01x04 - Priore Family

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NARRATOR: They're every
parent's worst nightmare.

Enough already.

I told you to stop complaining.

NARRATOR: Kids
completely out of control

and taking over the household.

These families have reached
the end of their rope.

CJ, get off.

NARRATOR: They're in
desperate need of help.

They only have one
alternative left.

It's time to dial Nanny 911.

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hell to a family bliss.

Look at me.

I'm serious.

There are going to have to be
some major changes that go on.

That's the plan.

NARRATOR: Can these
families be saved?

No, we leave her.

It doesn't have
to be this extreme.

I am trying to show you
a better way to do this.

NARRATOR: Parents of
America, help is on the way.

Hello.

NARRATOR: Tonight, 10 years
ago, Nina and Joe Priore

had a beautiful baby.

Two years later,
they had four more,

and that's when things got ugly.

Get off there.

Don't you get--

NARRATOR: And Nina and
Joe haven't yet caught up.

Five minutes.

I'm on the phone.

I'm the mother.

No, you're not.

NARRATOR: They still treat their
pre-teens like preschoolers.

Who touched it?

Play nice and quietly.

Go sit down.

NARRATOR: The Priore household
has spiraled into chaos.

She's got food in her mouth.

NARRATOR: As the kids have
gotten older and louder--

Oh my nipple.

NARRATOR: So has Dad.

She's cheating?

You're doing what
he's doing now.

I'm talking to Mommy.

Shut up.

NARRATOR: And the stress
has left Mom breathless.

I've been having
problems breathing

for the last couple of years.

You made Mommy's nosebleed.

NARRATOR: And the
Priore's find themselves

screaming for answers.

The next one that
stands up on this couch

is going in their room.

I swear to God,
you'll be locked up.

Ow.

NARRATOR: Can Nanny
Stella change the score?

You yell and he yells.

It's getting out of control.

For me, it's not screaming.

For me, it's talking loud.

NARRATOR: Or would it be a
case of too little too late?

You're going to
be talking juvenile

delinquent in a few years.

I just can't give them as
much time as I would like to.

This family's got more
excuses than Prince Charles.

And I thought I
had a bad accent.

NARRATOR: It's a New York state
of mind, tonight on Nanny 911.

[theme music]

My name is Joe Priore.

I'm an accounts payable manager.

I'm going to make a mess.

I'm Nina, and I work
part time as a secretary.

We are a real Italian family.

Ow.

Get down.
Lay down.

Lay down.

Stop it.

Italians are very loud.

We like to yell.

No.

Stop.

Get off of him.

I'm on the phone.

Joseph.

Shut up.

I have five children.

Faith, who is 10, and
a set of quadruplets

that are eight-years-old.

John.

That's four.

John, get off of her.

- Ow.
- Ow.

Stop!

NINA: My daughter
Faith is 10 years old.

She is a little mommy.

Oh, they're not allowed
to have the door closed.

She can be very bossy.

Give me that brush.

Stop.

Faith tends to think
that she's their mom.

I'm the mother.

No, you're not.

Get down.

Nicole is my little
nervous Nelly.

Stop.

She likes to hop
around the house.

She likes to do cartwheels.

She's also very athletic.

You know, one of these days,
something's going to break.

How did you bang it?

John is our quiet child,
but now he's starting

to come out a little bit more.

[belches]

John is a little mischievous
in a quiet sort of way.

Lynn is very clingy.

Mommy.

Stop the faking.

She's messy.

I'm going to make a mess.

She does leave a trail
all over the place.

Joseph is a handful.

Joe.
Joseph.

Joseph.

Ah!

Ah!

[yells]

NINA: He's got this angelic
face with this little devil

horn sticking up.

He is trouble.

He's a terror.

Oh, my nipple.

I called Nanny 911
because Joe and Joseph

tend to clash a lot of times.

How old are you?

How old are you?

He doesn't listen.

You're not listening to me.

You're not going
to get anything.

NINA: Joseph, just listen
if you want ice cream.

