Hoarding: Buried Alive
| Hoarding: Buried Alive | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 75 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company | Discovery Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | TLC |
| Release | March 14, 2010 – Present |
Hoarding: Buried Alive is an American documentary television series that premiered on TLC on March 14, 2010. The show follows hoarders through their life experiences and helps them learn to manage their illness.
Overview
Hoarding: Buried Alive takes the viewer into the personal lives of hoarders, focusing on how the mental illness has affected the individual and the family members. Each episode usually looks at two different cases and examines the history of the victim and takes time to interview family members.[1] The show includes an extensive look at the items each person collects.[2] Each hoarder receives treatment provided by both a therapist and a professional organizer.[1] These professionals help them through the process of ridding their house of the hoard. By the end of the episodes, the hoarders typically have shown signs of improvement that make the viewer hopeful for their continuing success.[2]
Episodes
Season 1
| Episode # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome to My Nightmare | March 14, 2010 |
| 2 | Beyond Embarrassment | March 21, 2010 |
| 3 | Paralyzed by Clutter | March 28, 2010 |
| 4 | Life on Fire | April 4, 2010 |
| 5 | Family Secrets | April 11, 2010 |
| 6 | Filling the Void | April 18, 2010 |
| 7 | No One Would Choose This | April 25, 2010 |
| 8 | Everything Is at Stake | May 2, 2010 |
| 9 | A Million Excuses | May 9, 2010 |
Season 2
Season 2 was split into two equal parts, with part one airing from August 8, 2010–October 3, 2010, and part two from March 2, 2011–April 20, 2011.[3][4]
| Episode # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Homeless Man With a House | August 8, 2010 |
| 11 | Robbing the Kids... | August 15, 2010 |
| 12 | Prison of Garbage | August 22, 2010 |
| 13 | Everything's Junk | August 29, 2010 |
| 14 | Battle with Chaos | September 5, 2010 |
| 15 | How Do I Get Out of This | September 12, 2010 |
| 16 | The Scariest Place on Earth | September 19, 2010 |
| 17 | The Mess I've Created | September 26, 2010 |
| 18 | This is Where You Sleep?? | October 3, 2010 |
| 19 | Nowhere Near Normal | March 2, 2011 |
| 20 | I Want to Cuss | March 9, 2011 |
| 21 | Oh My Gosh | March 13, 2011 |
| 22 | Better Get a Dumpster | March 16, 2011 |
| 23 | Overwhelming Pile of Junk | March 23, 2011 |
| 24 | My Biggest Embarrassment | March 30, 2011 |
| 25 | It's Out of Control | April 6, 2011 |
| 26 | Like a Dog in a Cage | April 13, 2011 |
| 27 | It's A Freaking War Zone | April 20, 2011 |
Season 3
| Episode # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Surviving On Trash | July 10, 2011 |
| 29 | There Are Mice Everywhere | July 17, 2011 |
| 30 | Not A Safe Place | July 24, 2011 |
| 31 | A Horrible Sight | July 31, 2011 |
| 32 | I Was Gonna Gag | August 14, 2011 |
| 33 | Is That A Goat? | August 21, 2011 |
| 34 | Stop Touching My Stuff! | August 28, 2011 |
| 35 | Overtaken By Puppets | September 11, 2011 |
| 36 | I Can't Breathe | September 18, 2011 |
Season 4
| Episode # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | Tiny Monsters | January 1, 2012 |
| 38 | My House Can Kill Me | January 8, 2012 |
| 39 | Owned by the Roaches | January 15, 2012 |
| 40 | I'm Dumbfounded | January 22, 2012 |
| 41 | It's Just Sex | January 29, 2012 |
| 42 | Worst I've Ever Seen | February 12, 2012 |
| 43 | A Bomb Went Off | February 19, 2012 |
| 44 | Unbelievable | March 4, 2012 |
| 45 | Are You Serious? | March 11, 2012 |
| 46 | Where Are They Now? | March 11, 2012 |
Season 5
| Episode # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | This Is Garbage Land | July 8, 2012 |
| 48 | As Bad As It Gets | July 15, 2012 |
| 49 | Sleeping in a Dumpster | July 22, 2012 |
| 50 | This is Unreal | July 29, 2012 |
| 51 | Just Tear It Down | August 5, 2012 |
| 52 | Twenty of Everything | August 12, 2012 |
| 53 | Hoo, This Reeks! | August 19, 2012 |
| 54 | A Humongous Secret | August 26, 2012 |
| 55 | It's My Junk | September 2, 2012 |
Season 6
| Episode # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 56 | You're Not Taking My Kids | February 13, 2013 |
