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I assume those loser men who move in with these blobs are felons with sick fetishes that no other woman wants. Live rent-free in exchange for running when the blob screams, "Come on! I gotta pee!" and get an occasional hand job.

Dr Now's strong accent and soft voice. Lashanta's incorrect grammar, accent and unnatural voice. I honestly wondered how they understood each other.

And those stupid gold teeth made me absolutely, completely crazy. What the hell??? Is she STILL somehow dealing drugs? Got the kids in on her business? That "neighbor" who brings food for sweaty bra money? Who else wears gold teeth other than drug dealers? Clearly the producers are seeking the very most outrageous people they can find. Remember the motto of Reality TV makers: "If it bleeds, it leads".

SO glad I DVR'ed this. Had to skip much of it! Combination of that high-pitched voice, with completely incorrect grammar in every sentence, made me crazy. Learn to conjugate verbs!!! Learn pronouns! Learn why not to use double-negatives! This person has never been anything but a complete drain on society. First baby at age 14 and he's now in jail? 4 babies by 4 absent men? Drug-dealing to support the family? Proud of herself for never having prostituted herself (so she says?). Leaves kids alone to raise themselves just as her mom did to her? Shame on that nasty mom, too! "Don't nobody want a fat-assed daughter." I could not see one single instance where this waste of space had ever done anything positive for society, other than keeping fast food franchises profitable.... oh and sellers of fake Chanel purses, makeup dealers and tattoo artists. Her next 3 kids are likely to follow their (half)-brother straight into jail too. Who's gonna wipe her filthy butt then? Oh, and fat eyeballs??? I never thought I'd see that! This was the single worst episode for me, and I've seen every single one. Worse than James, worse than Penny, worse than Marla... worse than any of "the worsts". Why did Dr Now agree to surgery??? I am 100% positive it was in order to have this disgusting creature on a future episode. My guess is that the "where are they now" draw in more viewers than the new ones. Otherwise there is nothing redeeming about her whatsoever and he has no reason to help this one. He knows she will keep lying and fail.

I don't believe anything on that starcasm site. To me it's just clickbait. I think they make stuff up. I am so confused over something. When the guy was taking her to the grocery store, I thought she said it was her son? But I swear that the words on the screen identified him as her brother? Then didn't he say something about his sister? Another thing I wonder every episode when these 600-pounders are shown with oxygen or prescription bottles that they can only have if they've seen a doctor... Wouldn't it be an interesting interview for them to go see that actual doctor? Who prescribed that oxygen for Angela? Why didn't that doctor help find her a local weight loss doctor, or a lymphedema clinic? I'm so worried about that poor Lacey. Oh my gosh. The things she's seen in her young life. What kind of future does she have? Why doesn't Angela's daughter take her in? What about that "aunt" who drives her to school? Actually I wish they had shielded Lacey's identity. She's a minor and everyone in her school has access to this show. How she's going to be teased!!! This vile reality about her unfortunate life will be "out there" forever.

I saw 3 questions above asking about parts of the show they missed: 1) Her traumatic back story - didn't think her mom loved her and mom didn't like that she was chubby. 2) What happened to Lacey's parents - "they have been making bad choices". (Drug addicts?) 3) What happened to Eric at the end - they never mentioned him again. I suspect that TLC paid him to make that drive the first time and that's all the "relationship" was. Or, he really was an old friend, he realized that he had been massively used, and got out of her life.

1) Gets them out of the environment where they got into their bad situation. 2) Demonstrates a commitment to the program. 3) Proximity to Dr Now for problems that come up and resources, like the therapists he works with. One thing we've seen hints of on other shows is support groups for bariatric patients. I totally get why he wants them there.

There's very little "reality" in "reality TV". As soon as I heard them talking in their unnatural voices, "how are you?" when he sat down, skipped over the conversation when Eric showed up because I was certain that it was acted. I am 99% sure that they arranged for Eric to drive her, then told him to show up for filming and pretend to discuss it.

I thought that guy was her brother? The guy who took her to the grocery store? When it was over, I was thinking, where was her son?