I don't want to.

You're not listening.

It's just the constant battle.

I don't care.

There's constant yelling,
constant arguments.

I want it to go right.

Things got to get
done around here.

Joe is a yeller.

He yells so much
that I literally

don't even hear him anymore.

How can you cheat?

It's a video game.

How do we know?

Look at Joseph.

The kids just go
about their business,

which really annoys him.

Are you listening?

Hello?

Hello?

You're listening.

Do you hear me though?

I feel like I'm a broken record.

Get off of that.

No jumping on the couch.

Next one that stands up on this
couch is going in their room.

Joe, get down.

Get off the back of the couch.

Get off the couch.

I tell everybody all
the time, put yourself

in my shoes for one hour.

Enough is enough.

I'm tired of it, Joe.

And you tell me how you can't
think of whacking a child.

Perfect.

Perfect.

Perfect.

That doesn't hurt, right?

You're going to lose your mind.

The screaming, the
yelling, the fighting, it's

not a happy home.

We're just not--
we don't get along.

Now you sit there.

You sit there for a minute.

I'm exhausted.

I'm exasperated.

I'm upset.

You're kidding me, right?

I'm stressed out.

I'm depressed.

Very, very depressed.

Enough.

The reason we called
for a nanny was

to get some order in the house.

It's getting nuts around here.

Joe.
- Stop!

We need some order.

Come on.

You stepped on John.

It was an accident.

Get up off the floor.

Joseph.

Stop acting like a lunatic, Joe.

Shut up.

Dig in.

Stop.

Don't you dare.

So what do you think, girls?

That dad is worse
than his children.

Yeah, these parents
definitely need to come

together and work as a team.

Otherwise, they're
never going to get

their children under control.

Having reviewed this case, I
think that Stella's tough love

and wonderful sense
of humor is just

what this family
needs to help them

through a very difficult time.

Yes.

NANNY STELLA: I'm Nanny Stella
from the north of England,

and I've been a
nanny for 15 years.

I've been brought to
Long Island, New York

to help out the Priore's,
who have a few problems.

From what I gather, the
children have run amok

and Mom and Dad
have lost control.

Dad just keeps on yelling
and is resorted to the hand.

Perfect.

Didn't I say not to do it?

What are you guys
doing out there?

NANNY STELLA: And all of this is
leaving Mom under heavy duress.

The next one that
stands up on this couch

is going in their room.
I swear to God.

They're going to be
locked up, and you're

not going to be in here.

NANNY STELLA: Discipline
is my specialty.

And from what I hear,
it's the parents

that could use a spanking.

Change your socks and
your underwears too.

I did.

Sit down and behave.

No.

NANNY STELLA: I've got
one week to sort them out.

This family better be
ready for Nanny Stella.

OK.
OK.

Guys, calm down.

Calm down.

We don't want to scare her away.

Calm down.

JOE: Yeah, guys, relax.

- Hi.
- Hello.

How are you?

I'm Nina.

I'm Nanny Stella
from Nanny 911.

Great.
Nice to meet you.

Hello.

When that door
opened, and I saw

this woman in this
hat and that red cape,

I didn't know what to expect.

I thought it was like
from a fairy tale.

These are the children.

Hello.

I was really, really nervous.

I didn't know who
this woman was going

to be that was going
to come into my house

and try to tell me what was
going on with my children.

NANNY STELLA: What's your name?

John.

NANNY STELLA: Hi, John,
pleased to meet you.

And you?
- Nicole.

Hi, Nicole.
Hi.

Joseph.

Oh, I've heard a
lot about you, Joseph.

Lynn.

Lynn, pleased to meet you.

And?

Faith.

Pleased to meet you, Faith.

And this must be Dad?
- Yes.

How are you doing, ma'am?

I thought I had a bad
accent, but hers was even

more pronounced than mine was.

Joe.

Pleased to meet you.

Nice meeting you.

When Nanny Stella came in,
she went right after Joseph.

