1 00:00:02,035 --> 00:00:03,670 - Just admit Abby just gave your kid a solo. 2 00:00:03,670 --> 00:00:04,905 - There's no one else here! 3 00:00:04,905 --> 00:00:06,206 Who's gonna get the empty chair? 4 00:00:06,206 --> 00:00:08,642 Empty chair, do a solo! 5 00:00:08,642 --> 00:00:11,245 - Hi everyone, I am Christi Lukasiak, 6 00:00:11,245 --> 00:00:13,647 and this is Dance Moms: Epic Showdowns. 7 00:00:13,647 --> 00:00:15,215 - The pressure is on. 8 00:00:15,215 --> 00:00:17,651 - [Christi] You clearly said that JoJo deserves a solo. 9 00:00:17,651 --> 00:00:19,386 - [Ashlee] You're so stupid! 10 00:00:19,386 --> 00:00:21,355 - At the Abby Lee Dance Company, 11 00:00:21,355 --> 00:00:23,557 getting a solo is everything. 12 00:00:23,557 --> 00:00:25,759 - [Abby] You bomb, it's over. 13 00:00:25,759 --> 00:00:27,828 - [Christi] Because it's the girls' chance to shine. 14 00:00:27,828 --> 00:00:30,397 - When opportunity knocks, you have to be ready. 15 00:00:30,397 --> 00:00:32,232 - [Christi] I don't think Abby cares that the girls won. 16 00:00:32,232 --> 00:00:34,468 The only thing she cares about was Maddie's solo. 17 00:00:34,468 --> 00:00:37,404 Relive the Dance Mom's showdowns that were so epic... 18 00:00:37,404 --> 00:00:39,306 - She said that JoJo deserves a solo. 19 00:00:39,306 --> 00:00:41,041 - [Jessalynn] JoJo will do the dance no one wants. 20 00:00:41,041 --> 00:00:42,943 Who cares? - She wants it, you took it! 21 00:00:42,943 --> 00:00:45,579 - [Christi] That the solo spotlight fizzled out. 22 00:00:45,579 --> 00:00:47,114 - [Melissa] What's wrong? 23 00:00:47,114 --> 00:00:48,548 - Oh, screw you, I'm done. 24 00:00:48,548 --> 00:00:49,983 - [Abby] You're finished, you're out. 25 00:00:51,451 --> 00:00:53,620 - [Christi] This is Dance Moms: Epic Showdowns, 26 00:00:53,620 --> 00:00:54,955 Flyin' Solo. 27 00:00:55,989 --> 00:00:58,492 - [Melissa] You said that Maddie was so upset, okay? 28 00:00:58,492 --> 00:01:00,560 so kiss my ass! - She looked so upset. 29 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:02,796 [intense music] 30 00:01:02,796 --> 00:01:05,065 - Abby loved playing games with us. 31 00:01:05,065 --> 00:01:06,533 Did I love those games? 32 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:10,437 Uh, hell no, but I always had to defend my daughter. 33 00:01:10,437 --> 00:01:12,339 Like the time Abby pitted Maddie and Chloe 34 00:01:12,339 --> 00:01:14,875 against each other in dueling solos. 35 00:01:15,876 --> 00:01:17,344 - [Melissa] Maddie's solo this week is tap 36 00:01:17,344 --> 00:01:18,679 and she's gonna be so amazing, 37 00:01:18,679 --> 00:01:21,014 because she's a phenomenal tap dancer. 38 00:01:21,014 --> 00:01:23,483 - I have one more solo to give out. 39 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:30,490 That solo will go to Chloe. 40 00:01:30,490 --> 00:01:32,092 - [Christi] Abby gave Maddie a tap solo, 41 00:01:32,092 --> 00:01:33,994 which clearly, Maddie excels in tap. 42 00:01:33,994 --> 00:01:35,996 She's had tap classes for years, 43 00:01:35,996 --> 00:01:37,464 and she assigns Chloe hip-hop, 44 00:01:37,464 --> 00:01:40,033 which we don't even have hip-hop classes at the studio. 45 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:41,635 She's so unfair. 46 00:01:41,635 --> 00:01:45,072 The whole thing turned into, who was the sneakier dance mom? 47 00:01:45,072 --> 00:01:47,574 And spoiler alert, it was Melissa. 48 00:01:47,574 --> 00:01:50,510 You know what I think is really sad is that you, 49 00:01:50,510 --> 00:01:52,112 point blank, said to all of us 50 00:01:52,112 --> 00:01:53,447 that when the children were invited 51 00:01:53,447 --> 00:01:55,382 that you were not going to send Maddie, 52 00:01:55,382 --> 00:01:56,750 but then you screwed the group. 53 00:01:56,750 --> 00:01:58,785 - [Kelly] Sneaky. [Melissa chuckles] 54 00:01:58,785 --> 00:02:00,520 - [Christi] Well... - That's funny. 55 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:01,622 - Why is that funny? 56 00:02:01,622 --> 00:02:03,056 - Because you know Christi sneaks all the time, 57 00:02:03,056 --> 00:02:04,157 you've said it. 58 00:02:04,157 --> 00:02:05,459 - [Christi] What do I sneak about? 59 00:02:05,459 --> 00:02:07,227 - [Melissa] What do you mean? You talk to everybody. 60 00:02:07,227 --> 00:02:08,462 - Gimme a break. 61 00:02:08,462 --> 00:02:10,297 If you could sleep with Abby, you would, and you know it. 62 00:02:10,297 --> 00:02:12,132 - Oh yeah, oh yeah. 63 00:02:12,132 --> 00:02:14,468 - Well, that's how you tend to get ahead in life, Melissa. 64 00:02:14,468 --> 00:02:15,869 - Oh yeah, I sleep with everybody. 65 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:17,137 - You do. Boss. 66 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:18,505 - I've never slept with my boss. 67 00:02:18,505 --> 00:02:20,507 - Yes, you did, you married him. 68 00:02:20,507 --> 00:02:21,775 - Yes, I married Greg after-- 69 00:02:21,775 --> 00:02:23,510 - Yeah, after you slept with him and had an affair 70 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:25,112 when he had a wife. - [Melissa] I did not. 71 00:02:25,112 --> 00:02:26,847 - And you had a husband. - Guess what? I didn't 72 00:02:26,847 --> 00:02:28,415 sleep with him and don't start with me again, Christi. 