The Davis Family

Episode Summary.
Jo visits the Davis family from Deltona, Florida where Phil and Debbra (41) have five children: 14-year-old Morgan, 9-year-old Phillip, 4-year-old Madison, 3-year-old Tiffany and 2-year-old Tori.

When Jo meets the family, she notices Phil yelling and swearing at his kids.

He expects his wife, Debbra (who works long hours) and his stepdaughter, Morgan to take care of the younger children and clean the house.

Debbra notes that Phil's chauvinist and perverted ways make him believe that her chores are "part of being a woman," yet it often brings her to tears. Additionally, he criticizes Morgan (who is Phil's stepdaughter since she was 3) for dressing so called provocatively and calls her a "slut," which brings her to tears as well.

The mornings are chaotic and ends with Morgan (who's also a Straight "A" Student) to begin getting late for school every day and failing first period.

Phil also disciplines his daughters with abusive methods such as smacking them in the mouth or spanking his kids with a leather belt or his hands. Debbra admits to Jo that Phil's behavior has caused them to separate before, but feels like she can't trust him to change.

Jo informs Phil that his abusive behavior is going to break his daughters' spirits and end his marriage. Can Jo teach Phil to stray from his abusive ways and rescue this family from falling apart?

Pre-Episode

 * Debbra Stacy-Davis. was born on June 26, 1967.
 * Phillip Eugene Davis. (or as everyone knows him as Phil Davis) was born on July 26, 1967.
 * Phil and Debbra Graduated from Seminole High School in 1984
 * Debbra gave birth to Morgan Elizabeth Paulus. in March 27, 1994.
 * Phil possibly got Married with Debbra in 1997 as Morgan said that she has been Phil's stepdaughter since she was 3.
 * Phillip Eugene Davis Jr. was born on June 10, 1999.
 * The Family Repeatedly Divorced and Reunited Several Times.
 * The 3 Younger Girls (Madison Taylor Davis, Tiffany Davis & Tori Davis.) were born in 2004, 2005 and 2006 respectably.

Recap.
Episode Recap at RealityTVMagazine (Website Doesn't Work Anymore)

Submission Reel.
The Family is introduced consisting with Phil And Debbra "Debbie" (Age: 41), Phil's stepdaughter which he had her since she was 3, Morgan (Age: 14) Phil's Son, Phillip (Age: 9) and his 3 Daughters, Madison "Maddie" (Age: 4), Tiffany (Age: 3) and Tori (Age: 2)

Phil works as a Water Plant Operator and Debbra works as a Commercial Insurance Sells Producer.

When Jo watches the DVD reel, she hears Phil say, “The first thing a wife should do, is have the house clean before she leaves".

Phil leaves for work before 6:00 am. and Morgan helps her mom get her siblings ready to leave the house. Because the mornings are so hectic, That Morgan (Who's a Straight " A" Student) began failing her first-period class because she's always so late.

Morgan points out Phil's anger and how he calls her and the girls in the family "bitches" if they look at him the wrong way. He is also shown spanking and violently chasing the children with a belt. She also brings up the fact that Phil and Debbra have divorced a few times in the past because of his behavior.

How Jo reacts to all of this was that she said that Phil's punishments by using the belt were "extremely disgusted and appalled".

Observation.
During Jo's observation, as Debbra makes lunch for the kids, she finds out that Debbra is forced to do all of the responsibilities as Phil instead gets to relax with his son Philip. Then Phil begins to argue and criticize Debbra about this issue. But when the younger girls start crying, Jo asks if they yell all the time and Phil responds that he argues and yells "All the time" everyday. As Debbra steps outside to take a breather, she tells Jo that Phil needs to step up to the plate or it will really end their marriage.

Later on, Morgan intervenes with Phil over the way he treats all the women in the house and Phil inappropriately yells at her, "You can Walk Your Ass upstairs, You Little Bitch!" This ended up causing Morgan to run to her room in tears. Phil admits swearing at the children sometimes. Jo goes upstairs to talk and comfort Morgan.

Observation Continues.
Later on, Phil also admits to using the belt on all of the children, but Jo and Morgan are not impressed with his type of punishment. But when Tiffany and Tori start wrestling with each other, Phil slaps Tori hard in the mouth, causing Tori crying, running to Morgan as She looks so upset to Phil for what he did to Tori.

