Dance Moms Recap: Head for the Hills

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By SnoopK8 | Friday, July 20, 2012 | 2:00 pm | 34 Comments
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Cows welcome us to Ohio, where Cathy announces to the Apple’s that she has BIG NEWS. No, she is not voluntarily committing herself. They won’t be seeing Kendall anymore because Shrill decided to “leave” Candy Apple’s. Apparently, she wasn’t getting the camera time she craved.

Kendall? Won’t see her no more

Cathy says it’s a shame because Shrill should have stuck around to see what the Apple’s have to offer. Of course, she has nothing to offer this particular week. 

Wait – not so fast. They – the girls at least – sorry, Justice! – get to read for a part in Drop Dead Diva! I love how Cathy tries to make it sound like a casting director specifically sought her out. Although to be fair, there could be a casting director out there who specializes in talent from fourth-rate dance academies in northern Ohio. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that!)

Back in PA, the girls are in a room reading scripts to prepare for their audition. In the studio Jabby is playing the casting director and Gia is running the camera. I guess that’s what the casting couch looks like in hell. Paige reads first, but it turns into a montage of all the ALDC girls plus the Candy Apple’s “auditioning.” Jabby says that she’s sure one of her girls will get the part. What are the odds?

The moms go to lunch to discuss Kelly’s upcoming birthday party. She hopes it’s not boring! Well, considering this episode is called “Worst Party Ever,” I don’t think you have to worry about boring. Kelly wants to have a signature drink. I thought “booze” was her signature drink. Christi says her signature drink is called “mommy juice” and ewww. I wouldn’t have pegged her as a breast milk aficionado.

Kelly wonders if she should invite Leslie to the party and the moms are all like “WHY???” Kelly interviews that she “feels like” she has to. Yes, that contract will get you every time. Christi calls Leslie the ultimate stage mother who would knock you down and steal your teeth if it were good for her kid. Christi interviews that Jabby and Leslie are similar “creatures” because they both want to dominate and be the boss. Maybe it’s that whole Fifty Shades of Grey thing that’s going around. Ha, that reminds me of one my favorite Cheers lines: “I’d hate to meet the wolf that can drag off Norm.” I’d hate to meet the guy who can dominate Jabby.

Christi announces that Chloe is going to be missing rehearsal that night because she’s on a school field trip. She admits she hasn’t told Jabby yet. Well that’s smart. Jabby loves surprises. Christi says that “last week” she let Chloe go to the movies so this news will probably “go down like the Titanic.” Good one, Christi. You could also say “go down like a crack whore at a bachelor party.”

The girls are getting ready for rehearsal, but Chloe is not there. Christi informs Jabby about the field trip and says Chloe will be back tomorrow morning. I never got to go on an overnight field trip when I was Chloe’s age. Not that I’m bitter or anything. Jabby is, as you would imagine, super happy about this development. She questions Chloe’s commitment to the group. Christi says she made a commitment instead to Chloe’s education.

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34 Comments

  1. 1
    Gwen
    Posted July 20, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    Here are the full dances (The music on the show was the music Chloe danced to IRL):

    Group:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JIsOfblwBg&list=PLD2123FB348E4E3E1&index=4&feature=plpp_video

    Trio (just a clip):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBQV_HHvoB4&list=PLD2123FB348E4E3E1&index=12&feature=plpp_video

    Chloe:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slBcoajSykI&list=PLD2123FB348E4E3E1&index=7&feature=plpp_video

    Maddie:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YBTmfvFWDU&list=PLD2123FB348E4E3E1&index=14&feature=plpp_video

    Payton:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEZ0CgOMDXU&list=PLD2123FB348E4E3E1&index=16&feature=plpp_video

    Brooke’s solo (not shown):

  2. 2
    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted July 20, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    I thought Chloe’s solo this week was great, she got that spark that’s been missing from her last few solos back.

  3. 3
    Dani
    Posted July 20, 2012 at 4:30 pm

    Yes, I really loved Chloe’s solo this week as well! I mean, I pretty much always love her solos, but this one in particular was amazing.. I am surprised she didn’t win 1st, as I thought her dance (from what footage we saw) was technically more difficult than Maddie’s (and Maddie, of course, won 1st), and she executed her moves more gracefully.. Just my opinion of course.. :)

  4. 4
    tntjunky
    Posted July 20, 2012 at 7:19 pm

    Ok, watching right now, one question. Why is Christie wearing Fred Flintstone’s outfit?

  5. 5
    Emily
    Posted July 20, 2012 at 7:19 pm

    According to the Starbound website, Brooke did a solo called “Paint the Pictures” and got second, and Payton got 7th.