Who's giggling over there?

Joe.

Joseph again.

My behavior radar went
up when I saw Joseph,

and he definitely had
that glint in his eye.

If I had to put my money on
either Joseph or the nanny,

I'd put my money on Joseph.

The nanny is in trouble.

Basically what happens today
is I just sit and observe,

and you just go about
your regular daily life.

OK.

We'll see.

We'll see.

JOE: All right.

She was all dressed
nice and crisp and clean

and ready to go,
and I'm thinking,

OK, boys and girls, go get her.

Joe.

NINA: We're not going to
frighten poor Nanny Stella

her first half an hour here.

Come on, guys.

This is not good.

Joe, put the pillow back in your
room and stop running around.

Put him down.

NANNY STELLA: I made
a lot of observations

in a short space of time.

Stop.

NANNY STELLA: From
what I can gather,

Joseph is the trouble
maker and the instigator.

Ow.

It's fun to b*at up my sister.

He won't listen to me.

I can't even control him.

You go tell your
sister you're sorry.

I will.

First, they pick on me or
call me names, and yell at me,

so I just k*ll them.

Ow.

Ow.

Ow.

The nanny pulled out
this book and she just

kept writing and
writing, and by the time

she was here for a few moments,
I think she had like two pages

written.

You don't say
anything like that.

- I didn't say that.
- You don't say it.

I didn't say that.

You don't even think it.

I didn't think that.

These are some of the
rudest kids I've ever met.

While eating our first
meal with Nanny in the house

was a little difficult for
us, and there was Nanny

standing at the edge of the
kitchen over Joe's shoulder

just watching what was going on.

Well, my husband felt the
breath on the back of his neck.

NANNY STELLA: The screaming
originates with Dad,

and then it filters
down to the children.

[yells].

JOE: I'm talking to Mommy.

[yells].

I'm not saying nothing to you.

You're doing what
he's doing now.

Not that.

You told me you were
going to play with him.

How can you cheat?
It's a video game.

You can cheat at anything.

[yelling]

JOE: Shut up.

I can't wait to get started.

It's k*lling me to sit here.

Enough is enough, it's time
to sit the parents down.

Hey.

OK, guys.

I've seen enough.

OK.

Well, there's a shock.

We deal with it every day.

hopefully, You won't have
to deal with it much longer.

OK.

My first observation is the
noise level in this house.

Stop!

You don't even think it!

I didn't think that!

JOE: Shut up.
- Constant.

Constant.

There's a lot of
noise in this house.

They don't listen.

Nobody listens.

There's a lot of interrupting.

So I don't think anybody really
gets their message across.

They fight with each other.

You have the sibling
rivalry and all that, yeah.

Definitely.

Nina, I know that this is your
home, but I'm now in charge.

You got a tough
job ahead of you,

and I would love to
see it work, but I'll

have to see it as it comes.

OK.

And, Joe, I just
think you're clueless.

I'm clueless?

I thought he was going to die.

That was like the best thing
I have ever heard in my life.

So I'm actually
ready to go off

and come up with my game plan.

Do you think the game
plan is going to help

with us with our situation?

I know my game plan will help.

You can try to implement it,
but I can guarantee not only

my children are going
to have their own ideas,

but my husband's going
to have his own ideas.

That's fine.

So I'm going to go off, I'm
going to devise my plan,

and I'll be back.

I can hardly wait to see this.

Thank you.

Clueless?

Hey, guys, can you come
out for a minute, please?

Yes.

Yes.

OK, everybody, so
I've been here today,

and I've made my
observations, and I've

come up with The Nanny Rules.

Oh.

OK.

Nanny's Rules.

Number one, no yelling.

There's a lot of
yelling in this house.

So he went inside to
play nice and quietly.

Go sit down.

Yelling starts
with Mom and Dad.

OK.

From what I've seen,
and consequently,

the children imitate that.

JOE: I talk loud.

OK, from your own admission,
Joe, you're a yeller.

I'm a yeller.
NINA: You're a yeller.

