1 00:00:02,069 --> 00:00:03,837 - I'm not a liar. - You are a liar! 2 00:00:03,837 --> 00:00:04,838 You're the biggest liar 3 00:00:04,838 --> 00:00:05,839 I've ever met in my whole entire life! 4 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:06,907 I'm Christi Lukasiak, 5 00:00:06,907 --> 00:00:10,077 and on this episode of "Dance Moms Epic Showdowns." 6 00:00:10,077 --> 00:00:11,144 - [Abby] What's wrong with you? 7 00:00:11,144 --> 00:00:12,312 Why wouldn't you introduce yourself? 8 00:00:12,312 --> 00:00:13,380 That's what your mother should say. 9 00:00:13,380 --> 00:00:14,381 - Why are you doing this? 10 00:00:14,381 --> 00:00:16,350 - Because you are a bad mother. 11 00:00:16,350 --> 00:00:18,585 - [Holly] Jill is not bad mother. 12 00:00:18,585 --> 00:00:20,420 - Nothing sets a dance mom off 13 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:23,223 more than someone who thinks they know 14 00:00:23,223 --> 00:00:24,892 what's best for our kids. 15 00:00:24,892 --> 00:00:26,827 - Your daughter's not always the victim. 16 00:00:26,827 --> 00:00:28,896 - [Christi] And when everyone thinks they know best... 17 00:00:28,896 --> 00:00:30,130 - And I think it'll be better for you 18 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:31,832 if Abby doesn't really see it in person. 19 00:00:31,832 --> 00:00:33,734 - It's a recipe for disaster. 20 00:00:33,734 --> 00:00:35,235 Why are you getting all bent out of shape? 21 00:00:35,235 --> 00:00:36,270 Nobody asked you. 22 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:37,404 - Look at me when you talk. 23 00:00:37,404 --> 00:00:38,639 - Excuse me? 24 00:00:38,639 --> 00:00:39,473 - [bleep] 25 00:00:39,473 --> 00:00:40,540 [dramatic music] 26 00:00:40,540 --> 00:00:41,375 - [Leslie] I'll kick your ass. 27 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:42,910 - Bite me! 28 00:00:42,910 --> 00:00:44,378 - [Tami] Honey, if I had lips the size of [bleep] Texas, 29 00:00:44,378 --> 00:00:45,245 I would! 30 00:00:45,245 --> 00:00:46,513 - [Abby] Hey, hey, hey! 31 00:00:46,513 --> 00:00:48,815 - [Christi] This is Dance Moms Epic Showdowns: 32 00:00:48,815 --> 00:00:50,550 Mother Knows Best. 33 00:00:52,119 --> 00:00:54,187 - Don't look at your phone, watch your tongue. 34 00:00:54,187 --> 00:00:55,255 You call me a [bleep] one more time... 35 00:00:55,255 --> 00:00:56,189 - What, are you gonna hit me? - Watch your tongue. 36 00:00:56,823 --> 00:00:58,225 [dramatic music] 37 00:00:58,625 --> 00:01:00,560 - As dance moms, we knew what was best for our kids, 38 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,730 and we weren't shy about letting everyone else know. 39 00:01:03,730 --> 00:01:06,433 - Don't you dare think I'm gonna listen to you 40 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:08,802 tell me what I can and cannot say. 41 00:01:08,802 --> 00:01:10,871 - [Christi] And when it came to the team as a whole, 42 00:01:10,871 --> 00:01:14,708 each one of us thought we knew best, which never ended well. 43 00:01:16,109 --> 00:01:18,378 Like the time we took our kids ice skating 44 00:01:18,378 --> 00:01:20,547 for some much-needed fun. 45 00:01:21,615 --> 00:01:23,817 - [Jill] Here's a 2, who's a 2? 46 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:24,985 - [Christi] But Asia's mom, Kristie, 47 00:01:24,985 --> 00:01:27,621 had to get all helicopter parent. 48 00:01:27,621 --> 00:01:30,824 - [Child] Asia, Asia, why aren't you going? 49 00:01:30,824 --> 00:01:31,792 - [Asia] I can't. 50 00:01:31,792 --> 00:01:33,093 - [Child] Why? 51 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:33,827 - [Kristie] She's not allowed to. 52 00:01:33,827 --> 00:01:35,095 - [Child] Why? 53 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:36,263 - [Kristie] Because she can't be hurt. 54 00:01:36,263 --> 00:01:37,798 - [Christi] Well, nobody can be hurt. 55 00:01:37,798 --> 00:01:40,934 - Well, I know. She's not going do it. She knows why. 56 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:42,202 - [Christi] Well, it's up to you. 57 00:01:42,202 --> 00:01:43,170 You let your kids skate if they want to. 58 00:01:47,107 --> 00:01:48,508 - [Kristie] No, I'm not playing their games. 59 00:01:48,508 --> 00:01:49,643 I'm not playing there [bleep] game. You're not skating. 60 00:01:52,946 --> 00:01:55,148 - Asia, you know why you can't skate. 61 00:01:55,148 --> 00:01:56,984 [Kelly shrieking] [bleep]! 62 00:01:56,984 --> 00:01:58,752 - [Melissa] Come on. Come on. 63 00:02:00,354 --> 00:02:02,956 - [Jill] Chloe, I can turn like you! 64 00:02:02,956 --> 00:02:03,824 - [Paige] Stand up! 65 00:02:05,192 --> 00:02:08,195 [dramatic music] 66 00:02:08,195 --> 00:02:09,930 - [Christi] Abby was the ultimate authority 67 00:02:09,930 --> 00:02:12,933 when it came to the team and she punished all the kids 68 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:15,268 for ice skating, except for Asia. 69 00:02:15,268 --> 00:02:16,903 - And you all are gonna do a hundred pushups. 70 00:02:16,903 --> 00:02:18,739 Asia, she doesn't have to do the hundred pushups 71 00:02:18,739 --> 00:02:19,906 'cause she didn't ice skate. 