After allowing Jill to watch over Kalani in Los Angeles, on last night’s episode Kira returned to Dance Moms. Is it bad I’d forgotten she’d left? She and Ashlee pretend that the other doesn’t exist while they speak horribly about each other just a few feet away from the other. Jill is happy to have Kira back as she considers Ashlee to be a giant bully. Oh really? Abby Lee Miller is in rare form, cheering for last week’s group win. This week isn’t a pyramid, and Abby plans to go backwards. The sisters Ziegler are sharing the top spot…Maddie for winning her solo, and MacKenzie for garnering a scholarship to the Pittsburgh chapter of the ALDC. There’s still a studio there? Nia, Kalani, Kendall, and Brynn share the second tier, and Abby shares they are evenly placed. JoJo is on the bottom because someone has to be.
At this week’s competition, Abby will be entering two trios which means one girl be dancing. Abby crowns both Brynn and Maddie as the captains of their trio, making the choice who will be part of their routine. Jill interrupts to determine how Abby chose the leaders, and Ashlee tries to quickly quiet her. Brynn picks Kalani and MacKenzie while Maddie chooses Kendall and JoJo. Nia tries to pretend that it doesn’t bother her, but she’s clearly crushed. Abby promises that if Brynn’s solo wins, she’s secured a spot on the ALDC team. The group routine this week will be based on a commercial she has signed up the girls to team, and the girls cheer at the return of Todrick. The mothers are a tad wary. Abby doesn’t often play well–or collaborate–with others. The moms know that Abby can’t focus on more than one task (if that), so if she’s freaking out about the commercial, the competition routines are sure to suffer.
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Abby briefly works with both trios, warning them that their practice time will be cut short due to the video shoot. The mothers cluck about Holly’s whereabouts, and Melissa believes that it was wrong for Abby to leave out one of the long-time team members. When Holly and Nia arrive, Nia isn’t her normal self, but she’s always the professional. Abby and Todrick work with Nia on the commercial, and Nia admits that it’s so hard not to have her long-time dance instructor be supportive of her. Todrick reminds Nia that Abby is a bit cray, and Nia has everything she needs to be a star.
Abby is itching to get out of the studio, and she enlists Melissa to assist her pick out costumes for the commercial. The group routine is on the back burner, and Kira is livid that Melissa is always sucking up to Abby. The mothers immediately pounce…didn’t Melissa watch her daughter for twelve weeks when she was home tending to her baby? Jessalyn responds that Kira isn’t the most brightest (that makes two of them), and she exits, citing the need for a stiff drink. Kira hurls a water bottle at her. How dare these women claim that Kalani was a stress on Melissa? Hey Jill? Please stop buying jeans in the junior department. Thanks!
Kira bursts into tears, saying she’s reached her breaking point. Jessalyn forgoes her cocktail. Kira may get on her last nerve, but Jessalyn is willing to swallow her anger for the sake of the group. The webisode commercial thingy is a modern take on the Wizard of Oz, and Abby is barking orders at Todrick and the mothers. Todrick, as the star of the video, is confused as to why Abby is making the situation so difficult. Welcome to their world, lament the mothers and dancers. Abby then wanders into traffic to stop cars as the rush hour horns blare. The mothers refuse to allow the crew to dance in the streets, but Abby manages to get the shot without becoming an asphalt pancake. Now, the girls have thirty seconds of a routine they learned for the commercial, but their competition number needs to be at least ninety seconds. Did someone say improv?
At the competition, the group number is the first to perform. The ALDC has no clue what to make of their last minute choreography, and once again Abby is a no-show. Todrick pops in to watch the girls compete before catching a flight to New York, and he’s shocked to learn their teacher isn’t around. Is this normal? Ashlee is beside herself. How will Abby determine that Brynn deserves a spot on the ALDC if she’s not there to watch her dance? Todrick applauds the girls for their ability to maturely put up with Abby’s crazy BS, and he believes her inability to act as a support system only makes them stronger. Abby arrives in time to see the cute group number, but it seems that she, Todrick, and the moms are the only people in the auditorium. Funny how that works, right?
The trios are about to go head-to-head, and Abby wonders if Brynn made the right choice by picking Kalani and MacKenzie to dance with her. Holly expresses pride in Nia for not getting bent out of shape that she’s not participating in a trio. True to form, Nia responds with such class, jokingly wondering why she’d be upset about her teammates of twelve years not wanting her to compete with them. Brynn’s trio is beautiful, and Abby’s gushing compliments are totally overshadowed by her smug clapping. She wants a Maddie victory, no doubt. The second trio is equally as boring, er, flawless, until Maddie totally falls out of a turn. Melissa reacts as if a family member has died. At the awards ceremony, the ALDC shockingly takes the top spot for the group number. The mothers are floored, but the dance was adorable.
Brynn’s trio trumps Maddie’s and Ashlee is shocked that no one else is excited. Jessalyn points out that the numbers were incorrectly announced. Jill thinks that something must be fishy. Abby approaches the announcer who apologizes for flubbing the numbers but confirms that Brynn’s trio was the high scoring routine. Abby gifts Brynn with a team jacket while calling out Melissa and Jill for questioning the points. Jill and Ashlee get into a screaming match that leaves both Ashlee and Brynn sobbing. Brynn bawls that Jill was saying such horrible things about her mother, and Jill is screaming that she never claimed the competition was rigged, but she’s getting bleeped out every other word. Who is the bully again, Jill? Remind me again why I watch this show??
TELL US – WHAT DID YOU THINK OF LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE? WHICH TRIO WAS BETTER? WHO IS MORE UNBEARABLE–JILL OR ASHLEE?
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