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s09e41 · 2024-09-02
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Abby Lee Miller and the nation's favorite tween dancers take on Hollywood in this all-new season of Dance Moms (#DanceMoms). New auditions, new competitions and new dance studios raise the stakes higher than ever before.
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30 this season · 263 totals02e01 Everyone's Replaceable 2012-01-11 02:00
Everyone's Replaceable
The departure of Cathy and Vivi-Anne creates an opportunity for Abby to change the make up of her dance group with a big open audition. Holly's busy career schedule forces her to miss Nia's rehearsals and competitions, which Abby sees as a lack of Dance Mom dedication. Abby has to come to terms with Chloe's growing success.
s02e02 Return of the Candy Apples 2012-01-18 02:00
Return of the Candy Apples
Abby's dancers go head to head against Cathy's Candy Apples, but this time Cathy makes sure her dancers are unbeatable even if it means cheating. Cathy sets a poaching trap for the Dance Moms by inviting them to an anonymous cocktail party.
s02e03 Brooke's Turning Point 2012-01-25 02:00
Brooke's Turning Point
Brooke tries out for cheerleading leaving Abby and the dancers in the lurch the day before a big competition.
s02e04 No One Likes a Bully 2012-02-01 02:00
No One Likes a Bully
Abby choreographs a bully themed dance that sends Holly over the edge. The Abby Lee Dance Company is shaken-up when Abby replaces cheerleader Brooke with a new girl and switches girls in and out of dance numbers, sending the Dance Moms into a frenzy. Meanwhile, during cheerleading, Brooke learns the hard way that the grass isn't always greener.
s02e05 Brooke's Back 2012-02-08 02:00
Brooke's Back
Brooke's return from cheerleading to ALDC leaves no room for Peyton, so Dance Mom Leslie takes her to audition for the Candy Apples. Abby gives Kendall her ALDC jacket and announces that she is officially off probation. Now that Kendall is a permanent member of the team, Dance Mom Jill takes off her gloves.
s02e06 Jill on the Rampage 2012-02-15 02:00
Jill on the Rampage
It's 'solo week' and Abby is fed up with the moms complaining about costumes so she makes them design new costumes for their kids...but Jill has a closet full of costumes that Abby has never seen before. Cathy holds a big open audition to supplement her Candy Apples.
s02e07 Bullets and Ballet 2012-02-22 02:00
Bullets and Ballet
The Dance Moms go ballistic when Abby choreographs a flashy private eye number complete with guns. After Christi and Kelly catch Jill chatting up a former Dance Mom, they're determined to expose her as a studio hopper. Maddie finds herself on the bottom of the pyramid for the very first time and is determined to dance her way back on top.
s02e08 The Runaway Mom 2012-02-29 02:00
The Runaway Mom
After weeks of battling with Abby's Dance Moms, Jill studio hops to Cathy's Candy Apples. But...Abby and her ALDC dance team don't find out about Jill switching studios until they arrive at the competition where they discover that Kendall is going head to head against Nia...who for the very first time made it to the top of Abby's pyramid.
s02e09 Topless Showgirls 2012-03-07 02:00
Topless Showgirls
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.
s02e10 Miami Heat Wave 2012-03-14 01:00
Miami Heat Wave
Abby is determined to turn up the competition heat when the ALDC leaves frigid Pittsburgh for 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.
s02e11 Melissa Pleads the 5th 2012-03-21 01:00
Melissa Pleads the 5th
Christi and Kelly's persistent meddling in Melissa's private life sends the soon-to-be bride over the edge. Abby choreographs a gritty group number to bring awareness of the plight of the homeless. Principal Holly takes a leave of absence to dedicate herself to Nia's dance career.
s02e12 Waiting for Joffrey 2012-03-28 01:00
Waiting for Joffrey
The entire Abby Lee Dance Company is on edge when they learn a scout from the prestigious Joffrey Ballet in New York will be attending the competition. Abby pits the girls against each other by creating two trios...who will go head-to-head.
s02e13 Abbygeddon 2012-04-04 01:00
Abbygeddon
The dance season comes to a head when Abby's dancers compete in the Regionals and for a coveted scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. Abby has the worst day of her life when one of her top dancers freezes and Cathy and her Candy Apples show up at the competition. Will the Candy Apples finally beat Abby and her National title-holders?
