Talk:Hoarders (TV series)/Archive 1

Season 1: 2009

The episodes for Season 1 are listed on the A&E website as follows, which is different from the order listed in this Wikipedia article, but I left the order as it was in the Wikipedia article since I can't seem to track down information on the broadcast dates. // Internet Esquire (talk) 16:45, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

• 0. [1-00] Linda/Steven
• 1. [1-01] Patty/Bill
• 2. [1-02] Kerrylea/Lauren
• 3. [1-03] Tara/Betty
• 4. [1-04] Jennifer and Ron/Jill
• 5. [1-05] Paul/Missy and Alex
• 6. [1-06] Jake/Shirley

Spin Off

It should be mentioned in the article that Hoarders is a spin off of the A&E show Obsessed. Obsessed featured people with anxiety disorders, some hoarders. Hoarders took over the time slot of Obsessed when It'd first season was over.

Note that there was also a UK show a few years back called Life Laundry with a similar theme and purpose. Anyone know if it also influenced this US show? VJDocherty (talk) 17:29, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Jenn

I removed 8. [1-08] Jenn (10/5/2009) from the first season because I can't find any reference to it anywhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.246.109.233 (talk) 23:55, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Season 3

Season 3 just premiered on Monday, September 6th. The article should be updated to reflect that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.167.77 (talk) 02:31, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Anyone can update the page you know... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.246.106.234 (talk) 19:45, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Sir Patrick

Should there be some mention in the article of Sir Patrick's history and criminal record (documented at http://beginning.anitawirawan.com/2010/09/the-troubling-history-of-sir-patrick-oshannahan-epic-hoarder-and-convicted-felon.html)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.242.168 (talk) 06:06, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I absolutely believe there should be, and I'm willing to write it if no one has any objections. I'll create a section on controversy, as this show has received some criticism regarding the exploitation of the hoarders and their families. Scarletsmith (talk) 15:09, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Appalling outcomes

Without going into my opinion of the show, I think there should be a mention of how useless these documented interventions are. Even when a psychologist is on the scene, almost no intervention leads to successful outcomes, and rightly so, since these people don't need a two-day cleanup of their junk, they need ongoing and intensive psychotherapy. These shock interventions are apparently doing more harm than good.Nicolasconnault (talk) 13:38, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

While the article needs to mention the criticism the show has received on several fronts (including the afore-mentioned appalling outcomes), it'll have to be done in a neutral fashion. I'm willing to work on a criticism and controversy section if there's no objection. Scarletsmith (talk) 15:12, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Episode guide sorely lacking

I recognize these descriptions came off the A&E website, but some of them are stilted, some are just flat-out wrong (as far as what the episode showed) A prime example is Gail of Judi/Gail; it is never actually stated in the show itself that Gail was once a ballerina. I'm willing to clean these up and maybe even expand some of these (example: Bill's hoard in "Patty/Bill" was so bad that his partner Lorelei fell and broke her arm), similar to the episode list for shows like Deadliest Catch or Intervention. Discussions/comments/objections/etc. are welcome. Scarletsmith (talk) 15:40, 31 May 2011 (UTC)