The Quinn family

Season 5 Episode 1
Friday 03 October, 2008 - 8/9c on ABC

Jo Frost travels to Amherst, New Hampshire to help Gina and David Quinn deal with their four out-of-control teens and tweens. Dad David often acts like a big kid, laughing at the kids’ antics even when they cross the line, and leaving Gina, a personal trainer, to referee on her own. She admits, “We’re at a total loss.” Casey, 14, who’s a wrestler at school, is physically and verbally aggressive at home with his siblings and parents: punching, shoving and hitting and bullying big sister, Cally, 16, and younger siblings Corey, 10, and Carli, 9. All of the children swear like sailors and refuse to do chores. Gina admits that she doesn’t enjoy being around her kids, and husband David erupts in nervous laughter whenever the children defy him. Jo not only has to take the kids in hand, but has to pull Dad aside for a firm talking-to about his lack of seriousness. This family is fractured – can Jo get them back on track and tame Casey’s bullying ways?