1 00:00:02,035 --> 00:00:02,736 - Call the police. 2 00:00:02,736 --> 00:00:03,670 - Call the police? Go for it. 3 00:00:03,670 --> 00:00:04,738 [police siren wailing] 4 00:00:04,738 --> 00:00:06,206 - Hi everyone, I'm Christi Lukasiak 5 00:00:06,206 --> 00:00:09,910 and on this episode of "Dance Moms Epic Showdowns." 6 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:11,278 - Out, get out. 7 00:00:11,278 --> 00:00:12,346 Get out, get out, go. - You called me names. 8 00:00:12,346 --> 00:00:14,147 - Every week we put the trash out. 9 00:00:14,147 --> 00:00:15,082 Go. 10 00:00:15,082 --> 00:00:16,516 - Then take yourself out, 11 00:00:16,516 --> 00:00:19,586 'cause you're the biggest piece of trash there is. 12 00:00:19,586 --> 00:00:20,888 - Police. 13 00:00:20,888 --> 00:00:23,657 - Relive the moments that were so unhinged. 14 00:00:23,657 --> 00:00:25,025 - You are nuts. 15 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:26,426 - Hey, hey, hey. 16 00:00:27,427 --> 00:00:29,029 That the police had to step in. 17 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:30,697 - Call the police right now. 18 00:00:30,697 --> 00:00:32,933 I have a psycho mother in our dressing room, 19 00:00:32,933 --> 00:00:33,867 and she needs to go. 20 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:35,068 I've asked her to leave nicely. 21 00:00:35,068 --> 00:00:38,071 - Get your finger out of my face. 22 00:00:38,071 --> 00:00:39,239 Girls out the room. 23 00:00:39,239 --> 00:00:40,874 Get off of me. 24 00:00:40,874 --> 00:00:43,477 - [Christi] This is "Dance Moms Epic Showdowns: 25 00:00:43,477 --> 00:00:45,312 Call 911." 26 00:00:51,184 --> 00:00:54,955 - Minister Dawn was one of the show's first Dance Moms, 27 00:00:54,955 --> 00:00:57,024 but she only lasted about as long 28 00:00:57,024 --> 00:00:59,359 as her epic showdown with Abby. 29 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:01,395 - [Dawn] May I speak to you a minute? 30 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:04,665 - I wanna speak to you. 31 00:01:04,665 --> 00:01:06,466 You don't throw my kid outta class. 32 00:01:06,466 --> 00:01:07,801 I paid for class. 33 00:01:09,536 --> 00:01:13,640 - I'm looking at every single kid out here, Abby. 34 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,710 They all look like children. 35 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:20,147 Isn't that crazy that children look like children? 36 00:01:20,147 --> 00:01:22,716 - Minister Dawn was coming in hot. 37 00:01:22,716 --> 00:01:25,018 She was about to find out what happens to moms 38 00:01:25,018 --> 00:01:26,954 when they challenge Abby Lee Miller, 39 00:01:26,954 --> 00:01:29,323 and trust me, it's never pretty. 40 00:01:32,092 --> 00:01:33,026 - Yes, I am a minister. 41 00:01:33,026 --> 00:01:35,796 Let's play the Bible game, Abby. 42 00:01:35,796 --> 00:01:40,600 When Jesus saw things that were wrong, he went after it, 43 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,104 and I'll tell you what, you're not gonna do this to my kid. 44 00:01:44,104 --> 00:01:46,206 - [Abby] Out of the room, out, out. 45 00:01:46,206 --> 00:01:47,240 Reagan, goodbye. 46 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:48,575 Out, out. 47 00:01:48,575 --> 00:01:49,910 - [Dawn] You're not throwing her out. 48 00:01:49,910 --> 00:01:50,911 - [Abby] Oh, yes I am, and you with her. 49 00:01:50,911 --> 00:01:51,912 Go. - No you're not. 50 00:01:51,912 --> 00:01:54,014 - Yes, every week we put the trash out, go. 51 00:01:54,014 --> 00:01:55,882 - Then take yourself out, 52 00:01:55,882 --> 00:01:59,052 'cause you're the biggest piece of trash there is. 53 00:01:59,052 --> 00:02:01,688 - Take your money, take your kid, take your socks. 54 00:02:01,688 --> 00:02:03,223 Find another school. 55 00:02:03,223 --> 00:02:06,960 - Does it not hit in your head that maybe you're wrong? 56 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:07,794 - No. 57 00:02:07,794 --> 00:02:08,628 - Do you not get it? 58 00:02:08,628 --> 00:02:09,463 - I don't get it. 59 00:02:09,463 --> 00:02:10,263 I know I'm right. 