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?You were in Aruba and I had to work on my vacation, so I deserved a coffee cup,? Kelly says as she reflects on how unfair it was that even though the moms were ostensibly promised time off while Abby was filming Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition, she still got stuck being a stooge for the production this week while Christi enjoyed some R&R. Season 3's "An Apple a Day Keeps Abby Away" doesn't quite shake the ALDC entirely, but it's a Candy Apples centric episode this week as the producers see if Cathy might be able to sustain her own spin-off (spoilers she didn't).

The episode begins with Abby in Los Angeles searching for a new location for her LA studio. Not content to leave the moms with nothing to do, she send Kelly, Jill and Holly to spy on Cathy's team in order to see what she's up to. Cathy meanwhile is bringing on new talent to try and round out her team with recruits Hadley Walts, Mari Dudash and Campbell Reynolds. We also see the return of Nicaya and Black Patsy, who are ready to go toe to toe with the ALDC once more. It's a volatile mix of people that the producers hope will lead to some drama, or at the very least Black Patsy assaulting Jill's nose?

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?Yes, I think Maddie and Mackenzie would follow you [Abby] to LA because you?re looking out for them! I don?t think we?d even be asked. Wait, last week you sabotaged my daughter at a local dance competition and you think I?m going to go to LA with you and trust you? Ok!" (24:57-25:15 | Christi & Kelly)?If anybody is going to get my little girl known and get the doors open for her it?s Cathy. Ooorrr maybe it?s Dance Moms. I mean it?s just a guess. Just a thought. Yeah I?m thinking it?s Dance Moms.? (32:22-32:36 | Christi & Kelly)?Well we?re all talking about Abby abandoning her studio in Pittsburgh but that?s all she ever wanted. Yeah I don?t know why she ever started one there. You have a point. You know like she never wanted to be there; she was always like she should be in New York or LA and training people to be on Broadway and all that. Like I don?t know why she stayed in Pittsburgh so long.? (51:07-51:31 | Christi & Kelly)?I just need to point out that not everyone missed Abby. I didn?t miss her at all. I didn?t miss her at all either. I?m sure my kids didn?t either. ? (1:23:56-1:24:03 | Christi & Kelly)

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?This is like Top of the Pyramid for Suckular behavior,? says Christi as things really do suck on "Two Girls, One Solo". First of all, what sicko thought it was ok to name the episode THAT!? There are children here! Second, this episode is easily in Christi's Top 3 worst Dance Mom experiences so you know it's a rough one.

Abby preps the next "powerful" group number, one that's dedicated to those living with cancer. It's a subject she cares about deeply, having lost her father to cancer. It hits especially close to home for Melissa who also lost her mother... but for some reason the show also wants to convince you that Kelly's dad died as well? Is this about Kelly's fight with Christi somehow?

Meanwhile Abby decides to pit Maddie and Chloe against each other by giving them the same solo to perform. Christi notes this isn't fair to Chloe who isn't receiving secret training the way Maddie is, but Abby could care less. When Abby's little ploy doesn't go as planned, she takes matters into her own hands. Tune-in to hear the full story of what the cameras didn't show.

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?Let?s just say Two Girls, One Solo/Two Girls, One Cup? whoever named this is an actual degenerate of society. How dare you name a show with children Two Girls, One Solo. How dare you." (6:02-6:21 | Christi)?We have to take a drink, because I think that is the nicest Abby has ever been to our three kids. Holy shit, and she smiled at me! The apocalypse is coming. Cheers!? (18:46-18:58 | Christi & Kelly)?When Asia was like, ?My dad?s dog, Diablo, died before I was born,?? I hit the floor. Like I can?t believe [she said that], and she was so sincere about it? She talked about that dying dog before. No, that was her crying because she wanted a puppy and Kristie Ray wouldn?t let her have a puppy; you?re getting your dogs mixed up. Oh, she likes to cry over dogs though.? (45:31-45:58 | Christi & Kelly)?Jill and I found your [Melissa] daughter learning her dance [outside of normal hours] and she was like, ?Fuck you, you know nothing.?? Because I was like, ?She learned the dance last week.?? How about Abby going, ?What difference does it make? You ll know damn well Maddie can learn the dance in one hour and go out there and do it,? ? Then why are you teaching her the week before everyone else?!? (54:47-55:07 | Christi)

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What could have ticked Kelly off enough to once say, ?I always knew in the back of my head that the day would come where Christ would stab me in the back, and you know what? She did...?? If you ask either Kelly or Christi now they'd be hard pressed to give you an answer! It's time once again for Christi and Kelly to be fighting one another for some reason as the second half of "Boy Crazy, Mom Crazy" just about has everyone up in arms.

Jill still believes Kelly is taking the opportunity Abby has given Brooke for granted, but Kelly is still worried about what Abby has in store for her daughter. What she might not have expected was Abby setting Brooke up on a date with her fellow senior dancer Kevin. For all the talk about "No Boys Allowed", Abby sure seems to love to make exceptions.

Jill also starts a spat with Cathy as the ALDC arrives at competition, which only manages to worsen Cathy's already fragile state as Anthony has continued to increase tensions over at their own studio. Mickey is strongly considering transferring Gino to the ALDC, and Cathy could seemingly care less whether any of her dancers stick around.

But how do Jill and Kelly end up fighting? Are these Bitches still going on about not calling that one time? Somethings never change it seems, though stick around for a rare moment of Abby being unambiguously nice for once!

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?[Abby] says I think Kevin could charm the pants off of anyone. He?s quite demure for a teenager. Ok, it is a little unnerving that Abby just said a 17 year old could charm the pants right off of anybody? He?s a minor Abby settle down!" (12:06-12:31 | Christi & Kelly)?I?m in my interview and I say this is the worst fight we?ve ever been in. Are friendship will never be the same after some of these things. You know what?s the funniest part about that? You ready? Neither of us remember this fight.? (21:06-21:22 | Christi & Kelly)?Let?s just drink, Cathy?s gonna wear fur in the next scene. Oh yay. Between Cathy and Jill I?m going to become an alcoholic. Ha, THAT?S the reason.? (28:18-28:27 | Christi & Kelly)?Abby says that they look ?leggy? which is good. They were leggy. They were fucking eleven! Eleven year olds are leggy. Their legs are the only part of them that grow.? (40:51-41:00 | Christi)

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?I?m ready to shoot myself? is not something you want to hear aloud too often, but this week our beloved Bitches find themselves repeating that A LOT as they struggle to get through what might the first episode to really push them over the edge. "Boy Crazy, Mom Crazy" is such a wild episode that this recording managed to be almost two hours long and we still only managed to cover half the episode!

Abby is unsurprisingly upset with the ALDC after losing again to Cathy and spends Pyramid calling Kendall a crybaby, pretending Nia mad a ton of mistakes for some reason, and somehow complimenting Brooke but still placing her on the bottom. She singles out Paige with praise for standing up to Cathy and Anthony... even though Abby made her do that and still somehow victim blames her for letting it happen?

Abby assigns Brooke to the Senior Group to join their upcoming performance. Kelly worries Brooke is being set-up to fail as Brooke hasn't received the same year of prep the rest of the group has had. Jill takes offense to Kelly being "ungrateful" and tattles to Abby about it! And yet somehow Kelly and Christi are the ones who end up in a huge fight about it?!

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?I?ll do a reenactment of Chloe when she got home at 2:45 or 3:00 AM. Really?! Yeah. Ugh those bad girls, I wonder where they get that from? I don?t know." (7:57-8:08 | Christi & Kelly)?[Cathy] says Gino has been texting Maddie and Cathy can?t have any of her dancers fraternizing with her enemies. This is stupid. Just making sure that we all think this is stupid. We all think this is stupid? Yeah. Cause like what are they saying to each other?? (29:15-29:31 | Christi)?This could possibly be one of the lines, that if we had to wrap all of the problems up of Dance Moms in one sentence, it could potentially be this line. She?s like you?re skinny, you?re blonde and you?re pretty. You?re telling me no one at school hates you? Wake-up! It?s psychotic!? (43:17-43:38 | Christi)?You take the coffee cup, you [flip it] upside down and are tapping the bottom. And I?m like you get that drip girl, you get that last drip out of there! I fucking rewound it three times. I was laughing so hard and you getting that last drop of ?coffee? on your tongue, like I HAVE to chug this coffee cup. It was amazing.? (54:44-55:08 | Christi)

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"On a regular Dance Moms episode you drink on a scale from one to five. A reunion is a one to ten scale," says Christi as the Bitches start the 2nd Part of Season 3's reunion special "Tell All". While it might be a pretty easy episode for Christi herself, there's still enough Abby depravity to go around!

Kristie Ray joins the discussion and goes on the offensive, taking the other moms to task for complaining about Asia crying. This is confusing to Jill as she professes that none of the moms care that Asia cries, only that they think it's weird it's being showcased as something to be ashamed of and that Asia isn't being held to the same standards as their own children. Abby and Kristie respond to the by calling Chloe a crybaby!

Soon Cathy joins the mix and things get heated quickly. Paige opts out of her solo performance so she can avoid dancing in front of Cathy, leading Kelly to take Cathy to task for her recent conduct at competition. Cathy can barely manage to defend herself before getting into an argument with Abby. Professionally speaking Abby doesn't handle it well. Tune-in to see what nice words Abby has for Cathy's mother!

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?And did you notice through out the entire thing how much time they spent whispering to each other? No, you pay way too much attention. Well I?m trying to look for the little interesting things in the background so I stop paying attention first of all to my Miss Piggy curls, and second of all to the nonsense happening on stage that makes me want to poke my own eyes out!" (17:05-17:23 | Christi & Kelly)?Abby said the moms all think you and Asia are here for an ulterior motive. She was! She came because she had her own show and they were using our audience to elevate her on her platform!? (27:25-27:37 | Christi)?Jeff asks if [Melissa] is bothered by the fact that Sophia can out-spin Maddie? And at this point Jeff should have been removed from the stage immediately. Not only are you making millions of dollars of our trauma and dancing, but the fact you said spin vs turn? Stop talking.? (52:58-53:15 | Christi)?I cannot believe I?m the only mom who didn?t go to jail. Well I should say the only mom, I don?t think Holly went to jail. Wait?I don?t actually think a lot of people went to jail. I?M THE ONLY ONE THAT WENT!? (1:03:59-1:04:09 | Christi & Kelly)

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?This is not an opportunity to set the record straight, HERE is the opportunity now 10 years later to set the record straight,? explains Christi as even when the moms got to explain themselves, they were never REALLY allowed to. Consequently there's no hell for our Bitches quite like a Dance Mom's Reunion episode, and Season 3's "Tell All" is a two parter to make matters worse. It's always an excuse to get everyone riled up, and it riles these moms still a decade later. From the awkward stools the moms had to sit on to the bizarre choices made by hair and make-up, Christi and Kelly each despised the experience. Yet they also somehow managed to completely forget they fought in this episode, and over the same old-nothing argument they'd had earlier this season no less! Well... at least the girl's dances this week were pretty good?

