Celebrity Rehab 4: I Bring You Peace

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By swellmel | Sunday, December 19, 2010 | 9:39 pm | 25 Comments
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PREVIOUSLY ON CELEBRITY REHAB…

Like a smacked-ass, Dr. Drew smugly deduced that Jeremy and Melissa’s marital problems were drug related; we learned Gummi has daddy issues; and Leif, who is a peaceful person, performed rhythmic gynmastics as he fled the building.

WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THIS EPISODE…

Eric Roberts is pissed because he never gets what he deserves. Meanwhile Rachel packs and appears to be leaving.

EVENING OF DAY 5

“Peaceful Person” Leif Garrett goes outside and yells to the pool “This is stupid.” Then he goes back inside to the workout room and yells “Dammit!” He crawls into a corner in the weight room and hides.

1Leif in his Bowflex of Solitude.

Gummi finds him and asks Leif if he would like to be alone. Leif snaps, “Yes!!!”

2Leif – “Exercise ball, how do you put up with asses sitting on you all day?”

Back in Gummi’s room, he tells Jason he thinks Leif will stay…if they barricade him in the gym. Rachel walks in and announces the room smells and points out an apple core under Gummi’s bed. Momentarily distracted by Gummi’s apple core butt-plug, they then return to the topic at hand: Leif.

Gummi says he told Leif rehab is the Game of Life. Gummi explains that withdrawal from opiates is the worst because your brain is going like a 100 miles an hour. Camera cuts to Jason.

3Jason – “So, if your brain is going a 100 miles an hour can it get a ticket for speeding?”

Gummi assures Rachel and Jason that if Leif leaves right now, he will go use.

In the other room, Leif leaves his Bowflex of Solitude and climbs into bed.

4Leif – “Dear God, it’s me Leif. If you can stop answering period questions for 5 minutes, I’d like to remind you that I was ‘Made for Dancing’.” 

DAY 6 7 A.M.

Shelly makes the wake-up call rounds as a depressing One Tree Hill song plays. I half expect to see the sequinty eyed-face of Chad Michael Murray peering back at me from behind a door.

4“I’m here for brooding. My lips…won’t…stop…pouting. HELP ME DR. DREW!!!”

Dr. Drew narrates that the patients are forming a cohesive group and were able to prevail upon Leif to stay. Prevail upon, huh Dr. Drew? A little dramatic aren’t we?

Dr. Drew says that even this morning Eric Roberts is finally opening up to the group at breakfast. Eric, who is looking a tad like Andy Warhol today, reveals that he has a wife and her name is Liza.

5Eric Roberts – “You thought I meant Minelli? Fuck that shit. There can only be one queen Roberts in this house and that’s me!”

Janice asks “How did you meet?” Eric replies “On an airplane.”

6Eric – “I asked if she wanted to see a snake on a plane.”

Eric explains he got together with his current wife after he split with the mother of his child. Janice asks if his kid’s mother is a good mom. Eric gets defensive and refuses to talk about it on camera. Janice apologizes, and Eric says it’s just too stressful to talk about. So stressful that it makes him do this weird tongue thing and lick his lips.

There is an awkward pause. Finally Eric says he wants to clear the air and let everyone know that the mother of his child is a good mother. Janice is like thank you and Eric randomly gets up and cuts her off, asking “Do we take this anywhere?” (referring to his plate and silverware)

Dr. Drew tells us Eric’s withdrawal symptoms are causing him to be easily agitated and super sensitive, like Rosie O’Donnell on the rag.

GROUP THERAPY TIME…

Dr. Drew warns us that many of the patients are on edge and that this time can be a treacherous point in their recovery.

Everyone sits down.

7Bob – “Okay let’s get this shit over with. I have a BJ and steak lined up this afternoon.”

Everyone looks thrilled to be there, especially Leif.

8Leif – “I’m as peaceful as a white votive candle.”

Dr. Drew asks the group to nominate who they think will stay sober. Everyone raises their hands.

9Jason – “Me and ‘Abominable Kristin Cavalleri Snow Bitch’ Sweater are gonna beat this bitch.”

Bob being the glass is half-full realist reminds everyone that “What we do and think we will do are two different things.” Leif looks defeated.

10Leif – “So you’re telling me I’m stuck here? I didn’t actually horcrux myself?”

Bob points out that Leif has been going through a lot. He says some parts of Leif want to leave. Leif scoffs “Parts of me? How about all of me!!” Leif admits that the only reason he is still in rehab is because he committed to the group, and the group asked him to stay.

Dr. Drew looks over at Eric and asks him to share some things from their powerful therapy season. Eric is like uh no.

Bob tries to get Eric to regress. He asks him “What was age 7 like for you?” Eric says he was a stutter-er. He often was beat up as a result.

