Episode
Dance Moms: 99 Problems but a Mom Ain't One
Overview
The dance competition season is off to a rocky start when a key team member disappears.
Details
- Series
- Dance Moms
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2015-01-06
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
99 Problems but a Mom Ain't One is Episode 1 in Season 5 of Dance Moms. It aired on 2015-01-06. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 3: JoJo With a Bow Bow
Maddie heads to Los Angeles for an exciting new opportunity; the mothers question Abby's dedication to this week's routines since her favorite dancer is gone; Abby calls in JoJo as a substitute for Maddie.
Episode 4: Bye Bye Pittsburgh
JoJo and Jess return to fight for a spot on the ALDC; the team prepares for their Hollywood adventure; Holly and Jill are concerned that Nia and Kendall will be forgotten by Abby.
Episode 5: Hello Hollywood, Goodbye Abby
The ALDC arrives in Los Angeles; a top west coast dance studio declares war on the ALDC; Abby sets up an audition with a casting agent for the girls; Abby suffers a breakdown, causing the mothers to question her abilities as a manager.
Episode 6: Nia Risks It All
After a chaotic first week in Los Angeles, things do not settle down when Abby and Holly have their biggest and most shocking fight ever, causing Holly to go behind Abby's back to work with a huge star despite the consequences. Maddie prepares for another big Hollywood job, and all the girls soon are on edge when Abby announces an open call audition in Los Angeles. Holly and Nia grow especially fearful of their futures with the ALDC.
Episode 7: Wild Wild West Coast, Part 1
The mothers' patience with Abby grows thin during the ALDC's last week in Los Angeles; Abby brings in two swing dancers that threaten the other girls' chances at an audition; Abby's job as a manager is put to the test.
Episode 8: Wild Wild West Coast, Part 2
While in Los Angeles, the girls juggle a competition and a music video shoot; Abby attempts to shut down the music video shoot; the mothers fight to keep their daughters on the team when Abby announces that she will be cutting one dancer.
Episode 9: The Great Divide
The ALDC returns to Pittsburgh; the mothers are divided based on who stayed to film the music video and those who left; the group dance becomes a personal attack against the mothers; Abby discovers the team is in the teen division.
Episode 10: The New Maddie?
The ALDC girls move forward after a rocky journey to Los Angeles; Cathy returns with a surprise choreographer; Abby invites Ashlee and her daughter Brynn to come dance at the ALDC and quickly praises Brynn as "the next Maddie."
Episode 11: Nia's Last Chance
The ALDC heads to Philadelphia with a risky non-lyrical routine; Abby gives Nia an ultimatum; frustrated with the lack of support from Melissa and Jill, Holly makes friends with two unlikely allies.
Episode 12: Abby's Trash, Cathy's Treasure
The media goes crazy for Maddie's second music video with Sia; Cathy assembles a team of dancers who have all worked with Abby and are ready to seek vengeance on the dance floor.