OK.

Rule number two, everyone
has to listen to each other.

OK?

You must listen and you can't
interrupt until that person

has finished talking.

Number three, no hitting.

This includes no punching, no
sneaky nudging, no slapping,

and, Joseph, no pile driving.

Joe.

Does that include like
little smack on the butt?

I'm going to get
to that one next.

No spanking.

OK.

Perfect.

If you swat, they think
it's OK to nudge each other

and swat each other, and again,
it's an imitated behavior.

We're going to come
up with a better way

to discipline the children.

I was going to ask that.

Absolutely.

This is a big one.

Good behavior is
rewarded, but bad behavior

comes with penalties.

I have seen no consequences
for bad behavior.

OK.

All right?

If you follow the rules,
I know that your life

will change as a family.

And now I have something
else to show you.

Nanny ripped off that
sheet as fast as she could,

and then all the
kids went like this.

Oh.

NANNY STELLA: So it's actually
pretty self-explanatory.

OK.

Children's names,
reward for behavior.

The X, that's bad, and
the checks are good.

They're old enough to understand
that there are consequences.

JOE: That's fine.

NANNY STELLA: OK?

That board, it's garbage.

NANNY STELLA: Today is my
first day to implement changes

in the Priore household.

Good morning.

Rise and shine.

So I sat everyone
down to tell them

what we'd work on when the
kids got home from school.

The screaming and
shouting is in yesterday.

That's not going
to happen anymore.

We're going to work on the
screaming and shouting,

but there has to be
a defined consequence

and it has to be
followed through.

They have to know that
you mean business.

In order to stop
the yelling, there

must be order in the house,
and the obvious place to start

is in the children's rooms.

Because what you're
going to start doing

is anything you
find on the floor,

you're going to put
it in a big trash bag,

and you're going
to throw it away.

Say, bye, Nanny.

Bye, guys.

Have a good day at school.

I certainly hope the children
remember the new rules

when they get home
from school or else

I have no choice but to
get out the garbage bags.

[yells].

All right, guys, come on,
backpacks in your rooms.

NANNY STELLA: Our early
morning discussion seems

to have left a real impression.

As soon as the kids
returned home from school,

they went into their rooms
and just dropped everything.

Dropped their backpacks,
dropped their coats.

So clean clothes end up
being washed again and again

and again.

You know how we talked
about the mess on the floor?

Well, I've just seen their
bedrooms, and they are covered.

The floor is covered, so can
we just go to the boys' room?

Nanny had her own
little stash of black bags

that she pulled out of nowhere.

OK, boys, remember I said
anything I find on the floor.

An orderly house must have
consequences and rewards.

- Hey.
- No.

Sorry.

You didn't do it in time.

She was mean, Nanny Stella,
to put this stuff in the bag,

and she shouldn't be
bossing us around.

You were warned.

OK.

Now I need the girls.

The girls take off into their
room thinking that they're

going to pick up some stuff.

Girls?

Yeah.

I'm going to spell it
out for you again, OK?

If it's found on the floor,
where's it going to go?

Away.

Garbage.

Where is it going to go?
- Away.

Away?

No, it's going in
the garbage bag.

And, unfortunately-- sorry.

Sorry.

You didn't get to it in time.

JOE: You knew not to put
this stuff on the floor.

Oh, and a cuddly toy.

We put this stuff up.

This one.

This one, somebody is going
to be crying about tonight.

Oh.
- My coat.

Oh.
No, sorry.

Whoa.
Whoa.

Whoa.
Whoa.

They were horrified.

The whole family was
horrified because that had

never happened to them before.

I thought I saw
something else on the floor

when we got in here.

I think you should give Nanny
the thing that was on the floor

that you picked up real fast
figuring she wouldn't see.

One of the big items
that I confiscated

was Faith's twirling baton.

It went in the garbage bag,
and she didn't get it back.

Whoa.

Faith.

But I didn't put that there.

This is what you're
not understanding.

