Dance Moms
Mothers urge their daughters to perform in the world of competitive dance.
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Mothers urge their daughters to perform in the world of competitive dance.
Season 2 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 2012
Episode 1
Everyone's Replaceable
Mon, Sep 28, 2026 42 mins
Abby has an audition to replace Vivi-Anne. Kendall wins the spot, and quickly realizes dancing for Abby is tough. The other moms struggle to accept the new mom Jill, who is known as a studio-hopper. "Sassy Dolls" is this weeks dance.
Episode 2
Return of the Candy Apples
Tue, Jan 17, 2012 42 mins
This week the ALDC and Candy Apple's Dance Center compete against each other. Cathy is determined to win, even if it means lying to the dance officials. She holds a party for the other moms and tries to convince them to leave the ALDC.
Episode 3
Brooke's Turning Point
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 42 mins
Brooke is at the center of this week's dance, but the night before the competition, she fails to show up for rehearsal and tries out for cheerleading instead. Abby cancels the group dance. Cathy shows up at this weeks competition.
Episode 4
No One Likes a Bully
Tue, Jan 31, 2012 42 mins
Peyton replaces Brooke, causing Jill to worry for Kendall. Holly disagrees with Nia portraying a bully this week. Abby is angry when Peyton is rude backstage and insults the other dancers. The moms struggle to deal with Peyton's mom Leslie.
Episode 5
Burn, Poms Poms, Burn!
Tue, Feb 7, 2012 42 mins
Brooke comes back to ALDC. Jill bribes Abby.
Episode 6
Jill on the Rampage
Tue, Feb 14, 2012 41 mins
This week it's solo week and Abby is at breaking point with the moms complaining about costumes, so she lets them design and make their own. However, Jill does not follow the rules. Cathy has an audition for a new dancer at Candy Apples.
Episode 7
Bullets and Ballet
Tue, Feb 21, 2012 41 mins
When the moms find out this weeks routine is private-eye themed and includes guns, they are very angry. Maddie is placed at the bottom of the pyramid and is determined to get back on top.
Episode 8
The Runaway Mom
Tue, Feb 28, 2012 41 mins
Jill leaves Abby's studio and takes her daughter Kendall to Candy Apples. Abby doesn't find out until competition day, when Kendall is set to compete against Nia.
Episode 9
Topless Showgirls
Tue, Mar 6, 2012 41 mins
The dancers head to South Beach for a competition. When Paige needs to have surgery on her foot, the moms duke it out for her now-open spot in a trio number.
Episode 10
Miami Heat Wave
Tue, Mar 13, 2012 42 mins
Abby is determined to turn up the competition heat when the ALDC leaves frigid Pittsburgh for sexy South Beach. After making it back into the coveted Trio, Paige must undergo foot surgery which sends the Dance Moms vying for the open slot like bridesmaids for a bouquet.
Episode 11
Melissa Pleads the 5th
Tue, Mar 20, 2012 42 mins
Melissa crumbles when two of the moms continue to interfere in her life outside of the studio. Abby puts an interesting spin on a social cause in a unique group number. Holly decides to temporarily leave her job to focus on daughter Nia's dancing.
Episode 12
Waiting for Joffrey
Tue, Mar 27, 2012 42 mins
The dancers and moms feel the pressure when they learn a scout from the Joffrey Ballet is present at the competition. The pot is stirred when Abby makes 2 sets of trios within the group. Over-exertion sends a dancer to the hospital.
Episode 13
Abbygeddon
Tue, Apr 3, 2012 61 mins
The girls are off to audition for the Joffrey Ballet, each girl is determined to win the scholarship but only one will win. If that's not enough pressure Abby is also sending the girls to compete at Starbound (which the girls are their national champions in both group and soloists) Maddie is really feeling the pressure and really messes things up -- Abby also faces the wrath of the other dance moms because of her reaction to Maddie's mistake. One of the girls wins the scholarship - but which one?
Episode 14
The Battle Begins
Tue, Jun 5, 2012 42 mins
At their last competition, Abby ran and left the moms and the girls at the show after Maddie froze on stage and they lost the group number to the Candy Apples. But now she is back!
Episode 15
Night of the Living Dancers
Tue, Jun 12, 2012 42 mins
Week-long tension between Kelly and Abby comes to a head when Kelly makes a drastic decision seconds before her daughters take the stage. As Maddie struggles with confidence issues, Melissa will stop at nothing to get her daughter back on top. Meanwhile, Holly has the impossible task of creating the most elaborate costumes ever for a group number.
