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Not to be confused with The Potter Family

The Porter Family is the second episode of series 5 of the British Supernanny show. It was remade and re-released as the 20th episode of season 5 of the American Supernanny show.

Episode summary[]

"Princess Maddison rules the roost in the Porters household. Maddison is a nine-year-old who throws fits and temper tantrums like a two-year-old if she doesn't get her own way and her seven-year old little brother, Harry, tries to copy his big sister's behavior. The whole family is treading on eggshells. Mum treats her like a baby choosing her clothes, helping her shower, brushing her teeth and cutting up her food for her. She even has to be bribed to take a shower. Her mum Hayley's first child from a previous marriage died before he was two years old. Supernanny soon realizes that this is why Hayley’s been wrapping Maddie up in cotton wool. Tantrums can last for hours with Mum being the main focus of Maddison's outbursts and physical aggression. Biting and scratching is commonplace and Mum is the main victim. Outings often have to be stopped before they've even got out the car as Maddy's tantrums are so extreme. Can Supernanny tame the tantrums? Or is this one battle of the wills which can't be won?" - supernanny.co.uk

Transcript[]

Family members[]

Person Age Relation to Family
Merrill Porter 34+ (born 1974) Father
Hayley Porter 41+ (born 1967) Mother
Maddison “Maddie” 9 (born March 17, 1999) Daughter
Harry 7 (born March 21, 2001) Son
Jake 2 (born 1997 and died c. 1999) Son (Deceased)

Pop Culture[]

  • Jo mentions Mary Shelley and Frankenstein in the parent meeting.
  • In the US Submission Reel, Maddie can be seen drinking tea from a Disney Princess Cup

Trivia[]

  • The Dakin Family was meant to air after this episode, however it was later cancelled and replaced with The Tomlin Family.
  • The Go to Bed Early technique was nearly used during Madison's Reflection Room tantrum, when she locked herself in the bathroom. Jo would count to three, and if the door was not open, Madison would've been taken to bed, and would've stayed there for the rest of the night.
    • Jo quoted on it being lamp shaded just before she discussed it with Madison.
  • This is the last UK episode, which was edited for the US show.
  • While Hayley and Merrill's ages are shown in the American version, their ages are unknown in the UK.
  • This is one of seven episodes to feature a family member that died pre-episode, in this episode's case it was Jake. The other seven to feature this are The Smith-Clarke Family (Josh), The Seniors Family (Andy), The Richardson Family (Archie, and Ralph's parents), The Mihalik Family (Steven), The Addis Family (Rick), The Lewis Family (Dwight), and The Evans Family (Jennifer). Out of the eight, Jake and Josh are the only two who were children. In addition, half of these (the latter four) were from the US, and the other (the latter three, alongside The Porter Family) were from the UK.
  • It remains unknown as to how Jake passed away. Fans have settled on it likely being Cot death. Similar to how Josh from the Smith-Clarke Family died. However, according to Hayley in the US edit, he had a really bad heart condition, which could have contributed to his death.
  • The family are shown to own a Norwich Terrier in the episode.
  • Hayley is hated for treating Madison like a baby, and is mostly blamed as to being the cause of Madison‘s tantrums.
  • Merrill is also hated for yelling and disciplining Harry and not Madison.
  • This is the one of the only UK episodes to be available on YouTube, the others are The Cooke Family (U.S. Version) and The Bradbury-Lambert Family.
  • The US Version of this episode was not posted by Supernanny, but a different user.
  • Additionally, the UK version of this episode was also uploaded by a different user as well.
  • The family owns a Citroën Xsara Picasso car

Behind The Scenes[]

  • This was filmed as May 2008 at the earliest.
  • Merrill's age may be a bit older than 34.

Events Post-Episode[]

  • Hayley and Merrill divorced.
  • Merrill remarried.
  • Maddie got married to a man named Joseph William Thompson
  • Hayley's mother died
  • Hayley Merrill and Maddie are shown to have visited Greece according to there facebook pages. Additionally, Merrill is shown to have a vacation home there.

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External Links[]


Series 5
The Hancox-Smith FamilyThe Porter FamilyThe Tomlin Family
Season 5
The Quinn FamilyThe Baulisch FamilyThe Park FamilyThe Winter FamilyThe Newsome FamilyThe Manley FamilyThe Marko FamilyThe Howat FamilyThe Lewis FamilyThe James FamilyThe Kerns FamilyThe Gormley-Brickley FamilyThe Costello FamilyThe Davis FamilyThe Sachs FamilyThe Williams FamilyThe Del Re FamilyThe Goldberg FamilyThe Sacco FamilyThe Porter FamilyThe DeMello FamilyThe Krolikowski Family
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