73 00:02:28,415 --> 00:02:29,716 - [Christi] You did. - You know what? 74 00:02:29,716 --> 00:02:31,018 - I know, storm out, we love it. 75 00:02:31,018 --> 00:02:32,386 - [Melissa] Oh, I am storming out because 76 00:02:32,386 --> 00:02:33,987 this is not being brought up. - [Christi] Sue me. 77 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:35,822 - [Melissa] Screw you, I did not sleep with my boss. 78 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:37,257 You know what, you wanna play those games? 79 00:02:37,257 --> 00:02:38,492 - What's wrong? 80 00:02:38,492 --> 00:02:41,061 - [Jill] She has to live with the decision she made. 81 00:02:41,061 --> 00:02:43,864 - Like, I'm not gonna sit up here and make this easy on her. 82 00:02:43,864 --> 00:02:45,866 She didn't make it easy on any of those six little girls. 83 00:02:45,866 --> 00:02:46,867 - [Jill] No, but... 84 00:02:46,867 --> 00:02:49,469 - [Christi] She knew she had that coming. 85 00:02:49,469 --> 00:02:52,139 Chloe didn't win first place, but neither did Maddie 86 00:02:52,139 --> 00:02:54,975 and that is what infuriated Abby, 87 00:02:54,975 --> 00:02:57,177 but the group dance came in first. 88 00:02:57,177 --> 00:02:59,780 - [Announcer] "Gone Too Soon" from the Abby Lee Dance Company. 89 00:02:59,780 --> 00:03:01,915 [crowd cheering] 90 00:03:03,784 --> 00:03:05,385 - [Christi] The group just won first place 91 00:03:05,385 --> 00:03:07,254 and Abby can't even bother to look up from her phone 92 00:03:07,254 --> 00:03:10,190 because she's so upset that Maddie got second place. 93 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:11,625 - [Holly] Oh, boy. 94 00:03:11,625 --> 00:03:13,994 - Thank God that we won the group dance. 95 00:03:13,994 --> 00:03:15,062 - I know. 96 00:03:15,062 --> 00:03:17,064 - Oh, I don't think Abby cares that the girls won. 97 00:03:17,064 --> 00:03:19,866 The only thing she cares about was Maddie's solo. 98 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:21,601 - [Holly] I feel kind of bad that the girls 99 00:03:21,601 --> 00:03:23,937 probably won't get to enjoy their win. 100 00:03:23,937 --> 00:03:25,539 - [Kelly] So all your kissing ass 101 00:03:25,539 --> 00:03:27,908 and doing whatever has paid off, 102 00:03:27,908 --> 00:03:30,744 and aren't you glad that you went to LA to make sure 103 00:03:30,744 --> 00:03:32,979 that she will protect you? 104 00:03:32,979 --> 00:03:34,181 - [Christi] But you don't see, 105 00:03:34,181 --> 00:03:36,349 when you do things against the group, 106 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:38,318 that it hurts our kids. 107 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:41,755 - My kids come first to me, 108 00:03:41,755 --> 00:03:44,057 and they always will come first to me. 109 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:46,059 - I can't say that I'm fed up with Melissa's 110 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:47,994 lying and fakeness, because I've always been fed up 111 00:03:47,994 --> 00:03:49,730 with Melissa's lying and fakeness, 112 00:03:49,730 --> 00:03:51,932 but I think all the other moms in the room 113 00:03:51,932 --> 00:03:54,701 are finally fed up with it too. 114 00:03:54,701 --> 00:03:56,736 [girls cheering] 115 00:03:56,736 --> 00:03:58,205 - [Moms] Good job! 116 00:03:59,206 --> 00:04:01,108 - [Christi] I know, high five! 117 00:04:01,108 --> 00:04:04,111 High five, see, and Melissa thought you were upset. 118 00:04:04,111 --> 00:04:06,780 - [Melissa] Uh, you said that Maddie was so upset, okay? 119 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:08,815 So kiss my ass. - She looked so upset. 120 00:04:08,815 --> 00:04:10,550 Why are you saying this in front of your kid? 121 00:04:10,550 --> 00:04:12,452 - Because guess what, you do it all the time! 122 00:04:12,452 --> 00:04:14,221 You talk about my kid all the time. 123 00:04:14,221 --> 00:04:16,056 You said, "Oh, Maddie's upset." 124 00:04:16,056 --> 00:04:17,624 Every time Maddie doesn't win, 125 00:04:17,624 --> 00:04:19,593 "Oh my God, Maddie's upset, Maddie's upset," 126 00:04:19,593 --> 00:04:20,727 so don't play the game. 127 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:23,663 - She was crying, thank you. 128 00:04:23,663 --> 00:04:25,132 - Oh, whatever. 129 00:04:25,132 --> 00:04:26,867 - [Christi] Okay. - Screw you! 130 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:28,935 I'm done, I'm so over it. 131 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:31,404 You know what? You're always against me. 132 00:04:31,404 --> 00:04:32,639 Come on. 133 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:34,975 Why don't you tell that trashy girl to stop? 134 00:04:34,975 --> 00:04:36,510 We're leaving. 135 00:04:36,510 --> 00:04:37,911 Come on, girls. 136 00:04:37,911 --> 00:04:41,214 - Bye Melissa, glad those days are over with. 137 00:04:41,214 --> 00:04:43,483 - Holly, why can't you just admit, 138 00:04:43,483 --> 00:04:45,385 Abby just gave your kid a solo? 139 00:04:45,385 --> 00:04:46,720 - There's no one else here. 140 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,221 Who's gonna get it, the empty chair? 