The Moy Family

The Moy Family is the twentieth and last episode of Season 4 of the American Supernanny show.

Episode summary[]

In the Season 4 finale, Jo visits the Moy family in Lincoln, Nebraska where Michelle (37) and Harding (44) have three children: Hailey (11), Camryn (8), and Matthew (4).

With Harding working away from home Monday through Thursday every week, Michelle is left to care for the children. Michelle often has trouble dealing with her three quarrelsome kids, mainly due to constant sibling rivalry. Michelle also has trouble disciplining her eldest daughter, Hailey, because she doesn’t know what to do with her.

Hailey is becoming defiant and sassy, and has a strained relationship with both of her parents and her siblings, especially Camryn.

Camryn is also using attitude and defiance. She would argue and fight with her sister and her parents. Unlike Hailey, Camryn gets away with her behavior.

Meanwhile, Matthew is becoming spoiled and stubborn like his sisters, but unlike them, he throws temper tantrums if he doesn't get what he wants or his way. He doesn't like to be told no at all.

Jo later learns that the reason for Hailey's attitude is because of her dad's long absence, and feeling that her mom doesn't trust and love her. Hailey could tell of her her mom not trusting her because her mom gives more attention to her younger siblings which makes Hailey very angry and jealous.

Can Jo help Hailey to bond with her parents and her siblings? Can she help Michelle learn to have some backbone, so she can discipline and praise her kids?

Episode Recap[]

Observation[]

After Jo meets the family she talks to Hailey and Camryn, and asks why they hate each other. After Hailey's fencing practice, on the drive home, Hailey was ignoring Michelle, and hits her hand. Jo asks Michelle if it's an everyday occurence. Michelle tried to punish Hailey by taking the TV away from her, and said that she can get money by behaving. Back at home, Harding and Hailey's relationship, leading to Jo talking to the former about Hailey's behavior, and his work business. Jo finally talks to Michelle, about why she was crying in the car. Michelle confesses that she lost her patience and its because of Harding working.

Parent Meeting[]

The next day Jo talks to Michelle and Harding about their family routine, their ineffective way of disciplining their children, and their relationship with Hailey.

Teaching[]

Jo begins teaching with Harding for 1 day before going to work. Jo has a dragon balloon, which Hailley uses to fence her feelings to. After that, Jo decides to get Harding and Hailey bonding more. to do so, she has the two do, Sumi-e painting, something Harding did with his father when he was Hailey's age. The two paint the words; Peace, Tranquility, Family and Love in Chinese. When Harding is ready to leave, Jo says her goodbyes to him, however Michelle is worried about how she'll be able to handle things on her own, now that Harding has gone off to work.

The next day before Jo arrives, Michelle and Hailey get into an argument about a game. Michelle sent Hailey to her room. When Jo arrives and asks Michelle about her morning, she starts crying. Once she calms down, Jo sets up the house rules.

After doing so, Jo takes Michelle and the girls to a homeless shelter to help out. Jo, Michelle and Hailey were putting aprons on, however to everyone's surprise, it was Camryn who started to act up. Michelle gave Camryn a warning but she still continues to be disrespectful. Michelle eventually places her on the Naughty Chair. Even after her timeout, Camryn continues to be disrespectful. Jo stepped in and told Camryn to stop pulling inappropriate faces and think about her behaviour. Camryn eventually lightens up and the four help serve out food.

Back at home, Jo wants Hailey and Camyrn to create an English Garden. However, there is one problem; the girls dont know what one is. Jo goes through the steps for the garden, and Jo leaves the Moys for a couple of days. Leaving Michelle on her own.

Parents Evaluation[]

Jo returns to the Moy household, and shows Michelle footage of how she did when she was away.

Clip 1[]

Harding gives the family a message, and later a phone call. Michelle throws a Dinner Party in celebration.

Clip 2[]

Hailey and Camryn plant the English Garden, using the steps Jo taught them to do so. Michelle was proud of the two.

Clip 3[]

Hailey and Michelle get into an argument, which results in Hailey being put in the Reflection Room. After the clip, Michelle started crying claiming that she wasn't doing a better job as a mother. Jo reminds Michelle that no parent has to be perfect, so she tells her to cut some slack and give herself a break.

Reinforcement[]

Jo starts her reinforcement by establishing Michelle and Hailey's relationship. She does so by having the two zip-line. Back at home Jo goes to see the now finished English Garden. Jo was astonished at how well the girls did, and Michelle solitifies it by taking a photo of it. After this, Jo leaves the Moy family.

Pop Culture []

A Thomas and Friends box was seen when Matthew and Michelle were fighting over a hamper in the submission reel.
Hailey and Camryn have a Cinderella bed sheet.

Family members[]

Due to requests from the family, all birthdays have been removed. Please do not add them back, otherwise you will be reported to admins

Person	Age (Then)	Age (Now)	Relation to Family
Michelle Moy	38	55	Mother
Harding Moy	44	61	Father
Hailey	11	29	Daughter
Camryn	8	27	Daughter
Matthew	4	23	Son

The child was disciplined via one of Jo Frost's techniques.

The child was disciplined via one of Jo Frost's techniques, but not in a way that she approved of.

The child was not disciplined via one of Jo Frost's techniques, nor the technique itself was used, but the child was still warned that they would be disciplined should they repeat a disliked behavior.

Behind the Scenes[]

The episode was filmed in November 2007

Events Post-Episode[]

Michelle and Harding divorced.
Michelle remarried, her last name is now Smith (Michelle Smith); not to be confused with Michelle Smith from The Smith Family.
Hailey now identifies as pansexual.
Camryn got married to a man named David Meier on November 5, 2023.

Trivia[]

Hailey is the 2nd oldest person in the series to be sent to timeout. The 1st is Anthony Jr. from The Walker Family while the 3rd is a tie between Savannah from The George Family, Ben from The Collins Family (U.K.), Darren from The Nitti Family & Rivers from The Benton Family.
Michelle was criticised for putting Hailey in timeout, as she was considered too old for it. Although, many did point out how she used the Reflection Room, a discipline method more suitable for Hailey's age; Jo also pointed out in the teaching, that both her and Camryn and would be disciplined via the technique (although Camryn was disciplined via the Naughty Chair, due to her timeout being done at the homeless shelter.)
Camryn's name was misspelled as Camyrn. This was the third kid on Supernanny to have their name misspelled. The first was Brenden from The Swanson Family, The second was Marlie from The Prescott Family, and the fourth was Kristin from The Baulisch Family.
This is one of the few Asian-American families Jo helped besides The Jackson Family, The Duan-Ahn Family, and The Esquivel Family.
The car Michelle is driving is a 2006 Honda Odyssey EX.
Hailey wears braces. However, they weren't shown throughout the episode, which is likely due to how she only wears them on her bottom teeth.

Pop Culture[]

The family has a Windows XP computer with the logo being censored to avoid copyright.

Editing Errors[]

The sequence shown when Jo arrives at the Moy house, is actually the same one used for The Martinez Family, rather than a completely new one for the Moys.