During a family walk, Phil rants about a necklace that Morgan got as a present from a "17-year-old" boy Named Chris (which Morgan married years later.) He again, starts inappropriately yelling at her with perverted feminine slurs, telling her that she looks like a slut (even though she's only wearing normal clothes like a red t-shirt, jeans and normal flip flops). After arguing whenever or not Her jeans are tight, Phil says, "I should let you run with the Dogs and get fleas and act like a little Hoe.", causing Morgan to break down again, but Debbra doesn't do anything to stop it.

Jo, upset admits that tomorrow she is going to definitely going to sit down and have a meeting with this family.

Parents meeting.
At the parents meeting, Jo heavily scolds Phil about his behavior (mostly towards Morgan), telling him that his abuse is breaking the children's spirits and tells him, "You are a bully." She also lectures Debbra for standing by and allowing Phil to treat their children the way he does.

Jo tells both parents that she expects hard work from them, and saying that, "If you cannot give it to me, then this doesn't go down."

Teaching.
When the teaching begins, Jo sets up pictures of the children outside and brings Phil outside to discuss his abusive behavior. She makes him throw darts at the children's pictures, telling him, "Every time you verbally abuse your young girls, it's like throwing a poisonous dart right in their face." The exercise makes Phil realize how damaging his words are.

Later, Jo takes Phil and Debbra to a nearby gym to show Phil why he isn't trusted. Jo blindfolds Debbra and makes her fall backward, but Debbra has trouble trusting Phil to catch her because he's broken promises before. Then, Jo tricks Phil into thinking Debbra will catch him, but he ends up falling into a foam pit which makes Phil realize what's like when trust is broken.

When Maddie starts misbehaving as Phil tells them to go downstairs. Phil takes Maddie to timeout, Jo teaches Phil how to properly apply discipline. It takes a while, but Phil soon learns that timeouts work.

Later that day, Jo helps the Davis family prepare themselves in the morning and gives them a schedule board and 3 shelves for the younger girls to put their clothes on the night before.

The next morning, Jo arrives at the Davis house at 5:30 to make sure everyone is getting ready. Phil leaves for work as usual, She also teaches Debbra how to care for the younger girls while she gets ready and Morgan is able to focus on getting herself ready in the morning. In the end, 17 Minutes were lost, everyone gets out of the house and Morgan successfully arrives to School without being late.

Meanwhile, Jo helps Phil and Morgan mend their strained relationship. Morgan tells Phil how angry she feels, saying, "You never listen to me or anything." When Morgan finishes, Phil hugs her, telling her that he'll try to change his behavior.

DVD Meeting/Parent Evaluation.
Clip:1 Phil is shown playing with his daughters as they were playing with play doh before playing beauty shop, Phil played as the customer letting the daughters put elastic bands to his hair.

Clip:2 Phil is seen joking around with Morgan about her Boyfriend.

Clip:3 Phil is threatening her daughter to be put in timeout as she is seen refusing to move as Phil is dragging her off the Couch. Later she is seen kicking Phil while Phil is drying her with a towel.

Clip:4 Phil stubs his Toe in the shelf causing him to accidentally swear which caused him to hit the wall with his fist.

Clip:5 Tori Makes a Mess in the carpet causing Phil slap her in the face.

Clip:6 When Tori begins to hit Phil continuously, but when Tori hit Phil in the face, Phil responds by Hitting Tori with his arm to the face so violently that it caused her to fall to the Ground, luckily she is able to walk out the room Crying.

The first time Phil Abused Tori, Debbra was shocked and Phil Replies "I Shouldn't have done that."

The second time Phil Abused Tori, Debbra is seen in Tears as Phil Responds "That was Horrible."

Jo Declares that Phil has abusive behavior and needs help controlling it.

Reinforcement.
Jo does something for Reinforcement, that she didn't do besides fixing their Discipline.

Jo takes Phil to meet an abuse program coordinator Joyce Pastorek and speaks with a man who started and completed the program. She also has Phil talk to a girl who suffered abuse from her own father.

Jo plans to keep in touch with the family and get reports from the abuse program coordinator to make sure everything is okay.

The Family hugs and says goodbye to Jo as Phil is put into Counseling. Jo leaves the Family on the condition that Phil doesn't continue Child Abuse.

The episode ends with a Disclaimer which says that "Phil Davis is currently making good on his promise and receiving counseling for his abusive behavior."

Post-Episode.

