Beals Family/Transcript

Before the Revolving Line of Credit
Announcer: "Tonight on Supernanny..."

[Shirley enters the front door of the Beals Family home]

Announcer: "A family from New Hampshire begs for Shirley's help."

[Dorothy hits Linda]

Announcer: "Meet the Beals Family, whose eldest child runs the house with her bossy demeanor..."

Dorothy "Dotty": "Give me that, Bentley!"

[Dorothy "Dotty" corners Urith, upsetting the latter]

'''Announcer: "The middle child is a sucker for sugar and is also packed with aggression." '''

[Urith snacks on jelly beans]

[Urith kicks Cedric]

Announcer: "And the youngest and only son can't seem to let go of mom's hips."

[Bentley clings to Linda]

Announcer: "Mom and dad tend to give in a lot..."

[Cedric tries calming down Urith]

Cedric: "You're alright, sweetie, calm down."

Announcer: "In fact, a little too much..."

[We see Shirley talking to Cedric and Linda]

Shirley: "Your over-reliance on permissive parenting isn't going to change your children's behavior for the better."

Announcer: "Can Shirley set some rules in the house?"

[Shirley provides Cedric and Linda a large piece of paper and markers]

Shirley: "It wouldn't hurt to add actual limits."

Announcer: "Or will the chaos escalate?"

[Dorothy "Dotty" pushes Bentley]

Bentley: "MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Submission Reel
[We see various landmarks of Keene, New Hampshire. We see a taxi driving through the city]

Shirley: "This week, we're in Keene, New Hampshire. Let's take a look and see who we have."

???: "Hi, we're the Beals Family."

???: "I'm Cedric."

???: "And I'm Linda. We have three children."

Cedric: "Our oldest is named Dorothy, but we call her Dotty, and she's 7 years old."

[Footage shows Dorothy "Dotty" painting a picture]

Cedric: "Urith is 3..."

[Footage shows Urith sitting in the grass]

Cedric: "And Bentley is 22 months old."

[Footage shows Bentley walking around in his sailboat footie pajamas]

Shirley: "Such cuties!"

Linda: "I'm a research biologist and I work from home."

[Footage shows Linda on a computer]

Cedric: "I work at a local CVS Pharmacy."

[Footage shows Cedric working behind a counter]

Beals Family Home
[The taxi stops by a two-story house. Shirley walks to the front door and rings the doorbell]

[Linda opens the door, holding Bentley in one arm]

Shirley: "Hello!"

Linda: "Hi!"

[Shirley walks into the house]

Shirley: "Pleased to meet you, I'm Shirley."

Linda: "My name's Linda, very nice to meet you."

[Shirley and Linda shake hands]

Linda: "When Shirley stepped right into the house, I felt like there's still hope for me in raising my children now that she's here to set things straight."

Shirley: "Who's this little one?"

Linda: "This is Bentley."

Shirley: "Hi, Bentley!"

Linda: "Bentley, can you say hi?"

[Bentley turns his head and buries his face into Linda]

Linda: "As you can see, he's attached to me."

Shirley: "Oh..."

[Shirley and Linda (still carrying Bentley) walk into the living room and see Urith playing with some Shopkins toys]

Linda: "Urith, look who's here!"

Shirley: "Hello there."

[Urith stops playing and looks at Shirley]

Urith: "Hi!"

Shirley: "Pleased to meet you. I'm Shirley. What's your name?"

Urith: "Urith."

Shirley: "Urith, come shake my hand."

[Urith shakes Shirley's hand]

[Dorothy "Dotty" comes to the living room and sees Shirley]

Shirley: "Hello, there. Pleased to meet you. My name is Shirley. And yours?"

Dorothy "Dotty": "My real name is Dorothy, but you can call me Dotty."

Shirley: "Okay. Come shake my hand."

[Shirley and Dorothy "Dotty" shake hands]

Shirley: "How old are you, Dotty?"

Dorothy "Dotty": "Seven."

Shirley: "Seven?"

Dorothy "Dotty": "Yep."

[Shirley goes to Linda]

Shirley: "So, where's your husband?"

Linda: "He's at work right now."

Shirley: "Okay. So what I'll be doing for the next 24 hours is that I'll be watching you and your family go on with your day, so carry on as normal, then I'll see what I can do to help your family."

Linda: "Sounds like a plan."