72 00:02:19,906 --> 00:02:22,642 You were selfish, you were naive. 73 00:02:22,642 --> 00:02:24,945 And you put this entire group in jeopardy. 74 00:02:24,945 --> 00:02:27,114 I found out the girls went ice skating. 75 00:02:27,114 --> 00:02:30,350 The Abby Lee Dance Company contract is very specific. 76 00:02:30,350 --> 00:02:34,054 No ice skating. These are things that protect 77 00:02:34,054 --> 00:02:36,523 your child as well as the group. 78 00:02:38,058 --> 00:02:40,360 - Did the kids have a really good time? They did. 79 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:41,495 - [Kelly] And that's all that matters. 80 00:02:41,495 --> 00:02:43,196 Sometimes they have to just be kids, like. 81 00:02:43,196 --> 00:02:44,197 - [Holly] Enjoy their childhood. 82 00:02:44,197 --> 00:02:45,666 - [Kelly] For God's sakes. 83 00:02:45,666 --> 00:02:47,868 - [Christi] And with Asia being spared, Kristie with a K 84 00:02:47,868 --> 00:02:49,636 remained on her high horse. 85 00:02:50,837 --> 00:02:51,838 - [Kristie] She's not gonna ice skate 86 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:53,240 two days before competition 87 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,842 because you can't be a hundred percent sure 88 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:57,544 an accident won't happen on the ice. 89 00:02:57,544 --> 00:02:58,979 - That's not what you said yesterday. 90 00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:00,747 - Well, I'm telling you now. After thinking about it, 91 00:03:00,747 --> 00:03:02,482 we have two days out for a show. 92 00:03:02,482 --> 00:03:03,750 You wanna just take that chance? 93 00:03:03,750 --> 00:03:06,820 I don't as a mother, my daughter's a dancer. 94 00:03:06,820 --> 00:03:08,188 - Why are you getting all bent out of shape? 95 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:09,656 Nobody asked you. 96 00:03:09,656 --> 00:03:11,024 - Christi, look at me when you talk. 97 00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:13,060 - Yes, I'm speaking. - Look at me when you talk. 98 00:03:13,060 --> 00:03:15,062 - Excuse me. - Look at me when you talk. 99 00:03:15,062 --> 00:03:16,596 - [Christi] Excuse me. - [Kristie] Excuse ME. 100 00:03:16,596 --> 00:03:17,731 - I don't wanna look at you when I talk. 101 00:03:17,731 --> 00:03:19,032 - Well then don't talk to me. 102 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:20,067 - Well then don't talk to us. 103 00:03:20,067 --> 00:03:21,001 Nobody asked you. 104 00:03:21,001 --> 00:03:22,235 - I'm answering a question. 105 00:03:22,235 --> 00:03:23,670 - Nobody asked you a question. 106 00:03:23,670 --> 00:03:25,872 - Yes you did. You just asked me a [bleep] question. 107 00:03:25,872 --> 00:03:27,507 - You need to settle yourself down. 108 00:03:27,507 --> 00:03:28,975 - [Kristie] No, I don't. 109 00:03:28,975 --> 00:03:30,510 - I don't know why you're getting so emotional about this. 110 00:03:30,510 --> 00:03:31,545 - Because when can't look at me in the eye- 111 00:03:31,545 --> 00:03:32,412 - I'm looking at you in the eye [bleep]. 112 00:03:33,513 --> 00:03:35,215 - [bleep], let's go. Let's go. 113 00:03:35,215 --> 00:03:36,383 - [Christi] Settle yourself down. 114 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:37,851 - No, I don't. Do not call me a [bleep] 115 00:03:37,851 --> 00:03:38,852 if you can't back it up. 116 00:03:38,852 --> 00:03:39,720 - [Christi] I can back it up, 117 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,221 but I don't fight like that. 118 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:43,223 - Okay, then don't use those words towards me. 119 00:03:43,223 --> 00:03:44,291 - I'm not looking away now, am I? 120 00:03:44,291 --> 00:03:46,460 - Good. Now I've taught you a lesson. 121 00:03:46,460 --> 00:03:48,428 - You've taught me how I don't wanna behave. 122 00:03:48,428 --> 00:03:50,730 Kristie may have thought she knew it all, 123 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:53,834 but she could have used a lesson or two in humility. 124 00:03:54,901 --> 00:03:57,237 - You're a real pathetical person. 125 00:03:57,237 --> 00:03:58,872 - Pathetical isn't a word. 126 00:03:58,872 --> 00:04:00,240 I thought you had a master's degree. 127 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,842 Did you not know that pathetical isn't a word, 128 00:04:01,842 --> 00:04:03,110 but you have a master's degree? 129 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:08,815 - What's worse than a dance mom who thinks she knows best? 130 00:04:08,815 --> 00:04:11,551 Two dance moms who think they know best! 131 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:14,855 Like the time Kalani's mom Kira and Brynn's mom Ashlee 132 00:04:14,855 --> 00:04:17,557 faced off at a competition in Phoenix over whose 133 00:04:17,557 --> 00:04:19,126 daughter was a better dancer. 134 00:04:20,927 --> 00:04:22,295 - What's she pissed about? 135 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:23,897 - Somebody told her that I was talking [bleep] 136 00:04:23,897 --> 00:04:25,265 about her all day. 137 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:28,268 And then she sent me all those horrible texts. 