  6. 6
    tntjunky
    Posted July 20, 2012 at 7:58 pm

    I loved Chloe’s solo and also thought IMCUDO (in my compleatly untrained dancer opinion) that it was technically superior to Maddie’s. She did not move in her piroettes att all! They both danced beautifully, but Chloe’s was stellar!

  7. 7
    Bel
    Posted July 20, 2012 at 8:13 pm

    The whole ‘Christy chokes Cathy’ fiasco has me very confused/sceptical. The kids and the mums seem to contradict each other and themselves in every post. First it was said that none of the ALDC kids were there, but all of the CADC kids were, others then said that the ALDC (minus Maddie) were taunting their kids up the street and that they all witnessed the fight, another tweet says that Christie was sent out by the producers to cause drama and it got out of hand, another says that it started when they lost and were walking back to their van and all the ALDC came running out and started the fight, another says that Maddie was trying to stop the fighting (despite the fact that she was not there….. You get the picture! So my understanding, having read all the tweets on the subject, here is my summary:

    - the fight was caused by the CADC quitting, which caused them to lose at a competition, which caused the ALDC kids to mock them, so the producers sent Christie out to hype them up further.
    - Once the fight started, the ALDC put on their invisibility capes, so that only some of the CADC people could see them.
    - Maddie kept apparating and disapparating, which caused confusion about whether she was there or not.
    - Once the police arrived, Christie made herself unplottable so they could not find her and question her.
    - After the incident, the traumatised CADC children (who apparently took hours to be calmed down) found Twitter to be the best form of therapy, and all (without being told to) wrote that ‘no child should ever have to see something like that’, because that is how all kids think and write.
    - The ALDC mums and kids all suffered from amnesia and forgot the whole incident, thus not putting anything about it on Twitter. They are usually so vocal, that I can not think of any other reason why they would suddenly be so silent.

    Can you see why I am confused??? Can anyone clear this up, or offer a more plausible solution to the multiple contradictions?

  8. 8
    cheergirl
    Posted July 20, 2012 at 8:34 pm

    After looking at the full dances, I think I know why Maddie won. Her dance with the music really told a story and it captured my attention. Chloe’s dance was more of a technical dance than a performance or story if that makes sense. They both did a wonderful job and I am Chloe’s biggest fan but I would have went with Maddie this week also.

    And Lmaooo @Bel’s despcription of the fight

  9. 9
    StageMom
    Posted July 21, 2012 at 1:06 am

    @Bel are you suggesting Christie is the fight fluffer?

  10. 10
    Bel
    Posted July 21, 2012 at 5:54 am

    Not sure what you mean StageMom?? All I am saying is that the information being provided by the CADC is conflicting and confusing! I get that in an intense situation, people can often give conflicting reports, but their stories are just all over the place – who was there, who was involved and what happened seems to change from person to person, and in tweet to tweet in cases where people directly contradict themselves!

  11. 11
    lily123
    Posted July 21, 2012 at 7:04 am

    In the teen solo awards I heard the annoucer call seventh place for Payton’s solo. And then Leslie said “I wanted a higher title for her, but I don’t want to break her down” or something. So I think Lifetime just capped it wrong. Either way, they should have shown Brooke’s solo. :\

  12. 12
    lisa
    Posted July 21, 2012 at 8:03 am

    To me, it would have made more sense if Lifetime had included Brooke also having a solo in Payton’s division. It would have explained better why Kelly didn’t like Payton’s solo being added last minute if we had know that she would be competing directly against her daughter.

    The editing is so annoying on this show.

  13. 13
    Gwen
    Posted July 21, 2012 at 8:15 am

    If anyone wants to know what happens next week, here are the competition results. (SPOILER ALERT)

    http://www.starpowertalent.com/CompetitionResults/2012RegionalResultsVideos/LancasterPA/tabid/956/Default.aspx

  14. 14
    CrisB83
    Posted July 21, 2012 at 11:06 am

    I think it would have been a much more interesting storyline to show Brooke’s dance during the show, and would have made the episode make much more sense. Now that I know Brooke was dancing in the same category as PayTon I can see why Kelly was nattering on about different things, trying to get Leslie to leave. And also the utter disbelief on everyone’s face when Kelly said she didn’t have a problem with Leslie. The girls discussing their dance was too cute after the trio. It reminds me of playground conversations after a math test… Paige, Mackenzie, and Nia need more airtime. Also, I thought Abby calling Chloe “Yogi bear” was sweet- it’s the kind of light-hearted ribbing that shows their rapport. Love.

  15. 15
    Pageant-grandma
    Posted July 21, 2012 at 5:05 pm

    Also, the “we beat the apples in every category” is bullpucky. Per the competition’s own results website, justice came in ahead of both Paige and Chloe.