Things get off to a rocky start with Abby immediately gunning for both Christi and Kelly, though saving her worst remarks for Chloe that contain a level of indecency that remain unmatched. Melissa and Jill receive softball questions, but Abby chastises Melissa for not allowing her wedding to be public and filmed for the show. Meanwhile Holly discusses Abby's fashion advice, which she admits is genuinely good. It's funny that Abby can't seem to take her own fashion advice, but at least she isn't dressed as badly as Cathy!

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?I have deep-seated trauma any time I see anything that even looks like a reunion show. The minute I see a stage I want to vomit. Do you feel that way? Yes, and I want to vomit looking at us." (08:45-08:58 | Christi & Kelly)?She had to make sure [people knew that she had been] verbally assaulted and physically assaulted. But we were only allowed to say she was a bully.? (17:19-17:25 | Christi)?The audience says during the season [that] you said Kelly isn?t very bright. Do you still feel this way? Meanwhile it?s like Melissa did you buy your wedding dress and then this one is like do you think Kelly is a stupid motherfucker?? (37:17-37:29 | Christi)?Anybody who watched this show who thinks that Abby was not a horrible human-being to my daughter, watch that sentence! She said you don?t want me to call her stupid anymore instead of Chloe? I looked up other words: dim, dimwitted, half-wit I got lots of words. You fucking bitch.? (50:35-50:55 | Christi)

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?God, the first statement [of the episode] irritated me? says Kelly as she straps in for "The Mother of All Specials", Dance Mom's own Mother's Day celebration. For a show with plenty of moms you'd imagine the producers could focus in on pretty much any one of them, and yet this is an Abby centric episode. As Abby says, "Whom knows more about being a mother than Abby Lee Miller?" As these Bitches would like to point out, Abby does not have kids! But Abby does have her own mother, Maryen Lorrain Miller, whom she heads out to visit as clips about motherhood from previous seasons play out with new Abby "insights".

We would sincerely like to know how much Abby was paid to say nice things, as she laboriously details how caring of a pseudo-mother she has been to the girls of the ALDC. She reframes past events where she was paid to be nice as signs of her benevolence, yet still manages too sprinkle a few insults towards Brooke in there.

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?This teacher walked by because we have a director?s lounge?and she had a coffee cup. She walked by and I?m like, ?I?m so glad you went to the director?s lounge!? and she looked at me and was like,?You know this isn?t coffee right?? Nobody ever has coffee in those. Fuck no! Not at 2 o?clock at a dance competition are you kidding?" (06:42-07:04 | Christi & Kelly)?They show Melissa pushing Abby in the pool, which I think is the best moment in my life. But did you notice that Melissa is the one they told to push her in the pool, because if I had pushed her into the pool she?d have probably killed me!? (18:07-18:20 | Kelly)?[Abby] says in her interview, ?My mother showered her students with love and kindness. She?s a very giving woman and I think I picked up a few of those qualities to!? HA HA! Then they go to the one/only moment Abby ever did anything nice with our kids. And she did not set that up! She didn?t have anything to do with it other than getting paid.? (43:10-43:29 | Christi & Kelly)?I never wanted her to look back and be like, ?Oh I didn?t get to go to my 8th grade farewell because you made me work!? Right. And you did do a good job of making sure they did that but it?s funny because it?s like: Well, she might have not gone to her 8th grade farewell, but she went to Teen Choice, you know!? (51:44-52:04 | Christi & Kelly)

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"How does Abby get to call him an ass like that and then acted shocked when he responds back," wonders Christi as things begin to go downhill fast on the second half of "Candy Apple Showdown". With the ALDC arriving at the Masters of Dance Art Invitational, Kelly preps for what remains one of her worst Dance Mom memories.

Things get off to a rocky start with Cathy and Vivi M.I.A., so Abby has to start taunting Cathy's Dance Dads instead. But Dance Dad Rick's aggressive response to these gestures proves to be the first of many heated confrontations. Not too long after, Anthony accuses Christi of touching Candy Apples's props and gets a little too handsy. By the time Cathy returns she's making loudly clear with Anthony how poorly she believes Paige is performing during the Kids With Guns group number. Abby, overhearing these jabs, decides to make a spectacle of the situation and informs Paige directly what they were saying about her, and encourages her to stand up for herself.

It's a sad state of affairs this week; certainly going to need more than three beers for this episode.

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?I knew exactly what it was [that Abby was referencing] and I was like oh I get it! But then I was like, did they show that? I don?t think so. You and I got it but nobody else did. Yeah. Well, story of our lives!? (09:29-09:41 | Christi & Kelly)?Do you feel we always say the same stuff in every episode? Yes. Ok. Yes, yes yes yes.? (19:41-19:46 | Christi & Kelly)?Do [Abby and Cathy] both like get along now? Yeah, but they were not always best friends. That to me is insane that people have the nerve to say that and act like they have authority. How many times did we sit there and have Abby hold up production because she did not want to be on camera with Cathy?? (24:30-24:48 | Christi)?I say in my interview that Paige and I came back because I wanted her to sit in the audience and show the adults that they can?t knock her down. Production made you say that, but go on. Yeah.? (32:30-32:34 | Christi & Kelly)

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?This is a drinky episode,? says Christi as she announces drink four only three lines into the first page of the "Candy Apple Showdown" notes. Though Bitch #1 and #2 are both incapable of drinking along this week, unfortunately for them this hulking two hours of an episode was just too much for one sitting, so they best prep themselves for when things get really dicey because The ALDC is back up against Cathy's Candy Apples and things are already off to a bumpy start.

Abby's stint hosting The View was fun, but it cut into group rehearsal time with competition only days away. So Abby's focus is of course solos, no need to get that potentially controversial "Kids with Guns" group dance in order! With everyone focusing on solos, Kelly takes Brooke to a music producer to start getting a leg up on her career. Afterwards the moms take all the girls out for ice skating in the city, but ice skating is one of Abby's explicitly prohibited activities and the fallout is something none of the kids want, but comply after undue pressure from the moms (Melissa even makes Maddie cry!).

Meanwhile tensions are growing between Kristie Ray and the other moms. First she doesn't allow Asia to skate with the girls and then she starts picking fights with Christie?! Even Cathy's camp is getting into shouting matches with one another! There's only one outcome to all this and it ain't looking pretty.

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?I don?t know if I would take Abby?s evaluation of what?s appropriate for children to heart if you?re a parent. I don?t know if I would use that as my barometer.? (09:34-09:42 | Christi)?I really look back on Kristie now with hindsight, because I think in the moment we?re always just so like UGH whenever there?s a new person. I think that you and I could have really befriended her.? (15:56-16:07 | Christi)?I don?t understand why she thought that it was so wrong for a seven year old to cry? I don?t know. Maybe she went to the Abby Lee Miller school of parenting.? (35:37-35:45 | Christi & Kelly)?If you guys had seen that contract you?d die. You weren?t allowed to open candy during a theater performance. You?re not allowed to ice skate, roller skate and god you weren?t allowed to ski. I get skiing, but you weren?t allowed to bike. You weren?t allowed to do anything but dance!? (50:27-50:45 | Christi & Kelly)

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"The foot is done!" exclaims both Christi and Kelly as the arduous Mackenzie's Broken Foot Saga finally comes to a close. After all, would Melissa let Mackenzie's foot stay broken if it meant not getting to dance on The View? On Season 3's "The View From the Top", the ALDC hits New York for a special appearance on The View that is being guest hosted by Abby, all the while prepping for Masters of Dance Art Invitational the following day. In short the group needs to learn and rehearse five routines in two days time while combating Abby's ever inflating ego (one of those days is for The View so technically make that one day).

The Mackenzie vs Asia rivalry hits a breaking point for Melissa when it seems, even if just for a moment, that Abby might choose Asia over her daughter for The View performance. Setting aside the ridiculous notion that Abby would ever let that happen, the possibility does make Melissa feel momentarily that she too could be treated like a Hyland or a Lukasiak. Between Kristie Ray's thank you card, Abby's weird threatening speech to Mackenzie and Melissa's pleading, it's a lot of spilled milk in one episode for a conflict that as our Bitches have repeatedly made clear is very obviously going to end with Mackenzie performing on The View!

Meanwhile, Cathy is holding auditions to fill out her Candy Apples team in preparation for the New York Invitational. Her hopes to land a new boy on the team hit a snag when only one boy shows up for the audition!

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?I really have dropped the ball on life lately, because I?m just constantly running to get a drink before we record.? (06:16-06:23 | Christi)?It was a little inappropriate for The View but GOD her body was bangin?.? (21:03-21:08 | Christi)?Abby bought these costumes on the streets of New York, and half of them we have on our own little booty tops or whatever that we wore to class. But it?s hysterical because I think she charged the production company $300 per costume! They were $10 each, maximum!? (35:04-35:22 | Christi & Kelly)?I will give Abby a compliment. I, to this day, love the fact that our kids know terminology and there?s a million people who do not, who are professional dancers!? (1:03:48-1:03:56 | Christi)

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"Do you want to vomit on her, or do you want to vomit on her?? asks Christi as things are as painful as ever on "May I Have This Dance". After coming in second yet again, Abby is fed up with everyone (but Maddie) and is starting to get particularly cruel with her comments during Pyramid (of course except for Maddie). Paige's treatment of the flag was supposedly so bad that she did "a disservice to this country," meanwhile Maddie was so good that Abby dubs her "America the Beautiful". It's a new level of awful that certainly caused no psychological damage whatsoever!

