The Doyle Family

The Doyle Family is the nineteenth episode of Season 4 of the American Supernanny show.

Episode summary
Jo visits the Doyle family in Erlanger, Kentucky where a young couple Brandy (27) and Doug (25) are struggling with their three small children: 5-year-old Sara, 3-year-old Lizzy and 20-month-old Andrew.

Brandy and Doug are the parents and all 3 of the children terrorize them.

Lizzy is the biggest problem of them all. She's very aggressive, throws tantrums and causes mischief. Her two other siblings are starting to pick up some of her behavior.

Sara is stubborn and one time she gave herself a haircut with scissors. She sometimes will fight until the end where she wins.

The girls also fight each other, say bad words, and don't listen to their parents and do as they're told.

Baby Andrew has picked up his sisters' behavior, as he constantly throws tantrums and sits on Brandy's lap 24 hours a day.

Brandy spends the majority of her time cleaning the house, leaving her children with nothing to do all day.

When Doug comes home from work, he just sits on the couch, leaving Brandy to discipline the kids by herself. At the parents' meeting, Jo makes it clear to the parents that they're both lazy. Jo gets embarrassed by having to witness Brandy and Doug bicker with each other about who is more to blame for the kids' misbehavior and which of them does more or less around the house.

Can Jo help the Doyles control their children and get the parents to start being more lively?

Family Members
Doug Doyle, (25) (born January 7, 1980)

Brandy Doyle, (24) (born May 15, 1981)

Sara, 5 (born November 1, 2000)

Lizzy, 3 (born June 10, 2002)

Andrew, 1 year, 8 months (born June 5, 2004)

Transcript
The Doyle Family/Transcript

Behind the scenes
This episode was filmed in February 2006.

Trivia

 * This episode was originally intended to air in Season 2, but was pushed back to Season 4.
 * This is the second episode that was pushed over to another season. The first was The Cantoni Family episode.
 * This was the first episode that had Reinforcement Continues.
 * The intended air date was May 29, 2006.
 * Brandy and Doug divorced
 * Sara came out as transgender. His name is now Alex