Abby has an audition to replace Vivi-Anne. Kendall wins the spot, and quickly realizes dancing for Abby is tough. The other moms struggle to accept the new mom Jill, who is known as a studio-hopper. Sassy Dolls is this weeks dance.

This week the ALDC and Candy Apple's Dance Center compete against each other. Cathy is determined to win, even if it means lying to the dance officials. She holds a party for the other moms and tries to convince them to leave the ALDC.

Brooke is at the center of this week's dance, but the night before the competition, she fails to show up for rehearsal and tries out for cheerleading instead. Abby cancels the group dance. Cathy shows up at this weeks competition.

Peyton replaces Brooke, causing Jill to worry for Kendall. Holly disagrees with Nia portraying a bully this week. Abby is angry when Peyton is rude backstage and insults the other dancers. The moms struggle to deal with Peyton's mom Leslie. Written by Anon

Brooke comes back to ALDC. Jill bribes Abby.

This week it's solo week and Abby is at breaking point with the moms complaining about costumes, so she lets them design and make their own. However, Jill does not follow the rules. Cathy has an audition for a new dancer at Candy Apples.

When the moms find out this weeks routine is private-eye themed and includes guns, they are very angry. Maddie is placed at the bottom of the pyramid and is determined to get back on top.

Jill leaves Abby's studio and takes her daughter Kendall to Candy Apples. Abby doesn't find out until competition day, when Kendall is set to compete against Nia.

The dancers head to South Beach for a competition. When Paige needs to have surgery on her foot, the moms duke it out for her now-open spot in a trio number.

Abby is determined to turn up the competition heat when the ALDC leaves frigid Pittsburgh for sexy South Beach. After making it back into the coveted Trio, Paige must undergo foot surgery which sends the Dance Moms vying for the open slot like bridesmaids for a bouquet. Written by Anonymous

Melissa crumbles when two of the moms continue to interfere in her life outside of the studio. Abby puts an interesting spin on a social cause in a unique group number. Holly decides to temporarily leave her job to focus on daughter Nia's dancing. Written by MissC

The dancers and moms feel the pressure when they learn a scout from the Joffrey Ballet is present at the competition. The pot is stirred when Abby makes 2 sets of trios within the group. Over-exertion sends a dancer to the hospital.

The girls are off to audition for the Joffrey Ballet, each girl is determined to win the scholarship but only one will win. If that's not enough pressure Abby is also sending the girls to compete at Starbound (which the girls are their national champions in both group and soloists) Maddie is really feeling the pressure and really messes things up -- Abby also faces the wrath of the other dance moms because of her reaction to Maddie's mistake. One of the girls wins the scholarship - but which one? Written by SusieCC

At their last competition, Abby ran and left the moms and the girls at the show after Maddie froze on stage and they lost the group number to the Candy Apples. But now she is back!

Week-long tension between Kelly and Abby comes to a head when Kelly makes a drastic decision seconds before her daughters take the stage. As Maddie struggles with confidence issues, Melissa will stop at nothing to get her daughter back on top. Meanwhile, Holly has the impossible task of creating the most elaborate costumes ever for a group number. Written by Anonymous

Set in Pittsburgh's renowned Abby Lee Dance Company, owned and operated by notoriously demanding and passionate instructor Abby Lee Miller, the series follows children's early steps on the road to stardom, and their doting mothers who are there for every rehearsal, performance and bow...all under the discerning eye of Miller. Seeing the highs and lows surrounding competition season delivers an intriguing and dramatic look at the cast's frantic pursuit of the ultimate National Dance title. Written by Lifetime

Week-long tension between Kelly and Abby comes to a head when Kelly makes a drastic decision seconds before her daughters take the stage. As Maddie struggles with confidence issues, Melissa will stop at nothing to get her daughter back on top. Written by Anonymous

The 25th anniversary of Star Power is so big there are two competition venues filled with dancers. Abby covertly enters Maddie in both competitions...but to avoid sending the dance moms into a frenzy, Maddie must keep the secret.

Abby Lee Miller is never happy with second best. When the dance moms get in her way, things often go awry; when out of her way, her young dancers bring home the gold. In this episode watch Abby tackle the mama drama, taking us through her countdown of the worst to the best dance performances. Written by Anonymous

Abby and the girls are out for revenge when they go against Cathy and her Candy Apples for the first time this competition season. Meanwhile, Kelly decides to takes matters into her own hands when she secretly re-choreographs Paige's solo.

Dance Mom Leslie is back and will stop at nothing until her daughter gets a solo. Kelly's birthday party is a disaster when a big dance moms fight breaks out.

Everyone is completely shocked when Jill and Kendall come crawling back to the Abby Lee Dance Company. Jealousy rears its ugly head when the moms learn that Maddie lands the coveted acting role on Drop Dead Diva.

With Paige out with a broken foot, Jill seizes the opportunity and spins into hyper-Dance-Mom-mode trying to get Kendall to replace Paige in this week s numbers. Meanwhile, Maddie leaves dance rehearsals to shoot her big guest role on Drop Dead Diva. Written by Anonymous

Melissa tries desperately to get Maddie back in favor with Abby. Meanwhile, Mackenzie struggles with her new big girl role. Also, this week, the ALDC dancers go up against the very same girls who replaced them during the moms silent protest. Written by Anonymous

It's the annual Abby Lee Dance Company recital, which means two things--all the girls get to perform and Abby is a nervous wreck. After Abby assigns Paige the only new solo for the recital, Kelly goes ballistic and threatens to pull both of her daughters. Written by Anonymous

The arrival of a new dance mom and her daughter create a huge stir amongst the girls and the dance moms. With her broken foot healed, Paige gets the go-ahead from the doctor to dance in this week's important competition.

Each girl performs a solo for Abby to determine who will compete at Nationals. Meanwhile, Melissa tries to sign her daughters with an agency, and Kelly helps Brooke with her singing career.

The Abby Lee Dance Company battling for a National title, this time in glamorous Beverly Hills. Cathy and her Candy Apples follow Abby all the way to the 90210, where the girls will have another shot at beating Justice and Vivi-Anne.

After the most tumultuous dance competition season ever, Abby and the Dance Moms reunite on stage to set the record straight. Unfiltered and unleashed, everyone gets the chance to tell each other what they really think...May the best Dance Mom win. Part 1 of 2. Written by Anonymous