  16. 16
    Samantha
    Posted July 22, 2012 at 8:43 am

    The Dance Mom Editor/producer/whatever the hell this guy does on the show admitted that the misheard the announcer so they put 2nd instead of 7th. Abby was so nice this episode! (Well nicer then usual) But Christi and Kelly kind of pissed me off. I thought Leslie had some pretty good points when she spoke like when she said they moms are never happy. Everyone had a special dance this week (Solos and trios, Brooke had both a trio and a solo) yet they still complained. there are some people who never get a solo and there kids get like 5 in one season (even Paige and Nia).

  17. 17
    Dani
    Posted July 22, 2012 at 9:23 am

    Oh please. The producer/editor “misheard” the announcer? That’s crap! Payton and Brooke were in the same category, and they taped both of them dancing (they just didn’t show Brooke’s on T.V.), so they obviously saw that Payton was 7th, and saw when Brooke was announced 2nd.. Why would he even make a stupid statement like that when it’s so obvious that we all know by now that Brooke came in 2nd? Either he’s just a really big liar, or really stupid!!

    I think if they would have played this episode more about Payton and Brooke competing against eachother it would have made for a better episode, plus Brooke would have been shown to have a solo and that would have been nice for everyone to see. I don’t know how they decide what to put in and leave out, but I think they could definitely do a better job.

  18. 18
    JesseW
    Posted July 22, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    I think they got the two girls mixed up when they decided not to show us Brooke’s solo.
    This show will never win an editing award.

  19. 19
    keebler elf
    Posted July 22, 2012 at 6:59 pm

    the girls went to the teen choice awards, i saw a pic of them with justin bieber. mackenzie finally got to meet him!

  20. 20
    AshleyS
    Posted July 22, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    I think Leslie managed somehow to have her ‘role’ changed. She started out as the snide, uber-confrontational mom and now twice we’ve seen her be the voice of the audience, telling the moms exactly how we see them.

    I, for one, can’t wait to see the backlash regarding the DDD role! You just know that shit’s gonna be good.

  21. 21
    ABT
    Posted July 23, 2012 at 8:36 am

    I swear when Peyton stood up to recever her award- under her name it was written 2nd place Novice
    Category.

  22. 22
    April
    Posted July 23, 2012 at 8:46 am

    So thanks to whomever told me to watch “Dance Academy”. I luvs it. I have a girl crush on Christian and Kat.

  23. 23
    amah
    Posted July 23, 2012 at 8:56 am

    Ah, the top Holly is wearing in the picture of her, Christy, and Jabby on pg. 4 is one I bought & returned from Anthropologie. Holly is rockin’ it like I couldn’t. But with her amazing Michelle Obama arms she can do no wrong in my eyes anyway. Christy’s Sparkles and Kelly’s Caftans could learn a thing or two from Holly’s Demure Stylings.

  24. 24
    Gwen
    Posted July 23, 2012 at 9:24 am

    @ABT Payton could not have been entered as a novice soloist. According to Starbound rules, if you enter as a novice you are not eligible for the top 10 overall. Payton is listed in the top 10 overall in seventh place.

  25. 25
    emmi
    Posted July 24, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    Next time you need photos from the internet, use cappingdancemoms.tumblr.com
    She has pictures of every dance mom moment in history!

  26. 26
    Gwen
    Posted July 24, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    I watched the dances again, and it didn’t say anything about the novice category in regards to Payton—Just “Second place – teen solo”. Also, did anyone notice that they played the same clip of Christi clapping at least four times during Chloe’s dance?

  27. 27
    kittykat24
    Posted July 24, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    A pic from the Teen Choice awards. Look at Kenzie’s face! She has that, “OMG! OMG!” face… so cute

    http://ca.omg.yahoo.com/blogs/north-stars/justin-bieber-poses-dance-moms-cast-teen-choice-145846810.html

  28. 28
    Moli Moli
    Posted July 24, 2012 at 4:48 pm

    What a gorgeous picture of our girls, they are all glowing :) . You should re-post this when the next cap comes up…so everyone an see it.

  29. 29
    AshleyS
    Posted July 24, 2012 at 7:39 pm

    Nia’s dress is so pretty!

  30. 30
    rebecca pressley
    Posted July 27, 2012 at 10:08 pm

    Abbey was on the The TAlk on Thursday, but it was a very boring interview. She basically said she choreographed her first dance at age 14. And that was the end of that.

  31. 31
    rebecca pressley
    Posted July 27, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    I broke my ankle and I have been wearing the big black sexy boot!

  32. 32
    AshleyS
    Posted July 27, 2012 at 11:09 pm

    I’m really missing this mini/recap. :(

  33. 33
    Elle
    Posted July 30, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    I’ve been stalking this page! Hope we hear something soon. I can’t be snarky without a bad example to lead the way! :)

  34. 34
    Methuen Dance Mom
    Posted July 31, 2012 at 3:04 pm

    Excellent Cheers reference!

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