141 00:04:48,221 --> 00:04:49,623 Empty chair, do a solo! 142 00:04:49,623 --> 00:04:52,192 [intense music] 143 00:04:52,192 --> 00:04:55,061 - Solos could either be a blessing or a curse, 144 00:04:55,061 --> 00:04:58,932 especially when Abby was using them to play mind games, 145 00:04:58,932 --> 00:05:00,800 like the time she gave last minute solos 146 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,202 to Holly's daughter, Nia, 147 00:05:02,202 --> 00:05:03,870 and Jessalynn's daughter, JoJo, 148 00:05:03,870 --> 00:05:05,272 while the rest of the team 149 00:05:05,272 --> 00:05:07,307 was attending the Jump Convention in Pittsburgh. 150 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:09,109 - Where's everybody else, what's going on? 151 00:05:09,109 --> 00:05:11,578 - They're still at Jump. - Are they coming? 152 00:05:11,578 --> 00:05:13,980 - They're coming, but they're coming late. 153 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:15,782 Kendall, Kalani, Maddie and Mackenzie 154 00:05:15,782 --> 00:05:18,418 are supposed to be at Starbound Competition. 155 00:05:18,418 --> 00:05:21,388 However, they're still at the convention, Jump. 156 00:05:21,388 --> 00:05:23,223 Abby thinks Jump is very important. 157 00:05:23,223 --> 00:05:25,659 However, they have to be at this competition 158 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:27,861 because it's the last competition in Pittsburgh. 159 00:05:27,861 --> 00:05:30,130 - Nia and JoJo are where they're supposed to be, 160 00:05:30,130 --> 00:05:32,566 and the rest of the team is missing. 161 00:05:36,236 --> 00:05:37,070 - [Holly] Where's everybody else, whats going on? 162 00:05:37,070 --> 00:05:37,904 - They're still at Jump. 163 00:05:37,904 --> 00:05:39,206 - Are they coming? 164 00:05:39,206 --> 00:05:41,608 - They're coming, but they're coming late. 165 00:05:41,608 --> 00:05:43,443 - At the last competition in Pittsburgh, 166 00:05:43,443 --> 00:05:45,712 only JoJo and Nia arrived on time. 167 00:05:45,712 --> 00:05:48,548 The rest of the team was held up at the Jump Convention, 168 00:05:48,548 --> 00:05:51,418 and Jessalynn and Holly were not happy about it. 169 00:05:53,453 --> 00:05:55,822 And of course, to make matters worse, 170 00:05:55,822 --> 00:05:58,225 Cathy and her dance moms inserted themselves 171 00:05:58,225 --> 00:06:00,160 right in the middle of the drama. 172 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,462 - [Cathy] Why would she register you guys for a competition 173 00:06:02,462 --> 00:06:04,264 if she knew that they were gonna be at Jump? 174 00:06:04,264 --> 00:06:05,498 - I knew nothing about this 175 00:06:05,498 --> 00:06:06,900 until I just walked in right now. 176 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:08,568 We were told to come to this competition. 177 00:06:08,568 --> 00:06:09,669 - [Jessalynn] Right. 178 00:06:09,669 --> 00:06:11,304 - It's none of their business 179 00:06:11,304 --> 00:06:13,506 and we should not open up our business, 180 00:06:13,506 --> 00:06:14,741 including you, Holly, to them. 181 00:06:14,741 --> 00:06:16,509 - Do not tell me what I need to do. 182 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:18,712 - Holly, it's none of their business 183 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:21,114 what we do, or you do with your child. 184 00:06:21,114 --> 00:06:24,551 - Don't you dare think I'm gonna listen to you tell me 185 00:06:24,551 --> 00:06:26,386 what I can and cannot say. 186 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:28,622 - Why are you entitled to your opinion and no one else is? 187 00:06:28,622 --> 00:06:30,190 - 'Cause my opinion is right that I can-- 188 00:06:30,190 --> 00:06:32,058 - Okay, here we go! 189 00:06:32,058 --> 00:06:33,927 Holly's opinion is always right. 190 00:06:35,195 --> 00:06:37,130 - [Holly] The thing is, I'm not standing up 191 00:06:37,130 --> 00:06:39,032 and letting this woman control me. 192 00:06:39,032 --> 00:06:40,400 I don't need to. 193 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,637 Absolutely disgraceful, absolutely fake, 194 00:06:43,637 --> 00:06:45,338 and you all are controlled by Abby. 195 00:06:45,338 --> 00:06:47,741 - [Jill] Holly, I'm controlled by my child 196 00:06:47,741 --> 00:06:49,676 and what makes her happy. 197 00:06:49,676 --> 00:06:51,845 - You're controlled by her. 198 00:06:51,845 --> 00:06:53,513 Controlled by her. 199 00:06:53,513 --> 00:06:54,848 Ignorant fool. 200 00:06:58,385 --> 00:07:00,954 - But the fighting didn't stop there. 201 00:07:00,954 --> 00:07:03,356 When it came closer and closer to competition time 202 00:07:03,356 --> 00:07:06,259 and the rest of the team still hadn't shown up, 203 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:09,329 that's when Abby really turned everything upside down. 204 00:07:09,329 --> 00:07:10,630 - [Holly] You know what? 205 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:12,032 Because it's everyone out for themself, 206 00:07:12,032 --> 00:07:14,234 we knew, pyramid, we were coming here, 207 00:07:14,234 --> 00:07:16,670 and the commitment was to be at this competition. 