If it's found on the floor,
it's going in the garbage bag.

The difference between me and
their parents, what I say I

mean.

The garbage bag incident was
upsetting for the whole family.

Joseph, stop.

NANNY STELLA: Halfway
through my second day

with the Priore's,
I sensed that my job

was about to get a lot tougher.

Did you want to
sit out here and just

jump around, so he went inside
to play nice and quietly.

Go sit down.

Joseph, I'm-- stop.

No.

JOE: I'll throw you
outside and cool you off.

Joseph has a lot
of temper tantrums.

My husband, of course, feeds
into the temper tantrums,

which it's a lot of stress.

It's a lot of frustration.

It's just a lot.

Ow.

JOE: Stop acting
like a lunatic, Joe.

Joseph, sit down.

No.

JOE: No?

You want to get hit?

I don't want to get hit.

JOE: I'm going to put
up the crib for you.

Ah!

Stop.

Don't you dare.

NANNY STELLA: This is
turning into a disaster.

No.

Don't you hit me.

Don't you hit me.

What do you want to tell me?

What do you want to tell me?
- Sorry.

What do you want tell me?

What do you want tell me?

Don't move.

Don't move.

NANNY STELLA: This madness
is pushing Mom to the brink.

Oh my god.
I hate that.

JOE: Don't move.

NANNY STELLA: If
things don't change,

she's headed for a breakdown.

JOE: Don't move.

Cool off.

Sometimes it does
get to the point

where I'm just like I
can't do it anymore.

I can't take it.

Help me.

He started that trouble.

Not me.

He started that.

He got to a point that
he needed the control.

NINA: Right, he
needed the control.

And if he would have ended
it when he was supposed to,

it wouldn't have been a problem.

NINA: No, because
you gave him the--

I didn't give him anything.

I told him to stop.

Then he decided he
got up and he wanted

to run around like a lunatic.

- No.
- Why?

No.

You just got to let
him go through it.

That's all.

NANNY STELLA: The
stress is clearly

becoming too much for Nina.

She obviously has some things
she needs to get off her chest.

I actually get myself so
stressed out from the noise

level to where I can't breathe.

And when I'm laying in bed, I'll
have to roll over from one side

and roll over to another side
until I can catch my breath.

Do you know what
that's called?

NINA: Well--
- It's called anxiety.

JOE: Anxiety?

She'll have to go outside
sometimes and get some air.

Mom's problem is bigger than
she even wants to think about.

She has panic att*cks.

She puts on this big facade
that she's living this really

happy life and she's not.

Do you now know the
seriousness of the anxiety

that you're having
with your family?

Because I think it
is a really big deal,

and you have this facade,
you have this front

that you're really happy.

And I will wager you money, I'm
laying bets that there's a lot

of times that you are crying.

She cries, yes.

She gets upset.

Sometimes, I just break
down and cry for no reason.

It's not no reason.

It's living a lie.

But do you now know the
seriousness of the anxiety

that you're having
with your family?

She said that I needed
to really start realizing

that these were panic
att*cks and they were not

going to go away with the
house and the utter chaos

that it was in at this point.

I want to go back to
the way we used to be.

We used to have
fun all the time.

Things were happy.

That hasn't been
here for a while.

Right.

And most of it's because,
when you come home,

I really want to leave the room.

If we can do all this,
then I think that our life

will be much better.

Maybe it'll go back to
the way it used to be.

NANNY STELLA: Mom
seemed optimistic,

but I'm not convinced
that Joe really

believes that his yelling is
tearing this family apart.

Only time will tell.

In the meantime, I've
concentrated on solving some

of the Priore's other problems.

In order to relieve
some of Mom's stress,

the children must take on more
responsibilities for themselves

and making the beds is always
a great place to start.

Wow, you guys made your beds and
there's nothing on the floor.

Good job.

Oh my goodness.

Beds are made, and
I don't see anything

on the floor, but a backpack.

That is fabulous.

Good job.