60 00:02:10,263 --> 00:02:11,665 - Why are you right? 61 00:02:11,665 --> 00:02:12,833 - It's my building. 62 00:02:12,833 --> 00:02:13,800 My name's on the front. 63 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,002 - So what? 64 00:02:15,002 --> 00:02:17,270 You keep telling her how stupid she is. 65 00:02:17,270 --> 00:02:18,538 - [Abby] She's not stupid. 66 00:02:18,538 --> 00:02:20,073 She just can't read. 67 00:02:20,073 --> 00:02:22,476 The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 68 00:02:22,476 --> 00:02:25,078 - [laughing] So you're saying I'm stupid? 69 00:02:25,078 --> 00:02:26,179 Well, are you? 70 00:02:26,179 --> 00:02:27,614 [Dawn screaming] 71 00:02:27,614 --> 00:02:28,982 - [Abby] Do you have your phone? 72 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:29,816 - Call the police? 73 00:02:29,816 --> 00:02:30,717 Go for it. 74 00:02:32,386 --> 00:02:33,220 - [Abby] I'm sorry, girls. 75 00:02:33,220 --> 00:02:34,488 - [Dawn] Go for it. 76 00:02:34,488 --> 00:02:35,422 - [Abby] There's a psycho in every batch. 77 00:02:35,422 --> 00:02:36,423 - A psycho. 78 00:02:36,423 --> 00:02:38,425 Yes, her name's Abigail Miller. 79 00:02:38,425 --> 00:02:42,829 - Hi, I need police at 7123 Saltsburg. 80 00:02:42,829 --> 00:02:45,265 I have a parent that's out of control. 81 00:02:45,265 --> 00:02:46,466 Pardon? 82 00:02:46,466 --> 00:02:49,069 She does not have weapons, just her mouth. 83 00:02:49,069 --> 00:02:50,237 [police siren wailing] 84 00:02:54,975 --> 00:02:58,779 - Minister Dawn learned the hard way that at the ALDC, 85 00:02:58,779 --> 00:03:01,114 Abby thought she was God. 86 00:03:06,386 --> 00:03:07,087 - Hey! 87 00:03:09,823 --> 00:03:12,859 - Like all of us Dance Moms, Yolanda and Stacey 88 00:03:12,859 --> 00:03:15,662 have always been quick to protect their kids. 89 00:03:15,662 --> 00:03:18,265 - I don't wanna hear that Lily has advantages, 90 00:03:18,265 --> 00:03:19,800 'cause Lily's the underdog. 91 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:21,334 - I didn't leave my career of 25 years 92 00:03:21,334 --> 00:03:23,403 for her not to be dancing. 93 00:03:23,403 --> 00:03:25,439 - And when Yolanda's daughter Elliana was chosen 94 00:03:25,439 --> 00:03:27,974 for the Q dance over Stacey's daughter Lilli, 95 00:03:27,974 --> 00:03:29,509 the claws came out. 96 00:03:29,509 --> 00:03:30,510 - You're just a [bleep]. 97 00:03:30,510 --> 00:03:32,112 - At least I'm only one [bleep]. 98 00:03:32,112 --> 00:03:33,714 You're like three [bleep], all your different personalities. 99 00:03:33,714 --> 00:03:35,082 - Oh wow. 100 00:03:35,082 --> 00:03:37,384 - I gotta call you like, [bleep] one, two, three. 101 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:39,352 - [Christi] And later, when Yolanda accused 102 00:03:39,352 --> 00:03:41,254 Stacey's daughter of bullying. 103 00:03:41,254 --> 00:03:41,755 - [Elliana] Mom. 104 00:03:42,989 --> 00:03:44,024 - Mom... 105 00:03:49,062 --> 00:03:52,165 - [Christi] The drama went from zero to a hundred. 106 00:03:54,468 --> 00:03:55,469 - Yolanda? 107 00:03:55,469 --> 00:03:57,437 I swear I'm gonna kill somebody. 108 00:03:59,406 --> 00:04:00,474 - Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. 109 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:02,676 - [Yolanda] Seriously? Are you serious? 110 00:04:04,511 --> 00:04:05,512 - You stay away from me! 111 00:04:05,512 --> 00:04:06,346 - I'm calling 911. 112 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:07,180 - [Yolanda] You do it. 113 00:04:07,180 --> 00:04:08,115 - [Stacey] No you don't. 114 00:04:08,115 --> 00:04:08,949 - You do it. 115 00:04:08,949 --> 00:04:09,916 She just attacked me. 116 00:04:09,916 --> 00:04:11,551 She literally went to my neck. 117 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:12,919 You are going to jail. 118 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:13,754 - Go away. 119 00:04:13,754 --> 00:04:15,188 - Revel in it. 120 00:04:15,188 --> 00:04:16,423 - [Christi] Yolanda avoided jail 121 00:04:16,423 --> 00:04:19,025 with a half-hearted apology. 