Eric says his safe place is between the ears: acting. Bob thinks Eric is still stuck in that safe place, even today. Eric says acting was his safe haven because he could be many different people.

11Jeremy – “Acting is my safe place too. I’m currently playing the role of Jimbo the Chinless Chimney Sweep.”

Leif cuts in. He has remembered a repressed memory. When he was in grade school the boys used to beat him up for looking like a girl.

12Leif – “Today Bieber gets lauded for his hair. In my day, I got an atomic wedgie and a heroin addiction.”

Leif says the only time he stood up for anybody was for his little sister. He never stood up for himself; he just ran away. Bob tells Leif his 7-year-old scenario is the same thing he was doing last night: running away.

Bob explains that the addict is always trying to run home, but there is no home because the internal home is a fucking nightmare. Whoa Bob, that is deep. Bob, you need to take Dr. Drew’s job.

Dr. Drew and Bob equate getting high with running away. They both tell Leif “Don’t run away.” Leif gets teary-eyed and sighs that he didn’t run away this time. Camera cuts to Jeremy.

13Jeremy – “Kidnapping isn’t the same as running away.”

Dr. Drew looks over at Jeremy. Jeremy reveals that yesterday when he heard Leif was leaving, he had a really hard time trying not to cry. Jeremy says the reason why is he knew that Leif was going to use and die. Jeremy looks pensive as Leif tears up. I think Jeremy was acting.

MORNING MEDITATION WITH SHELLY….

Shelly wants to talk about powerlessness.

14Eric Roberts – “Powerlessness is not having enough Cowbell.”

Janice thinks Rachel should answer this topic because she knows what being powerless is. Rachel is like say what?!?! Janice tells Shelly nevermind Rachel doesn’t get it. After a 30 second delay, Rachel surmises that the first question is about being powerless over your addiction.

Shelly adds that the term surrender is essential to the first step. Janice asks Rachel “Do you get that?”

Leif says he can have a glass or two of wine with dinner and be fine. Shelly goes “Yeah, but you’re a dope fiend.” Frankie literally spits  “Ain’t that a bitch.”

Everyone yells at Shelly for calling Leif a dope fiend. Shelly apologizes.

Jeremy comments to Eric “Janice has to answer for everybody.”

Janice says that Shelly hates everyone. Frankie asks Shelly “So where’d you get your Ph.D?” Shelly gets offended and cancels meditation.

DAY 7, 7 A.M.

A black cat sits in a chair with Jason and Frankie. Frankie wonders aloud what the cat is thinking.

15Jason – “He’s thinking get the fuck away from me.”

Bwhahaa. Good one JWahl.

Gummi Bear comes up behind Frankie and attempts to snatch her wig off much to Jason’s amusement. Frankie threatens to bitch slap Gummi.

Inside Gummi tells Frankie she is really starting to annoy him. Frankie snaps,

16“Rehab is about expressing your feelings so shut the fuck up.”

Gummi tells Frankie to shut the fuck up and listen for once in her life. Frankie replies if she listens to Gummi she will be back to square one: relapsing. Gummi snickers if she leaves rehab he might have a chance at sobriety. Jeremy looks up from his book and shakes his head muttering “She’s just a child.” Cee-lo-”Fuck Yous” are exchanged. Jeremy tells Frankie to grow-up. Gummi repeats “Grow-up” and throws in:

17Gummi – ‘You’re a 50-year-old woman on menopause for God’s sake.”

Gummi yells “You’re not Keyshia Cole!!!” Frankie yells back “If I was Keyshia Cole she would have slapped the hell out of you.”

IN THE BATHROOM….

Shelly goes into the bathroom and cleans up. Dr. Drew asks to talk to Shelly.

Dr. Drew narrates that the patients are currently really irritable. Camera cuts to outside.

18Gummi – “I want a non-fat latte…” Janice – “How about I shove this coffee up your ass?” Gummi – “Why I’d love a Vanna White special.”

IN DR. DREW’S OFFICE…

Shelly says she is okay. Dr. Drew is a drama queen and tells Shelly he is currently rocky.

Dr. Drew thinks his patients aren’t being hostile, but really, really mean. His plan is to keep the peace.

DAY 7 CONTINUES…

Dr. Drew narrates that at this point in recovery the patients should be leaning on one another. Instead they are isolating or agitating each other.

While using Gummi for a pillow, Janice lays back and starts talking about this Play Boy shoot she did. She had to drink six Africano beers to climb atop alligators, on all fours and stick her ass out. Gummi is like OMFG.

On the otherside of the patio, Jason asks Eric “How are you doing?” Eric replies not good. Today they are supposed to be reaching out and helping someone. Janice’s personality repells Eric. Camera cuts to Janice saying “You should buy one of my super model eggs. They’re a million bucks a pop.”