208 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:18,438 - [Jessalynn] So if Jump goes till 2:30 209 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:20,674 and you can't get here 'til 3:30, 210 00:07:20,674 --> 00:07:22,709 how the heck are they gonna do this? 211 00:07:22,709 --> 00:07:26,513 - Okay, when opportunity knocks, you have to be ready. 212 00:07:27,714 --> 00:07:30,350 That's part of your training at the Abby Lee Dance Company, 213 00:07:30,350 --> 00:07:32,419 so this is your opportunity. 214 00:07:32,419 --> 00:07:35,488 I thought all of our soloists were going to be here 215 00:07:35,488 --> 00:07:37,424 and they're not. 216 00:07:37,424 --> 00:07:39,793 You will be going in for Kalani. 217 00:07:39,793 --> 00:07:41,661 You will be going in for Kendall. 218 00:07:41,661 --> 00:07:43,029 Big shoes to fill. 219 00:07:44,064 --> 00:07:45,598 - [Holly] Because of Abby's mistake, 220 00:07:45,598 --> 00:07:49,469 now Nia and JoJo have to go against our biggest rival, Ava, 221 00:07:49,469 --> 00:07:52,872 totally unprepared and unsupported by their teammates. 222 00:07:52,872 --> 00:07:54,507 It's not fair. 223 00:07:54,507 --> 00:07:58,111 - We didn't exclude her, Abby didn't exclude her. 224 00:07:58,111 --> 00:07:59,646 - [Jessalynn] The only people Abby care about 225 00:07:59,646 --> 00:08:00,747 are sitting right there. 226 00:08:00,747 --> 00:08:01,948 - That's, I disagree. 227 00:08:01,948 --> 00:08:03,950 She just gave your two kids solos. 228 00:08:03,950 --> 00:08:06,186 - There's no one else on the team! 229 00:08:06,186 --> 00:08:08,521 - Holly, why can't you just admit, 230 00:08:08,521 --> 00:08:10,423 Abby just gave your kid a solo? 231 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:11,658 - There's no one else here. 232 00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:13,159 Who's gonna get it, the empty chair? 233 00:08:13,159 --> 00:08:15,428 Empty chair, do a solo! 234 00:08:15,428 --> 00:08:18,631 My gosh, there's no one else left on the team today. 235 00:08:18,631 --> 00:08:21,067 There's no one else she could give the solo to. 236 00:08:21,067 --> 00:08:22,936 I don't know what you want from me, Jill. 237 00:08:22,936 --> 00:08:24,070 - Well, let me tell you. 238 00:08:24,070 --> 00:08:25,939 Be quiet for one minute and I'll tell you. 239 00:08:25,939 --> 00:08:27,874 - Go ahead, Jill. - Are you done? 240 00:08:30,110 --> 00:08:31,978 I would like for you to say, 241 00:08:31,978 --> 00:08:33,680 "Abby gave my kid a solo today. 242 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:35,715 This is a good day for Nia." 243 00:08:37,317 --> 00:08:39,986 - You know what, Jill, are you done? 244 00:08:39,986 --> 00:08:41,154 - I'm finished. 245 00:08:41,154 --> 00:08:43,022 - Abby gave Nia a solo today. 246 00:08:43,022 --> 00:08:44,157 Today's a good day for Nia 247 00:08:44,157 --> 00:08:45,425 'cause she got the solo by default. 248 00:08:45,425 --> 00:08:46,726 Okay? There you go. 249 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:51,798 - Unfortunately, Holly was proven right. 250 00:08:51,798 --> 00:08:54,234 Both Nia and JoJo lost to Ava. 251 00:08:55,902 --> 00:08:57,437 - [Abby] She could be a thousand times better 252 00:08:57,437 --> 00:08:59,439 and I want her to be better. - Then help her! 253 00:08:59,439 --> 00:09:01,674 - Let your talent speak for itself, not your mother's mouth. 254 00:09:01,674 --> 00:09:04,344 [intense music] 255 00:09:04,344 --> 00:09:07,747 - Maddie was always Abby's favorite. 256 00:09:07,747 --> 00:09:09,916 - [Abby] At the top, I have Maddie. 257 00:09:09,916 --> 00:09:12,385 On top of the pyramid, we have Maddie. 258 00:09:12,385 --> 00:09:13,653 Praise Maddie. 259 00:09:13,653 --> 00:09:15,555 - [Christi] Which made her mother Melissa 260 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:17,290 also one of Abby's favorites, 261 00:09:17,290 --> 00:09:19,426 but when Maddie was away shooting a film, 262 00:09:19,426 --> 00:09:22,028 Abby's attention turned to Melissa's other daughter, 263 00:09:22,028 --> 00:09:24,330 Mackenzie, and her upcoming solo. 264 00:09:24,330 --> 00:09:26,699 - I keep almost getting kicked, why am I almost getting kicked? 265 00:09:26,699 --> 00:09:28,435 - [Christi] Which proved disastrous. 266 00:09:28,435 --> 00:09:30,870 - Near the end of last season, you beat Maddie, 267 00:09:30,870 --> 00:09:33,840 but instead of taking that little win, 268 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,208 I don't know what you did. 269 00:09:35,208 --> 00:09:36,309 - [Melissa] You've been her teacher, 270 00:09:36,309 --> 00:09:37,510 so you know her strengths. 271 00:09:37,510 --> 00:09:39,913 - [Abby] But the weaknesses that she had at eight and nine 272 00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:41,314 should not be the same weaknesses now. 273 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:43,183 - I agree. - The weakness now should be 274 00:09:43,183 --> 00:09:45,385 balancing on the eighth pirouette. 