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Let's start out recapping what's going on with Abby Lee Miller. So much since the last time we left a be at the end two years ago. We saw a be going off to prison for us. She was investigated by the FBI for tax fraud and she was sent to jail federal prison actually in Victorville, which is not far from Sunny Los Angeles, California, but let me tell you it's a place that you do not want to be Abby was sent to prison for almost a year and she was let out of jail in all of 2018 and almost immediately. Once you got out of jail, she found out she had a pain in her back and she was diagnosed with a spine infection and had to immediately go into surgery and the infection required the doctors to remove a couple of her vertebrae and she was at first paralyzed from the neck down pretty terrifying obviously for a dance teacher that's going to ruin your career when you've already We've been through so much. She had to go through chemo treatments and a lot of Rehabilitation and at this point when we see her at the beginning of these episodes, she's paralyzed from the waist down still a huge sort of land mine to have to rehabilitate yourself and learn how to cope and learn how to use a chair and everything like that. Were you guys as surprised as I was to see Abby clearly lost a lot of weight going through Chemo treatments she lost all her hair. We saw her trying on wigs. She still has her trusty hair and makeup people to make sure she's always got those at least a couple pairs of fake eyelashes on Abby signature lashes. So glad to see that those are still there even even when you're even when you're in a wig in a wheelchair. You still got to have fake eyelashes. That's what I've always said. We're happy to see a be back in the dance studio and part of her Rehabilitation. Her self-appointed Rehabilitation was to get back into the dance studio and Start a whole new Abby Lee Miller dance team and that's where we started off with our first episode. We brought in a be brought in seven new students one boy. All the rest are girls and Liliana from two seasons ago or well two years ago our last season with with Dance Moms. So we remember Lily when she was itty-bitty. She was about seven years old the last time we saw her and now she's ten years old and she's the only one that we already know all the rest of them are new and we are excited to get to know these new these new kids. I don't know. I'm not as excited to get their moms get to know their moms. How about you guys the mama drama is always a little bit less interesting to me than actually seeing the dances and seeing the girls develop as dancers. That's the part that keeps me tuning in every season. So one thing that I thought was really cool was That as we had these two new episodes. We just went back to the regular old normal format that we used to see in the original seasons of the show where the beginning of the show was a be talking to the kids in the studio. They she did the pyramid which we're going to bring that back and then she handed out the solos and the the dances for the week and told them what their group dance was going to be. So it was kind of cool. I thought to go back to the original just the original format of the shows that we We've watched Through The Years just the way that it used to be. She starts out with the Trio's and so both of these episodes together. We saw six dances. We saw the two trios from the first episode the first group dance, which was a super intense sort of traditional. I would say traditional Abby dance because it was lyrical and it was just a really sort of pull at your heartstrings dance literally because the song was about our the Answers about heart kind of intense dance for the judges like a very, you know Moreau song and I'm surprised episode really didn't go into how the moms rigged those costumes with the white dresses and for the for the blood to come out right at that part to make the dancers bleed in the middle of the dance. That was pretty it was dark but a really cool effect and really added a lot to the sort of the gravity of That dance and then in the second episode, of course, we had our two solos. We had Lily and we had Savannah and then we had the group dance of the the Haka the traditional like Warrior dance, which was a very that's that's a that's a kind of dance I Believe from it's like a New Zealand Australia like Aboriginal sort of dance and very very like, Boom, boom boom boom like high-octane a lot of power to that and the kids understandably like Lilly couldn't catch her breath. They said that it was probably the one of the hardest dances Avail DC and definitely like the most like physically demanding so it's kind of cool that Abby's like right off the bat just giving the kids a challenge immediately. I think that's a really important thing for her to do especially because These kids aren't newbies Jian giannina. For example. She's already been on Broadway. She has toured with Mariah Carey. She has quite a resume Lily, of course already has a big following from Seasons past all of these kids Brady, especially the boy already well known within the Dance World. These kids already have a following so I would I would almost say you Abby Abby says has said several times through these episodes how she made Stars she created Stars, which is true. She created Maddie Ziegler. She created Mackenzie, you know, we wouldn't know who they were if it weren't for Abby Lee Miller. None of the kids Nia Kendall any of them, but I think this is a little different at this point. Abby didn't necessarily create these kids. These kids already have a career for all intents and purposes. I'm sure a lot of you probably already follow them on Instagram. So it's a little bit different than Seasons past only in that we fans of dance might already know who a lot of these kids are and at this point, it's almost like they are helping Abby re-establish her place in the dance world. It was cool to see that with each of these dances the kids won first place in both of the group dances. So it's cool to see the Abby's like back back at it like back back. Where she was she's already got a group of winners just like before and happy to see that. I guess I'll go into maybe my favorite so far. I really like Brady. He seems to be a really it's got a good head on his shoulders and his mom doesn't seem to be causing a lot of drama I'd say I'm not as excited to see Stacey Lily's mom sort of inserting herself in all of the reasons to like cause cause chaos backstage when that's just not really necessary a lot of that stuff. You can kind of see it's just as choreographed as the dances