s02e14 The Battle Begins 2012-06-06 01:00
The Battle Begins
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! With Maddie sitting on the bench until she regains her confidence, Chloe holds the fate of the Abby Lee Dance Company on her shoulders. Will Abby be able to convince Maddie to dance to clinch the win?
s02e15 Night of the Living Dancers 2012-06-13 01:00
Night of the Living Dancers
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.
s02e16 I Know What You Did Last Competition 2012-06-20 01:00
I Know What You Did Last Competition
The cat-fight continues between Abby and Kelly after her daughters first receive unfair treatment and then are put on probation. When the other moms question Maddie's win last week, Melissa faces a cheating scandal. Plus, the girls must defeat two teams coming after the Abby Lee Dance Company at the Energy Dance in Michigan.
s02e17 Maddie Has a Secret 2012-06-27 01:00
Maddie Has a Secret
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 choreographs a group number inspired by the hit teen movie The Hunger Games, but when Brooke drops out to attend a school dance Abby replaces her with Peyton which means one thing--Dance Mom Leslie is back.
s02e18 How Do You Like Them Apples? 2012-07-11 01:00
How Do You Like Them Apples?
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. Jill begins to realize that the grass isn't greener over at Cathy's Candy Apples studio.
s02e19 Worst Birthday Party Ever! 2012-07-18 01:00
Worst Birthday Party Ever!
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. Abby arranges for her girls to audition for the hit TV show Drop Dead Diva. For the first time, Brooke faces some tough competition from one of her own teammates.
s02e20 Guess Who's Back? 2012-07-25 01:00
Guess Who's Back?
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.' Meanwhile, though Nia wows the crowd with another solo, Paige's dance future is threatened by a serious injury.
s02e21 Break a Leg 2012-08-08 01:00
Break a Leg
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.' With one child already out with a broken foot, the bad news is compounded when Kelly learns that now Brooke has back pain.
s02e22 Revenge of the Candy Apples 2012-08-15 01:00
Revenge of the Candy Apples
When Cathy learns her Dance Mom Jill and daughter Kendal have gone back to the Abby Lee Dance Company, she plots her revenge at the next competition. After Abby discovers that Cathy s dancers will be there, she asks Maddie to do a solo, but Maddie turns down the opportunity when Melissa says 'no' to the last minute addition. Now the pressure to win the solo category falls completely on Chloe. Meanwhile, Melissa battles the other dance moms over the theme of this week's group dance.
s02e23 The Recital to End All Recitals 2012-08-22 01:00
The Recital to End All Recitals
Abby's annual recital for the Abby Lee Dance Company shakes up the studio and the dance moms when she assigns a style of dance they have never done before. Potential disaster then arrives when Cathy and her Candy Apples crash the recital.
s02e24 New Girl In Town 2012-08-29 01:00
New Girl In Town
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.
s02e25 Solo Fever 2012-09-05 01:00
Solo Fever
With Nationals next week, Abby must decide who will be dancing. To help make her decision, Abby assigns each girl, except Maddie, a solo and warns that she will be watching their performance like a hawk. After several weeks of not being in the spotlight, Maddie must prove to Abby that she still has the ambition to take on a solo. Also Paige s injured foot could cost her a spot at Nationals. Meanwhile, the dance moms take advantage of being in California this week. Melissa tries to sign her daughters with an agency and Kelly helps Brooke with her singing career.
s02e26 Nationals 90210 2012-09-12 01:00
Nationals 90210
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. The entire team is thrown into a tailspin when Abby forces Chloe, Kendall and Nia to compete for one solo spot. When Abby casts Paige as a human prop in the group dance, Kelly breaks down and questions her place at the Abby Lee Dance Company. And after all the National titles and crowns have been handed out, Cathy and Christi confront each other getting down and dirty like never before!
s02e27 Reunion: Off the Dance Floor, Part 1 2012-09-19 01:00
Reunion: Off the Dance Floor, Part 1
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.
s02e28 Reunion: Off the Dance Floor, Part 2 2012-09-26 01:00
Reunion: Off the Dance Floor, Part 2
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 2 of 2.