Abby somewhat cheers up when she gets the call that she's been asked to co-host an episode of The View with an ALDC performance. The only person more excited than Abby about this news is Melissa, who franticly tries to make Mackenzie presentable as completely healed from her damaged foot and ready to dance. This strikes the moms and even Abby as suspicious, so Asia instead practices with the group for The View, but that won't keep Melissa from doing everything she can to get Mackenzie a spot in that line-up.

In the meantime the girls are set to perform at Energy in Ohio, and Maddie has been "promoted" to co-choreographer and won't be joining in the group dance. Abby claims this is to teach the group self reliance so they don't just follow Maddie, but the moms point out that the girls are always being told to follow Maddie's lead! It wouldn't be a Dance Mom's lesson without contradictions!

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?Fun facts with Christi! A bunch of bullshit that no one really needs to know!? (05:24-05:30 | Christi)?The doctor said she had to wait two weeks [to dance again] and Abby said I?m not comfortable going against the doctor; it?s not been two weeks yet. Now Kelly, when Paige had a broken foot and you asked for two weeks off she was like: You know what? We?re going to have Paige jump round on the broken foot, with the cast, at a dance recital that we don?t need somebody in!? (15:58-16:23 | Christi & Kelly)?Every dance title that woman gives my daughter or your kid is a middle finger to the mother.? (19:40-19:47 | Christi)?I said Christi Ray has two sides. She has the perfect Dance Mom side and then the I?m a Stage Mom Bitch side. And I?m like wait no, I?m on her side.? (44:46-44:53 | Christi & Kelly)

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"Life is just a lesson," remarks Christi, "My Instagram bio literally says I make mistakes...some are on TV." At least she can be assured that on the second half of "The Politics of Dancing" the only one making mistakes as per usual is Abby, who is determined to pit the kids against one another no matter the cost.

As the ALDC arrives in Philadelphia for Powerhouse Dance Invitational, Abby is already setting the girls up for failure. The group number "Free the People" requires the girls to dress in American Flag regalia, which means the moms have to get creative with their costume sourcing as they know if they cut-up a real American flag the controversy the producers are hoping for will be unbearable. Plus Abby wants the girls to vote between Maddie and Chloe over who performs the best solo (like it's a democracy?). Abby believes this will encourage the girls to do better, but the results might as well be a foregone conclusion considering Maddie is always given the best choreography. It's just an excuse to make Chloe feel bad because Christi won't kiss Abby's ass.

Asia and Christi continue to be a thorny presence for the rest of the group since... well that's why they were brought on the show! Though the other girls clearly like Asia, she isn't reprimanded for crying or messing up choreography as every other girl would be. It's enough to rile up both Jill and Kelly, who call out the double standard but are framed as coming after a young child. It's just Abby's world and they're suffering in it.

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?Well I will gossip about you on the phone. I?ll get you. I?ll call Kelly! I?m gonna call Kelly. We?re gonna say you?re an asshole on the phone?TO EACH OTHER! Cause we?re the cool moms.? (10:03-10:16 | Christi & Kelly)?Anybody who thought that this show was scripted, I can see why because nobody is really this insane.? (16:33-16:40 | Christi)?There are a few things that Chloe talks about as traumatic Dance Moms experience, and this is in her Top Two. Oh yeah, this still hurts her at 22 years old.? (29:11-29:22 | Christi)?Abby was talking about the fact that at that point I would not do meet and greets with them, like that we did our own stuff. And I?m like right but all the other kids do stuff and you?re not picking on them because you?r making money from them.? (44:47-45:02 | Christi)

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"You are 15 you piece of shit," is not exactly what Abby said to Brooke, but Christi couldn't have summed up the mood better as Abby froths at the mouth after losing to Cathy. As "The Politics of Dancing" begins, Abby is already throwing everyone under the bus, except for newcomer Asia whom Abby claims is upstaging the rest of the girls and putting them in their place (despite the fact Asia took first with non-Abby choreography and the girls did relatively fine in competition). To showcase her new star, Abby designs a patriotic group number that will feature Asia prominently waving an American flag. But as any Dance Mom will tell you, nothing scares them more than the dreaded "prop". Could Abby's pro-Asia stance be one prop fumble away from ending?

Melissa meanwhile is focused on getting her children homeschooled, with the aim of letting the kids have more time to practice dance. While Holly preaches the importance of education, as far as the show is concerned it's dancing first and school second. It doesn't make much difference to Mackenzie, however, as she's still sidelined with a bad foot. How will her rivalry with Asia ever get off the ground if she can't?

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?Chloe called someone a Fucking Bitch in like preschool? not to their face but to me. She?s like she?s a fucking bitch and I?m like oh NO NO NO NO NO No NO NO?no no no we do not say such things Cupcake!? (02:40-02:56 | Christi)?I say clearly the ALDC is not a democracy, Abby is a totalitarianist. I?d like to point out that I obviously knew that reading 1984 in 6th grade was going to come in handy cause that?s the only time I?ve heard or used that word in my life.? (28:07-298:25 | Christi)?At this point dance wasn?t really like a social thing. No, cause they were so isolated. Yeah, and it was work? It made my kids love school more. Like my kids couldn?t wait to go to school.? (43:54-44:15 | Christi & Kelly)?We are the two old men on the Muppet?s Show. That we are! 100%. No wonder why people think we?re idiots! Cause we are!? (1:00:34-1:00:44 | Christi & Kelly)

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?Somebody has to fight with her,? remarks Kelly as we go through the motions of introducing Kristie Ray into the mom group on the second half of "Watch Your Back, Mack". Even though the moms (and especially our bitches) are on their best behaviors, tensions still seem to mount as Kristie begins to try and push the mom's every button. Though the show implies Melissa should be the one worried as Asia is being held up as the Mackenzie replacement, Melissa could seemingly care less and it's up to the other moms to pick up the dramatic slack. From Jill getting technical about who gets to sit where on the bus to Kristie trying to share some welcoming advice, new Kristie is having none of it and seems to be here solely to stir up the pot.

More distressing to our moms however is that Cathy's team has come more than prepared to wipe the floor with the ALDC at this week's competition. Mackenzie is still out of circulation due to increasingly absurd foot problems, and the group dance doesn't offer much in the way of innovation or pizzaz. In fact the theme of the group dance theme reincarnation still comes off as confusing at best, indecipherable at worst. With Cathy's team running a well oiled machine under the tutelage of Abby's friend John, it might not be obvious to Abby quite yet but this is not going to be the best week for the ALDC.

Also enjoy Christi and Kelly's attempt to go full Zapruder-film breakdown as they try (and somewhat succeed?) in studying footage of Abby's in-real-time breakdown towards the end of the episode.

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?I?m the only one that said something nice and she says I?m a bitch, with you! I don?t get it. Last time I?m saying something nice.? (04:32-04:38 | Kelly)?The fact that everyone of the kids on the show were fantastic dancers, because she made them be. If our kids had danced anywhere else, I don?t they would have been as amazing as they were. Cause it wasn?t like these seven kids were the best of the best from around the country that she hand selected. They were kid who went because they lived in the neighborhood.? (16:09-16:30 | Christi)?It?s a big smile. It was just pasted on there the whole time! Somebody needs to get that man a crest ad.? (27:21-27:28 | Christi)?Brian loved to bring on moms that made us feel ugly.? (34:40-34:43 | Christi)

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"You know what I?m going to do? I?m going to postmates a drink," Christi jokes as she's booze-less going into what may be one of the strangest episodes of Dance Moms yet. Season 3's "Watch Your Back, Mack" is most notable for the introduction of Asia Monet Ray, the newest member of the ALDC and a former competitor on Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition. But to these bitches it will always be best remembered for one of Abby's truly unhinged decision to get her dearly departed Broadway Baby stuffed and displayed! Where was Abby storing the body for so many months? Why does she not think this is creepy and insane? Why did Melissa recommend it to here?!

But Asia's presence, and by extension her mother Kristie's presence, is of more concern to Jill who is worried about the outsiders coming in (getting a little taste of her own medicine). Abby is setting up Asia to directly compete with Mackenzie in the hopes their rivalry will encourage them both to improve. Will Abby's method of trial by fire work out in the end? Has it ever?

Abby better hope it does as she'll be facing off against Cathy once more at Energy Dance, and the Wicked Witch is feeling extra wicked this week. Cathy is prepared to make Abby eat her words and hires one of Abby's own choreography friends as a ringer to put the ALDC in their place. Mackenzie might not be the only one who has to look out for her competition.

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?I?m just not a cat person. I know. I wasn?t a cat person until we started finding them in dumpsters and bringing them home. You found me in a dumpster and you didn?t take me home!? (02:34-02:46 | Christi and Kelly)?And also, Chloe came out of my vagina, so clearly?actually that?s not true she came out of my womb, she was a C-section baby. This is untouched in case anybody?s worried. OH GOD STOP! You?re always talking about that area!? (29:05-29:21 | Christi and Kelly)?Abby really and truly believes that competition makes you better. Because Maddie and Chloe were head to head, that made them better. She wanted Mackenzie to get better, so that?s why she had someone Mackenzie?s age come in.? (20:23-20:40 | Kelly)?There?s many times that we?ve filmed this show that I?ve been like: Ok, now we?ve officially gone off the rails?.NOW we?ve officially gone off the rails.? (36:25-36:33 | Christi)

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?In a 30 second span, two of the most iconic Dance Moms moments happen back to back,? Christi exclaims as "She's a Maniac" has those and more iconic moments to spare. To mark the occasion (and to celebrate one of her few episodes where she doesn't suffer) the Bitches welcome Paige Hyland to the Barre!

Abby brings in Broadway dancer Rachelle Rak to choreograph the Golddigga group number. It's a not too subtle jab at Melissa, who was just secretly married, but it sure is fun to have to explain what a Gold Digger is to the kids! Perhaps more pressing is whether Abby will be able to square away her desire for control with Rak's non-Maddie centric choreography.