122 00:04:19,025 --> 00:04:21,428 - I'm truly sorry for the way things went down. 123 00:04:21,428 --> 00:04:22,529 - What went down? 124 00:04:22,529 --> 00:04:23,396 - [Yolanda] Don't rehash the... 125 00:04:23,396 --> 00:04:24,631 - No, I am. 126 00:04:24,631 --> 00:04:26,233 I wanna know what you're apologizing for. 127 00:04:26,233 --> 00:04:28,401 - I should have not pushed you back. 128 00:04:28,401 --> 00:04:31,138 - You attacked me and put your hands around my neck. 129 00:04:31,138 --> 00:04:33,840 - I take responsibility, and I am sorry for 130 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:36,710 what I've turned into, its effect on the team. 131 00:04:36,710 --> 00:04:38,145 - No, she needs to apologize for attacking me. 132 00:04:38,145 --> 00:04:39,479 - No, she, oh my God. 133 00:04:39,479 --> 00:04:41,314 (all talking) She's apologizing. 134 00:04:41,314 --> 00:04:42,549 - [Yolanda] Still can't hear what you said. 135 00:04:42,549 --> 00:04:45,118 - When you say I pushed you back, that means 136 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:46,553 it was in self-defense. - I'm not playing this. 137 00:04:46,553 --> 00:04:48,054 I'm done, goodbye. - You're done. 138 00:04:48,054 --> 00:04:52,425 - But Stacey didn't buy it, and honestly I don't blame her. 139 00:04:52,425 --> 00:04:53,960 - It is not my fault. 140 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:55,495 It is not my fault. 141 00:04:55,495 --> 00:04:56,596 - Police. [dramatic music] 142 00:04:59,065 --> 00:05:01,601 - Whenever Nationals approach, the tension at the ALDC 143 00:05:01,601 --> 00:05:03,670 was at an all time high. 144 00:05:03,670 --> 00:05:05,472 - This is horrible, this music. 145 00:05:05,472 --> 00:05:06,673 What are you doing? 146 00:05:06,673 --> 00:05:08,108 My God. 147 00:05:08,108 --> 00:05:09,442 - [Christi] Just ask Sarah and her mom Michelle. 148 00:05:09,442 --> 00:05:10,977 - I'm sorry. 149 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:13,180 I don't think Sarah's gonna be able to be in the routines. 150 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:15,715 - When Abby gave Sarah the boot for her poor performance 151 00:05:15,715 --> 00:05:18,385 and her mom's antagonizing antics. 152 00:05:18,385 --> 00:05:21,154 - So I got a text and it's from Studio 19. 153 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:22,756 Studio 19 is calling you out. 154 00:05:22,756 --> 00:05:24,958 You're being ignorant. 155 00:05:24,958 --> 00:05:26,259 - Get out, get out. 156 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:27,427 Get out, get out, go. - You called me names. 157 00:05:27,427 --> 00:05:29,796 - Michelle lost her damn mind. 158 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:31,097 - It is not my fault. 159 00:05:31,097 --> 00:05:32,866 I want my daughter to dance. 160 00:05:32,866 --> 00:05:34,935 - [Christi] Her hallway meltdown was all it took 161 00:05:34,935 --> 00:05:36,269 to put Abby on edge. 162 00:05:36,269 --> 00:05:40,106 - See, you see, that is just Uniontown trash. 163 00:05:40,106 --> 00:05:41,508 - I wasn't allowed. 164 00:05:41,508 --> 00:05:43,710 It was in big red letters. 165 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:45,278 - [Christi] And we all know 166 00:05:45,278 --> 00:05:48,148 what can happen when Abby feels threatened. 167 00:05:48,148 --> 00:05:48,949 - Abby. 168 00:05:48,949 --> 00:05:50,450 - You have to leave. 169 00:05:50,450 --> 00:05:52,052 Police, my name is Abby Lee Miller. 170 00:05:52,052 --> 00:05:54,621 I'm calling from Lancaster Mennonite School. 171 00:05:54,621 --> 00:05:57,490 I'm in a dance competition and I have a psycho mother 172 00:05:57,490 --> 00:05:59,092 and she needs to go. 173 00:05:59,092 --> 00:06:01,228 I've asked her to leave nicely 20 times and she won't leave. 174 00:06:01,228 --> 00:06:02,696 Mommy put her foot in her mouth. 175 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:06,266 So she cannot be associated any longer with the ALDC. 176 00:06:06,266 --> 00:06:07,300 They're on their way. 177 00:06:08,235 --> 00:06:10,737 [tense music] 178 00:06:10,737 --> 00:06:11,605 [police siren wailing] 179 00:06:15,308 --> 00:06:16,142 - It is not my fault. 