Now that the children
are coming around,

it's time to turn my attention
to the one person who

isn't getting with the program.

So tonight, I'm afraid
I'm going to have

to put Dad on the board.

How did Joseph do
today on behavior,

helping Mom, and helping Dad?

He deserves an X.

OK, behavior X.

There were a couple
times that we had

to-- but we've discussed it.
NANNY STELLA: OK.

Didn't we?

Did you help Mom and
did you help Dad today?

JOE: You want to answer that?

I'm doing the dishes later.

You're doing the dishes later?

Good job.

Faith.

How did Faith do today?

Actually, this morning, she
also helped reminding them

what needed to be done.

OK, I'm going to leave it
as a sweep across the board.

Dad.

Dad's on the board.

He gets an X for
yelling at Joseph.

Don't move.

Don't move.

I'm serious.

Don't move.

I was a little upset.

Very upset.

I'm doing the best
I can, and here I

am getting penalized for it.

NANNY STELLA: Joe
seemed shocked,

but his yelling is
still out of control.

If he can't learn
to temper himself,

I'm going to have to teach him.

JOE: Hey, Nine, what are we
having beside potatoes and ham?

I know, I did.

I was trying to get dinner ready
and Joseph decided he wanted

some time for me to play.

I'm making dinner.

You said you'd play a game.

I know, I said I'd play a game
with you, but you got to wait,

Joe, OK?

Fine.

A few minutes
later, he started

to go out and bother Faith.

JOE: Joseph!

Will you please
give me the book?

JOE: Hey, what's going on?

I don't know.

I was lying on the couch
and he took my book.

JOE: Joseph?

Give me the book.

He took the book
away from her,

she started chasing
and yelling at him.

I didn't know where it was
going to go at that point,

but I figured I'd
better stay back.

Mom.

Mom.

Joseph, stop running around.

NINA: Joseph, that's
a school book.

I just had enough.

Don't hit me.

Ah!

Shut up.

No.

Stop.

Why are you taking her books?

[yells]

Shut up.

Cool off.

Do you want me to hit you?
- No.

Cool off.
Sit down.

No.

NANNY STELLA: I don't think
he had any feel for the impact

that his yelling causes
within his family.

Joseph, no.

Sit right.

Sit right.

I'm sorry, Nanny.

Maybe we'll go back to the
behavior thing again later, OK?

About how you were
going to follow through.

Right.

But you know what?

It's hard to keep him down, and
I'm not a person that's just

going to sit there and let him
act like the way he's acting

and not do anything.

Right.

I don't expect that.

I can't bite my tongue.

I just can't do it.

Obviously, the yelling and
the grabbing, it's not working.

Yeah, but you know what?

I know how he is.

I've known Joseph
for a long time.

Just sitting there and
telling him no, no, stop.

Stop.

It's not going to work.

So you scream and
then he screams.

To me, it's not screaming.

To me, it's talking loud.

But--

So your version
of talking loud

is like your version
of tall tales.

You make excuses for him.

You say that you know
the person that he is--

Believe me, I know Joseph.

But do you know that he
doesn't just tell tall tales?

He blatantly lies to people.

I mean, you just asked him in
the kitchen whose book is that?

Is it your book?

Why are you taking her books?

That's not a tall
tale to say no.

That's a blatant lie.

Well, I guess he got
caught up in the moment.

Well, then he has
to lose a privilege,

or he has to be removed
from the situation.

I mean, he's a
juvenile delinquent

and he's eight years old.

He does do a lot of things
he shouldn't be doing.

He pile drives his sister.

He hits girls in school.

But you don't see the good
side of him either sometimes.

He goes to school and he lies.

He comes home and he lies.

He screams and shouts,
he answers you back.

But there are times that
he can really be a good boy.

There aren't times
enough where he's nice.

Do you know where
Joseph's going to end up?

Joseph's going to end
up in juvenile hall.

And if that's the way
he continues to act,

then maybe he
deserves to be there.

NANNY STELLA: I don't
believe what I just heard.