themselves a lot of that stuff seems a little bit contrived but it does seem that Hanna's mom and just like in one of the scenes the moms are saying like I think she's a little off her rocker. She's a little while. Kee I do think that probably is the case with her and and that's probably why Hannah is so quiet in every single one of the in the testimonials where it's just the camera and the kid you could tell it was like pulling teeth getting any kind of words out of Hannah. She's she's a shy one. So I personally don't see her going too far at least in this season and you know, possibly her career as a whole because you really need to not just be a Dancer, but really bring you have to be a large personality in order to compete at this level. And if she can't even answer simple questions when it's like a one-on-one testimonial with the cameras then this poor kid. I'm I'm really I'm pulling for you Hannah. I really want you to I really want you to break out of your shell. I think moving forward what we can expect are some injuries maybe a little bit little bit. More than the The Ripped toe and the toe nail and lilies like hyperventilating that we saw this this episode. We're probably going to see a little bit more a little bit more like accidents in the dance studio is what was what they foreshadowed at the end of what we saw and I believe Abby has a medical emergency to so those are some things that we can see on the on the horizon coming. Yup, I expect that. We're going to see a lot from giannina. I bet she's going to get a lot of solos. That's what I'm assuming and I bet we are going to see a lot from Savannah we can already tell that she's an immediate favorite of by a bee by getting a solo in the second episode and Lily's probably going to continue to be one of the one of the favorites I would say. This point Lily is like Maddie just because she's a turn of the team and Stacey even though she sort of she's butting heads with Abby already that tends to show that like Abby feels a little bit more comfortable the way that Abby came into the bathroom to console Lily when her mom cut her hair like that was something Abby didn't really like take time out to console the kids when they were upset about something and the fact that she did that so early on and the season with Lily that And I do feel like Lily is sort of the there. They're billing her to be the replacement Maddie or the new Maddie. That's what it seems to me Savannah. I bet will kind of be like Chloe and be sort of Maddie's competition. We've already seen Lily and Savannah going off head-to-head and Savannah beat Lily Savannah got first place Lily got second. So I bet those two are going to be in tough competition with each other. Nina already kind of has Starpower I see her kind of like Kalani Kalani was a very mature dancer from the beginning just like giannina is and Kalani sort of maybe didn't get a lot of solos but it was just sort of kind of understood that she was really established and great sophisticated dancer and I can see that that's that's the role that Gina's going to play. I bet Hannah Hannah can see being more like Nina like Nia because she's quiet. It's very quiet kind of often gets pushed into the background. So That's what I see happening to Hannah. I think of our of our veterans of the series. We remember from Seasons past if you remember like the Highland girls, they are graduated high school now and I believe they are injuring the model world at this point and Nia is doing her music thing and doing a lot of promotions. My favorite dancers from the ALDC through the years would probably be number one Maddie. Of course. I probably a cliche answer but probably something that we can all agree on I'd say my second favorite is probably Kalani. I always thought that she was just such a beautiful dancer that maybe didn't get the attention that she deserved and third would probably be I'd have to think about that but maybe Be JoJo Just because she's a lot of fun and if you follow her on Instagram, you can see she's still doing those crazy things and still wearing the bows and making appearances and stuff like that. They're just kind of I'd say like Jojo Kendall even Chloe Nia. They're just sort of like social media Stars at the moment and really just making appearances and doing Product Promotion and stuff like Like that, which is cool. It's great for them, you know stretch that stuff out girls ride that wave as long as you can but I would like to see you know, where these girls are at in their dance careers. Now, you know put out a video every once in awhile. I want to give a shout out to any of you dancers out there who do make your dubsmash videos or anything like that. You can find me on Instagram. I'm hey Tamara heyy ta MRA and even as an adult Keep up my dance practice and post those little dubsmash videos. So I want to see yours. So you can DM me one of your one of your little videos to Old Town Road or whatever song Whatever song is popular is trending on dubsmash right now send it to my DMs because I'll I'll share it out there and want to see what you guys are dancing to now continue to watch the after-show of for a dance. Moms on AfterBuzz TV and I hope that you guys will comment below and keep listening and let us know what you think about this new season of Dance Moms. And yeah, stay tuned follow me on Instagram. Hey Tamara and follow AfterBuzz TV, and we will see you on the third episode season 8 of Dance Moms. Thanks.
Talking today about Dance Moms Season 8 Episodes 1 & 2 "Abby's Big Comeback" & "Mommy Dearest" w/ Tamra Brown! Join Tamra Brown each week to break down the newest season of Dance Moms! From Abby's Diagnosis, to life post-prison; Abby is back and better than ever! Be sure to follow Tamra Brown for all your Dance Moms needs and tune in each week for another episode of the Dance Moms After Show! ABOUT DANCE MOMS: Abby Lee Miller runs the Abby Lee Dance Company in Pittsburgh, which she started when she was 14. Miller is a notoriously demanding and passionate instructor. But she has competition in the area of being demanding -- from her students' mothers, as featured in this docuseries. The series highlights the highs and lows of the competitive dance season as the dancers pursue the ultimate National Dance title. Miller instructs her students while dealing with the over-the-top mothers who go to great lengths to help their children's dreams (or are they the mothers' dreams?) come true. The show captures the dynamic interplay between parent, teacher and student as Miller tries to bring out the best in her students. ---   This episode is sponsored by  · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. 