'Dance Moms' season 7 recap: Abby merges the Junior Elites and Minis while threatening to cut the weakest dancer

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The sixth season of "Dance Moms" ended in a very dramatic note with the Junior Elite moms leaving Abby Lee Miller and the Abby Lee Dance Company (ALDC) to try to venture out on their own. The new season promises a lot more drama.

When "Dance Moms" season 6 ended, the Junior Elites were promising that they will never go back to ALDC and that they're determined to succeed to show the latter that they don't need her. Unfortunately, instead of showing Abby that she's not needed, Abby Lee's Minis dominated the competition while the Junior Elites had a major loss.

In the premiere episode of "Dance Moms" season 7, Abby has called back the Junior Elite moms to her studio. Though the moms have promised that they will not be back, the moms claimed that they will return if Abby promises to change and asks for the girls back.

It was another confrontation when the Junior Elite moms returned. Abby claimed that they should not have tried to fight against her while the moms claimed that it was Abby who was trying to sabotage the Junior Elites.

The argument ended with Abby asking the moms to bring the Junior Elites back to ALDC to which the moms agreed.

Abby also had some major announcements for all the moms, even the Minis. She then informed everyone that she has decided to make the Junior Elites and the Minis into one team. With the announcement, she also ominously stated that not everyone will stay in the team, though. Abby will be removing some girls from the team.

Wanting to make sure that her daughter, Peyton, won't be left in the dust, Kerri clarified if the team really would be starting from zero with no grudges held. When Abby can't make the promise, Kerri walked out of ALDC.

With the threat of being removed looming over all the dancers and the moms, they start to discuss who may be removed and who may be the ones sure to stay.

Despite the Junior Elites overshadowing the Minis during the group division competition, the team ended up bagging the first prize for their choreography titled "Fight Camp."

The episode ended with Abby unable to decide who to remove from the team.

"Dance Moms" season 7 airs every Tuesday, 9 p.m. EDT on Lifetime.

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