Abby and Cathy have their final showdown of the season at the Masters of Dance competition, and everyone cracks under the pressure. Kristie blows a fuse and drops some f-bombs. Kelly cries harder than Kendall backstage. Anthony fights with everyone in sig more

Mackenzie's been benched for weeks with an injured foot, but now that the team is performing on The View , Mack experiences a miraculous recovery. Obviously, Abby and the dance moms aren't buying it. There's only room for one mini-dancer in "The Last Text more

Abby pulls Maddie from this week's group number, "See No Evil," and promotes her to assistant choreographer. The surprising move serves a few functions. First, it allows Maddie to use her dance talent in a new way (and Abby just can't stop gushing about M more

This week's Dance Moms is all about the politics of the dance world. It's a topic with plenty of potential, to be sure. In fact, it's pretty much what Dance Moms is all about: women fighting for the good graces of a powerful connection who can break their more

The competition's reached a fever pitch between the Abby Lee Dance Company and the Candy Apple's Dance Center. Cathy's back this week and determined to oust Abby's girls from the winner's circle. She's picked a great moment to strike, too. The group is di more

The Abby Lee Dance Company gets an extra helping of star power this week in the form of Rachelle Rak, a scrappy professional dancer with Broadway credits and years of experience. Rak's star may be shiny, but she's not above helping the ALDC craft a winnin more

In another very special two-hour episode of Dance Moms , Abby once again uses social causes to choreograph a number. Unlike last week's confusing "Don't Ask, Just Tell," though, "Rosa Parks" actually works. It's a great week to come up with a winning rout more

This week's two-hour edition of Dance Moms has a promising start. Like all episodes, though, it quickly dissolves into conflict. The moms play nice during the first half, prepping Abby for her date with a scruffy Italian gas station attendant (!), helping more