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Davis/Paiss: Husband Edition (Season 1, Episode 9)

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PREMISE In Colorado Springs, Kenny Davis loves biking. He runs his own bike shop and considers motorcycling a religion. Kenny and his girlfriend Sandy Bianchi have been together for just over a year. Recently she and her 16 year old daughter Cara moved in with him and his two daughters Samantha (13) and Kaitlyn (11), but family life hasn’t always been harmonious. In spite of Kenny’s efforts to befriend Cara, she has resented him taking her mother away from her and they frequently fall out. The girls are often in the basement eating junk food and watching TV. Kenny owns 17 motorbikes, 2 cars, 4 trucks, 2 four wheelers a drag racer and a boat. They clutter up the yard and few of them function, but Kenny plans to fix them up and sell them. Kenny's neighbors don't like the messy state of his yard, and often call code enforcement on him. In Boulder, Zev Paiss (formerly Bill) and his wife Neshama Abraham (formerly Kay) are environmentalists who live in an 11 home co-housing community...

Bailey/Downs (Season 2, Episode 6)

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PREMISE In Texas, Paula and Rodney Downs have 7 children: Samantha (16), Amanda (15) Brandy (13), Rodney Jr (12) Wyatt (5) and Melanie (3) and Jessica (2). The entire family sleeps in one bedroom in their 3 bedroom midsized house. However, they only stay in their house 2 nights a week, and spend the rest of the week in an RV. Overprotective Paula homeschools the kids to protect them from society. Paula and Rodney never let the children out of their sight, even Samantha and Amanda, who are not allowed to date or go to a public place by themselves. The family write down the neighbor's license plates and do background checks. Paula is afraid of germs and hand sanitizes everything, even shopping carts. Paula does everything for her family, cooking, cleaning, laundry and putting out Rodney's clothes. Roz Bailey is one of the most successful realtors in North Carolina. Her career often comes before her family, so she hardly sees her kids Helen (15) and Nicholas (7). Roz is constantly...