275 00:09:45,385 --> 00:09:47,954 - I don't think many of us can do eight pirouettes. 276 00:09:47,954 --> 00:09:49,856 - I didn't ask you to, Melissa. - [Melissa] I'm just saying. 277 00:09:49,856 --> 00:09:51,157 - [Abby] What is going on with you? 278 00:09:51,157 --> 00:09:52,158 - Done being quiet. 279 00:09:52,158 --> 00:09:53,593 - [Abby] She could be a thousand times better 280 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:55,428 and I want her to be better. - Okay, then help her. 281 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:57,297 - You just make one excuse after the other, after the other. 282 00:09:57,297 --> 00:09:58,531 - Then help her! 283 00:09:58,531 --> 00:10:00,867 - Let your talent speak for itself, not your mother's mouth. 284 00:10:00,867 --> 00:10:02,302 - [Melissa] I don't know what Abby's problem is, 285 00:10:02,302 --> 00:10:04,504 but she's really getting on my last nerve. 286 00:10:04,504 --> 00:10:06,539 - [Abby] Come on, if this was your sister, 287 00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:08,074 we would be halfway finished with the number. 288 00:10:08,074 --> 00:10:09,242 - Well, she's not. 289 00:10:09,242 --> 00:10:12,245 Her name's Mackenzie and she's not Maddie, so whatever. 290 00:10:12,245 --> 00:10:13,847 - And what's the name of your dance? 291 00:10:13,847 --> 00:10:17,517 - It's called, "I Just Wanna Stay at Home and Eat Chips". 292 00:10:17,517 --> 00:10:18,551 - [Abby] No. 293 00:10:18,551 --> 00:10:21,120 She can't even remember the name of the dance. 294 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,791 "I Just Wanna Sit on the Couch and Eat Chips", 295 00:10:24,791 --> 00:10:26,359 hence the couch! 296 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:27,360 Go. 297 00:10:32,065 --> 00:10:33,032 - And what's the name of your dance? 298 00:10:33,266 --> 00:10:35,635 - It's called, "I Just Wanna Stay at Home and Eat Chips". 299 00:10:35,635 --> 00:10:37,070 - [Abby] No. 300 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:40,340 She can't even remember the name of the dance. 301 00:10:40,340 --> 00:10:42,275 - [Christi] When Maddie was away shooting a film, 302 00:10:42,275 --> 00:10:45,178 all of Abby's attention turned to Maddie's sister, Mackenzie, 303 00:10:45,178 --> 00:10:47,046 and her upcoming solo. 304 00:10:47,046 --> 00:10:49,482 And Abby's frustrations with Mackenzie 305 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:51,417 pushed Melissa over the edge. 306 00:10:51,417 --> 00:10:52,485 - Go. 307 00:10:54,921 --> 00:10:57,690 So that little smart ass is trying to tell me that 308 00:10:57,690 --> 00:11:00,560 that's not the quote that she said, that we're wrong. 309 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:02,162 - [Melissa] I'm not gonna have Abby 310 00:11:02,162 --> 00:11:04,397 be mean to my daughter anymore, I can't do it. 311 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:07,033 Abby's not perfect, that's for (bleep) sure. 312 00:11:07,033 --> 00:11:08,768 Abby, why'd you call Mackenzie a smart ass? 313 00:11:08,768 --> 00:11:09,869 Why? She just said-- 314 00:11:09,869 --> 00:11:11,271 - Because she was trying to contradict me. 315 00:11:11,271 --> 00:11:12,505 - [Melissa] No, she said, 316 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:14,841 "I thought it was 'I Wanted to Stay at Home and Eat Chips'," 317 00:11:14,841 --> 00:11:16,843 because that's what I thought it was too. 318 00:11:16,843 --> 00:11:18,511 - They're talking about one of Mackenzie's 319 00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:20,914 earlier interviews and Melissa was right. 320 00:11:20,914 --> 00:11:23,283 She did say, "I just wanna stay home and eat chips." 321 00:11:23,283 --> 00:11:27,420 - All I wanna do is just stay home and eat chips. 322 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:29,188 - [Melissa] You don't have to call her a smart ass. 323 00:11:29,188 --> 00:11:31,057 - Well, but you didn't hear the way she said it. 324 00:11:31,057 --> 00:11:32,292 - [Melissa] Okay, but I don't think 325 00:11:32,292 --> 00:11:33,426 you should call her smart ass. 326 00:11:33,426 --> 00:11:35,161 - I'll never call her anything again. 327 00:11:35,161 --> 00:11:37,297 [tense music] 328 00:11:38,865 --> 00:11:40,333 - [Christi] Mackenzie did end up performing 329 00:11:40,333 --> 00:11:42,402 with her couch and chips. 330 00:11:43,403 --> 00:11:47,740 And as usual, Abby's criticisms were spot on. 331 00:11:47,740 --> 00:11:49,776 - In fourth place today, 332 00:11:52,111 --> 00:11:55,148 "I Just Wanna Sit on the Couch and Eat Chips", Mackenzie, 333 00:11:55,148 --> 00:11:57,150 Abby Lee Dance Company! 334 00:11:57,150 --> 00:11:58,718 [crowd clapping] 335 00:11:58,718 --> 00:12:00,653 - [Abby] Mackenzie ended up fourth. 336 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:02,355 She was less than perfect. 337 00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:05,658 - [Ashlee] You threw Kendall under the bus. 338 00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:07,760 - Threw Kendall under the bus? - Yes, you did. 339 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,095 - [Jessalynn] You're so stupid! 