 * The Family were Investigated.
 * Phil continued Child Abuse until his Investigation.
 * Morgan graduated in 2011.
 * Phillip graduated in 2017.
 * Phillip became a Army Man.
 * Phillip got married.
 * Morgan got married to Chris Burns.
 * Morgan gave birth to Skylar Elizabeth Burns in August 29 2016.
 * Morgan gave birth to a Unnamed Child in 2019/2020.
 * Debra and Phil Secretly Divorced before they got Remarried in June 9 2019.
 * Debra gave birth to Kennedy Davis in June 23 2010.
 * Debra adopted a dog named Braelynn in April 16 2017.
 * Phil started a Lawn Service.
 * Phil became a Police Officer.
 * Tiffany got selected to an Art Show in 2018.
 * The Family except for Morgan moved to Coralville Iowa in 2016.
 * Madison went missing early in the morning of October 11 2019, she was found the same day late at night.
 * Debra revealed that Madison had a Kidney Infection.

Controversy.
Despite the Abuse Counseling...

After The Episode First Premiered Many, if not millions of Viewers who watched It were Shocked, Disgusted and Outraged by Phil’s Sexist Comments, Perverted and Abusive Behavior. A week after the episode aired, A Neighbor watched the episode and was so Outraged that she reported it to The Police Department, causing Phil and His Family to get Investigated. However despite The Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse evidence on National TV, Phil's Charges were somehow dropped. Causing Massive Backlash to not only The Family, but The Police Department and even the Florida Government too, which also caused many Fans to quit Supernanny.

Most Supernanny Fans Agree The Davis Family is The Worst Family Jo has ever helped, Its Even Worse than The Tafoya Family, an infamous Episode met with Backlash after The Mother, Holly was caught putting Soap in Her Son James’s Mouth which after Jo explained why its a bad idea to use Soap in James Mouth, began to completely turn against Jo, Ranting her with the B-Word 3 Times before proceeding to walk out the DVD Meeting, Becoming The First (and only) Parent to walk out on Jo.

Phil has also become The Most Hated Parent In The Series.

Other Families received this Treatment:


 * The Kerns Family for Shawn and Shannon's Laziness which lead to the children running towards their Neighbor's Yard, which is considered as Child Endangerment And Child Abandonment.
 * The McKeever Family for Hunter and River being shown to be Extreme Sexists towards Jo and Lucy.
 * The Christiansen Family for Colleen and Chris thinking that Child Abuse is a joke, as they Laughed about it in their Family Meeting and with Chris Physically and Verbally abusing Corey.
 * The Colier Family for Jason's Alleged Incest Pedophilia to The Younger Boys.
 * The Mann Family for the family's Abusive behavior to their children which lead to them being investigated.
 * The Nitti Family for Both John and Lisa's Abusive Behavior to The Boys Which lead to Lisa Headlocking Devin and John Verbally Abusing Devin during The Test Run.
 * The Bowersock Family for Jennifer defending her right to do Corporal Punishment.
 * The Phelps Family for Amy defending her right to do Corporal Punishment as well.
 * The Daniels Family for Lisa’s treatment of Halley, wanting to put her children to a Boot Camp and her constant excuses in the Parent Meeting.
 * The Froebrich Family for Erich's Abusive behavior to his Children.
 * The Chapman Family for Sara and Glenn's lazy behavior which lead to the family facing charges of Child Neglect.
 * The Fernandez Family for Marla's Abusive Threats as she told Jo that She would pull her children's teeth out, leave them with strangers, have them be kidnapped and worse, Call The Police to take them away.
 * The Potter Family for Chris' Abusive behavior to his Children as he can Verbally Abuse them and as seen in the Observation Reel Violently Drag his Children in the Stairs, (However Chris died in 2019.)
 * The Minyon Family for Frank Sr's Abusive Comments to Frank Jr during The Homework Segment, sending him to The Naughty Chair and saying he's a Whiny Brat during The Test Run.
 * The Jones-Nickolich Family for Todd's Abusive behavior to the Children and the infamous scene where He was seen hitting Kai by letting go on a Sliding Door intentionally, resulting the door to hit the Child in the face, causing the Son to Scream in pain.
 * The Young Family (U.K.) for Susan and Paul's aggressive and abusive behavior towards their children which was so bad that Jo ended up failing this Family, which also lead to Joel burning the Families house down and Jacob being arrested for Rape.
 * The Hillhouse-Docherty Family for Kerry disciplining Ryan in Observation as she takes Ryan in a early bath and sending him to bed early and this resulted in Ryan going on a rampage destroying his room, and during The Family Test Run, Ryan spills his milk at Kerry and she abusively spills milk back at Ryan and Steven before carrying Ryan upstairs and during this Ryan bumped his head and this family's abuse was so bad that Jo also failed to help this Family.