Either Joe's so busy yelling
that he didn't hear me,

or he's more clueless
than I thought.

But he's got to stop.

But you can't find a
different way to make him stop?

I don't know.

I've tried your way
a little bit, and--

You didn't try
my way right there.

I've tried it, but it's
still not working very well.

I mean, a
consistently good dad

will go a long way with him.

I think I'm consistent, but--

She definitely made me
feel like a little kid

being scolded by my mother, and
it made me feel uncomfortable.

I do a lot for these kids.

NANNY STELLA: It was a very
uncomfortable situation

because Joseph was
still in the room

and some conversations are
not for children's ears.

Can I just speak to you
privately, because there's

something I want to tell you.

OK.

I don't want to say
this in front of Joseph

because some of the things
that are hearing now

are really not nice, but
you need to spend more time

with him, and I'm nervous
that you're really

not seeing the big picture.

I'm telling you the
real home truth.

If you don't get tougher in
your discipline, as opposed

to your yelling and make Joseph
aware of the consequences,

then there is going to
be serious repercussions

in the future.

And it's real.

I mean it.

If you don't take charge
of this situation,

you're going to be
talking juvenile

delinquent in a few years.

I mean--

I agree.

Do you see the truth
in the situation?

Or that this could
be the course?

If he doesn't
get better, yeah,

that could potentially happen.

So you understand
where I'm coming from?

Yes.

And you're going to
make-- you're going

to have a renewed attitude
in your dealings with Joseph?

Yes, I will.

And I think the start of that
would be for you and Joseph

to have a real man to man
heart to heart on the fact

that you are going to
spend more time with him,

and that he doesn't
have to be badly

behaved to get your attention.

He has to stop.

I agree.

OK.

To get her in my face, telling
me that you're doing it wrong,

and this is going to be the
consequences unless I change,

that definitely didn't
sit right with me.

NANNY STELLA: I didn't come into
anybody's home to sugarcoat it.

I didn't come to make friends.

I came to do my job, and my job
is to educate these parents,

and Joe is either going to
listen to me or kick me out.

Joe told me that
he got it, but I

think he wanted to get
out of the tight corner

that I had him in.

I don't believe, at
that moment in time,

that Joe Priore
believed the impact

he was having on his family.

So you understand
where I'm coming from?

Yes.

And you're going to
make-- you're going

to have a renewed attitude
in your dealings with Joseph?

Yes, I will.

And I think the start of that
would be for you and Joseph

to have a real man to man
heart to heart on the fact

that you are going to
spend more time with him,

and that he doesn't
have to be badly

behaved to get your attention.

He has to stop.

I agree.

OK.

Joe?

Joe?

Can I talk to you?

No.

Come over here.

I need to talk to you.

Turn around, look at me.

I expect you to behave.

I expect you to listen, OK?

Don't you want to have a
nice relationship with Daddy?

- Yes.
- All right.

Look at me.

Don't you want to have fun?

Yeah.

Do you want to get in
trouble when you get older?

No.

OK.

Come here, look at me.

I love you very much,
Joe, but you got to start

learning how to behave better.

OK?

All it's going to do
is just make it worse.

OK?

Do you want me to
yell and scream a lot?

No.

You act better, I'll act better.

Good deal?

Yes.

Give me a kiss.

OK.

I love you, Joe.

NANNY STELLA: I'm
so proud of Joe.

He finally showed that he
could discipline Joseph Junior

without resorting to yelling,
and I really hope he's

turned the corner for good.

Over the next few days,
Joe's talk with Joseph

really took effect.

Father and son were getting on
like a father and son should.

Love you, Joe.

NANNY STELLA: Dad's
no longer yelling,

and it's really having
a positive effect

on the rest of the family.

The difference in
the Priore household

is like night and day.

The kids are all chipping
in, making Mom's life

much less stressful,
and Dad has completely

turned over a new leaf.

Hi.

NANNY STELLA: As a
whole, the entire family

is enjoying loving, living,
and laughing together.