138 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:33,406 - [Jill] You have sat here for the last four weeks saying 139 00:04:33,406 --> 00:04:35,709 Brynn has the best record. 140 00:04:35,709 --> 00:04:37,310 And we're just saying be prepared. 141 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:38,545 - Well, she does. 142 00:04:38,545 --> 00:04:40,947 Kalani is not as good as she used to be. 143 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:43,784 - What? - [Jill] Wait, what? 144 00:04:43,784 --> 00:04:46,253 - Kalani was amazing a couple years ago. 145 00:04:46,253 --> 00:04:47,320 - [Holly] She said what? 146 00:04:48,188 --> 00:04:49,489 - [Ashlee] She's not. 147 00:04:49,489 --> 00:04:51,024 - [Holly] You don't wanna say that. 148 00:04:51,024 --> 00:04:52,492 - [Jess] I think you're alone on that island. I mean... 149 00:04:52,492 --> 00:04:53,794 - I'm really not. 150 00:04:53,794 --> 00:04:55,195 - [Jess] Who does Ashlee think she is? 151 00:04:55,195 --> 00:04:58,632 Kalani is the same amazing dancer she always has been. 152 00:04:58,632 --> 00:05:00,267 It's gonna be tough for Brynn to win. 153 00:05:00,267 --> 00:05:02,536 There's a lot of talented kids in Phoenix. 154 00:05:02,536 --> 00:05:04,538 I hope Ashlee isn't writing a check 155 00:05:04,538 --> 00:05:06,406 that her mouth can't cash. 156 00:05:06,406 --> 00:05:07,908 - [Kira] Ever since Kalani and Brynn started training 157 00:05:07,908 --> 00:05:11,645 together in Arizona, Ashlee has been so jealous of Kalani. 158 00:05:11,645 --> 00:05:13,713 Ashlee, you can talk all the [bleep] you want to, 159 00:05:13,713 --> 00:05:16,082 but if you try and start stuff at competition, 160 00:05:16,082 --> 00:05:17,150 you're gonna regret it 161 00:05:21,254 --> 00:05:21,922 - [Jill] What's she pissed about? 162 00:05:22,122 --> 00:05:22,756 - Somebody told her that I was talking 163 00:05:22,756 --> 00:05:23,623 [bleep] about her all day. 164 00:05:23,824 --> 00:05:26,293 - We were all set for our competition in Arizona, 165 00:05:26,293 --> 00:05:29,062 which set the stage for rival know-it-all dance moms 166 00:05:29,062 --> 00:05:30,397 Ashlee and Kira. 167 00:05:30,397 --> 00:05:32,399 - [Melissa] Where's Kalani? She has a solo. 168 00:05:32,399 --> 00:05:33,834 That stresses me out. 169 00:05:33,834 --> 00:05:35,202 - [Ashlee] But she always gets special treatment. 170 00:05:35,202 --> 00:05:36,503 You guys know it. - [Jess] Kira doesn't care. 171 00:05:36,503 --> 00:05:37,871 - [Ashlee] When Kira's around, she can't get her here 172 00:05:37,871 --> 00:05:40,540 on time. She's not even in California with her kid. 173 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:44,477 As much as I like Kalani, Kira does not care about this. 174 00:05:44,477 --> 00:05:46,246 She's just sitting on her ass at home 175 00:05:46,246 --> 00:05:48,315 and we're all working our asses off and she's getting 176 00:05:48,315 --> 00:05:49,482 the benefits of it. 177 00:05:49,482 --> 00:05:50,951 - [Kira] You're working your asses off? 178 00:05:50,951 --> 00:05:52,652 - [Jill] Well, we were just saying that we were all 179 00:05:52,652 --> 00:05:54,120 on time and you're a little late. 180 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:58,191 - I didn't realize that having to pump milk for the day 181 00:05:58,191 --> 00:06:01,228 and get the baby all settled and explain was- 182 00:06:01,228 --> 00:06:03,864 - [Jill] No, I know, listen. - [Kira] The easiest thing. 183 00:06:03,864 --> 00:06:05,065 - [Ashlee] So then why are you here? 184 00:06:05,065 --> 00:06:06,533 - Because Kalani wants to be here. 185 00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:08,435 - Brynn wants to be here and I have to be here. 186 00:06:08,435 --> 00:06:10,103 And I show up and I work hard. 187 00:06:10,103 --> 00:06:13,106 She gets all the benefits and she gets to sit at home. 188 00:06:13,106 --> 00:06:14,874 You're a manipulator, you're a user, you're a liar. 189 00:06:14,874 --> 00:06:16,943 And you know it. Everybody knows it. 190 00:06:16,943 --> 00:06:19,779 - I don't really care what you think of me. I really don't. 191 00:06:19,779 --> 00:06:21,948 - I don't care what you think. Woman with three baby daddies 192 00:06:21,948 --> 00:06:23,817 and a criminal record, I could care less 193 00:06:23,817 --> 00:06:24,918 what you think about me. 194 00:06:24,918 --> 00:06:27,754 - You're a real pathetical person. 195 00:06:27,754 --> 00:06:29,356 - Pathetical isn't a word. 196 00:06:29,356 --> 00:06:30,890 I thought you had a master's degree. 197 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:32,659 Did you not know that pathetical isn't a word, 198 00:06:32,659 --> 00:06:34,194 but you have a master's degree? 199 00:06:35,662 --> 00:06:38,265 - [Kira] You can sit here and say all you want, Ashlee. 