180 00:06:16,142 --> 00:06:17,077 It is not my fault. 181 00:06:17,244 --> 00:06:20,046 - Michelle spiraled after Abby kicked her daughter 182 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:21,314 Sarah off the team. 183 00:06:21,314 --> 00:06:22,682 - [Michelle] I want my daughter to dance. 184 00:06:22,682 --> 00:06:24,184 - [Christi] But Abby wasn't about to allow 185 00:06:24,184 --> 00:06:26,987 her hallway tantrum to disrupt rehearsal. 186 00:06:26,987 --> 00:06:27,988 - Police. 187 00:06:27,988 --> 00:06:29,422 [police siren wailing] 188 00:06:29,422 --> 00:06:30,657 - [Dance Mom] Do we really want the police here? 189 00:06:30,657 --> 00:06:33,059 - Oh, I, yes, I wanna be protected. 190 00:06:33,059 --> 00:06:35,929 - Seriously? - Oh my gosh, what is happening? 191 00:06:35,929 --> 00:06:37,464 - I made the phone call. 192 00:06:37,464 --> 00:06:39,666 This woman, she needs to be out of this dressing room. 193 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:41,268 - I'm here to apologize. 194 00:06:41,268 --> 00:06:43,069 I'm really calm. 195 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:45,038 - There's been chaos, screaming, yelling, 196 00:06:45,038 --> 00:06:46,439 and she needs to go. 197 00:06:56,149 --> 00:06:57,417 [Abby snickering] 198 00:06:57,417 --> 00:06:59,119 - [Christi] As always, Abby got her way, 199 00:06:59,119 --> 00:07:02,188 but she allowed Sarah to dance. 200 00:07:02,188 --> 00:07:03,757 - Where does that leave Michelle? 201 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:06,059 Like right now, Sarah's here and Michelle's not allowed in. 202 00:07:06,059 --> 00:07:09,329 - Right, because I can't have poison in my dressing room. 203 00:07:09,329 --> 00:07:11,698 - Abby, that's your subjective opinion. 204 00:07:11,698 --> 00:07:13,199 That is not. 205 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:15,402 - No, it's my company and I make the rules, Yolanda, 206 00:07:15,402 --> 00:07:18,872 and I'm not gonna fight with some yahoo mother Yinzer 207 00:07:18,872 --> 00:07:21,007 from Pittsburgh about her kid 208 00:07:21,007 --> 00:07:22,509 'cause there's always another kid. 209 00:07:22,509 --> 00:07:26,346 So wake up, smell the coffee burning and figure it out. 210 00:07:26,346 --> 00:07:28,348 - [Christi] One thing we've all learned the hard way, 211 00:07:28,348 --> 00:07:32,352 in Abby's mind, we are all replaceable. 212 00:07:32,352 --> 00:07:33,153 - Toodles. 213 00:07:34,421 --> 00:07:35,822 You are nuts. 214 00:07:35,822 --> 00:07:38,858 [dramatic music] 215 00:07:38,858 --> 00:07:41,361 - Abby's reputation for being as tough on us as she was 216 00:07:41,361 --> 00:07:44,030 our kids was clearly no joke, 217 00:07:44,030 --> 00:07:45,432 but the way she treated Kelly, 218 00:07:45,432 --> 00:07:48,234 Paige and Brooke's mom, was simply beyond. 219 00:07:48,234 --> 00:07:51,404 - Your child was the one I put all my eggs with. 220 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:52,806 - Yeah, but she got nowhere with you. 221 00:07:52,806 --> 00:07:54,441 She got nowhere with you. - Years and years ago. 222 00:07:54,441 --> 00:07:56,676 - [Christi] Paige and Brooke had been at the ALDC since 223 00:07:56,676 --> 00:08:01,681 the very beginning, but Abby's loyalty was fading fast. 224 00:08:02,549 --> 00:08:03,583 - Hi. Girls, you all know Kalani. 225 00:08:03,583 --> 00:08:04,784 - [Dance Mom] Yes, that's right. 226 00:08:04,784 --> 00:08:06,119 - This is her mother Kira. 227 00:08:06,119 --> 00:08:06,953 - Hi. 228 00:08:06,953 --> 00:08:08,421 - Say hello. 229 00:08:08,421 --> 00:08:09,990 - Abby parading her dancers through the dressing room 230 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:12,892 just goes to show she's trying to psych out her own team. 231 00:08:12,892 --> 00:08:14,761 Like, what kind of teacher does that? 232 00:08:14,761 --> 00:08:18,498 - So moms, I've had auditions and I've seen 233 00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:19,733 a lot of great talent. 