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?For us telling our points of view like on this behind the scenes thing, the kids version is totally different. Cause you guys were in the dance room and we didn?t know what was going on a lot of the time but you guys didn?t really know what was going on upstairs.? (12:09-12:24 | Kelly)?We all have come to learn that the Pyramid means nothing. Not based on any kind of fact or any kind of real information. Just kind of based on your last name, maybe.? (23:50-24:01 | Christi and Kelly)?It?s a cellophane wrap party?and we?re wrapping each other?in literal cellophane. I figure I should go put one of them on. Kelly! Maybe I?ll wear one of those this weekend on my face. I don?t think they work. Well they got to do something! Well it?s probably old and expired, it?s 12 years old at this point. Don?t you think the plant extracts might have dried up?! Maybe.? (56:43-57:10 | Christi and Kelly)?I am shocked that no producer picked that up and said, we?re going to incorporate this [Giant Doll Man] into a dance. Girls, this is Bob Fosse, he?s sitting on the edge of the stage, now dance for Fosse. Flirt with him, dig his gold.? (1:07:22-1:07:37 | Christi)

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"I can?t drink I?ll die!" laments Christi as she nurses a migraine while trying to still overcome the fact Jill really seemed like she wanted Kendall to play Rosa Parks. It's the second half of "The Apple of Her Eye" and it's time for Power House Dance Competition where the ALDC is up against Cathy's boys once more, and this time losing to Cathy isn't an option.

The last time Abby went head to head with Cathy, it ended in a water bottle fight and plenty of screaming, something neither Cathy or Abby is going to let the other forget. Cathy hires "bodyguards" to keep her safe and Abby taunts her for purse assault (despite the fact that Abby started it). But it all comes down to who bests who on the stage, and the ALDC brings their A-game.

There are mishaps to be had on both sides however, and Kelly consequently has some very unkind words for Jalen that may cross a few lines. But will it cross as many lines as Paige and Chloe's outfits? For Christi and Kelly, they might just have to cross a line to put into words just how shocking those outfits even were!

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?That is like our famous line and I have like no idea. My kids are like: Do this with me mom, and they want me to reenact it. I cannot do it! Because we?re not actresses Kelly we just say funny shit when it comes to us.? (04:17-04:30 | Christi and Kelly)?Abby tells Mackenzie to make sure that she helps Kendall with her facial expressions. Ok, like let me paint a clown face on so she?s smiling for the whole dance like whatever Abby.? (29:05-29:21 | Kelly)?Yeah I think you?re allowed to call your own kid a hooker.? (37:03-37:08 | Christi)?I didn?t really get a mug shot. They made a pretend one. They did because that was at the Top of the Pyramid, which how did you get to the top for fighting? God if you get at the top for fighting I should have been at the top the whole time.? (51:24-51:35 | Christi and Kelly)

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"Red plastic rhinestone crap, blue plastic rhinestone crap," utters Christi as one of her most iconic scenes comes into play as these bitches cover the first half of the massive Season 3 episode "The Apple of Her Eye". Joining our moms is none other than newly dubbed Bitch #3, Jill Vertes! There could be no better guest for the occasion as this episode features one of Jill's most infamous attempts to bolster Kendall's standing with Abby, so she's here to explain herself!

After a finishing a disastrous 7th place in last week's competition, Abby is determined to bring the ALDC back to the top with a rematch against Cathy at the next competition. With Nia being the only stand-out dancer from the previous routines, Abby decides to focus the next group dance around her with a contemporary dance themed for Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks. But in order to encourage Nia to be the best and "earn it", Abby implies the role of Rosa Parks is up for grabs?!

This is especially shocking to everyone involved as the idea of any child not named Nia portraying Parks would be disastrous. Though Jill is seemingly up for the task and begins to promote Kendall for the role of Rosa Parks! Between this development and Abby's nicer than normal attitude, the ALDC is certainly in for an eventful week!

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?Christi you were out of the room. You know Eddie came back in and said (of Christi) that bitch is fucking crazy. I agree Eddie I agree.? (22:36-22:44 | Kelly and Jill)?Chloe you suck as bad as Paige. Go dance! That was rotten. That was like the passive aggressive: Oh come here sweetie you dumbass!? (38:44-38:56 | Christi and Jill)?She says that Rosa Parks got arrested because she stood up for something she believed in. That?s the same reason I got arrested, because I stood up for something I believed in: Her mistreating my children! Oh my god you?re like Rosa Parks. I am! I?m going with it. Kelly is Rosa Parks.? (43:34-45:50 | Christi and Kelly)?Kell, I?m teasing cause you were not on my side. You just wanted me to go in there and complain to Abby and get my ass kicked! Exactly, better you than me!? (1:07:16-1:07:25 | Kelly and Jill)

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"We're not very smart, we haven't done Back to the Barre for a while," Christi confesses as the bitches get ready to ease back into the Barre with a quick look at some of Season 3's Promos. It's been a busy few weeks of filming and traveling for both Christi and Kelly. Between producing and Dance Moms Reunions, they managed to miss a whole episode!

But fear not Bitchettes as this week they're dissecting two classic Dance Moms promos, featuring homages to both Flashdance and Take on Me. For 30 second clips they sure do take a long time to film, and no mom came out unscathed. You'd be surprised how easy it is to get hurt when a whole group of moms rush a door at the same time! And how giddy was Abby when she got to douse the moms with ice cold water? The answer won't surprise you!

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?Their wigs were horrible. Oh my god they were intentionally horrible. Like where did we get those?? (20:02-20:09 | Christi and Kelly)?All of a sudden it fell, we had no clue. And it was the coldest water of all time. It was probably 50 degrees! It was terrible!? (24:12-24:21 | Christi and Kelly)?She tries to break it. She made Kendall do it. She wouldn?t let it be Maddie, she made it be Kendall it?s hysterical. Well Kendall go her special part! I don?t think Jill wants that special part Kell!? (32:41-32:53 | Christi and Kelly)?Under no circumstances are we mud wrestling. I don?t know I maybe would now.? (46:06-46:13 | Christi and Kelly)

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"Why do we care?" Christi asks as Bitch #1 and Bitch #2 have it out for Mackenzie on the second half of Camouflaged Maneuvers. Melissa reveals Mackenzie's sprained ankle will keep her from performing for a suspiciously short 72 hours. Abby is upset by this turn of events and insists that Mackenzie sit in a wheelchair for the duration of the episode. But before the moms can even process why the ALDC even has this wheelchair on hand, Mackenzie is caught doing cartwheels on camera which infuriates Abby (and for some reason this also makes Christi and Kelly mad?). After Abby had been getting worked up over everyone not trying hard enough and "lying" for the past two weeks, this event did not go over well and all the kids get interrogated over who saw what.

This time could have been better spent with Brooke who hasn't been given the proper attention she needs to prep for a solo. While Abby insists that is because she's older and doesn't need the attention, Kelly points out that's never been true of any of the other older children.

But Kelly's problems are only just beginning because she has to awkwardly explain what Don't Ask Don't Tell is all about on national television! Abby insists the moms need to discuss the importance of the theme of the group dance to the girls, despite the fact she herself won't even say the word "gay"! Kelly's resulting heart to heart is certainly a Dance Moms moment to remember and certainly will need a drink to get through!

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?I think I?m traumatized and scarred from the mom jeans so I am on a quest. I?m on a quest to find the perfect jeans!? (15:07-15:16 | Christi)?If we weren?t in the dance community our kids wouldn?t have known. I don?t just think they would have been as openly exposed [to the gay community], but again it wasn?t anything I don?t ever recall ever having a conversation about specifically? The only time I did was on national television!? (30:10-30:30 | Christi and Kelly)?We had to have every single outfit approved by Abby, and our kids looked gorgeous. They looked gorgeous and then this woman rolls in with the ugliest shit known to man. I don?t understand.? (37:26-37:36 | Christi)?Maybe they did, maybe they didn?t. Maybe everything was like a big middle finger to Abby at this point cause she?s a lot.? (1:10:28-1:10:36 | Christi)

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?If we did this whole episode it would be like The War and Peace of Dance Moms," warns Christi as our duo begin tackling the first part of the two hour epic "Camouflaged Maneuvers". The ALDC returns for practice after a brief break with a longer than expected five days to go until their next competition. Abby is frustrated with second place, even Pyramid topper Brooke is only given backhanded niceties.

The remedy is an extended back to basics training to prep for a group Hip-Hop dance routine inspired by the recent dissolution of the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. The choice of topic is a head scratcher for the moms, but the backroom maneuvers of Jill in the previous episode and Abby's dating life still command most of their attention at the moment. It frustrates Holly to see Jill continuously praised for going behind their backs while everyone else is lambasted for similar behavior. But shady things aren't only happening on the mom's end as Mackenzie has suddenly received a sprained ankle and can't participate in the group dance, an excuse Abby is suspicious of after Melissa claims that it's been a problem for weeks without any prior mention.

But the girls take a back seat for Abby when out of the blue she gets called for a date! When a "former stripper" arrives to take Abby to dinner, speculations of what's even happening run wild and of course there's hope that Abby getting laid will help the mom's overall standing. Gross times indeed!

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?They stick a tube up there and it flushes you out. My yoga instructor had it done and she said she hadn?t eaten corn in three years, and corn came out! I?m gonna vomit! Imagine what would be in there! Ew! Kelly this is the most disgusting conversation we?ve ever had. Then why are we talking about it? You brought it up!? (05:07-05:35 | Christi and Kelly)?That?ll be our honeymoon. Naked fishies instead of naked pizza.? (35:55-35:59 | Christi)?I hope she goes on a date. Maybe she?ll get laid so she?s not so miserable. I?m mean. I think we?re hilarious. I would want to be friends with us because we?re funny!? (45:50-46:08 | Christi and Kelly)?The funniest part about Jill is that this is how Jill is. And so I am in the Era of Jill right now. I am a big Jill fan, because she fucking makes this show ridiculous.? (1:20:04-1:20:14 | Christi)

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"I'm so uncomfortable," Christi says speaking for us all as the moms take Abby on a speed dating excursion in "All's Fair in Love and War". Supposedly love is in the air and Abby decides to center this week's group dance on a tragic love story with Your Dream Will Be My Dream. While the moms welcome the return of Nick Dobbs to bolster the performance, Abby's choice to center the piece around a dying Brooke, who is also deeply uncomfortable with the choreography, doesn't sit well with everyone.

The topic of loves leads Melissa to pitch taking Abby on a speed-dating night out, which the moms hope will help to get Abby on their good side. Instead it mostly leads to some uncomfortable Abby flirting and further group segmentation as Christi is asked by Abby not to attend, which Jill happily facilitates. Tensions grow stronger when Jill has Gianna give Kendall some solo practice time, despite the fact Kendall is supposed to be practicing her duet with Nia. When Abby starts to pressure Nia to drop out of the duet at the last second in favor of Maddie, Holly begins to note that instead of working as a team, it's starting to become every mom for herself as Nia is sidelined.