Thoughts... Charity and that predatory "fiance" Tony... moving in on her obese sister and impregnating her? That family is really sick. Now... we know that this guy has no scruples whatsoever, right? Let's hope he doesn't "volunteer to take care of" the disabled sister and rape her. The dynamics in that family are completely sick all the way around. Milla - I did keep wondering how 2 people as unhealthy as she and her deceased husband would be approved to foster/adopt those children? That youngest child must have been placed with them when Milla was bedridden. He clearly adores Milla but wow, what an unhealthy household! Growing up seeing your mom naked, in bed, and taken care of by your adopted siblings? Ew! That little boy is so sweet and loving and he's going to need years of therapy. Milla's oldest son (Esau?)'s girlfriend? OUCH! She herself needs Dr Now! That woman is also morbidly obese!!!!!!! Scary dynamic going on there. I'd imagine that he'd run screaming from a morbidly-obese woman, having lived life with one. What the heck? Charity and the drugs... she's so hateful and mean and messed up, I initially felt bad that they were able to save her when she pulled off her monitor and took those drugs. I sure would love to know how she did it, and I hope whoever it was got caught. I'm thinking she came up with some cash and bribed a hospital worker to go find some on the street. Somebody mentioned that they saw a comment that Milla had located 3 of the 4 adopted children's birth parents. Where was that? Why did she do it? Did they make contact? Those children seem so devoted to her, and Milla depends on them SO MUCH, that shocked me.

I had forgotten Maja and that creepy so-called boyfriend, Christian, so I watched the Supersized last night. Something's very wrong with Christian. Anybody else notice, on the call with "MOM!", she asked, "wouldn't you help someone out on the street?" He said, "Nobody helped ME when I was out on the street! You have to pull yourself out" or something like that. Had he been homeless? Did they ever have a decent relationship? Had he done time in jail? Why doesn't he drive? Really makes me wonder about his background. He's clearly very damaged with seriously bad interpersonal skills.

I felt outraged during the show that the first responders did not rescue those dogs. They KNEW that their caretaker was dead, ok? They KNEW that Jeanne and mom were out of town. So they left 9 dogs outside to fend for themselves. That's really cruel!!!

THIS! These people need to be committed to a psych hospital and social services help them get on to some sort of decent life. The weight is not the issue here. It's just a symptom.

Agree. And I literally fast-forwarded over all of this one's voiceovers. They read the same script every show. "My life is riding on this. I HAVE TO succeed. This is my last chance. I am going to [do xyz] BECAUSE [xyz]." Some are more whiny than others. I knew from the get-go that this one would have absolutely nothing worthwhile in a voiceover.

Lucky you! Anyone got sick, Mom was mad as hell and absolutely resentful of having to take care of us. It was a struggle for me to unlearn how my mom behaved when my own kids got sick. Back to the show: seems like the last few episodes they now include (why?) the person sitting on the toilet! Nobody needs to see this! I was already fast-forwarding my DVR over the shower scenes and now these folks have to degrade themselves on the toilet, too? I thought I was going to vomit seeing this one lean over to expose her nasty backside for this man to wipe. That's some sick dynamic those 2 have for not-relatives and not-married. Why seek out and stay with a woman whose butt you need to wipe? But shame on the show producers. Being naked in the shower is bad enough. Don't make those people sit on the toilet. We, the viewing public, truly do not wish to see this.

There has never been ANY chemistry between April and Ethan. It never made sense at all. I never really got why she broke up with the athlete except that she takes herself way too seriously. What ever happened to Ethan's bird, the traumatized parrot? I loved that sideline. Where is Dr Latham? Did April's brother just disappear or did he go to another hospital? Will we ever hear back from Sarah? I miss her.

Where is the original heart doctor? I can't remember his name - the autistic guy.

Thanks for all the great posts about this episode, which has me so intrigued! Random thoughts and replies... * Re: The Dating Game, my guess is that they were able to show it without paying huge royalties! I remember in any Insider Podcast from BB, they were talking about why somebody watched really old movies: no royalties. * Re: the reinstatement hearing - I totally missed that they wanted him to talk about Chuck. I still don't know why they did. Why was it important for Jimmy to talk about Chuck then? * Re; Kim's scam - I think she's going to get caught. How is she going to be able to explain how, miraculously, their plans for a larger place got approved? * Re: Kim- I think she's an unhappy soul. She rarely smiles. Her relationship with Jimmy is so flat. They're not honest with each other and they have very little spark. Kim seems like a very unhappy person who is walking through life playing a role. * Re: that scene with the bell, I agree with the poster who said it was just too long, and feeling like, "Hurry up! This is the 2nd to last episode!" * Re: Werner, I don't think Mike will kill him. That would be too expected. I'm anticipating a big shocker when/if they find him next week. * Intriguing about the HHM being "back" and the idea that they got mixed up with money-laundering or Fring or the Salamancas. * Does anybody else thing Tyrus does not fit in and is way too arrogant? * Any guesses on why the wiring needed fixing before the demolition? A mistake or a set-up? I was so on edge as Werner checked it all, I was sure he was going to get blown up. I can't believe there is only one more episode. How do they get away with calling 10 shows "A Season"! There are so many loose ends to tie up, I know they're going to leave us with major cliff-hangers. And a year later when the next 10-episode "Season" starts, we will have forgotten it all.