340 00:12:09,095 --> 00:12:11,898 [intense music] 341 00:12:11,898 --> 00:12:13,866 - Oh, I am so glad 342 00:12:13,866 --> 00:12:16,002 that Chloe and I were not here for this one. 343 00:12:16,002 --> 00:12:18,238 Look, solos are tough enough, 344 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:20,840 and when Abby turned a duet into a solo, 345 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,443 ooh, it was sheer chaos. 346 00:12:23,443 --> 00:12:26,079 - [Abby] Kendall, you're doing a duet with Maddie. 347 00:12:26,079 --> 00:12:28,314 [girls cheering] 348 00:12:29,649 --> 00:12:31,250 - [Melissa] Abby, I don't mean to interrupt, 349 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:33,186 but Maddie's not gonna be here tomorrow. 350 00:12:33,186 --> 00:12:34,654 - Maddie's not gonna be here. 351 00:12:34,654 --> 00:12:37,790 - It's the Disney 60th Anniversary Special 352 00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:41,661 and Maddie is the only minor in the entire show. 353 00:12:41,661 --> 00:12:43,630 - [Jill] Oh, how fun, yeah. 354 00:12:43,630 --> 00:12:46,099 - Is that fair to the duet partner? 355 00:12:46,099 --> 00:12:47,333 - [Melissa] She's missing one day. 356 00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:48,868 Maddie could have been in two other dances 357 00:12:48,868 --> 00:12:49,902 for the Disney thing, 358 00:12:49,902 --> 00:12:52,071 but I chose one so she could be here, 359 00:12:52,071 --> 00:12:54,274 but I think Maddie can handle it. 360 00:12:54,274 --> 00:12:56,342 - But Abby had other plans. 361 00:12:56,342 --> 00:12:57,510 - Hey, you know what? 362 00:12:57,510 --> 00:12:59,379 I don't know if that duet's gonna happen, Maddie. 363 00:12:59,379 --> 00:13:02,248 Tomorrow, you're not here and the competition is Sunday. 364 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:04,150 I don't wanna put the two of you on stage 365 00:13:04,150 --> 00:13:06,419 without it being your best foot forward. 366 00:13:06,419 --> 00:13:07,787 We'll see. 367 00:13:07,787 --> 00:13:09,055 - [Melissa] That's bull (bleep). 368 00:13:09,055 --> 00:13:12,392 Maddie turned down other jobs this week to be at the studio. 369 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:13,760 It just doesn't seem fair. 370 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,662 I'm so sick of it all. 371 00:13:15,662 --> 00:13:19,098 - [Christi] With Maddie out, Abby picked JoJo to sub in 372 00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:22,201 and she could not help but make things worse. 373 00:13:23,202 --> 00:13:25,471 - [Abby] Now, here's my deal, though. 374 00:13:25,471 --> 00:13:27,273 There's nothing making it a duet. 375 00:13:27,273 --> 00:13:29,509 It's just two people dancing side by side. 376 00:13:29,509 --> 00:13:32,045 Should Kendall just do it as a solo? 377 00:13:32,045 --> 00:13:33,379 - No, it's a duet. 378 00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:35,581 - [Christi] Kendall did not wanna do it as a solo 379 00:13:35,581 --> 00:13:36,582 and she fled the room. 380 00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:38,251 - [Melissa] What's wrong? 381 00:13:38,251 --> 00:13:39,552 - Okay. 382 00:13:39,552 --> 00:13:41,788 - [Christi] Which was Abby's cue to turn the chaos up a notch. 383 00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:48,661 [upbeat music] 384 00:13:52,265 --> 00:13:55,234 - [JoJo] I would love to do this MJ dance as a solo, 385 00:13:55,234 --> 00:13:57,236 because I am MJ. 386 00:14:05,311 --> 00:14:06,379 - That was good. 387 00:14:06,379 --> 00:14:08,147 - [Abby] She's doing a solo. - Thank you. 388 00:14:09,315 --> 00:14:11,117 - [Abby] The whole world can say that 389 00:14:11,117 --> 00:14:14,220 I took the duet away from Kendall and I gave JoJo a solo 390 00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:16,789 and I'm, you know, big, bad, old me. 391 00:14:16,789 --> 00:14:18,591 That is not what happened. 392 00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:20,827 Kendall gave JoJo that solo. 393 00:14:20,827 --> 00:14:22,395 - Uh oh. 394 00:14:22,395 --> 00:14:23,429 - Cheers. 395 00:14:24,731 --> 00:14:26,532 - That's not gonna go over, I know. 396 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:28,101 - Uh oh. 397 00:14:28,101 --> 00:14:30,470 - When Abby changed Kendall's duet to a solo, 398 00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:33,873 it was bad enough, but then by giving it to JoJo, 399 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:37,310 she was just setting the stage for everyone to fight that day. 400 00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:40,113 - [Christi] I don't consider Jess a team player 401 00:14:40,113 --> 00:14:42,115 by letting JoJo do the solo. 402 00:14:42,115 --> 00:14:45,151 She just basically threw Kendall under the bus. 403 00:14:49,622 --> 00:14:50,590 - [Abby] She's doing a solo. - Thank you. 404 00:14:50,590 --> 00:14:51,457 - Uh oh. 405 00:14:52,825 --> 00:14:54,660 - Cheers. - How you doin'. 