Panizza Family/Transcript

Submission Reel
Jo:"I'm here in Scottsdale, Arizona, ready to help a family. Come take a look."

???:"Hi, I'm Robert."

???:"And I'm Belinda."

Robert and Belinda:"We're the Panizzas."

Belinda: "My husband is a firefighter and I work at a nail salon. We have Imogen who's 12, Leon who's 11, and Jana who is 9."

Observation Begins
[Belinda is making Turkey sandwiches for lunch]

Imogen: "Can I have some gummy worms, please?"

Belinda: "No, sweetheart. We will begin lunch soon."

Jo: "When Imogen's mother said that there will be no gummy worms until lunch is over, Imogen began to throw a raging fit."

Imogen:"I WANT GUMMY WORMS!"

Belinda:"You can have them when lunch ends."

Imogen: "YOU (Bleep) GOBLIN! I WANT TO EAT GUMMY WORMS!"

Belinda: "Come sit down with your family and ignore the worms. You can have them later."

Imogen: "I AM NOT IGNORING THEM YOU STUPID (Bleep)!"

[Imogen flips Belinda off]

Belinda: "You do not talk to me like that Imogen!"

Imogen: "I love gummy worms a lot, but I'm not allowed to eat them at lunchtime and that makes me disappointed."

Jo: As Imogen was continuing to protest, I wanted to talk to Leon and Jana about their sister's behavior.

Jo: "Does Imogen always behave like this?"

Jana: "I think most of the time."

Leon: "I agree."

Leon: "My sister Imogen is not being a good girl."

House Rules
Jo: "I'm here today to introduce the house rules."

Jo: "The household needed some structure, organization, discipline, and of course, rules."

Jo: "Rule number 1: Everybody must speak politely. Rule number 2: Cell phones must be turned off after 7:00pm on week nights/ 8:00pm on weekends..."

Imogen: "When I heard what Jo said about cell phones being turned off, I was like, 'What? Is she for real?'"

Jo: "Rule number three: MySpace is a privilege which you earn for up to 1 hour per day."

Imogen: "Has this lady lost her mind?!"

Imogen: "I strongly disagree with that. I STRONGLY disagree!"

Belinda: "Sorry, Imogen, but the rules are there and that is final!"

Imogen: "These rules shouldn't be even on there. I want to go on MySpace and chat with my friends all day long and talk to them on my cell phone!"

Belinda: "You can only go on the site for 1 hour at once and we can't remove those rules."

Jo: "Imogen did not agree with the rules, and she was not happy at all."

Imogen: [to Jo] "You're a (bleep)!!!! I WILL NEVER GET TO DO ANYTHING ON MYSPACE AND MY CELL PHONE!"

[Imogen storms off]

Belinda: "Imogen, please. Come back."

Imogen: "NO! I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS (bleep!) WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO GIVE UP MY (bleep)ING MYSPACE PRIVILEDGES!!! THIS IS ABSOLUTE (bleep)!"

Belinda: "I've never seen Imogen lose it like that. It was quite scary."

Belinda: "Imogen, open this door."

Imogen: "LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"

Jo: "Imogen was very hostile. She did not want to listen at all."

Belinda: "Dad and I are trying to make things better for this family, Imogen. We're not trying to be mean."

Imogen: "(bleep) OFF!!!"

Imogen: "I was so mad that Mom had decided to cut off my time on MySpace."

Imogen: (now crying) "YOU DON'T WANT ME HAVING A LIFE! YOU WOULD RATHER ME LOCKED IN THIS STUPID HOUSE ALL DAY!"

Belinda: "Oh, Imogen."

Jana: "This is the first time that I've seen my sister have a major meltdown. I don't like it when she acts like this.Though it was quite funny actually."

Calm Down Zone for Imogen
Jo: "Two hours later, Imogen was still arguing with Belinda. So, I decided to step in."

Jo: "Imogen, listen to me."

Imogen: "I don't need to listen to you. You come into this house and try and change everything. Who the (bleep) do you think you are?!?"

Jo: "I am a nanny with over 15 years of experience, and I know my job. Imogen, this behavior of yours is unacceptable."

Imogen: "Whatever! (starts shouting) I DON'T CARE IF IT IS (bleep)ing UNACCEPTABLE! I WANTED TO HAVE GUMMY WORMS BEFORE LUNCHTIME AND HAVE SO MUCH TIME ON THE (bleep) COMPUTER TALKING TO MY FRIENDS AT SCHOOL WITH MYSPACE YOU (bleep)!"

Jo: "Finally, Imogen is disciplined via the Calm Down Zone."

[Belinda walks by and takes Imogen to the Calm Down Zone]

Belinda: "I will not tolerate your attitude against Jo and that back-talk is completely unacceptable. You need to take a break for 12 minutes and apologize afterward."

Imogen: "JUST (bleep) OFF!!!!"

[Belinda confiscates Imogen's cell phone]

Imogen: "You're not taking my cell phone away from me!"

Belinda: "You really should have thought twice before you decided to give me that attitude."

[Puts Imogen's cell phone in her purse]

Imogen: (screaming and crying) "YOU'RE NOT TAKING MY CELL PHONE AWAY FROM ME!!!!!"

