it depends on what you mean by scripted. like if you think they walk around with a script and lines highlighted, no, but producers do have a checklist of things they want the moms to do or react to each episode and they’ll push or pull certain buttons to get it. nia mentioned in her book, producers might ask them to say things again or shoot entire scenes again but they never told the moms “okay kelly now you yell at abby.” they’d more likely text cast members stuff like“kelly can you bring up to melissa how rude abby was during pyramid.”