When I saw Francesca, I first thought it was Kim in disguise - dyed hair and a weight gain. I worry about what's going to happen to Kim, since she was not a Breaking Bad character. I think they will kill her off at some point. I'm so glad to see her hair pulled back with a nice clip, instead of that silly, little-girl ponytail. But how distressing to see that she is self-sabotaging! Re: Howard, I think we're going to find out something extremely shocking... perhaps a criminal activity that results in him seeking help from Jimmy and his underground connections.

There we go! I mentioned before how many of these unsuccessful 600-pounders toss up Gofundme's. Sickens me that people will part with hard-earned money to give to these creeps who don't use the wonderful gift that is Dr Now and his program. Ha! I just found it. One person has donated $5 and that's all. She has a long rant on there and uses the God stuff in the same way as Schenee. If she goes back to CA, would that mean she stops being in Dr Now's program? Would that end all future updates? I don't see this one as ever becoming successful. She's too ready to place blame.

Gosh! Watching Sean struggle alone, I felt like screaming! Everyone is failing him! He's clearly very low IQ AND mentally ill. He qualifies for commitment to a hospital for mental evaluation as a danger to himself because he does not take care of the basic needs of life. Dr Now yelling at him to take responsibility!? He doesn't know how! Sean does not have life skills. He seems to mentally be about age 10. SHAME ON SEAN'S DAD! He brought Sean into this world. Clearly Sean does not need to stay in Houston... he is not following Dr Now's program. He's a trainwreck. Fine, if Sean's dad can't have Sean living with him... fine. But he's Sean's father and Sean is incapable of independent living. Dad - come pick up Sean and bring him to your hometown and find a place for him to live. Get him on disability and help him. He's your son and he is in hell. I feel emotions at these various episodes but none has worried/upset me as much as this one. All Dr Now's yelling is not going to give Sean any life skills. He can't go to the grocery store and doesn't know how to cook. The only way he knows to feed himself is to order pizza. When does the line get crossed of "too much" and irresponsible? Shouldn't these film crews notify Drs Now and Paradise that the "freak show" needs to be over and they need to step up to the plate for a this very vulnerable lost soul?

I just had a different thought - cause/effect and how we learn to do/not do certain things.... Put your hand on a hot burner? OUCH! You don't do that again. But think of Lisa. Since she James' sole caretaker, she has to dispose of his poop and wipe him clean. THINK OF THE VOLUME! I mean, even a little bit would be gross. But imagine the stunning volume of poop that James generates when he's eating 30,000 calories a day? More food in, more poop out, right? A normal person would enjoy the benefit of him eating a very tiny amount. Less poop. Is it possible that she gets some sick pleasure from poop? OMG, what does she even do with it? Seems like too much to flush. Imagine their trash cans! Toxic waste!!!!!!

Back to Cynthia... she's one of several women who insist: I don't agree with Dr Now I am special He does not know ME - I'm not like all those other people I need to do it my own way I will do it at my own pace on my own terms I will be happy with my own progress in the program even if he is not. I hate it when they go down this road. These same women get all disrespectful to Dr Now and tell him off. The way I see it is they just do not desire to make the needed changes. They fake it to get what they believe is the magic pill of surgery, then fight him so they don't have to eat responsibly. Marla was one of them - the first that really infuriated me with her backtalk to Dr Now. I think Lisa did too. I forget who else. I can't understand why he listens to their nonsense. He's heard it all before and he knows the psychological reason for it. Why doesn't he hire a psychologist for the office that calls people out on their nonsense? Someone in my life is consumed with anxiety (in treatment) and engaging in destructive behavior. But she's fighting the treatment and lying to the therapist. The doctor I consulted about this explains that: The destructive behavior is someone satisfying her anxieties in a terrible way that we can't understand She is lying and fighting therapy to change the behavior because it brings her that weird comfort. So I see these lying women who lash out at Dr Now and justifying why they want to stay fat and go at their own pace etc, and I think it's a lot of the same dynamic. They don't want to change, despite their words. They are deriving some awful benefit from staying obese.

Thanks. Are they threatening ridiculous lawsuits, like that nasty Schenee? "We were portrayed so badly on TV, it's all lies, they edited to make us seem bad", etc?

One of those Facebook links (the first, https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1951145981583579&id=119564504741745) shows for me as content unavailable. What was it? I saw the other as the physical therapist. Those comments (for the therapist) are hilarious - sounds like a lot of us! He's an idiot for associating his business with a pair of sociopaths! Obviously they fooled him. Didn't Dr Now call him to let him know what the deal was with those 2?