200 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:41,101 Fine - [Jill] No, Kira, don't go. 201 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:43,103 Please don't go. Please don't go. 202 00:06:43,103 --> 00:06:44,938 - [Kira] If you wanna sit here and let her play her 203 00:06:44,938 --> 00:06:47,641 [bleep] game, then you can. [bleep] you all. 204 00:06:49,042 --> 00:06:52,712 She's a [bleep] and I'm not gonna sit here and allow her 205 00:06:52,712 --> 00:06:55,482 to play her [bleep] games. So go [bleep] yourself. 206 00:06:55,482 --> 00:06:57,884 This is why she's a pathetic piece of [bleep]. 207 00:06:59,052 --> 00:07:01,221 - [Jill] We're supposed to be a well-oiled machine, 208 00:07:01,221 --> 00:07:03,823 and it's not gonna work if these two moms 209 00:07:03,823 --> 00:07:05,225 don't lay off of each other. 210 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,062 - [Christi] With two moms who are at each other's throat 211 00:07:09,062 --> 00:07:11,665 over who would be the best fit for the team, 212 00:07:11,665 --> 00:07:13,667 it all came down to what happened 213 00:07:13,667 --> 00:07:15,168 on the competition floor. 214 00:07:15,802 --> 00:07:18,571 [dance music] 215 00:07:19,606 --> 00:07:22,509 [audience applauding] 216 00:07:22,509 --> 00:07:25,745 - [Announcer] Entry number 73, Mystical Beauty. 217 00:07:26,746 --> 00:07:28,348 [ballet music] 218 00:07:29,349 --> 00:07:31,551 - [Jill] Good job, Brynn. 219 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:35,889 - [Ashlee] For years, Kira has lied and manipulated 220 00:07:35,889 --> 00:07:37,290 to get Kalani ahead. 221 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:39,025 Today's the day that it's all gonna catch up with her. 222 00:07:39,025 --> 00:07:40,894 Kalani's not gonna place us higher than Brynn 223 00:07:40,894 --> 00:07:42,195 and that's gonna prove that Brynn's 224 00:07:42,195 --> 00:07:43,763 a valuable member of this team. 225 00:07:45,198 --> 00:07:47,834 - [Announcer] So for the overall high score solo/duo/trio. 226 00:07:49,069 --> 00:07:51,671 First place goes to 227 00:07:54,140 --> 00:07:55,709 entry number 74. 228 00:07:56,543 --> 00:07:58,511 [crowd cheering] 229 00:07:58,511 --> 00:07:59,746 - Ashlee came in saying, 230 00:07:59,746 --> 00:08:02,349 Brynn always wins, Brynn's the best. 231 00:08:02,349 --> 00:08:04,451 Her technique's better than everybody. 232 00:08:04,451 --> 00:08:08,621 You know what? She didn't place. So learn a lesson, Ashlee. 233 00:08:08,621 --> 00:08:11,224 You can't always win. There's always someone better. 234 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:14,394 - Competitive dance 101, even I can't argue with that. 235 00:08:15,595 --> 00:08:16,596 I'm talking to my friend! 236 00:08:16,596 --> 00:08:17,664 - [Leslie] Then you're yelling at her. 237 00:08:17,664 --> 00:08:18,732 - Shush! - You had too much to drink. 238 00:08:18,732 --> 00:08:19,866 You better settle it down. 239 00:08:19,866 --> 00:08:20,967 I'll kick your ass. 240 00:08:22,936 --> 00:08:24,704 - [Christi] At Nationals in New Orleans, 241 00:08:24,704 --> 00:08:28,541 the mood was festive, but things were on edge. 242 00:08:28,541 --> 00:08:29,876 Not only were the girls 243 00:08:29,876 --> 00:08:31,911 competing against the Candy Apples, 244 00:08:31,911 --> 00:08:33,646 but they were competing against each other 245 00:08:33,646 --> 00:08:35,915 for the last solo up for grabs. 246 00:08:35,915 --> 00:08:39,619 So the last thing I needed was part-time dance mom Leslie 247 00:08:39,619 --> 00:08:42,822 thinking she knew what was best for the team. 248 00:08:42,822 --> 00:08:46,459 I have to say, if she's only giving out X many of solos, 249 00:08:46,459 --> 00:08:50,730 I find it wrong that she would give one of those solo spots 250 00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:53,133 to Payton, who's not even really a member on the team. 251 00:08:53,133 --> 00:08:54,801 - I don't give a crap if I'm on your team 252 00:08:54,801 --> 00:08:56,236 or I'm not on your team. 253 00:08:56,236 --> 00:08:58,705 We're here and if she has a chance to do a solo, 254 00:08:58,705 --> 00:09:00,073 let her do a solo. 255 00:09:00,073 --> 00:09:02,108 - [Christi] Things only got worse as Leslie decided 256 00:09:02,108 --> 00:09:04,944 to add her two cents into things she knew nothing about. 257 00:09:04,944 --> 00:09:08,915 - [Leslie] I feel that Chloe gets every single opportunity 258 00:09:08,915 --> 00:09:10,483 that Maddie gets. 259 00:09:10,483 --> 00:09:12,352 - Can I finish a sentence? 260 00:09:12,352 --> 00:09:14,254 - Your daughter's not always the victim. 261 00:09:14,254 --> 00:09:16,823 You might cry it all the time. She's not always the victim. 262 00:09:16,823 --> 00:09:18,191 - Don't go there, you. 263 00:09:18,191 --> 00:09:19,626 - [Leslie] I'm going there. And you know what? 264 00:09:19,626 --> 00:09:20,627 Every time somebody calls you out on something, 265 00:09:20,627 --> 00:09:22,996 you always say don't go there. 266 00:09:22,996 --> 00:09:24,230 I'm going there! 267 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,335 - [Christi] Everyone is so stressed out 268 00:09:29,335 --> 00:09:31,805 with this whole competing against each other 269 00:09:31,805 --> 00:09:33,473 for solos at Nationals. 