Plus, after demanding last week that the kids improv and then promptly scolding them for doing so this week, Abby seems more intent than ever to focus solely on Maddie. The love won't be in the air for long if these divisions grow deeper, and that'll be evident come performance time!

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?Those look like avocados. I thought they looked like sperm! I?m not pregnant the sperm are on my shirt people! Oh Kelly, god! You should never let them do that on your shirt.? (21:16-21:28 | Christi and Kelly)?We?re in trouble no matter what we do. If we?re fighting we?re in trouble. If we?re having fun we?re in trouble. If we?r making costumes we?re doing it wrong. We want to be in charge and if we?re not then we are lazy and not contributing. If we?re at work we don?t love our children. If we?re not at work we need a job.? (31:02-31:15 | Christi and Kelly)?Me and Abby want the same kind of man! Ew!? (50:32-50:36 | Kelly)?Abby says don't you think he should get me a ring? And I'm like, but why would you be excited to get engaged to a gay man? Holly says it could be a friendship ring, you say or a beard!? (1:05:55-1:06:09 | Kelly)

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?This is either the most deranged show of all time or the greatest piece of entertainment to ever hit the airwaves," says Christi as this seemingly sad episode continues to go off the rails as the moms must confront the death of Broadway Baby and one depressed Abby.

Christi and Kelly are supposedly still not on good terms, but as they'll attest now they'd long made up by this point so the show must spend time to try and find a narratively satisfying way to capture that on camera. Producers have to do something to fill time as Abby absconds to Florida to mourn the death of her beloved Baby. To cheer Abby up the moms plan to surprise her by creating an all new group dance and crafting their own original costumes. The gesture is not well received and Abby makes the girls perform an improv group piece at the next competition, something that has everyone worried.

To make matters worse the girls will be going up against Nicaya in solos, overseen by the confrontational Kaya, aka Black Patsy. Kaya minces no words with the moms and stirs the pot as soon as the competition is underway. But when she begins to really go after the girls, Jill finds too many lines have been crossed and a scene ensues.

For a tribute episode for a beloved pet, there's still no shortage of insanity to be had!

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?I can?t believe we?re older than an age that I was just going to make fun of!? (08:56-09:00 | Christi)?We?re animal lovers, we would never wish anything upon them. I rescue things from the dumpster on a weekly basis! You rescued me from a dumpster! Oh my god! You?re part of the cat distribution system!? (16:55-17:09 | Christi and Kelly)?She says Broadway Baby kept me sane; she made everything ok when I would come home from work upset or distraught over the mothers. I love that somehow this whole thing about being upset about Baby came back to us being assholes!? (37:17-37:30 | Christi)?Really Melissa, do you have to make everything about your kids? This was supposed to be something the whole group was doing, and in the audience we look furious. We all took the brunt of changing the dance and everything and then didn?t get the glory of her enjoying it. We took all the brunt and then she got all the glory of Maddie being the one to give it to her!? (1:03:00-1:03:24 | Christi and Kelly)

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?As the leader of the Bitchettes, I?d like to issue a blanket apology to everyone I?ve let down," Christi laments as she endures Episode 8 of Season 3 "You've Been Unfriended". The mere thought of having a heart to heart moment with Melissa of all people brings a shiver down Christi's spine, but this episode remains a sore spot as it not only features some horrific treatment of Chloe, but contains Christi and Kelly's big fight.

As tensions brew between Christi and Kelly over their lack of communication during Christi's absence, things are back up and running with all the girls prepping for Intensity Dance Competition in Fort Lauderdale. While the speakeasy theming of the group number Money is the Root of All Evil confuses the moms, the girls excel with the number. Nia and Paige get another shot at their duet while Brooke and Maddie get solos.

Abby thinks she's practicing tough love with the girls, but tensions only grow stronger as anyone not named Maddie struggle to get session time. On top of that, Abby refuses to refer to Chloe by name as petty vengeance against Christi, who now has to juggle her beef with Kelly as well as look out for Chloe.

?This is a really hard episode for me," says Christi, and she means it more than ever.

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?Abby says shit wrong all the time. An example is she said to Cathy you?re red and white and black all over, because people read you in the obituaries. Remember that joke when you were little, what?s black and white and red all over? The newspaper. Like she gets shit just a little bit wrong. Like if we?re going to use those insults lust just try to get them right.? (09:34-10:06 | Christi)?I?ve got big man balls. I didn?t know that! I didn?t either! Well I am going to say if I have big man balls, I shave them. Oh good, we like some manscaping done. We don?t want disco balls. We already have disco bush we don?t need disco balls.? (19:12-19:47 | Christi and Kelly)?This scene was clearly like an episode of the Twilight Zone because Melissa and I are both drinking beer! I?ve never seen Melissa drink a beer. Have you seen me drink a beer!?? (46:23-46:35 | Christi)?Good thing we didn't fight very often cause we weren't very exciting. We go down as probably the stupidest fight in Dance Moms? (1:24:24-15-53:48 | Christi and Kelly)

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"Chloe and Paige took their first dance class 20 years ago, probably early September right after Labor Day," Christi remembers as these moms realize they've been officially been friends for 20 years this month! Few friends have ever gone on quite the journey that these two have, but 20 years later they're still the baddest bitches in town!

With the help of their trusty intern Matt, Christi and Kelly are going to answer questions to see how much they know about one another. The catch? If they get a question wrong they have to drink and they're both already hungover! What is their go to drink at the bar, what age did they have their first kiss and what was the name of their first boyfriend? Whose memory will prevail with Christi's elephant brain and Kelly's bird brain each sorting through 20 years of insanity?

Plus, will a TikTok finally prove these moms right in one of their longest running Dance Mom arguments? Tune-in to find out!

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?That's a dirty little secret from Dance Moms. We used to go to interviews and from the waist down we had on pajama pants! We weren't pretty down bellow.? (01:33-01:46 | Christi)?When your doctor tells you that you don't get pregnant when you're nursing, they're full of shit! It happened to me twice.? (10:57-11:04 | Kelly)?I was playing spin the bottle in sixth grade. It wasn't because I liked the boy and I kissed him because I wanted to kiss somebody. I had to kiss him because my stupid bottle landed on him. Oh my god I'll never forget him because he's such a nerd.? (25:23-25:38 | Kelly) ?We would go in these backrooms in New York. Chloe and Paige were like three years old and we would take them into these backrooms to buy fake purses! What horrible people we are! You were nine months pregnant with Clara!? (44:37-44:59 | Christi and Kelly) 

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"I'm like five feet behind everybody, like you guys go ahead I'm just going to stay back here," Kelly remarks as the second half of "Rotten to the Core" sees bottles and bags being hurled left and right.

Cathy's limo entrance in Detroit draws the immediate ire of the moms, which only worsens as Jalen's dad starts to pick a fight with Abby. If that wasn't enough, Holly requests that Abby acknowledge Nia's RND which results in Abby not only insulting both Holly's intelligence and Nia's pain, but also triggers the cancelation of Nia and Paige's duet when Holly pushes back at Abby.

While Maddie's big solo return wins first place, the group performance of Avalanche leaves a lot to be desired and Cathy's team takes first overall. Abby tries to avoid Cathy after the show, but their inevitable confrontation becomes the stuff of legend when Abby takes her Wicked Witch joke too far and throws her open bottle of water at Cathy.

Is the resulting fight a little overkill? Maybe, but it's certainly something these moms will never forget!

(Also pardon the brief sound of the fan in Christi's audio, it was 101 degrees!)

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?Cathy says you know what Ab, that hair is not going to make that limo look any worse. I don't know what that means.? (17:51-17:57 | Christi)?So Cathy pulls out a dog whistle, and then she starts blowing it. She says Abby you know what, this is a dog training tool. It makes the dogs sit down and shut up. I'm actually cackling at this point, where doe shtis woman come up with that shit? Although to be fair Abby had that blue whistle in season one that she used for the girls...somebody left a dick whistle at my house this week.? (19:12-19:47 | Christi)?Jill wonders if Holly and Kelly are coming to see Kendall perform, cause that's what's important right now right? God forbid I try and not make Holly be upset. It's not like we were trying to avoid Kendall's dance. Holly was having a breakdown and I was trying to calm her down to get her into the audience.? (38:23-38:43 | Christi and Kelly)?Abby turns around while she's arguing with Jalen's dad at one point and screams at him - My child just went out there and won. I'm pretty sure Maddie did not come out of your vagina.? (53:31-15-53:48 | Christi)

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"I'm recapping this week and I have to say, it's not all that bad! says Christi. "Yeah, cause you ain't in it!" Kelly points out. It's Christi's dream come true as she can shit-talk all she wants and shares none of the embarrassment as Dance Moms Season 3 Episode 7 begins.

Abby is thrilled by Cathy's defeat in the previous competition, but takes the opportunity to chastise the girls for only winning by a tenth of a point. Pointing to Christi and Chloe's absence, Abby threatens to suspend any dancer who isn't performing up to her standards. This frustrates the moms as Abby doesn't have that authority, but it matters little to the girls who continue to feel the pressure Abby forces upon them. With the next competition quickly approaching the group begins to rehearse Avalanche, Kendall and Maddie receive solos, and Nia and Paige prep a duet.

Maddie's had weeks to prepare her solo, finishing her prep well ahead of Kendall who is left appearing under-prepared by comparison. After Kendall ends up in tears over the situation, Abby strips her of the solo and offers a solo spot to the newly returned Sophia.

However, what behind the scene trickery resulted in Jackie and Sophia's sudden midnight departure? Tune-in to find out!

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?How many pairs of underwear have you found under a seat in your car? Gross, that's so disgusting. I know but our kids would change, they had too!? (11:05-11:14 | Kelly and Christi)?Maybe you have a spot on the pyramid Brooke! Here's to hoping, got to have some kind of hope! Maybe I should take out everyone in the group. Then we might be on the top!? (14:00-14:14 | Kelly and Christi)?I was out the other day and somebody asked someone if they had seen the show. He was a guy and was like no, but I'll have to look it up and watch it. No please don't! Please don't! It's like humiliating. I tell people all the time I like them better if they don't watch it.? (1:02:17-1:02:38 | Kelly and Christi) ?I really like it, it's got a lot of personality. Just so we all know, personality is code word for not a lot of choreography.? (1:07:58-1:08:06 | Christi) 

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Throwing it back to one of our favorite episodes. See you Monday for all new episode!