Then Janice yells “Where’s my popsicle, Frankie??!?!”

19Jason – “That’s what she said.” Eric Roberts – “Good one, kid.”

Dr. Drew narrates if left unchecked Eric Roberts agitation will effect his sobriety. Camera cuts to Eric Roberts coming around the corner wearing this.

 

20Eric – “Oopsy. Nip slip again.”

ERIC’S SIT DOWN WITH DR. DREW…

Dr. Drew wants Eric in this session to express his emotions.  Eric tells Dr. Drew that today he feels despondent. He thinks meditation was a joke. Dr. Drew brushes off Eric’s concerns about group meditation. He wants to know more about Eric’s sadness.

Dr. Drew throws out the fancy phrase “trauma associated dead spots” or in layman’s terms ”emptiness.” Eric is like “That’s it!!!” Then it sounds like he’s hyperventiliating as he cries.

Dr. Drew tells us Eric had a huge break-through today. Eric is actually experiencing feelings that register on the Care Bears Caring Meter.

21Eric Roberts registers 2 ‘caring ball taps’ on the Caring Meter.

Dr. Drew again reiterates that the patients are experiencing irritability. Montage of Gummi yelling to Janice that he needs hair spray and Janice snapping “Pull your fly up.”

Outside Frankie calls Gummi ugly and Gummi retorts “You’re so ugly you got a face only a mother could hate” resulting in a loud laugh from Jason.

22Just another comedy night at the Apollo.

Frankie flips a bitch. She tells everyone no one can ever  talk about her mama. Damn! Guess Wilmer Valderrama won’t be stopping by anytime soon.

Jeremy yells for everyone to shut up. Frankie and Gummi’s fighting escalates with Gummi snatching Frankie’s lighter.

Gummi smokes his cigarettes with Frankie’s lighter and announces the most hilarious thing I think I’ve heard his say so far. “Frankie, you should marry Lindsay Lohan’s father.” Bwhahahahaha.

23Jason – “Oh yeah, here come the fire crotch jokes.”

Gummi throws Frankie’s lighter and instructs her to “Go fetch.” Shelly tells Gummi to go get the lighter. Gummi replies “Negative. I refuse to stick my hand in a plant on account of what happened to Rick Moranis.” Shelly tells Gummi to go to his room. Jason laughs again. Gummi wants to know if he’s having a time out.

Shelly stands her ground. Gummi tells her “And to prove a point I’m going to the room because I won’t pick the lighter up.”

Dr. Drew narrates that Gummi and Frankie’s childish behavior is normal during this point in recovery. Now Rachel and Janice are turning on each other too. Janice accuses Rachel of being a socialite, born with a silver spoon up her ass. Hmm maybe not born, but I’m sure she would have let Tiger put one up there. Jeremy eavesdrops outside of their door. When he realizes he’s not going to jump into a three-way, he walks away.

OUTSIDE…

Rachel vents to Jeremy about Janice. Jeremy tells Rachel her “brain age” is so much different than Janice’s. He thinks Rachel’s brain is more mature than Janice’s.

RACHEL’S SESSION WITH DR. DREW…

Dr. Drew asks Rachel if it has been a tough day for her. Rachel clacks her gum and says she doesn’t feel like talking about it.

24Rachel – “These Billy the Bass Fillet O’Fish lips aren’t moving.”

Rachel’s silence lasts all of 5 seconds. She starts venting about Janice. She doesn’t want to be Janice’s door mat anymore. Janice is impeding her own therapy. Rachel calls Dr. Drew out on how he doesn’t stop Janice from interjecting when others are trying to share their feelings and making it all about her.

Dr. Drew says he doesn’t know what she’s talking about. He asks Rachel if she is accusing him of lying. Rachel is like I never said that. She is merely trying to point out that he lets Janice get away with stuff.

NIGHT OF DAY 7…

Dr. Drew narrates that withdrawal symptoms and dealing with Janice Dickinson have conspired to get Rachel to leave treatment. Yeah, like two inanimate objects can conspire, Dr. Drew.

Rachel packs her things. She needs a bag for her shoes so they bring her a trashbag.

25Rachel – “You want me to walk out of here with a trashbag? What about a paper bag?” Loesha – “You know we don’t allow scissors. How will you see your cab?”

Rachel walks to the door carrying her bags.

26Hefty’s Ho-Bag Collection. (A subsidiary of Derelict)

Outside she climbs into her Dick Tracy cab and exclaims,

27Rachel – “Calgon, take me away!!”

Next time on Celebrity Rehab: the patients discover Rachel is missing. Leif is pissed that Rachel convinced him to stay and then she bailed. Frankie and Gummi’s fighting intensifies and Janice finally has her epic panic attack. See you guys next week!!!