270 00:09:33,473 --> 00:09:35,942 I think the moms need a girls night out. 271 00:09:35,942 --> 00:09:37,644 We need to go have a cocktail. 272 00:09:37,644 --> 00:09:39,312 [ragtime music] 273 00:09:39,312 --> 00:09:42,148 And what better way than an evening out 274 00:09:42,148 --> 00:09:43,316 in the French Quarter? 275 00:09:45,351 --> 00:09:46,352 - [Leslie] New Orleans! 276 00:09:46,352 --> 00:09:47,587 [everyone cheering] 277 00:09:47,587 --> 00:09:48,988 - [Jill] To winning Nationals! 278 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:53,660 - [Christi] To the French Quarter and Bourbon Street! 279 00:09:53,660 --> 00:09:54,494 - [Holly] What is that? 280 00:09:54,494 --> 00:09:55,361 - [Christi] A voodoo doll? 281 00:09:55,361 --> 00:09:56,196 It's Abby! 282 00:09:56,196 --> 00:09:58,031 - [Kelly] Let's throw Abby over. 283 00:09:58,031 --> 00:10:00,834 [Christi wooing] 284 00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:06,039 [upbeat music] 285 00:10:06,239 --> 00:10:10,043 - At Nationals in New Orleans, us moms decided to let loose 286 00:10:10,043 --> 00:10:11,711 a little in the French Quarter. 287 00:10:12,312 --> 00:10:14,714 But when you mix beads, boobs, humidity, 288 00:10:14,714 --> 00:10:16,983 and about 8 billion drinks, 289 00:10:16,983 --> 00:10:19,018 things might get a little messy. 290 00:10:19,018 --> 00:10:20,720 - [Jill] Drinks are flowing. 291 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:22,555 Christi has been drinking all day, 292 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:24,557 and Leslie has been drinking all night. 293 00:10:24,557 --> 00:10:27,227 - [Christi] And I've had it with Leslie's mouth. 294 00:10:27,227 --> 00:10:29,195 - Your daughter's not always the victim. 295 00:10:29,195 --> 00:10:31,865 You might cry it all the time. She's not always the victim. 296 00:10:31,865 --> 00:10:33,032 - Don't go there, you. 297 00:10:33,032 --> 00:10:34,300 - [Leslie] I'm going there. 298 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:35,468 You better grab Christi. She's going nuts. 299 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:37,537 Christi is so full of herself. 300 00:10:37,537 --> 00:10:39,072 She needs to just shut up 301 00:10:39,072 --> 00:10:42,575 and be grateful for what Abby does for her and her child. 302 00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:46,079 - [Christi] I'm a real dance mom and I will stand here. 303 00:10:46,079 --> 00:10:47,313 - [Leslie] Why are you yelling at us? 304 00:10:47,313 --> 00:10:49,249 - I'm not. I'm talking to my friend. 305 00:10:49,249 --> 00:10:50,216 - [Leslie] Then you're yelling at her. 306 00:10:50,216 --> 00:10:51,551 - Shush! 307 00:10:51,551 --> 00:10:52,385 - [Leslie] You had too much to drink. 308 00:10:52,385 --> 00:10:53,386 - You better settle it down. 309 00:10:53,386 --> 00:10:56,122 [bleep]! 310 00:10:56,122 --> 00:10:57,624 - [Producer] Stop, stop, stop! 311 00:10:57,624 --> 00:10:58,558 Stop! Stop! 312 00:10:58,691 --> 00:11:00,260 - [Bleep] I'll [bleep] kick your ass. 313 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:01,194 Stop. Stop. 314 00:11:02,395 --> 00:11:03,263 Don't hit me! 315 00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:07,267 [dramatic music] [sirens wail] 316 00:11:08,868 --> 00:11:10,403 - [Christi] As punishment for the fight, 317 00:11:10,403 --> 00:11:13,072 Abby sent Leslie and me packing. 318 00:11:13,072 --> 00:11:14,407 - Chloe is gone for this week. 319 00:11:14,407 --> 00:11:15,875 - Hot damn. 320 00:11:15,875 --> 00:11:17,877 - Leslie, you have to take Payton home. You're gone. 321 00:11:19,245 --> 00:11:20,380 - [Christi] And that meant our daughters 322 00:11:20,380 --> 00:11:22,248 couldn't dance at Nationals either. 323 00:11:22,248 --> 00:11:24,784 Not my finest moment, I'll admit it. 324 00:11:24,784 --> 00:11:26,586 But the only thing I regret is that 325 00:11:26,586 --> 00:11:28,388 waste of a perfectly good Hurricane. 326 00:11:28,388 --> 00:11:31,190 - You had too much to drink. - Oh, you better settle it down. 327 00:11:33,092 --> 00:11:34,427 - [Kaya] These ladies are a bunch of rich [bleep] 328 00:11:34,427 --> 00:11:35,528 is what they are. 329 00:11:38,398 --> 00:11:40,099 - [Christi] I know it's hard to believe, 330 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:43,202 but the ALDC has parted ways with several moms 331 00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:44,504 over the years. 332 00:11:44,504 --> 00:11:47,473 And then, lucky for us, we would run into them 333 00:11:47,473 --> 00:11:51,778 at competition where they suddenly became experts on Abby, 334 00:11:51,778 --> 00:11:54,314 the ALDC and our girls. 335 00:11:54,314 --> 00:11:58,117 One of those moms was Kaya AKA Black Patsy, 336 00:11:58,117 --> 00:12:00,119 who was suddenly an expert. 337 00:12:00,119 --> 00:12:01,588 - You wanna watch your mouth because I ain't the rest 338 00:12:01,588 --> 00:12:04,057 of these dance moms. Believe that. 339 00:12:04,657 --> 00:12:06,426 - [Christi] And when we were on her home turf in 340 00:12:06,426 --> 00:12:09,662 St. Louis, Missouri, things got a little outta hand. 341 00:12:09,662 --> 00:12:12,465 - [Kaya] I am so excited about meeting up with them again. 