People also pointed out during The Controversy surrounding The Spivey Family in Jo Frost: Nanny On Tour, Phil never got reported to Child Protective Services (CPS) But The Dad of The Spivey’s (Chris) did get reported all because of hitting his Son Marcus (Who has ASD) with The Belt in his Room. Chris however, Was not abusive enough to get a CPS report, as he was only shown being abusive once to Marcus, Chris could've gotten Abuse Counselling like Phil did.

Phil on The other hand, could've and still can get a CPS Report for his Actions, meaning that if Jo did report Phil and if his arrest was shown on Live TV, He could've gotten Criminal Charges of Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Slavery and Child Neglect. Phil would've also registered himself as a Sex Offender, for his behavior to his Wife and Daughters. Phil Could've gotten a Few Years, Decades, and even Life for his perverted and inappropriate actions. But since his behavior drastically changed he might end up just getting a few Months or Years behind bars or at House Arrest And to make matters worse is that Chris is a African American (Black) Father meaning that Jo is possibly considered Racist because of this but it's likely to be a unlucky coincidence.

There is also a chance that Jo instigated the parents to abuse their children all for national TV along with their Children which could explain why she didn't report CPS at all, but its yet to be confirmed if this is true on the US as the UK was confirmed to be true.

Also for some reason The Show got away with The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Fines, as Real Child Abuse and Sexual Harassment is not allowed by the FCC. This counts for every parent who spanks and abuses in the show.

Transcript.
Coming Soon!

Family Members.
Bold = Off Screen.



Behind The Scenes.
This episode was filmed in November 2008, according to the 100th Episode Special.

The Family's Stepson, Jordan possibly filmed The Submission Reel, as he is not seen in The Episode.

Viewership.
Unknown. However speculated to be around 5-6 Million

External Links.

 * Orlando Sentinel Article About The Family's Investigation.
 * New York Daily News Article About The Family's Investigation.
 * WAHM Forums Discussion About The Family's Investigation.
 * Lipstickalley Forums Discussion About The Family's Investigation.
 * Florida dad probed in abuse case after slapping daughter on 'Supernanny' - New York Daily News, February 25, 2009.
 * Supernanny Family Being Investigated For Abuse- WAHM Forums, February 25, 2009.
 * Phil's Facebook
 * Debbra's Facebook
 * Debbra's Twitter
 * Morgan's Facebook
 * Phillip's Facebook
 * Madison's Facebook
 * Tori's Facebook (Note: Her name is this is spelled Tory)
 * Debbra's Stock Photos
 * Press Release by ABC
 * Morgan's Graduation Alumni
 * The Davis Family Minecraft Home Replica Announcement.- By GrimsterRusty
 * Kennedy's Facebook
 * Chris Burns's Facebook
 * Madison's Missing Page
 * Debbra's post of Tiffany getting selected to an art show
 * Debbra's Marriage Post (which Madison made a joke that they kept divorcing and reuniting)
 * Alternate Ending Parody
 * The Davi s Family Home
 * Full Epi sode on YouTube (Some Parts Are Cut to prevent Copyright or Demonetization).
 * Full Episode on Hulu

Trivia/Errors.