[Belinda goes over to Imogen. She looks furious]

Belinda: "Imogen, stop it. I am not in the mood for this."

Jo: "And then, Imogen slaps her mother in the face! I was SO angry!"

Jo: "Imogen, you do not slap your mother because that behavior is unacceptable and it's not a game!"

Imogen: "(bleep) OFF JO!"

Jo: "HEY! If you do another negative action, I am going to raise my voice at you."

Imogen: "DO IT (bleep)!!! I DON'T CARE!!!"

Jo: "KNOCK IT OFF, IMOGEN!"

Imogen: "SHUT UP YOU (bleep)!"

Jo: "She just wouldn't stop."

Imogen: "I HATE YOU, AND I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!"

[Imogen grabs a nearby crystal vase and throws it at her mother, who ducks]

Belinda: "Imogen, no! Stop this! You are going to hurt someone!"

Imogen: "I will hurt you if you shut up!"

Jo: "Excuse me? I don't like the way you are attacking your mother. Go sit down and we will return in 12 minutes."

Imogen: "Mind your own (bleep)ing business, you dorks! Get the (bleep) out of here!"

[Jo and Belinda leave Imogen in the Calm Zone with no more conversation]

[Imogen escapes and smashes Belinda's laptop]

Belinda: "IMOGEN!!!! THAT WAS BRAND NEW!!!!!"

Jo: "What happened?"

Belinda: "Imogen smashed my laptop. Look at it."

[Jo looks at the smashed laptop]

Jo: "And if Imogen's protest was over, think again!"

[Imogen goes into the longue room and rips up the House Rules chart]

Imogen: "HERE'S WHAT I THINK OF YOUR STUPID RULES!!!!" [puts the House Rules chart into the fireplace]

Jo: "Imogen, NO!"

[Imogen plays very loud Kayne West songs on her iPod Touch upstairs with questionable content]

Jo: "Imogen then started to play music on her iPod Touch that has questionable, explicit lyrics that contain a load of profanity."

Belinda: "Imogen, I do not appreciate that trashy music!"

Imogen: "AND I DON'T APPRECIATE YOU TAKING AWAY MY MYSPACE TIME AND MY CELL PHONE!!!!"

Belinda: "I was just over Imogen's behavior, so I just stormed downstairs and went into the kitchen and cried my eyes out."

[Belinda sobs]

Belinda: "Imogen hates me. She treats me like garbage, I just don't understand why she hates me. I'm a terrible mother."

Jo: "No, you're not a terrible mother. She's just resisting change because you and Robert have decided to introduce stability into the household."

Jo: "Imogen's behavior was beyond appauling, so I just suggested to Belinda that she send Imogen to bed early."

Belinda: "Imogen, you are going to bed early tonight."

Imogen: " Oh crud. Now I'm in trouble....."

[Robert arrives home]

Robert: "What's been happening darling?"

Belinda: "Oh, it's been quite a rough day, Robert, a lot of drama and all that."

Robert: "What's happened?"

Belinda: "Imogen just disagreed to the new rules regarding the 1-hour a day of MySpace."

Robert: "What did she do?"

Belinda: "Oh, she broke my new laptop, threw the house rules chart into the fireplace, played music with questionable content on her iPod Touch, told me that she wished I were dead, attacked me by chucking a crystal vase at me, and cussed at me and Jo."

Jo: "Hi, I'm Jo Frost. You must be Robert."

Robert: "Hi. Robert Panizza, firefighter. I work 5 to 6 nights a week."

Imogen vs. Jo
Jo: "As I was talking to Robert, Imogen was watching a soap opera on TV."

[Imogen watches Young and the Restless while playing Temple Run on her iPod Touch]

Belinda: "Imogen Brunetta Panizza, come here."

Imogen: "No."

Belinda: "Imogen, I need to talk to you right now."

Imogen: "FINE!!!!" [ turns off the TV and her iPod Touch, then goes over to Belinda]

Belinda: "Your behavior today was appalling, destructive and totally disrespectful. Not only is Jo giving us a new house rules chart, but you have now lost your cell phone, MySpace time, and your iPod Touch for three whole days! And because of this, you will be going to bed at 7:30 tonight. Your father is not happy with your behavior either."

Imogen: "I could not believe what I just heard. I lost my cell phone, my MySpace time, and my iPod Touch for 3 days! My mom is torturing me!"

Imogen: "You can't tell me what to do. If I want to go on MySpace or on my (bleep) cell phone, then I will!"

[Belinda loses it]

Belinda: "I had definitely lost my cool with Imogen. She would not give up her cell phone, her iPod Touch, or her MySpace time without a fight."

Robert: "What is going on in there?"

Belinda: "I can't do this anymore. I just can't deal with this (bleep)!"

[Belinda runs upstairs crying]

Jo: "I was very angry with Imogen by how she disrespected her mother and I just knew that I had to raise my voice."

Jo: "Imogen!"

Imogen: "I'm not talking to you!" (does the 'talk to the hand' gesture to Jo)

Jo: "I'm talking to you, Imogen, I need you to look at me, please."

Imogen: "Well, I'm NOT looking at you! So, don't waste your breath!"

Jo: "Imogen, please. You need to listen. Your behavior towards me and your mother is unacceptable. You need to realize you are hurting your mother emotionally; you are making her feel bad."