You're Nanny Stella.

It was like a new
beginning for us.

To help us show the love that
we've had for each other,

but just hasn't been
shown for a while.

That's the first time I've
laughed in a long time.

NANNY STELLA: It's
clear that my time

with the Priore's is at an end.

I am amazed.

OK, so I need to show
that on my board.

Lynn gets a sweep
across the board.

John gets a sweep
across the board.

Nicole gets a sweep
across the board.

And Joseph, Joseph's
teacher said that he

had a really good morning.

JOE: That's true.

He gets a sweep
across the board.

Yep.

Faith, you can keep your
sweep across the board.

JOE: Dad?

You're going to get a
sweep across the board.

I was really proud of Joe.

He made an amazing turnaround.

I have another surprise.

Uh-oh.

NINA: A black bag.

Because of the great
results of the board,

everybody gets to get their
confiscated clothes back.

Yay.

OK?

But, you have to
fold them and put

them away where they belong.

When you're ready,
one at a time,

you can come get them back.

I think you would
be wanting this.

Yes.

But you can't leave
them on the floor or else

they get confiscated again.

NINA: Go see.

JOE: And I won't be so
nice to give them back.

I'm done.

So Nanny is very happy.

Day six, victory.

OK, everybody, time to go.

Coming out and saying goodbye
to the family was tough,

and I knew--

I knew what impact
they'd had on me.

OK, how about we stand
up in order of age.

The first one was Lynn.

Thank you for being
a really good girl

and for picking up
your clothes, OK?

Then I moved on to John.

Thank you for being
a really good boy.

And quite honestly,
he had been the person

I least had to worry about.

Thank you for letting me
take you to the bus stop, OK?

Because I know that
was a really big deal.

Oh, Joseph.

When I said goodbye to Joe, I
had to stop myself for a minute

because he gave me a present.

If I take this, do I
still get a hug or no hug?

And he hugged me.

I was already crying
by that point.

Thank you.

You still keep being good, OK?

You got to stop crying
because you're making me cry.

I don't want you
to be sad, Faith.

OK?

You can't be sad.

Saying goodbye to
Faith was really tough,

because she was heartbroken,
and she didn't want me to leave.

But I did assure her that I
didn't just walk in for a week,

and I'm going to fly out
for the rest of her life,

because I'm not.

JOE: Now you're making me cry.

After Faith came Dad.

Now I get to give Dad a hug.

No, thank you.

I won't yell at you
either for hugging me.

Thank you for not
screaming anymore.

And he said, thank you.

You really made a
difference in a week.

My toughest candidate to
say goodbye to was Nina.

I got to take my gloves
off for this one.

You're a different
story, because I'm

going to be checking up on you.

She was crying and I was crying.

And, uh, it was
just really hard.

And if I hear one, one
little thing about breathing,

I'll be back.

You promise?

I promise.

As far as leaving
the Priore family,

I have to leave
the Priore family.

There are other families
that need help too,

but I don't feel that
it's saying goodbye.

I just feel I'm saying see
you later, because I will.

There was an amazing bond
made in that house in a week.

JOE: Thank you, Nanny Stella.

NINA: Thank you, Nanny.

Thank you.

All right, let's all
make a pact, all right,

for Nanny Stella that we
keep this up, all right?

Yeah.

All right?

This way she knows
that it worked,

and we can all be happy again?

JOE: Cheers.

NINA: Thank you.

NANNY STELLA: The Priore's
are very respectful

and caring and considerate.

They just got lost somewhere
for a little while,

and there is a lot of
love in this house.

A lot of love.

They just got lost.

Nanny left us a note.

Is that our house?

It says, To My Dear Priore's.

Here is something
from your Nanny Stella

that I think the
whole family will

enjoy, a new
addition to your home

with some much needed space.

You guys, you're
getting an upstairs.

You know what that means?

You get your rooms.

It means you could sleep late.

Thanks, Nanny.

I call this one right here.

I want the middle.