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"It was an acting job for me," says Cathy of how she approached working on Dance Moms. Yes, today Christi and Kelly finally welcome Abby's on-screen rival and former Dance Mom Cathy Nesbitt-Stein to the show!

Cathy was seemingly the only person on the show who was keenly aware of what reality TV expected of them. She always played a heightened version of herself. In regards to being Abby's primary foil, Cathy discusses how much of the bitterness was played up for camera and how she really feels about Abby (and of course Jill).

Plus Cathy shares some life updates for her entire family. Does her husband still sell beef jerky? What's Vivi's current stance on dancing? But more importantly, was the purse Cathy used to smack Abby actually a designer bag?

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?I would say Cathy is exactly like she is on TV, except Cathy understood the game. You understood it was TV and to be a bigger, more grandiose version of yourself.? (08:03 -08:16 | Christi)?You weren't even filming the first episode. You were on the bus to the first episode and you were like, I can't do it! I cannot do buses.? (19:52-20:00 | Christi and Cathy) ?The crew used to judge what we had on. Really, they judged our clothes? Yeah, like who was at the top of the pyramid? I think you won a lot Kelly. Did I? Yeah. Well you and your mom jeans weren't winning anything.? (22:03-22:20 | Christi, Kelly and Cathy)?Her dinner was literally a cough drop and licorice. After the show all the little Newsies wanted to meet us. We go up on stage and all of a sudden I look over at Vivi and she's like...BBBBAAARRRFFF...she's throwing up all over the stage! The boys were so sweet; they came and cleaned it up and told her we'll think of you every night we tap dance on this stage.? (40:23-40:59 | Cathy)

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?I'm not yelling at children!? exclaims Christi as things get heated on the second half of the "Boys Are Cuties, Girls Have Cooties". Abby is fuming over Cathy's all boys team, which Christi correctly guesses will result in their girls getting pushed that much harder. Abby launches directly into harsh criticisms of the soloists and starts getting on every girl's case about their hats for Pink Lemonade.

Cathy's boys bring the charm as OnStage America commences. All Abby needs the girls to do is be better than Cathy's group. Things look rocky fast as aside from Kendall's 3rd place, none of the soloists rank highly. It's all up to Pink Lemonade, but a successful performance is marred when Chloe drops her hat.

It's a worst case scenario for Christi as Chloe's been the target of Abby's ire for some time already. Even if the performance is well received; any and all faults will be placed squarely on Chloe's shoulders, especially if they lose to Cathy. This marks a low point for Christi, whose already had a very rough go of it this season. As she collects Chloe to leave, Christi is recorded yelling at bystanders in the hallway.

Having been unable to escape this clip for a whole decade, Christi would like to share that it isn't what it looks like! What really happened? Well join us today for what's sure to be, for Christi at least, a lose-lose situation.

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?Cathy is telling her team it smells like something's burning. Woo, it's us because we are hot. Oh my god get a life. She's so cheesy. Her and Abby. God, they're having like, a lame-off.? (13:38 -13:54 | Kelly and Christi)?The whole thing went on with the costume. Then Jill on the bus and the costume. Then we just never heard another word about it. It just disappeared! Yeah, that was the main story of the first half.? (19:59-20:11 | Kelly and Christi)?Season 3 remains a very dark time in my life. This remains one of my low moments, especially when it aired and people were like Oh My God Christi is yelling at children!? (32:51-33:03 | Christi) ?Then you come back and fight with me. You have more on your mind this week, then you take it out on me bitch! I don't take it out on you as much as I think I'd fucking had it. Didn't we all have it at that point? Yeah, on me.? (42:37-46:45 | Kelly and Christi) 

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?I love when she says wild shit to the kids,? says Christi. ?Because the kids just look at her like she's crazy.? On the sixth episode of Dance Moms? third season, Abby gets angry with the kids. After having come 4th in the last competition, no one is awarded the top of the pyramid. An upcoming On Stage America competition in New Jersey aims to pit the girls against Cathy's all male group; Abby is not prepared to take home anything but first place. The girls begin rehearsing Pink Lemonade while Kendall, Chloe and Nia compete for solo rehearsal time.

Melissa struggles to come to grips with her daughters being at the bottom of the pyramid. She fails to stand up for herself, which angers the other moms. In an attempt to bolster's Kendall's standing in the group, Jill hires a costume designer to make Kendall's dance outfit. This upsets Abby so much it results in Kendall being removed from the performance all together, leading to a massive blow-out with Jill.

It's a tense week that can't be contained to one episode. Join us for this part 1 look at the events that would eventually lead to the infamous "Chloe's Hat Incident" and discover just how dirty Broadway Baby really was.

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?Well we always sound btichy, but come on. You don?t get to come on a show like that where everybody?s fucking tortured and never be fucking tortured.? (12:49 -12:56 | Christi)?Somebody asked Paige are you embarrassed or do you get upset when your mom fights like that with Abby? Her comment was that no, I don?t understand why a lot of the other moms don?t stick up for their kids.? (28:22-28:35 | Kelly)?Kendall doesn?t come first, my dog comes first.? (43:43-43:46 | Kelly) ?Broadway Baby sees Abby. She barks. You say I guess Broadway Baby can sense evil too. Yes, dogs are very sensitive. Dogs didn?t like Ted Bundy either.? (46:32-46:45 | Kelly and Christi) 

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"Me? I'm the biggest bitch of them all," says Dance Moms choreographer Ed Phelan on this episode of Back at the Barre. Ed has been choreographing for over 25 years, including working with Abby well before Dance Moms was conceived.

As someone who was there at the beginning; Ed offers insight into why he thinks the show could have only worked with this group of moms and girls. He addresses many of his concerns going in and how producers originally pitched him as Abby's villainous foil.

Christi and Kelly cite Ed as the one responsible for some of their favorite routines. Ed gives a little backstory on those dances, including what Abby contributed and what she took credit for (and how that got her kicked out of Dance Masters). Ed could actually teach kids how to dance whereas Abby never taught them anything, though credit is given for her skills as a choreographer.

Also, how many Big Macs could Abby fit under one car seat? The answer may shock you, though it certainly didn't shock these three.

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?People. They'll talk about the show and things that they think they know and I'm like you don't even know these ladies, they were like my buddies. We used to go out and have a good time. It was so laid back when we were all together. Abby would usually ruin it with some kind of tantrum.? (15:01 -15:18 | Ed)?Those were the five kids on the show because those were the five kids left in that class.? (17:33-17:36 | Ed)?Wait you got Abby thrown out of Dance Masters? Well when they were thrown out of Dance Masters it really had nothing to do with Dance Moms, that was just the icing on the cake.? (21:30-21:37 | Christi and Ed)?Listen, I was married. I have a gorgeous ex-wife. If I'm going to be with a woman I'm going back there.? (42:03-42:08 | Ed)

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Please excuse the non-intro and lack of description as we are working through some technical difficulties....what else is new?

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?How exactly do you immigrate home?? is the question that hangs over the latest episode of Back to the Barre. The Dance Moms and their girls are headed to Dance Troupe Incorporated in Greensboro, North Carolina to perform an immigration-themed group number. Abby proves that she doesn?t know what immigration means, the difference between Ellis Island and Staten Island, or quite where the Titanic went. She praises Sophia, who has gone to film a movie in L.A., despite having nothing to do with her success, while she criticizes Brooke for being at school, just as she once criticized Chloe for missing a dance class to witness the birth of her sister.

The Moms have been tasked with finding props in Abby?s hoarder-level garage and Holly quits when she sees mouse droppings. Melissa cleans out the studio?s equally messy room to try to get back into Abby?s good graces. Jill calls her out for being two-faced and lying about being upset that Maddie has a duet with Kendall instead of a solo, while Jill tries to cover it up with bad acting. Jill continues to understand how Christi and Kelly feel as Abby is nasty to Kendall, as opposed to constructively critical. 

Christi shares the tragic event that occurred just before the group boarded the bus that made Abby look like even more of a fool. She also explains what they caught fans doing in the bathroom at this week?s competition.

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?I didn?t go to Miller Street. I was having Clara?I chose for Chloe to be part of a monumental family occasion. Shame!? (24:06 | Christi)?I like that it's a very serious number, as opposed to all those fun, upbeat, fancy, easy numbers we do. This is serious. Okay. It's serious, Kel.? (27:40 | Christi)?I?ve just got to hand it to Jill. She is unbelievable. In an interview when they're clearly asking her about the Maddie and Sophia situation, she somehow manages to spin it back to Kendall.? (Christi | 38:31)?I wonder why Abby had a black eye, though? Somebody else had to punch her out.? (43:58 | Kelly)?Your boobs are out of control in that dress. You talk about not having boobs. Your boobs were ba-BAM. They were Ba-bammy.? (1:12:35 | Christi)

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?I got so much hate for this episode,? explains Christi as the Dance Moms return to the ALDC and bring the excitement back to the show. Emotions are running high all around. Abby makes the Moms sign a crazy new contract before allowing them back in the studio. Melissa remains genuinely scared that Sophia?famous for performing 54 consecutive turns onstage?will replace Maddie as Abby?s new star. Sophia?s mom Jackie refuses to argue or get catty which makes the Moms question what she?s doing on the show. 

Christi makes two bad jokes that she regrets to this day. She and Kelly argue about who really should get due credit for coining some of the show?s recurring insults, and discuss the difference between being tough and being mean. Their definition of mean, of course, looks a lot like Abby, whose insults toward Chloe and Paige reach a new low.

Christi first bonded with Kelly over a particular phone call, and today she gives Kelly a tutorial on how to take a basic picture with her phone. She also shares what she taught her daughter Clara about the law, and how one night out clubbing with Abby sent her to the emergency room.