234 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:23,470 So I think Kalani might be our right fit. 235 00:08:23,470 --> 00:08:25,905 - As soon as Abby announced that she was shaking things up, 236 00:08:25,905 --> 00:08:27,841 Kelly knew that it was her daughters 237 00:08:27,841 --> 00:08:29,175 that were on the chopping block. 238 00:08:29,175 --> 00:08:31,878 - Brooke, I gave you how many opportunities 239 00:08:31,878 --> 00:08:33,113 last week to do something. 240 00:08:33,113 --> 00:08:34,147 - [Christi] And like any protective mom, 241 00:08:34,147 --> 00:08:35,682 that put Kelly on the defense. 242 00:08:35,682 --> 00:08:37,384 - Well, maybe you should replace her. 243 00:08:37,384 --> 00:08:39,919 [tense music] 244 00:08:41,755 --> 00:08:44,491 I'm tired of Abby throwing it in my face every week 245 00:08:44,491 --> 00:08:46,159 that she's gonna replace my kids. 246 00:08:46,159 --> 00:08:47,560 Here, replace them. 247 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:49,262 - Brooke, is your mother speaking for you? 248 00:08:49,262 --> 00:08:51,231 Do you not wanna dance? 249 00:08:51,231 --> 00:08:53,199 I just want your mother to quit speaking for you. 250 00:08:53,199 --> 00:08:55,201 You're 15 years old, grow the hell up. 251 00:08:55,201 --> 00:08:56,302 - You know what? 252 00:08:56,302 --> 00:08:57,504 You shut the hell up. 253 00:08:57,504 --> 00:08:58,872 - See how she talks to me. 254 00:08:58,872 --> 00:09:01,207 - Abby, if you are not happy with my kid 255 00:09:01,207 --> 00:09:02,976 'cause she doesn't sit here and smart mouth you 256 00:09:02,976 --> 00:09:05,311 and say something bad, we will leave. 257 00:09:05,311 --> 00:09:06,112 - [Abby] That's fine. 258 00:09:06,112 --> 00:09:06,946 - Here's your costumes. 259 00:09:06,946 --> 00:09:07,947 Enjoy the dance. 260 00:09:09,282 --> 00:09:11,117 Girls, let's go. 261 00:09:11,117 --> 00:09:12,352 - Kelly, we don't want you to go. 262 00:09:12,352 --> 00:09:13,653 The girls do, you guys don't wanna go. 263 00:09:13,653 --> 00:09:15,221 - Well, obviously she wants someone 264 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:18,658 who has never danced here take both of my kids' place. 265 00:09:18,658 --> 00:09:19,492 - No she doesn't. 266 00:09:19,492 --> 00:09:20,360 The kids wanna dance. 267 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:21,995 [overlapping chatter] - No! 268 00:09:21,995 --> 00:09:22,829 - That's not what she came here for. 269 00:09:22,829 --> 00:09:23,830 - No, you said. 270 00:09:23,830 --> 00:09:25,632 - Did you just sit here and say that my daughter 271 00:09:25,632 --> 00:09:26,433 looks miserable, so maybe we should put Kalani in her place? 272 00:09:26,433 --> 00:09:27,400 - No, I never said that. 273 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,401 - Yes, you most certainly did. 274 00:09:28,401 --> 00:09:29,536 - No, I didn't, dingbat. 275 00:09:29,536 --> 00:09:31,471 Listen, I said, 276 00:09:31,471 --> 00:09:33,640 "Brooke, is your mother speaking for you? 277 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:34,707 "Do you want to be here?" - Get your finger 278 00:09:34,707 --> 00:09:35,675 out of my face. 279 00:09:35,675 --> 00:09:37,043 - [Parent] Girls, out the room. 280 00:09:37,043 --> 00:09:38,445 Girls, out the room. [dancers and moms gasping] 281 00:09:38,445 --> 00:09:43,450 - I had never, ever seen anything like this. 282 00:09:44,050 --> 00:09:45,385 - Get off of me. 283 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:48,121 Get away from me. - Out the room, out the room. 284 00:09:48,121 --> 00:09:49,055 Girls, out of the room! 285 00:09:49,055 --> 00:09:51,157 - Who do you think you are? 286 00:09:51,157 --> 00:09:52,792 - You are nuts. 287 00:09:52,792 --> 00:09:54,427 - No, you're nuts. 288 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:55,728 - [Parent] All of you, out of the room. 289 00:09:55,728 --> 00:09:56,596 - [Abby] She's crazy. 290 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:57,430 - No, I'm not crazy. 