Dance Moms – An Apple A Day Keeps Abby Away – Recap via Rickey.org Lifetime
This was not one of Dance Moms better episodes. There was almost no mention or appearances by the main cast of girls. An episode of Dance Moms withou...
Dance Moms – An Apple A Day Keeps Abby Away – Recap via Rickey.org Lifetime
This was not one of Dance Moms better episodes. There was almost no mention or appearances by the main cast of girls. An episode of Dance Moms without the Dance Moms isn’t ideal.
The episode chose to focus more on Abby’s decision to search for property in LA. Abby searches Los Angeles for the perfect dance studio to expand her business. Does this mean the show will move to LA? Will the girls and Dance Moms follow? Aside from telling the audience that she has no interest of having stripper poles in her new studio, Abby isn’t in the episode much either.
My main problem with focusing an entire episode on Cathy and her ever revolving group of dancers is that they’re pretty boring. I find myself wanting to fast forward through the parts that feature the egotistical choreographer Anthony and the hot headed Dance Dad. I don’t know anyone that’s watching the show for their stories. The sad truth is, Cathy is only interesting when she’s fighting with the other Dance Moms. And with them not making much of an appearance in the episode, it left much to be desired.
Cathy is rebuilding her dance team for what seems like the umpteenth time in a bid to try and beat Abby’s group of dancers at the next competition. With Abby in LA, our main cast of girls will not even be competing in the competition against Cathy’s group.
To piss Abby off the most, Cathy has called in Hadley and her mother to join the team. Hadley appeared on Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition where Abby infamously called her roadkill. This episode also featured the return of Black Patsy and her daughter Nicaya. Along with a couple other girls and Cathy’s three boys, they will all be trying to prove to Cathy they deserve a permanent spot on the team.
That’s right. Cathy is going to make some cuts. Before she even makes the team decision, she cuts one girl from the group number all together and bumps her to understudy. This scene was had to watch because the girl was so obviously heartbroken and it seemed, if possible, worse than how Abby treats her girls. Which says a lot.
The new moms are just as boring as their plots. Their bickering comes across almost manufactured and scripted and I still haven’t even learned their names. In a breath of fresh air, Jill, Kelly, and Holly show up to the competition to snoop on Cathy’s team.
3rd place – Zack
2nd place – Hadley
Cathy’s group wins first place in their category but I can’t help but wonder how hard that could have been without Abby’s team being there.
The entire episode was a build up to a fight between Jill and Black Patsy. It was featured in the preview and several times during commercial breaks. Imagine my surprise, and annoyance, when the episode ends before the fight even begins. That was an MTV’s Real World move and I feel cheated. I feel like Jill could hold her own.
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