 * The Full episode on YouTube cuts out the following to prevent Demonetization or for Copyright:
 * The Opening of the show.
 * Some Clips at the Submission Reel.
 * Phil calling Morgan a Bitch.
 * Morgan looking upset at Phil.
 * Phil calling Morgan a Slut and a Hoe.
 * Jo leaving their Home for the night.
 * Clip #3, #4, #5 and #6 of their DVD Meeting.
 * The last few minutes of the episode (including the Disclaimer)
 * The Credits and Company Logos
 * Luckily the Hulu and Russian copy of the episode has all of the scenes
 * The Family owns a 1997-2002 Ford Expedition
 * as of 2022 The Family now owns a 2003-2006 Ford Expedition.
 * Philip is the second kid in Supernanny to never talk in the episode
 * The first was Zachary Burnett.
 * The Episode is the first episode where the Reinforcement is not focused on Disciplining your children but rather the wildly controversial Abuse Counselling scene.
 * The Orlando Sentinel Revealed that the Family had a Stepson, However he didn’t Participate In The Show.
 * Though despite this is still seen in a Post Episode pictures from 2009 and 2014.
 * The Stepson's name was found out to be Jordan.
 * It is possible that he filmed the Submission Reel to Supernanny.
 * This is the First Supernanny Episode without a Family Update.
 * Kennedy Davis is seen in Post Episode Photos but not in the episode.
 * The Orlando Sentinel Also Revealed that Phil was responsible for the episode, as he called Supernanny to help the Family.
 * Tori's shelf misspelled her name as Torrie, This was made as a mistake.
 * However that is not the case as in her Facebook posts, Debbra kept misspelling Tori as Torrie repeatedly and at one occasion Teri.
 * And it doesn't help that Tori's Facebook account is called Tory Davis.
 * Luckily in Some of Debbra's Posts, She spelled Tori instead.
 * It is possible that Tori's Name is Multi spelled.
 * Phillip owns a Xbox 360
 * Phil's Computer is unfortunately a Windows Vista.
 * The Family now lives in Coralville Iowa.
 * The Family is the most Documented Family in this wiki.
 * This is mostly considered as The All-Time Worst Episode in Supernanny, due to Phil's abusive and Questionable behavior to The Girls, and some consider it to be one of Reality TV's Worst Episodes of all Time.
 * This is mostly considered as The worst Episode of Season 5.
 * Phil is also regarded as The Worst Parent on Supernanny due to his Abusive, Perverted Behavior, Mainly towards Morgan, which he was criticized for.
 * Despite this, Phil eventually stopped committing Child Abuse and learned to be a good father Post Investigation due to Debbra claiming him to be a great father in Facebook.
 * He also said this to Morgan in one of their posts: Wow Morgan I didn’t recognize you so beautiful both of you." This proves that he successfully stopped abusing Morgan.
 * Debbra was also Criticized for not Standing up to Phil and leaving him for Good when they first Divorced.
 * As of 2021 Debbra and Phil are still Married according to Facebook.
 * Jo herself was even Criticized for not reporting CPS on Phil but instead reporting it to The Spivey Family.
 * And considering the fact that The Spivey Family is African American, made some consider Jo as a Racist.
 * In fact Jo Frost never reported CPS on other abusive Family's like The Colier Family for Jason's Alleged Incest Pedophilia to The Younger Boys and The Nitti Family for Lisa Headlocking Devin.
 * Some Fans Even Hate Jo for being a Hypocrite of how she lets go of Abusive Parents instead of Reporting CPS.
 * Some Fans Even believe that Jo instigated the Parents as well as this could prove that there is no need for CPS at all.
 * This Episode Received a massive amount of Public backlash, mainly due to Phil never getting arrested for his Abuse, which also caused Supernanny to lose many Fans.
 * This Episode started the Show's Downfall, as Many Fans didn’t want to see more Abusive Parents, However Some Families Like The Phelps Family, The Coiler Family, and The Froebrich Family committed Child Abuse.
 * This caused the Show to get Cancelled in 2011 before the 2020 Lifetime Reboot.
 * Although The Shows cancellation was really because Jo wanted to start her own Family.
 * The "Chris" Morgan dated is found out to be Chris Twofour (Which They Married.)
 * His Facebook is in the External Links.
 * The house address in this episode is 696 Caldera Terrace, Deltona Florida 32738.
 * The scene at the DVD Meeting where Phil hits Tori in the Face, could and might be fake and scripted due to the fact that Phil intentionally hit Tori twice. If it wasn't Fake he could've said that what he knew what he did at the scene was wrong and it was an accident or he did it by mistake.
 * Morgan's School is Pine Ridge High School.
 * Phil is an expert drum player.
 * Despite Phil not helping Debbra, Ironically Debbra is a month older than Phil.
 * The Counselor who helps Phil at the end is Joyce Pastorek.
 * Phil, Debbra, Morgan and Jordan are Christian.
 * Morgan's political affiliation is registered as Republican.
 * Madison went missing, she was found in October 11 2019.
 * In a 2017 Q&A Debbra confirmed that Phil has the Most Stubbornness and the Worst Temper.
 * This means that Phil stopped Abusing but still has his Stubbornness.
 * Madison Davis is openly a Lesbian as Haley Little is in her relationships page in Facebook
 * Madison Davis is openly a Lesbian as Haley Little is in her relationships page in Facebook