The Ziegler Girls CAN'T CATCH A BREAK! (S2 Flashback) | Dance Moms

Maddie and Mackenzie fail to meet Abby's expectations in this flashback clip from Season 2, Episode 14, "The Battle Begins."

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"Dance Moms" follows Abby Lee Miller and the nation's favorite tween dancers as they take on Hollywood while new auditions, new competitions, and new studios raise the stakes.

The road has not been easy for “Dance Mom’s” star Abby Lee Miller. After completing her prison sentence last year, the famed dance instructor was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. But if anything, Abby has proven she is a fighter and is not ready to hang up the dance shoes. The new season of Dance Moms follows Abby as she rebuilds her dance company while battling the after-effects of cancer that has left her confined to a wheelchair. Abby is ready to get back to her life and do what she loves most…teaching students to dance! With the goal of putting her life, health and dance studio back together, Abby returns to where it all began – the Abby Lee Dance Company in Pittsburgh.

[halaalnahleh]

We just need to give Maddie a best emotional sister ever she was crying tears of joy when Kenzie started her solo ❤

[Faithwithreail]

poor Maddie she was way too young to be that stressed out all that pressure she was under

[Duckyluv.]

The way Maddie started panicking when her name was called 😢

[-kendoll-]

I’m glad that Maddie had a mouth in that situation to tell Abby that she was NOT. READY! I was so proud at her then

[emilybahn]

Maddie looked so proud of Mackenzie ! BEST BIG SISTER

[yourfavvemma]

i feel so bad for these girls, abby put way too much pressure on them

[kiaramacias]

Poor Chloe you can see her shaking when she’s in the dressing room talking to Abby 🥺😢

[useriip]

Poor Maddie I never really felt bad for her until this and watching her cry 😢

[toothpasteinyoureye]

This shows that being the favourite isn't always a good thing. Maddie went through so much mentally and Mackenzie. Way too much pressure on them.

[canadianqueenbee]

Abby is the REAL sneaky snake because the ONLY reason the announcer called Maddies name is because Abby NEVER scratched her dance in the first place!!!
Abby tried guilt tripping her & thought Maddie would cave into the peer pressure as she ALWAYS did. So she purposefully kept Maddies name in the competition thinking Maddie would either cave in & perform or she would feel so much anxiety, embarrassment & panic when being announced that she would never want to experience that again, which in turn gives Abby more power over Maddies decisions regarding future competitions.

Its one thing to be THAT calculated but being so calculated towards literal children, to the point it causes them anxiety, trauma & mental anguish is the absolute highest form of evil.

[follow-DefnotOlive]

As a kid I always wanted to be on this show and thought all the girls were so lucky. Time.has.passed

[gilliankkent]

6:09 Paige and Chloe trying to cheer up Kenzie is sooo adorable!

[AlexaHearty]

Maddies little smile when she was watching the trio

[irenebain]

My heart went out to that Child, nobody should be made feel as she was, her Mother should have intervened and not let her Daughter be put in the position she was in with Abbey.

[harismylonas]

I loved when Maddie was crying bc it just shows that Maddie isn’t a bad sister

[mybelved_]

7:57-8:00 you can see Chloe literally shaking. I feel so bad :(

[SOFIJA]

Don’t get me wrong, i loved the show it was Iconic and it forever will be but, Maddie and kenzie were WAY to pressured for their age, while the other girls were Traumatized & humiliated.

[mia_rashkind]

Is nobody going to talk about how Paige tried to comfort Kenzie

[just.brooke]

Maddie looked so happy watching the girls and it just broke my heart seeing kenze crying

[RedHeadsAreTheBest]

Chloe and Paige were so cute when they were talking to Kenzie after her solo