406 00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:56,295 - That's not gonna go over, I know. 407 00:14:56,295 --> 00:14:57,797 - Uh oh. 408 00:14:57,797 --> 00:15:00,900 - When Abby changed Kendall's duet to a solo for JoJo, 409 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:02,502 it put JoJo's mom, Jessalynn, 410 00:15:02,502 --> 00:15:05,071 right in the cross hairs of all the other moms 411 00:15:05,071 --> 00:15:08,074 and trust me, you do not want to be there. 412 00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:09,408 - [Christi] Is she okay? 413 00:15:09,408 --> 00:15:10,610 - She's fine. 414 00:15:11,677 --> 00:15:13,312 - [Christi] Good. Well, they were just saying 415 00:15:13,312 --> 00:15:15,548 that it might be a JoJo solo now. 416 00:15:15,548 --> 00:15:17,784 JoJo did it when you were out talking to Kendall. 417 00:15:17,784 --> 00:15:19,952 - [Jessalynn] Well, and she just kind of did it 418 00:15:19,952 --> 00:15:21,988 in her own little way, like she didn't really care. 419 00:15:21,988 --> 00:15:23,456 She didn't have anything to lose 420 00:15:23,456 --> 00:15:27,059 and she kind of did it better, like more entertaining. 421 00:15:27,059 --> 00:15:29,395 - [Jill] You know what? Enough already. 422 00:15:29,395 --> 00:15:33,599 That's so childish, rude, immature, unprofessional. 423 00:15:33,599 --> 00:15:34,967 My daughter deserves better. 424 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:37,036 This is a solo now, for JoJo? 425 00:15:37,036 --> 00:15:38,271 - She did it, she was-- 426 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:40,072 - Okay, so you wanna take it away from Kendall then? 427 00:15:40,072 --> 00:15:41,207 You wanna take it away? 428 00:15:42,809 --> 00:15:45,378 - No, she doesn't, she wants to do it as a duet. 429 00:15:45,378 --> 00:15:47,313 - That's the attitude I'm getting too. 430 00:15:47,313 --> 00:15:48,648 - [Jill] Kendall, come here. 431 00:15:48,648 --> 00:15:51,317 Would you rather have JoJo do this as a solo, 432 00:15:51,317 --> 00:15:53,953 or you and JoJo do it as a duet? 433 00:15:57,190 --> 00:15:58,825 - But it's nothing in it is a duet! 434 00:15:58,825 --> 00:16:01,027 There's not one step that is interacting 435 00:16:01,027 --> 00:16:02,295 and that's what we started to say. 436 00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:03,963 - Why is that her fault? - It's not. 437 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:05,665 - Well, why did you just scream at her? 438 00:16:05,665 --> 00:16:07,600 - [Abby] I didn't scream at her, I'm telling all of them. 439 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:08,634 I was like this. 440 00:16:08,634 --> 00:16:10,470 - Um, you just screamed and clapped in her face. 441 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:11,637 - [Abby] No, I did not. 442 00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:13,072 - [Jill] Do you remember what happened 443 00:16:13,072 --> 00:16:14,640 last time Kendall had a duet? 444 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,577 Her partner was pulled and Nia was put in. 445 00:16:18,778 --> 00:16:20,680 - [Jill] Stop, honey. Don't, stop. 446 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:21,914 - Well, I was yelling at everyone. 447 00:16:21,914 --> 00:16:23,649 - I'm not gonna let you do this, come on. 448 00:16:23,649 --> 00:16:25,718 I'm not gonna let this happen. - Let me talk to her. 449 00:16:25,718 --> 00:16:27,920 Oh my God, they're crazy. - I'm not gonna let this happen. 450 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:29,322 It's not worth it. 451 00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:31,123 - [Abby] These kids all need to go to the bootcamp 452 00:16:31,123 --> 00:16:33,359 for, like, one week and see how much they get yelled at. 453 00:16:33,359 --> 00:16:36,963 - Someone needed to step in and calm things down, but nope. 454 00:16:36,963 --> 00:16:39,465 Ashlee and Christ-y decided to step in 455 00:16:39,465 --> 00:16:41,934 and stir the pot some more. 456 00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:44,370 - All of a sudden, when it benefits JoJo, 457 00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:46,339 it's okay to take something away from another kid. 458 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:48,040 - Kendall doesn't wanna do the duet with JoJo. 459 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,076 Kendall doesn't wanna do the dance as a solo. 460 00:16:50,076 --> 00:16:53,446 Kendall wants to do the duet with Maddie. 461 00:16:53,446 --> 00:16:55,381 - [Ashlee] You threw Kendall under the bus to Abby 462 00:16:55,381 --> 00:16:57,383 the second that you-- - Threw Kendall under the bus? 463 00:16:57,383 --> 00:16:58,518 - Yes, you did. 464 00:16:58,518 --> 00:16:59,785 - [Jessalynn] You're so stupid! 