Dance Moms

Welcome to another whirlwind episode of Dance Moms (Season 2, Episode 19), where mean women cry and children fall down.

Last week, Abby Lee Miller “knocked the apple tree down” by defeating Cathy and her Candy Apples. So what and who could possibly get in the way this week?

First, the Pyramid of Doom. At the bottom is Paige because her mom Kelly changed Abby’s choreography...

It was inevitable. We knew we’d have to see that face, that makeup, and that beef jerky store again. Welcome Cathy and her elderly Candy Apples dance crew back to Dance Moms, everyone!

Right away, Abby Lee announces, “We will be traveling to Ohio,” which is Cathy’s home state, of course. Everyone, tiny dancers and moms included, collectively groans. Christi pulls out...

“Finally!” says Abby Lee Miller, and we couldn’t agree more. Dance Moms returns for another week, only this time, with more cheating and lies and treachery and monstrosities and profanity than ever. Welcome!

The tiny dancers won 1st place for their overall group in last week’s competition, so Abby’s in a grand mood. But, typically, the Pyramid of Doom quickly...

We begin this episode of Dance Moms scared for Abby Lee Miller. We’ve all seen the preview showing her and Kelly going at it in the dance studio, throwing chairs and insults across the echo-filled room. We know Abby’s strong, but with all the tears shed on this show week after week, can we really handle watching Abby, the one who is in charge of the tears, start shedding them too?

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Look at how sunny Pittsburg is! The last time we saw our P-burg Dance Moms, they were livid. After star pupil Maddy forgot her solo and ran off the competition stage in tears, Abby Lee Miller was all out of screams. She ran out of screams to give. Her best tiny dancer had disappointed her, and frankly, she admitted, she didn’t care about the rest of them. She lied to BFF (and...