Episode 17
I Know What You Did Last Competition
Tue, Jun 19, 2012 42 mins
Week-long tension between Kelly and Abby comes to a head when Kelly makes a drastic decision seconds before her daughters take the stage. As Maddie struggles with confidence issues, Melissa will stop at nothing to get her daughter back on top.
Episode 18
Maddie Has a Secret
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 41 mins
The 25th anniversary of Star Power is so big there are two competition venues filled with dancers. Abby covertly enters Maddie in both competitions...but to avoid sending the dance moms into a frenzy, Maddie must keep the secret.
Episode 19
Abby's Dance-a-Thon
Tue, Jul 3, 2012 39 mins
Abby Lee Miller is never happy with second best. When the dance moms get in her way, things often go awry; when out of her way, her young dancers bring home the gold. In this episode watch Abby tackle the mama drama, taking us through her countdown of the worst to the best dance performances.
Episode 20
How Do You Like Them Apples?
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 42 mins
Abby and the girls are out for revenge when they go against Cathy and her Candy Apples for the first time this competition season. Meanwhile, Kelly decides to takes matters into her own hands when she secretly re-choreographs Paige's solo.
Episode 21
Worst Birthday Party Ever!
Tue, Jul 17, 2012 41 mins
Dance Mom Leslie is back and will stop at nothing until her daughter gets a solo. Kelly's birthday party is a disaster when a big dance moms fight breaks out.
Episode 22
Guess Who's Back?
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 63 mins
Everyone is completely shocked when Jill and Kendall come crawling back to the Abby Lee Dance Company. Jealousy rears its ugly head when the moms learn that Maddie lands the coveted acting role on "Drop Dead Diva.
Episode 23
Break a Leg
Tue, Aug 7, 2012 42 mins
With Paige out with a broken foot, Jill seizes the opportunity and spins into hyper-Dance-Mom-mode trying to get Kendall to replace Paige in this week s numbers. Meanwhile, Maddie leaves dance rehearsals to shoot her big guest role on "Drop Dead Diva.
Episode 24
Revenge of the Candy Apples
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 41 mins
Melissa tries desperately to get Maddie back in favor with Abby. Meanwhile, Mackenzie struggles with her new "big girl" role. Also, this week, the ALDC dancers go up against the very same girls who replaced them during the moms silent protest.
Episode 25
The Recital to End All Recitals
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 42 mins
It's the annual Abby Lee Dance Company recital, which means two things--all the girls get to perform and Abby is a nervous wreck. After Abby assigns Paige the only new solo for the recital, Kelly goes ballistic and threatens to pull both of her daughters.
Episode 26
New Girl in Town
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 41 mins
The arrival of a new dance mom and her daughter create a huge stir amongst the girls and the dance moms. With her broken foot healed, Paige gets the go-ahead from the doctor to dance in this week's important competition.
Episode 27
Solo Fever
Tue, Sep 4, 2012 41 mins
Each girl performs a solo for Abby to determine who will compete at Nationals. Meanwhile, Melissa tries to sign her daughters with an agency, and Kelly helps Brooke with her singing career.
Episode 28
Nationals 90210
Sat, Sep 1, 2012 63 mins
The Abby Lee Dance Company battling for a National title, this time in glamorous Beverly Hills. Cathy and her Candy Apples follow Abby all the way to the 90210, where the girls will have another shot at beating Justice and Vivi-Anne.
Episode 29
Reunion: Off the Dance Floor, Part 1
Tue, Sep 18, 2012 42 mins
After the most tumultuous dance competition season ever, Abby and the Dance Moms reunite on stage to set the record straight. Unfiltered and unleashed, everyone gets the chance to tell each other what they really think...May the best Dance Mom win. Part 1 of 2.
Episode 30
Reunion: Off the Dance Floor, Part 2
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 40 mins
After the most tumultuous dance competition season ever, Abby and the Dance Moms reunite on stage to set the record straight. Unfiltered and unleashed, everyone gets the chance to tell each other what they really think ... may the best Dance Mom win. Part 2 of 2.
Episode 31
Abby's Most OMG Moments
Tue, Jun 5, 2012 38 mins
In this hour long special, Abby will count down her favorite and most outrageous moments from Dance Moms Season 2.