342 00:12:12,465 --> 00:12:14,334 'Cause I got a lot I wanna say to them. 343 00:12:14,334 --> 00:12:16,903 [audience cheering] 344 00:12:16,903 --> 00:12:19,439 I'm not at all threatened by Abby Lee and her dance company. 345 00:12:19,439 --> 00:12:21,608 I just feel like they need to see some real competition. 346 00:12:21,608 --> 00:12:23,977 They're on my turf now. So they get to see how we do things 347 00:12:23,977 --> 00:12:25,511 in the Midwest in St. Louis. 348 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:28,915 Woo! 349 00:12:28,915 --> 00:12:29,716 Diva-tude! 350 00:12:30,183 --> 00:12:32,752 [applause] 351 00:12:33,252 --> 00:12:35,421 - [Christi] And then Kaya decided she knew better than 352 00:12:35,421 --> 00:12:38,224 all of us when it came to our girls. 353 00:12:41,794 --> 00:12:43,096 - [Abby] Nia? - [Kaya] Yeah. 354 00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:44,797 - [Abby] No, never noticed. - [Kaya] She was. 355 00:12:44,797 --> 00:12:46,099 - [Holly] I think you were wrong about that. 356 00:12:46,099 --> 00:12:48,067 - For her to sit in the audience and critique 357 00:12:48,067 --> 00:12:52,105 somebody else's child is just plain wrong. 358 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:53,072 - [Kaya] And I see Kendall 'cause 359 00:12:53,072 --> 00:12:54,307 that was my first time really watching her 360 00:12:54,307 --> 00:12:55,742 and she can't dance either. 361 00:12:55,742 --> 00:12:58,111 - [Melissa] All of a sudden, she moves on from Nia 362 00:12:58,111 --> 00:13:00,280 to Kendall and starts trash talking her. 363 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,914 - [Kaya] That little girl cannot dance. 364 00:13:01,914 --> 00:13:03,416 Your daughter cannot dance. 365 00:13:03,416 --> 00:13:05,918 I thought Nia was the one that had to work her way up. 366 00:13:05,918 --> 00:13:07,820 Nia dances circles around your kid. 367 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:09,188 - [Jill] You know what's funny? 368 00:13:09,188 --> 00:13:11,057 We said the same thing about your little girl. 369 00:13:11,057 --> 00:13:12,692 - [Kaya] You don't wanna go there with me [bleep]. 370 00:13:12,692 --> 00:13:14,227 Shut up! [bleep] I'm grown! 371 00:13:14,227 --> 00:13:15,161 Who you talking to? 372 00:13:15,762 --> 00:13:17,764 - [Christi] Stop. Stop. - You don't want this. 373 00:13:20,066 --> 00:13:22,635 Unfortunately for Kaya, her unofficial rule as the judge 374 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:25,905 and jury of the ALDC came to an abrupt end. 375 00:13:25,905 --> 00:13:29,008 - [Announcer] I want to sincerely apologize 376 00:13:29,008 --> 00:13:30,510 from Expression Dance. 377 00:13:30,510 --> 00:13:33,279 That person was removed from the competition. 378 00:13:33,279 --> 00:13:35,848 - Clearly, mother didn't know best 379 00:13:35,848 --> 00:13:37,984 because that was the last time we saw her. 380 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,555 - [Holly] You act like you are very special 381 00:13:42,555 --> 00:13:43,623 and you're not that special. 382 00:13:43,623 --> 00:13:44,991 - [Kira] I never said I was. 383 00:13:44,991 --> 00:13:46,559 - Well, your actions definitely show that. 384 00:13:49,629 --> 00:13:51,864 - [Christi] Abby definitely had her favorites. 385 00:13:51,864 --> 00:13:53,733 Maddie, of course, but another was Kalani 386 00:13:53,733 --> 00:13:55,168 and her mom, Kira. 387 00:13:55,168 --> 00:13:59,005 Holly knew it and Dr. Holly usually did know best. 388 00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:01,674 So, she decided to face the issue head on. 389 00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:03,309 - [Abby] How is everybody? 390 00:14:03,309 --> 00:14:06,379 - [Jill] Well, not everybody's here, as you can see. 391 00:14:06,379 --> 00:14:07,980 - [Holly] Yeah, that's true. 392 00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:11,117 - Kalani is late - [Holly] Again. 393 00:14:11,117 --> 00:14:12,552 - [Melissa] Second week. 394 00:14:12,552 --> 00:14:14,721 - Is there a penalty for not being here, 395 00:14:14,721 --> 00:14:15,955 just to hold her accountable? 396 00:14:15,955 --> 00:14:17,390 - Holly, would you like to make the penalty? 397 00:14:17,390 --> 00:14:20,259 That's great. A hundred pushups. A hundred sit-ups. 398 00:14:20,259 --> 00:14:23,029 - [Holly] I don't know! - [Jill] No solo! 399 00:14:23,029 --> 00:14:24,063 - [Abby] Where were you? 400 00:14:24,063 --> 00:14:25,298 - [Kira] Stuck in traffic. 401 00:14:25,298 --> 00:14:27,433 Your guys' traffic is horrendous here. 402 00:14:27,433 --> 00:14:28,468 - It is. 403 00:14:28,468 --> 00:14:29,635 And I understand that. 404 00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:33,406 - [Holly] There's a double standard when it comes to 405 00:14:33,406 --> 00:14:35,675 Kira and Kalani. Abby needs Kalani. 406 00:14:35,675 --> 00:14:37,910 Already, Kira is taking advantage of it. 407 00:14:37,910 --> 00:14:40,980 And that means there's less time for Nia. 408 00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:42,482 - I wanna get to the pyramid. 