Chrisley Family's Reality Show Return Amidst Legal Troubles

“Episode one sets sets the table, that the family is divided. With the patriarch and matriarch not there, you have both children and grandparents who are doing their best despite not having Todd and Julie available at all times. Clearly there’s some friction. The arc of the series starts there and they’re trying to figure out their relationship with each other. They don’t know that their parents are getting out. They’re certainly hoping that happens one day, but it’s not on their minds that it’s going to happen anytime soon. Each person is really trying to figure out who they are. Then all of a sudden, that phone call happens.”

“What I find interesting that we definitely touch on in the series, and there’s definitely room to explore, is that Todd and Julie spent a lot of time in prison and you don’t come home from that the same person. That’s something that they themselves have to grapple with, along with family members. We definitely explore that in this series. We certainly see that as something I’d be interested in exploring further.”

“I’ve worked on a lot of reality shows and when the subject is afraid to show who they really are, it makes your job really hard. They’re not afraid to just be who they are on camera.”

“Lifetime wanted this to be the raw and real lives of who the Chrisleys are now, and how they are coping with mom and dad behind bars. That’s what we were tasked with capturing.”

“The family divided so Chase [Chrisley] went with some family friends to go get Julie, while Savannah went with friends to get Todd. They slept in their cars. Some of the family friends helped us and got a lot of cell phone footage because it happened so fast.”

“But you don’t know what they’re capturing. You’re explaining to them how to hold the iPhone the best you can. You’re at the edge of your seat until you get all the footage ingested, and then you start going through it, and you’re like, ‘Oh my god, this is really good. Ok, good, they did it.”

“I’ll never forget what the prosecutors said in the most heavily Democrat county in the state, before an Obama-appointed judge.”

“He called us the Trumps of the South. He meant it as an insult. But let me tell you, boy do I wear it as a badge of honor.”

“As today’s outcome shows, when you lie, cheat and steal, justice is blind as to your fame, your fortune, and your position.”

“In the end, when driven by greed, the verdict of guilty on all counts for these three defendants proves once again that financial crimes do not pay.”

“What insulted me the most is that, out of all these 54 years, for me to finally be accused of being with a man, it would be someone who looked like Mark Braddock.”

“I would have remorse if it was something I did.”

“The prosecutors read the letter Lindsie wrote to the FBI.”

“We’re no longer family.”

“We got the phone call. We knew it was going to happen within 24 hours but you don’t know when.”

“If your blood will screw you over, then a stranger definitely will.”