465 00:16:59,785 --> 00:17:03,656 - [Christy] You clearly said that JoJo deserves a solo. 466 00:17:03,656 --> 00:17:05,258 - I think we should stay out here. 467 00:17:05,258 --> 00:17:06,759 - Why, who's screaming? - Jess. 468 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:07,860 - About what? 469 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:09,428 - [Jessalynn] Christy, I know you're desperate 470 00:17:09,428 --> 00:17:10,630 to be on the team, just... 471 00:17:10,630 --> 00:17:13,466 - [Christi] I'm not desperate, I am part of ALDC. 472 00:17:13,466 --> 00:17:14,667 - The Pittsburgh team, yes. 473 00:17:14,667 --> 00:17:17,036 - You need to tell your friend 474 00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:20,273 that you threw her under the bus. 475 00:17:20,273 --> 00:17:21,407 - Never. 476 00:17:22,408 --> 00:17:24,310 - [Ashlee] Kendall's here, so Jill must be here too. 477 00:17:24,310 --> 00:17:26,078 - Let's go see, let's figure it out. 478 00:17:27,513 --> 00:17:28,748 - What was the yelling? 479 00:17:28,748 --> 00:17:30,049 The kids were, didn't even wanna go in. 480 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:31,384 - [Christy] We were sticking up for you 481 00:17:31,384 --> 00:17:33,920 because when you left and you were upset, 482 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,788 she said that JoJo deserves the solo. 483 00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:38,224 - She doesn't wanna do a dance with JoJo. 484 00:17:38,224 --> 00:17:39,592 - How do you know that, Jess? 485 00:17:39,592 --> 00:17:41,427 - [Jessalynn] 'Cause she wants to do a duo with Maddie. 486 00:17:41,427 --> 00:17:42,762 JoJo will do the dance no one wants. 487 00:17:42,762 --> 00:17:45,665 Who cares? - She wants it, you took it! 488 00:17:45,665 --> 00:17:47,833 - [Christi] And then the Dance Moms hurricane 489 00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:51,003 stormed into the studio to confront Abby. 490 00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:53,406 Girls, do not do it. 491 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:55,708 Turn away, go back, don't go in there, don't. 492 00:17:55,708 --> 00:17:58,311 - [Jill] Why did you punish Kendall by taking the duet away? 493 00:17:59,312 --> 00:18:02,048 - [Abby] Let's cut to the chase, I didn't punish Kendall. 494 00:18:02,048 --> 00:18:03,316 - Then what did you do? 495 00:18:03,316 --> 00:18:04,517 - [Abby] I rewarded JoJo. 496 00:18:04,517 --> 00:18:06,919 Did it not work out for Kendall? Didn't work out. 497 00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:08,187 - It never works out for Kendall 498 00:18:08,187 --> 00:18:09,789 and you make sure of it, don't ya? 499 00:18:09,789 --> 00:18:11,223 - When you are given an opportunity 500 00:18:11,223 --> 00:18:13,225 and somebody puts that music on, 501 00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:16,862 honey, you dance a hundred percent. 502 00:18:16,862 --> 00:18:19,065 Whether you like the music, the costume, whatever, 503 00:18:19,065 --> 00:18:21,400 you give it your all. 504 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:24,904 That's what needs to be learned from this. 505 00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:27,039 JoJo is doing the solo. 506 00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:28,274 She earned the right. 507 00:18:28,274 --> 00:18:29,842 - Whatever, tired of fighting over it. 508 00:18:29,842 --> 00:18:31,310 - Bingo, there you go. 509 00:18:33,346 --> 00:18:35,247 - [Christy] JoJo, you excited about your solo? 510 00:18:36,248 --> 00:18:37,984 - [Christi] Well, I'm sure your mom is happy, honey, 511 00:18:37,984 --> 00:18:39,218 I just feel bad for Kendall. 512 00:18:49,261 --> 00:18:50,496 - [Jill] Here's the thing, 513 00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:53,132 this has nothing to do with Jess or JoJo. 514 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:54,533 It's Abby's fault. 515 00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:57,069 However, it would've been nice for Jess to say, 516 00:18:57,069 --> 00:18:59,472 "No, this was Kendall's duet. 517 00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:01,273 Kendall should be in it." 518 00:19:01,273 --> 00:19:02,608 But she's not gonna do that. 519 00:19:02,608 --> 00:19:05,711 She wants JoJo to do the solo, so go do it. 520 00:19:05,711 --> 00:19:07,646 I'm tired of fighting about it. 521 00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:10,049 - [Christi] Kendall and Maddie, then Kendall and JoJo. 522 00:19:10,049 --> 00:19:13,085 Then Kendall or JoJo, then just JoJo. 523 00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:17,990 And the worst part about it is poor JoJo didn't even place, 524 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:20,359 and neither did the group dance. 525 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:21,794 - [Announcer] "Back in Time"! 526 00:19:21,794 --> 00:19:23,596 [crowd cheering] 527 00:19:23,596 --> 00:19:26,599 - It just goes to show that when chaos hit the studio, 528 00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:29,402 it was our girls that ultimately suffered. 529 00:19:29,402 --> 00:19:30,970 - Go. 530 00:19:30,970 --> 00:19:32,838 - She always is. - I just don't wanna do it. 531 00:19:32,838 --> 00:19:34,473 - [Melissa] So sick of it all. 532 00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:36,108 What's wrong? - I can't do this.