409 00:14:43,683 --> 00:14:46,586 Kalani, you're doing a solo. You earned it. 410 00:14:48,388 --> 00:14:52,425 Maddie, you will also be performing a solo. 411 00:14:52,425 --> 00:14:54,794 The two of you are going up against each other. 412 00:14:54,794 --> 00:14:56,562 [tense music] 413 00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:57,396 - [Holly] Already, 414 00:14:57,396 --> 00:14:59,098 the preferential treatment has begun. 415 00:14:59,098 --> 00:15:01,434 She's wanted this since the first moment 416 00:15:01,434 --> 00:15:02,902 that Kalani joined the team. 417 00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:04,670 I'm beyond frustrated right now. 418 00:15:08,608 --> 00:15:09,575 [upbeat music] 419 00:15:09,675 --> 00:15:11,778 - [Abby] Where were you? - [Kira] Stuck in traffic. 420 00:15:11,778 --> 00:15:14,013 Your guys' traffic is horrendous here. 421 00:15:14,881 --> 00:15:17,316 - It is. And I understand that. 422 00:15:17,316 --> 00:15:20,586 - [Christi] As a mom, you know what's best for your kid. 423 00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:22,755 - Kalani, you're doing a solo. You earned it. 424 00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:25,024 - So when it's clear they aren't getting the attention 425 00:15:25,024 --> 00:15:27,393 they deserve, you need to call it out. 426 00:15:27,393 --> 00:15:29,595 - I really resent the fact that you get to go and come 427 00:15:29,595 --> 00:15:32,031 as you please and it's okay. 428 00:15:33,232 --> 00:15:35,401 It's not right for those who do all of the work. 429 00:15:36,502 --> 00:15:38,204 You're not that special. 430 00:15:38,204 --> 00:15:39,338 - [Kira] I never said I was. 431 00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:41,073 - You act like you are very special 432 00:15:41,073 --> 00:15:42,208 and you're not that special. 433 00:15:42,208 --> 00:15:43,442 - [Kira] I never said I was. 434 00:15:43,442 --> 00:15:45,344 - Well, your actions definitely show that. 435 00:15:45,344 --> 00:15:47,580 [camera clicks] 436 00:15:47,580 --> 00:15:49,916 - [Christi] And then during a photo shoot for new headshots, 437 00:15:49,916 --> 00:15:53,486 Abby not only said the quiet part out loud. 438 00:15:58,458 --> 00:16:00,626 - [Christi] But then had the nerve to leave the photo shoot 439 00:16:00,626 --> 00:16:03,396 before Nia even had her turn. 440 00:16:03,396 --> 00:16:04,630 - [Abby] We got it. 441 00:16:07,433 --> 00:16:08,568 Okay, I'm finished. 442 00:16:08,568 --> 00:16:10,403 You're on your own, babe. Good luck. 443 00:16:11,437 --> 00:16:14,440 - [Holly] Do something sassy and just be you. 444 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,677 Abby's showing her true colors and I don't like what I see. 445 00:16:19,512 --> 00:16:21,347 - [Christi] When Abby claimed that the competition 446 00:16:21,347 --> 00:16:23,583 was rigged because Kalani placed fourth, 447 00:16:23,583 --> 00:16:26,986 Holly had had the last straw. 448 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:28,221 - Look, look at this competition! 449 00:16:28,221 --> 00:16:31,457 - Okay, you look like an idiot. I would stop. 450 00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:33,025 You're creating excuses to protect 451 00:16:33,025 --> 00:16:34,093 Maddie's and Kalani's 452 00:16:34,093 --> 00:16:35,828 reputations because those kids matter 453 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:37,230 'cause those are the ones who are going to work 454 00:16:37,230 --> 00:16:38,664 and book jobs anyway. 455 00:16:38,664 --> 00:16:39,832 - That's bull. 456 00:16:39,832 --> 00:16:40,900 - I didn't say it. You did. 457 00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:41,901 - [Abby] That's bull. 458 00:16:41,901 --> 00:16:42,702 - You said it. 459 00:16:42,702 --> 00:16:43,836 - I did not say that. 460 00:16:48,541 --> 00:16:51,143 - You need to be a grown woman and own your words. 461 00:16:51,143 --> 00:16:52,512 - I own my words. 462 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:54,146 - Abby. - That's ridiculous. 463 00:16:54,146 --> 00:16:55,114 - [Holly] It is ridiculous. 464 00:16:55,114 --> 00:16:56,582 - How many times? 465 00:16:56,582 --> 00:16:58,017 - It is ridiculous that you would want us 466 00:16:58,017 --> 00:16:59,151 to be loyal to you. 467 00:16:59,151 --> 00:17:00,386 - That's wrong. 468 00:17:00,386 --> 00:17:02,154 - Follow you to LA and you would say that 469 00:17:02,154 --> 00:17:03,389 about our children. 470 00:17:03,389 --> 00:17:04,624 - Okay, well then Nia can stay home. 471 00:17:04,624 --> 00:17:06,225 She doesn't need to go to LA. 472 00:17:06,225 --> 00:17:07,627 - You're not getting rid of me 473 00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:09,161 and you're not getting rid of Nia. 474 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:11,230 - Holly, I don't know why you're acting like this. 475 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:14,066 - [Holly] Excuse me. I'm telling you. 476 00:17:14,066 --> 00:17:16,235 I'm telling you what you are doing is wrong. 