7.0/1035 votes#1 - Welcome Back ... Now Don't Get Too Comfy
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2014
Abby announces that she will be holding open-call auditions for new dancers, and that no one's position on the team is safe; singer Jana Kramer invites Brooke to sing with her on stage.
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6.4/1029 votes#2 - Two Can Play This Game
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/2014
The Abby Lee Dance Company competes against the Candy Apples for the first time since Nationals; Chloe and Kendall battle for the number two spot; Payton's future with the team is called into question.
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5.5/1020 votes#3 - Abby Strikes Back
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/14/2014
Abby announces her first national open audition in Orlando; Jill accuses Christi of lying to help Chloe win; Brooke, Paige and Chloe are given a tricky trio to challenge Brooke's pop star credentials.
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7.0/1017 votes#4 - Chloe vs. Kendall: Round 2
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/21/2014
Cathy returns with a team of boys to compete against Abby's dancers; a nervous Abby pushes Chloe and Kendall to prepare for their solos; the team members feel pressured to prove themselves to Abby.
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5.6/1022 votes#5 - No One Is Safe
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 1/28/2014
Holly worries about Nia's featured role in the group dance; Abby's second open call audition has the mothers on edge; Melissa defends her choice to home school Maddie and MacKenzie.
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6.3/1023 votes#6 - Clash of the Chloes
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2/4/2014
Abby brings in a new dancer named Chloe for a trial run on the competition team; Christi is concerned that Abby will replace her daughter; Holly and Jill are excited about their daughters' duet; Melissa thinks her girls are being overshadowed.
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6.6/1030 votes#7 - Big Trouble in the Big Apple
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2/11/2014
Abby announces that she is putting together a new junior elite team; the Abby Lee Dance Company has two competitions in one week; Abby makes a bold decision that leads to a clash with Kelly.
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5.6/1022 votes#8 - Wingman Down
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2/18/2014
Christi isolates herself from the other mothers; Kalani is tested for a spot on Abby's competition team; Holly worries that Nia will not be prepared for her solo.
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5.8/1022 votes#9 - Nothing's Fair in Abbyville
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 2/25/2014
Chloe and Kalani go head-to-head on the dance floor; Abby promises a starring role to the winner of an improvised dance off, but revokes this when Kendall wins; Abby pushes MacKenzie's pop career with a solo.
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5.7/1020 votes#10 - No Solo for You
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 3/4/2014
Abby travels to New York; Kira wants Kalani to compete against Maddie this week; Abby gives a solo to Kendall.
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5.4/1019 votes#11 - Blame It on the New Girl
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 3/11/2014
A new girl tries out for Abby's team; Cathy prepares her team to end Abby's winning streak; Abby's girls dance at a nursing home to cheer up Abby's mother.
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5.3/1018 votes#12 - Sister Showdown
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 3/18/2014
Payton struggles to perform a challenging number; Maddie and Mackenzie compete against each other; Christi considers home school for Chloe.
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5.5/1020 votes#13 - Decisions Decisions
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 3/25/2014
Kira tries to force Abby into making her daughter an official member of the Abby Lee Dance Company; Cathy choreographs her dancers in hopes of beating Abby's girls.
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5.8/1021 votes#14 - Family Comes First
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 4/1/2014
With her mother's health declining, Abby leaves the girls and their mothers to fend for themselves at this week's competition; the pending arrival of a new team looms over Abby's original team.
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5.9/1022 votes#15 - Lights! Camera! Dance!
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 4/8/2014
Melissa takes control during Mackenzie's music video shoot; Abby's team is under pressure to continue their winning streak; this week's dances are a tribute to Abby's ailing mother.
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6.3/1024 votes#16 - Presenting My New Team
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 4/15/2014
Abby shocks the dancers and their mothers when she presents her new junior elite competition team; the original dancers are pitted against new dancers.
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5.2/1020 votes#17 - Seeing Red
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 4/22/2014
After a season full of fights, losses, and heartbreak, Abby and the moms gather to discuss the most memorable moments of the past year. Abby discusses the pain of losing her mother, while Kelly’s expulsion from the team is still fresh in Christi’s mind. Soon, old wounds are re-opened and everyone is "seeing red."
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NaN/100 votes#18 - Girl Talk
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/29/2014
The dancers receive the chance to speak their minds about Abby.
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5.4/1020 votes#19 - The Battle of Maddie vs. Chloe
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 5/13/2014
The rivalry between Maddie and Chloe has boiled for four seasons and this episode of Dance Moms traces the very beginnings of it. Maddie and Chloe battled for first place in competitions, first position on the pyramid and ultimately, for a place in Abby's heart... But is the rivalry really between them...or between their mothers?
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6.1/1021 votes#20 - Abby's Top Ten Dances
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 6/17/2014
Abby reveals her 10 favorite group dances and offers insight into how they came about.
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5.0/1020 votes#21 - Double the Moms, Double the Trouble
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 7/29/2014
The ALDC travels to Woodbridge, Va., for a competition; Abby invites Jade to join the Elite Team for the week; Christi is upset when Abby picks Chloe to compete against Jade; Abby decides to pull the current group routine.
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6.1/1025 votes#22 - Kiss or Get off the Pot
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 8/5/2014
With the Select Team gone for the week, the Elite Team needs to end their losing streak. This will prove difficult because they are competing against the Candy Apples on their home turf and Cathy will do whatever it takes to ensure a win. Inspired from her time as a judge on Dancing with the Stars, Abby recruits former Candy Apple Gino to dance a duet with Maddie where the choreography calls for her very first kiss.
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5.7/1030 votes#23 - 3 Soloists, One Star
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 8/12/2014
This week the ALDC heads to Shenandoah Valley, VA but with Maddie away filming a guest appearance on Ellen, Abby realizes that her #1 dancer's career is taking off and she'll need someone who can win in Maddie's absence. Abby pits Chloe, Nia and Kendall head to head to see who can step up to the plate with character driven solos. Christy's jealousy puts her daughter Sarah's place on the team in dire jeopardy.
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5.9/1022 votes#24 - Abby-phobic
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 8/19/2014
The ALDC heads to Woodbridge, VA to face their toughest competition yet, Studio Bleu. Abby invites Select Team member Jade and new dance mom Loree to join the Elite Team for the week. Christi is in an uproar when Abby picks Chloe to compete a solo against Jade, two years her senior. Abby shocks everyone when she decides to pull the current group routine and start over from scratch, choreographing a dance about phobias.
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5.6/1020 votes#25 - Chloe Gets Revenge
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 8/26/2014
Tensions are high when Abby swaps Chloe and Christi for the Select Team's Jade and Loree in the third head-to-head battle between the Elite and Select teams in Washington, D.C. Both teams are anxious to impress Abby when she announces that Nationals are just five weeks away. Jeanette and Ava are thrilled to compete in a solo against Maddie until it becomes obvious that the odds are stacked against them.
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The Best Episodes of Dance Moms Season 4
Every episode of Dance Moms Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dance Moms Season 4!
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Welcome Back ... Now Don't Get Too Comfy" is the best rated episode of "Dance Moms" season 4. It scored 7/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/1/2014. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Two Can Play This Game".