291 00:09:57,430 --> 00:09:58,331 You're eating my face. 292 00:09:58,331 --> 00:09:59,065 - Call the police right now. 293 00:09:59,065 --> 00:09:59,933 - Go ahead. 294 00:09:59,933 --> 00:10:01,701 You were coming at me. 295 00:10:01,701 --> 00:10:02,669 - [Abby] Oh my. 296 00:10:02,669 --> 00:10:03,470 - [Parent] I was not looking. 297 00:10:03,470 --> 00:10:04,504 I was over this way. 298 00:10:04,504 --> 00:10:05,438 That's ridiculous. 299 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:06,272 - You know what? 300 00:10:06,272 --> 00:10:07,273 That's [bleep]. - Go in there... 301 00:10:07,273 --> 00:10:08,408 - [Abby] Call the police. 302 00:10:08,408 --> 00:10:10,110 [Abby crying] 303 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:14,914 - Girls, you all know Kalani. 304 00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:15,949 - [Christi] The minute Abby rubbed 305 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:17,150 her new dancer in our faces. 306 00:10:17,150 --> 00:10:21,020 - So moms, I think Kalani might be our right fit. 307 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:22,355 - It set off a chain of events 308 00:10:22,355 --> 00:10:25,258 that changed the ALDC forever. 309 00:10:25,258 --> 00:10:26,426 - No, I'm not crazy. 310 00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:28,027 You're eating my face. 311 00:10:28,027 --> 00:10:29,028 - [Parent] Girls, get outta the room. 312 00:10:29,028 --> 00:10:29,829 Gotta get out the room. 313 00:10:29,829 --> 00:10:30,730 - No, absolutely not. 314 00:10:30,730 --> 00:10:32,198 Call the police right now. 315 00:10:32,198 --> 00:10:33,066 - Go ahead. 316 00:10:33,066 --> 00:10:34,601 You were coming at me. 317 00:10:34,601 --> 00:10:36,736 - [Christi] We've all had our screaming matches with Abby, 318 00:10:36,736 --> 00:10:38,271 but when things got physical, 319 00:10:38,271 --> 00:10:40,507 we knew there was no turning back. 320 00:10:42,675 --> 00:10:45,912 - Hi, my name is Abby Lee Miller and a woman just grabbed 321 00:10:45,912 --> 00:10:49,749 and pulled my hair and scratched my face. 322 00:10:49,749 --> 00:10:50,717 - In my face. 323 00:10:51,818 --> 00:10:53,186 - She yanked my hair. 324 00:10:53,186 --> 00:10:56,623 She scratched like she, I don't know. 325 00:10:56,623 --> 00:10:58,024 It happened so fast. 326 00:10:58,024 --> 00:10:59,559 There were no weapons, no. 327 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:00,693 - You need to leave now. 328 00:11:00,693 --> 00:11:01,961 We'll get the rest of your stuff. 329 00:11:01,961 --> 00:11:02,829 You need to leave now, trust me, now. 330 00:11:02,829 --> 00:11:04,397 I'm gonna get your girls. 331 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:05,231 - Wait, what's going on? 332 00:11:05,231 --> 00:11:06,199 - You need to go now. 333 00:11:06,199 --> 00:11:07,667 You gotta go now. 334 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:10,270 - She's white, she has a black and gold dress on, 335 00:11:10,270 --> 00:11:12,872 and she has short, like a haircut 336 00:11:12,872 --> 00:11:14,307 that's like cool and trendy. 337 00:11:14,307 --> 00:11:16,576 Like it's long in the front and short in the back. 338 00:11:16,576 --> 00:11:19,078 [tense music] 339 00:11:22,115 --> 00:11:24,250 - No. - [Officer] No. 340 00:11:24,250 --> 00:11:26,719 - No, if it was like my knee or my foot, absolutely. 341 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:32,692 Kelly, you have done this to me and to my dance company 342 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:34,394 time and time again. 343 00:11:34,394 --> 00:11:36,062 I am finished. 344 00:11:39,065 --> 00:11:43,369 Just so all the moms know exactly what happened, 345 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:45,872 Kelly was arrested. 346 00:11:47,106 --> 00:11:48,041 That's the truth. 347 00:11:49,242 --> 00:11:50,977 - And the saga didn't end there. 348 00:11:50,977 --> 00:11:53,713 Kelly was charged with assault, 349 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:56,316 but the charges were eventually dismissed. 