477 00:17:16,235 --> 00:17:17,870 I think the woman has lost her mind. 478 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:20,106 Wake up. You need to change your ways 479 00:17:20,106 --> 00:17:21,540 and you better do it fast 480 00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:24,076 because pretty soon you're not gonna have anyone left. 481 00:17:24,076 --> 00:17:27,079 Who's gonna stand around and put up with this garbage? 482 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:30,550 We're standing by you. But how much can you put up with? 483 00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:32,852 - [Christi] Holly knew best how manipulative Abby 484 00:17:32,852 --> 00:17:36,155 really was. So, good for you, Dr. Holly. 485 00:17:37,189 --> 00:17:38,658 - [Tracey] Tami! 486 00:17:38,658 --> 00:17:40,826 [screaming and yelling] 487 00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:42,828 [dramatic music] 488 00:17:42,828 --> 00:17:44,797 - [Christi] It was bad enough when know-it-all 489 00:17:44,797 --> 00:17:46,399 dance moms clashed out in the open. 490 00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:49,101 Those women, they're their own brand of crazy. 491 00:17:49,101 --> 00:17:51,037 But when they went behind each other's backs 492 00:17:51,037 --> 00:17:53,639 to manipulate the team, it turned ugly. 493 00:17:53,639 --> 00:17:56,108 And it got downright violent when Sarah's mom, 494 00:17:56,108 --> 00:17:59,712 Christy with a Y, or Christ-y as I like to call her, 495 00:17:59,712 --> 00:18:02,515 caught Tea's mom, Tami, trying to convince Abby 496 00:18:02,515 --> 00:18:05,184 that she knew what was best for the team. 497 00:18:05,184 --> 00:18:06,586 - [Tami] Are you gonna pull Sarah's solo? 498 00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:08,988 Because if you are, Tea's watching it and she'll know it. 499 00:18:08,988 --> 00:18:10,923 So you can just put Tea right into it. 500 00:18:11,691 --> 00:18:13,826 - I'm gonna interrupt you. 501 00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:16,295 I've heard every word you guys have said. 502 00:18:16,295 --> 00:18:17,830 - [Women] Good! - [Abby] Good! 503 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:20,533 - And all you are is jealous. That's all you are. 504 00:18:20,533 --> 00:18:22,668 [bickering] 505 00:18:22,668 --> 00:18:24,637 And that little girl that is in there, absolutely. 506 00:18:24,637 --> 00:18:28,774 This is my studio, and I'm not going anywhere. 507 00:18:29,508 --> 00:18:30,376 Go home! 508 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:32,945 - [Tami] If you want to hear yourself talk- 509 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:34,647 - [bleep] bite me! 510 00:18:34,647 --> 00:18:36,482 - [Tami] Honey, if I had lips the size of [bleep] Texas, 511 00:18:36,482 --> 00:18:37,650 I would! 512 00:18:37,650 --> 00:18:39,385 - Hey, hey, hey, hey! 513 00:18:39,385 --> 00:18:41,921 [screaming] 514 00:18:41,921 --> 00:18:43,923 - [Tracey] Tami, my hair! 515 00:18:43,923 --> 00:18:44,757 Tami! 516 00:18:46,592 --> 00:18:50,196 [indistinguishable yelling] 517 00:18:50,196 --> 00:18:53,899 [indistinguishable yelling] 518 00:18:56,202 --> 00:18:58,270 - [Tracey] Tami! 519 00:18:58,270 --> 00:18:59,505 - [Christy] She punched me! 520 00:18:59,505 --> 00:19:00,606 - [Tami] Yeah, because you grabbed me and 521 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:02,441 put your hand in my face, [bleep]. 522 00:19:03,676 --> 00:19:05,711 - Abby gave Christ-y an ultimatum, 523 00:19:05,711 --> 00:19:08,447 Apologize or Sarah loses her solo. 524 00:19:08,447 --> 00:19:10,883 Which to keep the peace, Christy and Tami 525 00:19:10,883 --> 00:19:14,587 engaged in what could be possibly the most disingenuous 526 00:19:14,587 --> 00:19:16,455 handshake I've ever seen. 527 00:19:16,455 --> 00:19:18,891 - [Tami] Hi, Christy. How are you? 528 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:20,893 - Just say you're sorry so we can all move along. 529 00:19:20,893 --> 00:19:23,062 - No, she needs to apologize first. 530 00:19:23,062 --> 00:19:26,065 - You know what? I extend my hand in apology. 531 00:19:26,065 --> 00:19:28,100 So do you apologize for the way you were? 532 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:29,568 - Yes. Absolutely. 533 00:19:29,568 --> 00:19:32,405 [dramatic music] 534 00:19:35,274 --> 00:19:36,609 - That's a wrap for me. 535 00:19:36,609 --> 00:19:39,311 And this episode of Dance Moms Epic Showdowns. 536 00:19:39,311 --> 00:19:41,747 And just like anyone who ever threatened 537 00:19:41,747 --> 00:19:43,282 to leave the ALDC... 538 00:19:43,282 --> 00:19:44,116 - [Holly] Who's gonna stand around 539 00:19:44,116 --> 00:19:45,451 and put up with this garbage? 540 00:19:45,451 --> 00:19:46,452 - [Jill] No Kira, don't go. 541 00:19:46,452 --> 00:19:48,320 Please don't go, please don't go. 542 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:49,555 - [Kristie] I'm done. 543 00:19:49,555 --> 00:19:50,456 You guys can play the game. I don't have to. 544 00:19:50,456 --> 00:19:51,557 - You know I'm coming back.