Toontje

In a house like that there surely must be mice.

SecretGarden

True.

~SG

sime303

You gotta get a DVR Cindy, they are a life saver. Well as long as you don't try to use it as a flotation device whilst it is plugged in.

SecretGarden

Ok, the A & E show is on right now, and I *did* see this one, but I guess I also watched the "Truth Be Told" one too. Guess they all ran together...

The rotten food lady is on now......blurgh....

~SG

Juswus

oh that looks fascinating, in a really sick kinda way!
Did you see any of the "Obsessed" series? Like the woman who kept pulling her hair out They had a hoarder too.
I always feel sad after watching these programs so I try not to, but sometimes I just can't help it

Jaxbar

I like that one and Intervention makes me feel fairly normal, did you see the one about the woman who felt dirty after having a poo and spent hours showering herself internally and then scraoing herself out with a toothbush

Ray

I can't watch Intervention ...half I want to help and half I want to exterminate... some both ....

Juswus

NO!!!! OMG...I never even heard about that one!!!




I had to stop watching them because when they do the follow-up at the end, almost every single one of them had skipped rehab, or started drugs again or whatever and were back being shitbags again. I would be so pee'd off that I kept wasting time hoping they would get better and they never did. Although I caught a couple recently and they both succeeded in rehab, so maybe the makers realised they needed to show some positive ones.

britvic

Oh blimey yeah I saw that one
Made me feel quite light headed.

britvic

Everything I watch is from my DVR I have to speed through all the adverts.

Ray

So this week ..Steve the guy ..had just given up on everything
but I though he seemes quite articulate ..he will be OK now ...


The stupid women wanted putting down ..2 days of clearing out ..one room done ...her expert helpers was just as useless ....

and at the end she just ran off anyway ...

SecretGarden

I really admired the woman who was helping that Steve guy out. She appeared to really care about what happened to him and didn't try to shame him into anything--you got the feeling that she was just a very kindhearted person.

I felt very sorry for the woman's kids.

Who's on next week? Can't wait!
~SG

Ray

The helper was a great treasure .,..deserves a medal ...at least ...



Tara/BettyMonday, August 31st 10:00 pm ET
Tuesday, September 01st 02:00 am ET

NEXT WEEK
Tara has been reported to her landlord and needs to clean out now or she'll be homeless. She's an obsessive collector, favoring things like McDonald's Happy Meal toys, nativity scenes, snow globes and hundreds of teddy bears. Now Tara must finally get control of her hoarding and part with most of the clutter in her home or face eviction.

When fire crews responded to a small fire at Betty's house they discovered her sick husband living in filth. Adult Protective Services removed him from the home because of his medical condition. For the last two months he and Betty have been staying in a hotel--but funds are quickly running out. If Betty doesn't clean up her home and her yard, he may never be able to live in the home again.

SecretGarden

I am already feeling very sorry for Betty's poor husband. This show is a real upper, innit?

~SG

Just Jenney

I have to say, I'm obsessed (har-dee-har-har!) with these shows -- Intervention, Obsessed and now Hoarders. They are just really, really fascinating to me.

Admittedly, I get frustrated with Intervention because they spend about 3 minutes on the part where the person goes to rehab and you (sometimes) get to see how things turned around for them. I wish they'd spend less time on filming them doing drugs, etc and spend more time on the actual intervention and recovery. Still, 95% of the time I end up teary-eyed and really rooting for the person and/or their family.

Obsessed and Hoarders are a bit more interesting for me because I can probably relate to them a bit more. I've never done any drugs or hard drinking, etc so the stuff that happens on Intervention is pretty foreign to me. However, I am a messy person and have certain compulsions/phobias that allow me to understand the "obsessed" and hoarders a little bit. I really like seeing how the therapists treat them, particularly with the hoarding, because it's such a hidden taboo that we rarely see or talk about.

Last week's Hoarders episode was great -- one therapist's approach was successful (the big guy who lived in that tiny apartment), and the other's didn't really work (the woman who cleaned half a room in one day, despite having 5+ people helping her). It wasn't until I saw that episode that I realized that there is more than one way to approach hoarding and treating it.

I'm interested to see what other types of people/situations they'll have on these shows.

~ Jenney