350 00:11:56,316 --> 00:12:00,954 She then shocked everyone by suing Abby for $5 million, 351 00:12:00,954 --> 00:12:03,289 and that case was eventually settled, 352 00:12:03,289 --> 00:12:07,226 but Kelly and her girls were never seen at the ALDC again. 353 00:12:09,195 --> 00:12:10,096 - Love you. 354 00:12:10,096 --> 00:12:11,264 - [Kyle] Love you too. 355 00:12:11,264 --> 00:12:12,999 Bye. - Bye. 356 00:12:12,999 --> 00:12:14,100 - [Producer] We're turning Miss Miller in. 357 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:16,069 - [Abby] It's over. [dramatic music] 358 00:12:18,671 --> 00:12:23,076 - So while Abby was busy calling the cops on everyone else, 359 00:12:23,076 --> 00:12:25,912 she was busy dealing with her own legal troubles. 360 00:12:25,912 --> 00:12:28,915 - The court and the judge, they think I'm hiding money. 361 00:12:28,915 --> 00:12:30,183 That's [bleep]. 362 00:12:30,183 --> 00:12:32,785 - [Christi] And then on July 12th, 2017, 363 00:12:32,785 --> 00:12:34,954 a day that will live in infamy, 364 00:12:34,954 --> 00:12:37,256 Abby Lee Miller reported to prison. 365 00:12:39,492 --> 00:12:40,226 I'm sorry. 366 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:46,599 [Abby crying] 367 00:12:57,276 --> 00:12:59,846 [Abby sighing] 368 00:13:03,516 --> 00:13:05,785 [bleep] 369 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:06,619 Okay. 370 00:13:11,824 --> 00:13:14,160 [car door slamming] Oh. 371 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:15,628 Wait, I'm panicked about the French onion dip. 372 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:16,596 I'm gonna freak out. 373 00:13:18,064 --> 00:13:20,533 Do we know where the French onion dip is? 374 00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:21,734 Dee said it was in here. 375 00:13:23,903 --> 00:13:25,138 [cell phone ringing] 376 00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:26,673 Hey, Kyle. - Hi. 377 00:13:26,673 --> 00:13:28,641 Keep me in your prayers and tell your mom to light a candle. 378 00:13:37,984 --> 00:13:39,185 - Okay. 379 00:13:41,788 --> 00:13:42,588 - All right, love you. 380 00:13:44,057 --> 00:13:44,991 Bye. - Bye. 381 00:14:00,473 --> 00:14:01,307 - No cash? 382 00:14:06,646 --> 00:14:09,482 [traffic zooming] 383 00:14:30,870 --> 00:14:31,704 Yeah. 384 00:14:33,473 --> 00:14:35,641 - [bleep]. 385 00:14:48,821 --> 00:14:49,989 Yeah. 386 00:15:09,809 --> 00:15:11,477 [Abby crying] 387 00:15:16,516 --> 00:15:18,418 - Well, it wasn't actually really over, 388 00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:19,619 because Abby was out 389 00:15:19,619 --> 00:15:23,222 after only eight months and right back at the ALDC. 390 00:15:32,532 --> 00:15:34,534 - [Christi] The demands of dance life were taking a toll 391 00:15:34,534 --> 00:15:36,302 on Abby's recovery from cancer. 392 00:15:36,302 --> 00:15:39,338 - I don't think people realize just how difficult it is 393 00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:43,009 for me to get up and get ready and get over 394 00:15:43,009 --> 00:15:44,944 to that studio and teach every day. 395 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:47,380 - And it all came to a head at Nationals. 396 00:15:47,380 --> 00:15:50,883 [audience applauding] 397 00:15:50,883 --> 00:15:53,052 Although the audience welcomed Abby at Nationals 398 00:15:53,052 --> 00:15:56,422 with open arms, not everyone was glad to see her. 399 00:16:02,028 --> 00:16:03,062 [backup signal beeping] 400 00:16:07,099 --> 00:16:09,635 - [Christi] To be told off by Tammy from Studio 19, 401 00:16:09,635 --> 00:16:12,738 one of her biggest rivals, was not something Abby 402 00:16:12,738 --> 00:16:14,474 was gonna stand for. 403 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:17,510 [mysterious music] 404 00:16:19,045 --> 00:16:20,046 - Hi. 405 00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:24,116 - What is going on? 406 00:16:24,116 --> 00:16:26,519 This is Nationals, and now Abby's leaving. 