girls, 428 00:16:44,871 --> 00:16:46,672 and it wasn't gonna be easy. 429 00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:48,608 - [Announcer] All right, here we go with our next group, 430 00:16:48,608 --> 00:16:51,410 from Candy Apples Dance Center, "Abduction." 431 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:57,850 [audience applauds] [dramatic music] 432 00:17:07,693 --> 00:17:11,931 [audience cheering] [audience applauding] 433 00:17:11,931 --> 00:17:13,399 - [Jill Vertes] It was good, it was a good dance. 434 00:17:13,399 --> 00:17:16,569 - Yeah, it was nice, beautiful dancers, all of 'em. 435 00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:19,505 - That Candy Apples routine was amazing, 436 00:17:19,505 --> 00:17:21,941 and Abby was visibly nervous. 437 00:17:21,941 --> 00:17:25,278 So it all came down to this routine. 438 00:17:25,278 --> 00:17:26,712 - [Announcer] And now, from Abby Lee Dance Company, 439 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:31,550 "Is There Still Hope?" [audience applauds] 440 00:17:32,418 --> 00:17:35,187 [dramatic music] 441 00:17:46,198 --> 00:17:51,170 [audience cheers] [audience applauds] 442 00:17:52,038 --> 00:17:53,839 - And then the moment of truth. 443 00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:57,143 - This is our senior group grand champion, 444 00:17:57,143 --> 00:17:59,078 put your hands together for... 445 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:02,481 [dramatic music] 446 00:18:02,481 --> 00:18:06,752 "Is There Still Hope," Abby Lee Dance Company, come on up! 447 00:18:07,987 --> 00:18:10,990 [audience cheering] [audience applauding] 448 00:18:10,990 --> 00:18:15,962 - The ALDC goes down in history as winning Nationals. 449 00:18:15,962 --> 00:18:19,131 And I'm glad because these kids are incredible. 450 00:18:19,131 --> 00:18:21,968 They are my life. They're like my own kids. 451 00:18:23,235 --> 00:18:26,539 - The battle on the dance floor was won. 452 00:18:26,539 --> 00:18:28,941 [everyone cheering] 453 00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:31,877 But the ALDC had one more round to go 454 00:18:31,877 --> 00:18:34,513 with our rotten apple, Cathy. 455 00:18:34,513 --> 00:18:36,315 - Shut your mouth. - You're not gonna 456 00:18:36,315 --> 00:18:38,751 ruin this day for me, no way! 457 00:18:38,751 --> 00:18:42,355 Put your tail between your legs and waddle on home. 458 00:18:42,355 --> 00:18:44,790 - Get your [bleep] outta my face! 459 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:45,992 - Woo! - You need to leave. 460 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:49,662 - This is the girl's moment- - Go away! 461 00:18:49,662 --> 00:18:53,065 Gimme this. [people hollering] 462 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:55,501 - [Dance Mom] I'm not gonna be in the middle of this, 463 00:18:55,501 --> 00:18:57,036 I'm not. - Don't even touch me. 464 00:18:57,036 --> 00:18:58,270 - Don't touch me. - Don't touch me! 465 00:18:58,270 --> 00:19:00,239 - Get outta my way. - Don't touch me! 466 00:19:00,239 --> 00:19:01,707 - Get your finger outta my mouth. 467 00:19:01,707 --> 00:19:03,042 - And you're not gonna go after 'em, you just touched me! 468 00:19:03,042 --> 00:19:04,877 You don't touch me! - I did not touch you. 469 00:19:04,877 --> 00:19:06,946 - You pushed me! - Go away! 470 00:19:06,946 --> 00:19:08,648 - You're not welcomed here anymore. 471 00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:10,716 [everyone yelling] - Walk! 472 00:19:10,716 --> 00:19:13,452 - I got it, I got it. - Walk! Walk! 473 00:19:13,452 --> 00:19:15,755 - Walk your [bleep] outta here, [bleep]. Adios. 474 00:19:15,755 --> 00:19:18,457 - Oh get those wrinkles fixed, [bleep] 475 00:19:18,457 --> 00:19:20,359 - What is their problem? - They lost! 476 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,229 They're sore losers! [dramatic music] 477 00:19:23,229 --> 00:19:24,296 - Bitter Betty. 478 00:19:24,296 --> 00:19:25,898 - It's an outrage that she won. 479 00:19:25,898 --> 00:19:27,233 - Pain in the ass. 480 00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:29,668 - Take your 80s hairdo and your ass outta here. 481 00:19:29,668 --> 00:19:32,505 - You name it- - I live to be obnoxious. 482 00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:35,141 Remember that. - Cathy just kept coming back, 483 00:19:35,141 --> 00:19:38,177 no matter how hard we tried to get rid of her. 484 00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:40,146 - [Jill] Get lost, [bleep]