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?Do you know how many times Abby has made comments? She would only refer to me as ?the nose.? ?Christie has her nose up in the air.? She talks about Holly?s thighs, her butt, her clothes. Her cleavage.  She talks about everybody. Let's not forget Nia?s long hair. I'll never get over that.? (22:05-22:31 | Christi and Kelly)?I go out with Abby one night and I get roofied. Coincidence?Ish?? (57:57-58:01 | Christi)?Abby goes ballistic. ?Christi look at Sophia!? What? You can't tell me where to look. Now, my eyeballs are only ever going to the right, ever. If you want them left, never. They're only going to the right. You cannot command my eyeballs.? (1:15:52-1:16:13 | Christi)?Chloe's very jittery backstage. She crosses herself before she dances?Can you imagine the butterflies these kids had? And people wonder why they forget their stuff. You?re losing your mind back there.? (1:24:15-1:24:40 | Christi and Kelly)

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?Abby is so gleeful that we?re gone,? says Christi. ?Dumbass, you obviously need us.? On the second episode of Dance Moms? third season, the Moms are sitting in the parking lot, refusing to speak on camera until their contract negotiations are met. Producers have spun this into a protest to get Kelly back on the team. Abby brings in new girls to participate in competition in Indiana, including Hadley who appeared on ?Abby?s Ultimate Dance Competition? and whom Abby repeatedly called ?roadkill.? The Moms and their daughters choreograph their own dance to prove they don?t need Abby.

Plenty of TV and movie favorites get shoutouts in this episode. Abby says new dancer Sophia sounds like Mickey Mouse. Christi looks like Miss Piggy and Abby acts like the T Rex from Jurassic Park. Jill?s infamous wardrobe choices take a hit as Kelly?s wearing more aggressive fur, mom Jackie?s Bumpit is much bigger, and Cathy insults her Louis Vuitton purse with a classic Dance Moms line. Melissa?s genuinely worried Maddie could be replaced by a better dancer. 

Things are changing, but the fun and craziness stay the same. Join the fun to find out how the girls ended up toilet paper-ing Abby?s parking lot and the strange connection between the girls and infamous grave robber Ed Gein.

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?Abby says, ?They're all going to the ladies room together?? She doesn?t have a friend to go to the bathroom with. She?s jealous.? (19:27-19:38 | Kelly and Christi)?I love that Abby says, ?They're not speaking??You never want us to talk. You should be reveling in this.? (20:42-20:49 | Christi)?How about Gianna?s face when Abby calls the cops on us? Rachel, too. They're both laughing. They love it. ?Oh, this is great.? Everybody always asks us about Gianna. Here's your answer: Watch that scene.? (37:25-37:41 | Kelly and Christi) ?This is a woman who, two weeks ago, asked why Holly would wear a dress. You have on a felt star that a kindergartener cut out and that you had Kelly rhinestone upstairs as a fashion accessory. I am not taking credit for rhinestoning that.? (55:20-55:42 | Christi and Kelly) 

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?We're getting into the deepest recesses of Dance Moms hell. I can feel the heat,? says Christi about the show?s Season Three opener. Abby has returned from filming her spin-off show more arrogant than ever, but still so jealous of the girls? success and newfound opportunities, she?s now scary cruel. This only bands the Moms closer together, everyone but Kelly, who has kept Brooke and Paige away. Of course, Abby?s worst offense is her blue rhinestone jewelry and matching eyeshadow, not to mention her day-glo orange tan. 

With two new shows on Lifetime, she has real power which she uses to punish the girls by holding auditions to bring in two new dancers, Ally and Ava. Kelly immediately recognizes Ava?s mom Jeanette as a suck-up. This of course is all set up by production and Christi and Kelly explain all the hidden giveaways including a blink-and-you-miss-it scene with Paige that pokes holes in the illusion the reason other studio moms were always mad at the Dance Moms. Cathy and Vivi plot their next move in a scene that made Christi fall to the floor laughing. Kelly explains the scandal behind her former ?date?s? appearance.

Kendall gets a solo, and she and Jill start to catch on to Abby?s game. Maybe Christi and Kelly weren?t such dumb bitches, after all. They just sometimes throw up on their babysitters. 

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?You see us all pulling into the parking lot. Note to all: We are a worldwide phenomenon.There's lots of money to be made but there are still potholes.? (13:33-13:43 | Christi)?Holly and Jill say, ?Work with what you have.? Abby?s been working with what she had for 39 weeks?She does not want to sleep with dogs anymore. She wants quality dancers from other teachers.? (1:02:49-1:03:30 | Christi)?I hope at some point there is a psychology class that does a deep dive on all of the mental illnesses or personality disorders displayed in ?Dance Moms.? We each have one. All of us do.? (1:14:26-1:14:40 | Christi) ?My side-eye is so strong? if anybody ever told me to walk into that studio and go after you or I'd say, ?Oh, no, f*** you.?? (1:36:34-1:36:56 | Christi)

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?If this is a foreshadowing of Season 3, Back to the Barre might be ending soon,? says Christi. This Dance Moms reunion episode made both her and Kelly physically ill to rewatch as it marked the beginning of dark times for the show. Producers were accusing them of dirty off-camera behavior, including Christi choking Cathy, which Christi vehemently denies. There was major drama involving meet-and-greets, who did them first and what they charged, the hypocrisy of it all and the early insight it gave into Abby?s shady dealings. Christi reads a letter that Abby wrote accusing Christi of ?pimping? Chloe, and discusses a plan for an ill-fated jewelry line that left certain Moms out. 

Abby?s diva attitude was beginning to outgrow the dance studio. Her greed, entitlement and jealousy began to affect the cast in more ways than one. They accuse her of staging paparazzi shots showing off fake boyfriends and of always trying to bring Holly down a peg. Abby has even gone after Christi?s husband Mark spreading a bizarre lie about him. 

On the lighter side of things, they discuss the crazy lengths Jill would go to to look good at all times, and Abby?s misguided choice in style icons. Christi shares which serial killers the girls might have resembled by now, and the sweet thing Cathy always did for Chloe.

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?You know what else I find really interesting about Abby, is that she always puts so much weight on pretty??Why is she always talking about who's pretty??? (59:43-1:00:23 | Christi)?This is before there were brand deals and social media managers, like there are today?They were very much trailblazers.? (1:06:01-1:06:34 | Christi)?It's amazing that they're all good kids. I said they should be serial killers. We should have a Jeffrey Dahmer amongst us, for sure. At least a Lizzie Borden. Somebody murdering their mother with an ax, at minimum.? (1:36:50-1:37:09 | Kelly and Christi) ?That?s one thing I?ll give Cathy: she always came to Chloe and me, whether off camera or not, and said, ?Chloe, you are a beautiful little dancer. Please don't let her destroy that in you.?? (1:49:25-149:35 | Christi)

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?You tortured us for years, now we get to torture you,? Kelly says to Bryan Stinson, co-creator of Dance Moms and today?s guest on Back to the Barre. He shares funny moments and memories from the show which he credits with sending dance class registrations across the country skyrocketing with its debut. He, Christi and Kelly discuss the show?s legacy and what they would change if they could do it all again. He answers the long-standing question as to why production didn?t show more fun and funny moments with the kids and reveals the show?s one strict drug policy that Christi managed to break.

Though he recognizes Dance Moms as ?lightning in a bottle,? and marvels at how unlikely it was to find such perfect kids in one small dance studio in PA, he is nonetheless rebooting the series and explains how it will differ from the original. Kelly and Christi give their best advice to potential future cast members and Kelly reveals why she was so angry with Bryan back when they were filming, and why all was forgiven when Bryan showed his abs. They dispel common misconceptions fans still have about the show?s rehearsals and competitions.

Christi and Kelly have their own plans for future reboots involving the two of them as grandmas living in a retirement home. Christi reveals the unlikely group of parents who embraced the show while Bryan names the cast member who genuinely scared him.

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?You guys have to be really proud of what you accomplished and what the show did around the world. It really did fill up dance classes around the world. Registration doubled based on the TV show?You guys did that. It was the first of its kind.? (30:57-31:28 | Bryan)?We were never anything but ourselves. Real people in ugly dresses and that's why people related. They said, ?I saw that dress at Walmart, too. And we?d say, ?I'm wearing it on national television.?? (1:04:34-1:04:51 | Christi)?When Kelly and I finally move into our Golden Girls house together?That's going to be a show.? (1:18:28- 1:18:45 | Christi and Kelly)

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?I did not have time to make a drink because I was being chased by a bear,? Kelly explains in one of many revelations from this latest episode of Back to the Barre. Before launching into their review of Dance Moms Season 3, which they admit will take a dark turn, she and Christi wanted to have some fun answering fan questions. They reveal their most drunken moments both on and off camera and the key to determining which of their famous fights were the most authentic. They explain their favorite holidays and give the story behind the dog tags that the girls are often seen wearing at competition ceremonies. 

They discuss their wild times in college, give advice on keeping love alive in long-term relationships and describe the difference between raising their oldest daughters versus their youngest. Christi describes the crazy thing she used to do for her husband every day before finally telling him ?no more.? Kelly describes how she met her husband, her son Josh?s time with the ALDC and the biggest issue that her girls ever fought about. 

They discuss their favorite mealtimes, dishes, and of course, their go-to drinks. They play Marry/Smash/Kill using the other cast members of Dance Moms and reveal the surprising third member of the original trio. 

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?I did not have time to make a drink because I was being chased by a bear.? (27:53-27:56 | Kelly)?I like the fireworks at night, although now I know fireworks are totally un-PC because they scare animals, whatever. But I'll always like them. Well, we need some over here so they?ll scare away the bear. I?ll start lighting off fireworks every night before I take my dog out.? (35:49-36:04 | Christi and Kelly)?The best piece of advice anybody's ever given me about any relationship?not just  a romantic one?is never do anything at the beginning of a relationship that you're not willing to do forever.? (39:58-40:11 | Christi) ?I think my other favorite dances would be maybe the first solos they ever did, like bird dance and the inchworm. God, I would just love to go back to those moments.? (48:21-48:33 | Kelly)

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?I have to sit here and take it, and be the one who says, ?Yes, I'm a terrible human on every level, sure,? says Christi, as she and Kelly walk us through the second part of the Dance Moms Season 2 reunion. They explain which statements were taken out of context, attributed to the wrong people, and just flat out made up. One of the most difficult aspects of filming the reunion?and filming the show in general?was the struggle for the ladies to tell their side of the story or to defend themselves without breaking the fourth wall and revealing manipulation from producers. As Kelly points out, most of the issues the Moms had, which were made to look like they were directed at specific people, were actually with the show as a whole. 