407 00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:38,764 - [Bryan] Okay. 408 00:16:44,604 --> 00:16:46,172 [jackhammer hammering] 409 00:16:49,475 --> 00:16:52,712 - We spent 16 weeks having Abby put the kids 410 00:16:52,712 --> 00:16:54,747 through hell and back, especially about 411 00:16:54,747 --> 00:16:57,350 who would get to dance at Nationals, 412 00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:59,118 and then she's not there to watch 'em. 413 00:16:59,118 --> 00:17:01,821 [lively music] 414 00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:10,596 [lively music] 415 00:17:16,669 --> 00:17:17,637 - Yeah. 416 00:17:17,637 --> 00:17:18,838 - [Bryan] All right, let me go in there. 417 00:17:18,838 --> 00:17:21,774 [tense music] 418 00:17:25,311 --> 00:17:26,913 - [Christi] After dodging the "Dance Mom" crew for hours, 419 00:17:26,913 --> 00:17:28,648 Abby was found in plain sight. 420 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,123 Nobody is going to verbally assault me 421 00:17:37,123 --> 00:17:38,457 at a dance competition. 422 00:17:42,094 --> 00:17:45,197 - My only choice was to remove myself from a situation 423 00:17:45,197 --> 00:17:47,934 that could escalate to something more. 424 00:17:47,934 --> 00:17:49,168 - [Dance Mom] Hey guys, hey guys. 425 00:17:49,168 --> 00:17:50,970 - Oh look who's back. 426 00:17:52,872 --> 00:17:55,041 - I will not be screamed at. 427 00:17:55,041 --> 00:17:56,542 I will not be yelled at. 428 00:17:56,542 --> 00:18:00,546 She got in my face, spit in my face. 429 00:18:00,546 --> 00:18:01,847 I said, 430 00:18:01,847 --> 00:18:02,949 "That's it, I'm not doing this anymore. 431 00:18:02,949 --> 00:18:04,817 "This is crossing a line." 432 00:18:04,817 --> 00:18:09,121 I had to go to the police station and fill out a report 433 00:18:09,121 --> 00:18:11,991 to keep that other dance studio away from my team. 434 00:18:11,991 --> 00:18:14,961 I will do whatever it takes to help the ALDC 435 00:18:14,961 --> 00:18:16,596 win that national title. 436 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:18,931 - [Nationals Announcer] The highest scoring 437 00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:22,335 national champion, [tense music] 438 00:18:24,070 --> 00:18:25,805 The Prom! 439 00:18:25,805 --> 00:18:28,841 [audience cheering] 440 00:18:31,711 --> 00:18:33,346 And tell us all, where do you dance? 441 00:18:33,346 --> 00:18:36,649 - [Dancers] Abby Lee Dance Studio! 442 00:18:36,649 --> 00:18:38,584 [audience cheering] 443 00:18:38,584 --> 00:18:42,555 - So where was Abby during that unaccounted for time? 444 00:18:45,057 --> 00:18:46,892 Well, she wasn't kidding when she said 445 00:18:46,892 --> 00:18:48,594 she was going for ice cream. 446 00:18:50,229 --> 00:18:52,698 - [Bryan] So if you're talking. 447 00:18:52,698 --> 00:18:53,833 - I had to get out of there. 448 00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:54,900 I would've went to the movie truck 449 00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:56,869 and been watching a flick already. 450 00:18:56,869 --> 00:18:59,271 - [Bryan] As soon as I, I figured you were in a movie. 451 00:18:59,271 --> 00:19:00,640 - I went to the movie theater. 452 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,041 - [Bryan] I figured you were at the movie theater. 453 00:19:02,041 --> 00:19:03,542 - And I'm like, I could see them like coming around. 454 00:19:03,542 --> 00:19:05,544 - [Show Producer] Like with a flashlight, like? 455 00:19:05,544 --> 00:19:07,079 - Yeah, like trying to find me. 456 00:19:08,447 --> 00:19:10,916 - So that's a wrap for me in this episode 457 00:19:10,916 --> 00:19:12,752 of "Dance Moms Epic Showdowns," 458 00:19:12,752 --> 00:19:15,988 but just like anyone who said they were leaving the ALDC. 459 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:16,822 - [Abby] She's leaving? 460 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:17,656 - We're all leaving. 461 00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:18,491 - [Abby] Toodles. 462 00:19:18,491 --> 00:19:19,592 - You know I'll be back.