| 57 | Holding Mom Hostage | February 20, 2013 |
| 58 | This House Killed Her | February 27, 2013 |
| 59 | She Wants It, She Takes It | March 6, 2013 |
| 60 | What a Pig | March 13, 2013 |
| 61 | They're Crawling | March 20, 2013 |
| 62 | One Is Good, Two Is Better | March 27, 2013 |
| 63 | She's Going to Jail | April 3, 2013 |
| 64 | I'm a Rockstar, Baby! | April 10, 2013 |
| 65 | Bennie & Rhonda | April 11, 2013 |
| 66 | Losing Half Myself | April 17, 2013 |
| 67 | Leading a Double Life | April 24, 2013 |
| 68 | Somewhere in My Pile | May 1, 2013 |
| 69 | Where Are They Now? | May 8, 2013 |
| 70 | Waste Not, Want, Not | May 8, 2013 |
Season 7
| Episode # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 71 | The Last Clear Spot | October 30, 2013 |
| 72 | Full of Rats | November 6, 2013 |
| 73 | You're Gonna Die in Here | November 13, 2013 |
| 74 | My Teeth Are Lost in the Pile | November 27, 2013 |
| 75 | It's A Horror Story | December 4, 2013 |
Analysis
Hoarding: Buried Alive is an example of a reality TV rehabilitation program, a category of show that has been extremely popular since 2000.[5] However, the ability of these shows to effectively treat people is often questioned. Some focus on the fact that these shows do get people into some rehabilitation program. It is obviously better than them continuing their addictive behaviors and receiving no professional guidance. However, the presence of the cameras can influence the way the patients act. They may exaggerate certain emotions or fail to share essential information for fear of it coming back to haunt them once the show is aired. These additions and omissions could greatly impair their ability to recover and move forward in the process.[6]
In addition to the information regarding the disease being provided in the show, many of these programs do provide some services to help people get in contact with organizations that can provide treatment or more information on the disease. This can help viewers get a better picture of the disorders depicted and aids towards combating the stigma that surrounds mental illness.[5]
Hoarding paints a picture of compulsive hoarders that makes viewers sympathize with them. It helps people understand that it is an illness. When these individuals enter a rehab program the quality of their lives and the lives of their families can improve drastically. It also provides a view of the disease that is not totally bent on feeding the human appetite for horror. Instead, it focuses more on giving an accurate look at the illness. It picks cases that are not overly extreme or graphic and doesn’t dwell completely on the disturbing things that the patient has collected. It focuses on conveying the ugly truth about the illness, focusing on the way it affects both the afflicted individual and their family.[2]
Hantavirus Exposure Scare
In September, 2012, a woman assisting with cleanup was hospitalized after contracting a respiratory illness during filming for the show in Houston, Texas. Initial tests indicated the woman had contracted Hantavirus. The home was quarantined, several others involved in the cleanup were tested for the disease, and books from the house originally donated to the local library were isolated and not distributed.[7][8] Further testing determined the illness was not Hantavirus.[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Hoarding: Buried Alive". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ a b c "Hoarders vs. Hoarding: Buried Alive". UGO. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ "Hoarding: Buried Alive Episodes on TLC". TV Guide. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ "Hoarding: Buried Alive Season 2 episodes on Amazon.com". Amazon.com. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ a b Kmiotek, Celeste. "Reality Television Tackles Mental Illness". The Ram. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ "No title". Mercury News. Retrieved 17 May 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "Hantavirus fears force quarantine of Houston home". Fox News. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "Hantavirus suspicions force quarantine of Woodlands home". KRIV FOX 26. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "Montgomery County woman tests negative for hantavirus". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