Cathy was made to look like the show?s ?gremlin? who always lost to Abby, when actually Candy Apples had often beaten the ALDC. Christi now has more sympathy for Kaya?s experience, but like Abby, Kaya was allowed to say whatever she wanted and no one could rebut. Kelly divulges more of the complicated history between her and Abby, which goes back to high school?where Kelly kissed a boy Abby liked?and beyond. 

She and Christy hint at what more will be revealed about this shared history in the upcoming season. They also discuss what it was like filming in and touring soundstages in L.A., Abby?s strange obsession with lingerie and their plans to open a male version of Hooters. 

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?They still hate each other. 100%. To this day, if you say ?Cathy? in front of Jill, she says, ?Ugh,? and Cathy, the same way.? (19:25-19:42 | Christi)?I listened to my kids because I know what it felt like. I did that, I danced every day and I never had friends in school and things?So I just felt, if they didn't want to dance, they didn't want to dance, you know?? (45:09-45:45 | Kelly)?To this day, if you go to dance competitions, moms all over the world are having a cocktail at a dance competition. Yep, that's just the way it is. It really is.? (53:12-53:26 | Christi)?No mom who steps foot in the door can claim that it's not about them in some capacity. You don't go on a TV show if it's not about you.? (1:14:31-1:14:39 | Christi) 

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They always asked me the most stupid things, Kelly says, about Dance Mom reunion shows, the first of which is the subject of today?s podcast episode. Christi reminds us that the Moms were the real stars of the show and they got up to a lot while their daughters were endlessly rehearsing with Abby. They attempted to work out at the gym but always got sidetracked to the same place. Christi reveals why she would sit outside of the studio at the bus stop and who she spent hours talking to there. Abby spent much of her free time seeing hundreds of Broadway shows, which she always managed to brag about.

The Moms have an unbreakable bond that far precedes and has long outlasted the show. Christi recalls what she said to the officer who pulled her over while she was rushing Nia and Chloe to a competition, as well as the incident during Clara?s birth that Paige and Chloe still talk about every time they see her. No one talks to Abby anymore, but they still think of her and the lingering influence she and the show had on the girls? psyches, and the Moms? careers and parenting styles. 

If Abby had had a child, things might have been very different, since she would have understood the extent of the Moms? responsibilities, and the lengths to which they were willing to go for their children. They give suggestions to improve Jill?s reunion show wardrobe and discuss the hit job Kelly?s stylist did on her hair.

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?It's funny because I said nobody understands like us, we all have each other's back and Abby's rolling her eyes. The five of us still talk and nobody talks to her. So roll your eyes all you want Abby.? (41:12-41:24 | Christi) ?Abby said, ?I can always create another family.?...None of those little families worked out as well as us. No, they were all just trying to be us.? (41:42-42:06 | Kelly and Christi)?Abby was trying to take Jill to etiquette school to teach her how to glide down the stairs. You can't sit in a chair, but you're going to teach Jill how to glide down stairs. OK. Whatever.? (1:44:49-1:45:03 | Christi) 

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?We thought we?d take you guys on a little jaunt down memory lane,? says Christi, who describes, along with Kelly, what it was like, as regular moms from Pittsburgh, to attend the 2012 Teen Choice Awards. They recall which celebrities acted like fans toward the cast and which were really rude to them. The drama that went into getting ready?including Kelly throwing a pair of shoes at Christi? reflected the gray area between their old lives and their newfound fame. While it wasn?t always as much fun as it might have seemed, the thought of that time still makes them emotional.

Later in the episode, they answer fan questions about the state of their friendship and how their time on Dance Moms has changed the way they view reality TV. The real drama, they explain, took place behind the scenes among the crew, including a strange image that one of the cast members found on one of the crew member?s laptop. Fame still feels strange though people still refer to them?literally?as icons all these years later.  

Despite not seeing each other as often as they used to, Kelly and Christi always pick up right where they left off. Hear them find out which of the Golden Girls best represents each of the Dance Moms, their plans to open a bar/laundromat and why Kelly hates Mother?s Day.

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?This is before we realized that people had stylists?When people brought it up, I thought, ?The Kardashians have stylists, not Kelly Hyland from Pittsburgh??That's just weird.? (21:06-21:34 | Christi and Kelly)?I intentionally keep those shoes in the front of my shoe rack. They make me smile every time I look at them, because it was such a moment where I thought??How did we get here??...? (28:43-29:07 | Christi)?I remember them saying, ?Everybody practice ?Call Me Maybe? because they're going to have us sing it?? I did not know the song. The entire world sang that song over and over and over and over again. I?m old. A little behind the times...still wearing a f***ing banana clip.? (30:43-31:18 | Christi and Kelly) ?They give you Dixie cups of wine at the awards show. So, we had 27. I had one between each finger.? (34:52-34:58 | Christi)

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?It?s finally time,? says Brooke about making her long-awaited guest appearance on Back to the Barre. Throughout the episode, her references reiterate the robust second life that Dance Moms has been given on TikTok. She explains what the platform has dubbed ?The Brooke Effect,? and that she learned from many of her followers that her inability to remember much from her time filming the show is actually a trauma response. As Kelly points out, Brooke was the worst age to film the show, not only because she was basically going through puberty on camera. She was old enough to teach the younger girls how to kiss on the back of the bus while traveling to competitions, but too young to join Kelly and Christi as they passed wine back and forth through the cracks in the seats. 

Producers of all kinds continue to sell the Hyland girls short, as this episode shows Brooke recording her ?Summertime Love Song? in L.A., where the girls have stayed to compete at Intensity Dance ahead of Nationals. Music producers autotuned her naturally lovely voice beyond recognition, and the show forced her to work with small-time producers who buried her singing career. According to Kelly, Brooke never made a penny from the record or the merch. Abby appointed herself director of Brooke?s music video which featured all the girls, even directing Maddie to dance in heavy traffic. 

Throughout today?s episode, they discuss behind-the-scenes stories and clips that were never aired, like what the big lips on Kendall?s costume were a tribute to and what Brooke?s young male co-star said about Brooke off-camera. We also learn why Kelly sat in a dumpster all afternoon and why Christi had to explain STDs to the girls at seven in the morning. 

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?We're always on the bottom row, huh, Brookie? We lived there. That?s where all my money went. I paid rent on the third row of the pyramid.? (23:09-23:20 | Kelly) ?People who grew up watching the show and are coming back have a better understanding of it now that they're adults?I mean, there is absolutely an element of crazy there ? (100:53-1:01:20 | Christi)?McKenzie was sucking her thumb and carrying around a blanket and I had a boyfriend who was driving around.? (1:07:59-1:08:06 | Brooke)

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?This episode is infamous as far as bad behavior goes,? says Christi. It?s so full of offenses neither she nor Kelly can believe it?s still airing, especially with the way the world has changed in the ten years since it first aired. Kaya and her daughter Nicaya arrive to audition to be on the ALDC, or really, as the other Dance Moms realize but can?t break the fourth wall to say, to be on the show. Producers were always threatening to replace the Moms with new people if they didn?t cooperate, and Kaya and Nicaya were the first to come from far away to join the team/show. 

The group dance is its own source of cringe. The girls, including Paige, who is trying to learn the dance as her broken foot heals, portray children living in a mental institution. Abby waits until the last minute to include Nicaya in the dance when the girls perform it at Nationals in L.A. Nia?s solo is a tribute to Josephine Baker and Abby?s attempts to emulate it?she only ever attempted Nia?s choreography, Kelly points out?makes everyone react somewhere between a laugh and a shudder. 

Christi utters the phrase she regrets more than anything she has ever said on the show. She and Kelly explain why their husbands were the true unsung heroes of the show and the rare moment of sympathy they have for Abby in this episode. 

Quotes

?It's amazing to me what an example of bad behavior across the board this show is and people continue to watch it?We wouldn't be doing 90% of the shit that we did.? (28:12-28:31 | Christi and Kelly)?Why does everybody just get to walk in and be in our dances?...You know I?m never on Abby's team, but I would be so pissed if somebody told me to put a kid in that I had never worked with right before Nationals.? (43:04-43:25 | Christi)?Melissa is asking Kaya about her previous relationships, and this actually made me laugh. She says, ?What made you go from a man to a woman? And I am howling, because I know Melissa, and I know what Melissa likes about a man.? (1:10:11-1:10:29 | Christi)?Everybody makes Paige out to be stupid and can't ever learn or remember anything. She learned the dance in half the time as everybody else did. She punched herself in her face just as well as anybody else.? (1:08:02-1:08:16 | Christi and Kelly) 

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?This show is just about you and me being assholes,? says Kelly about the latest episode of ?Dance Moms,? where the girls prepare for and perform in Abby?s annual recital, which Kelly and Christi both admit is incredible. Less incredible is the girls? ability to dance hip-hop, and since Paige?s foot is still broken she has to figure out how to dance from the waist up. Abby brings Payton in to join the ?Light My Fire? group number, which means Leslie is back and lashing out at everyone. She tells Kelly she needs to be in both therapy and AA. Knowing she is being set up by producers to look like a fool yet again, Kelly storms out and Christi curses at producers in her defense. 

She is also put in charge of gathering together the ALDC alumnae class of 1985, even though most of Abby?s former students want nothing to do with her. She also has to throw a party in which Cathy crashes and tries to steal one of Abby?s potential new students. The more fun task was playing guest bartender with Christi at a local club and seeing Jill get wild with patrons. Holly, of course, refused to step behind the bar. 

Since this was the first recital since the show had aired, the audience was suddenly packed with adoring fans. Christi describes the feeling of hearing everyone go wild for the girls when they took the stage for their first number. She also explains why for years, she found countless pairs of underwear under the seats of her car. 

Quotes

?At this point ?Dance Moms? had been airing. So if any of Abby?s alumni wanted to be found they would have crawled out of the woodwork. Those people did not want to be found.? (25:10-25:20 | Christi)?At this point, I am over being made to look like an ass, based on lies. If you want to air the truth about me, whatever, I live up to what I do. But when you start lying, and have other people saying it on national television, I start to have a problem.? (1:11:26-1:11:50 | Kelly) ?I remember us sitting in the audience, sobbing. I think at that point, we thought, ?How did we get here??...That's one of my favorite memories of Dance Moms?? (1:22:46-1:23:27 | Christi)

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