Needleman Family/Transcript

Before the Revolving Line of Credit
[Irene throws a fit for toddlers]

Irene: "I'M NOT GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL!"

Announcer: "The Needleman Family is being held to ransom by Irene who is 12 going on 22."

Irene: "( bleep )!"

Announcer: "Who lays down the law."

Irene: "I will curse whatever I want."

Lootie: "Get in there now!"

Irene: "No!"

Lootie: "Get in there now!"

[Irene hits Lootie]

Announcer: "The language that is allowed to come out of her mouth by Irene."

Irene: "FUCK OFF, LOOTIE! I WILL DO WHATEVER I WANT SO GO AWAY!"

Announcer: "Even Irene's father has had it with her insolence."

Ernest: "You know what, Irene.... If you carry on with your insolence, you will go to the Naughty Castle... And this is insolence... And insolent princesses need to go to the Naughty Castle."

Announcer: "Can Ola get Irene to listen?"

Lootie: "I can't deal with Irene's fucking tantrums for toddlers, anymore!"

[Lootie runs off in tears]

Announcer: "Or will Irene rock the boat..."

Irene: "Supernanny's gonna fucking fail!"

Submission Reel
Narrator: The Needleman family, a family in West London, consisting of mum Lootie and dad Ernest. They have three children - 12-year-old Irene, 9-year-old Stacy, and 7-year-old Cynthia.

Meeting the Psychiatrist
[Irene is angry]

Dr. Wendy Rowling: Why hello, Irene. I am Dr. Wendy Rowling, your psychiatrist. We are going to have a chat for a while, if that is okay. Would you like to calmly tell me why you act like a toddler and throw tantrums like one? Why do you do such things to make other people around you unhappy, such as say such nasty words when you don't get your way to hurt other people's feelings? You should know that it isn't fair to you, and it isn't fair to your mother, your father, or your siblings, or people around you. You are making them unhappy."

Irene: ....

Lootie: "See, Irene? You make us feel bad when you say bad words and throw tantrums...and you make yourself feel bad as well."

Dr. Wendy Rowling: According to the tests from the doctors, she has been diagnosed with Autism.