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Melissa Duko a.k.a. Swellmel's love of television started at a very young age. Her afternoon routine consisted of sitting in a high chair and eating chicken pot pies while watching reruns of Little House on the Prairie. She thought her daddy was on t.v. until her mother explained, "that's not Daddy... that's Michael Landon. He and Daddy have the same haircut. "

Melissa is a 2005 graduate of the University of Delaware, Bachelor of Arts in English, concentration business and technical writing, minor Art History; and a 2008 graduate of Towson University, Master of Science in professional writing.

25 Comments

  1. 1
    Pegster
    Posted December 20, 2010 at 3:01 am

    Caught most of this season on a marathon yesterday. I’m all, “Who is this Jason Wahler, reality tv star – he’s hot.” I Googled him and now I’m all grossed out with myself. I feel dirty.

    Didn’t Jeremy London used to be hot?

  2. 2
    jenday23
    Posted December 20, 2010 at 6:07 am

    Just a couple of observations…

    I think when Dr. Drew told Shelly that he was feeling rocky it was a rather clumsy attempt of “normalizing” Shelly’s feelings. If he says he’s going through the same thing, it will 1. make her feel like she isn’t alone and 2. help her to open up.

    It is amazing to see the dynamics that Rachel creates in the house. I would bet a million dollars she is borderline, like Carrie Ann Prejean from a couple of seasons before. The only way she can relate to guys is sexually. She had her eyes on Jeremy London, and he loves it for sure. Now he is all about trying to protect her, etc. Believe me, it is not coming from a concerned group member type of way. She has that effect on all of the men (i.e. getting Leif to tell her she is a beautiful women). Plus, she IS threatening to Janice, but that has to do with Janice.

    Treatment facilities don’t allow bikinis and/or skimpy clothing (i.e. low cut tank tops, short shorts: Rachel’s uniform). That part is really annoying. I do feel they let that slide to create some drama.

    Whatever is said about Dr. Drew, he is very good in sessions. The fact has these addicts on a reality show can be questionable, but it truly does show a fairly accurate depiction of what rehab is and how messed up people can get when the abuse drugs (which DOES include alcohol).

    Janice should not be on this show. She is too messed up, and needs intense treatment away from cameras and celebrities. I think both of those things creates her to try to act “bigger.” She is hijacking the others treatments, and that should have been dealt with.

    Okay, that is enough of my venting. Swellmel, you are doing a great job recapping a show that has been super difficult of other to recap!

  3. 3
    thiajok
    Posted December 20, 2010 at 7:06 am

    Frankly, Shelly doesn’t seem stable enough to be working with addicts. Of the two season I actually watched myself and now the two I’ve read recaps of, she’s acted inappropriately hostile at times and expressed temptation to start using again.

  4. 4
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted December 20, 2010 at 8:31 am

    “Didn’t Jeremy London used to be hot?”

    You’re probably thinking of his twin brother Jason.

    I think Shelley likely does fine with the regular patients that come into the PRC but dealing with “celebrities” in an environment that’s only half about treatment creates a situation where some patients on the show become overwhelming but the staff is less able to handle it. Every season there’s a Janice who devours all the attention and the staff is forced to make the other patients deal with that energy and attention suck rather than just boot the one who cause trouble and destabilizes the group. Although, Janice isn’t nearly as disruptive as Carrie Anne (Peniche, by the way. Prejean was the holy rolling anti-gay marriage beauty queen) but the show’s need to keep the group intact runs counter to rehab.

    And I don’t think Rachel is intentionally manipulating the men in the group. She does relate better to the men but they’re also the people closer to her age. Other than Eric the men are in their 20s and 30s, while Janice and Frankie are both over 50…and bugnut crazy. The bikinis and sexy clothes may be a problem, but I don’t see Rachel specifically courting that attention, although she is happy when she receives it. She just seems more like an Amber Smith type. Right down to almost the same daddy issue.

  5. 5
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted December 20, 2010 at 8:32 am

    And Leif, of course. But he will forever have the mentality of a teenager because he’s just so screwed up.

  6. 6
    considerthis
    Posted December 20, 2010 at 9:31 am

    Is VH1 trying to mess with my mind? I swear their programming for this edition of Celebrity Rehab is whack. First they sneak on the premiere on T-giving with no fanfare. Then they run 1 episode per week (normal) and now they ran 2 new episodes so I have seen the episode you have a next weeks episode already. Moderation and consistency please VH1 – I am a TV addict.

    OK it is time for some tough lovin Pasadena Recovery Center Staff and esp Dr. Drew. So allow me to clarify, if you are a recovering addict you are allowed to disregard all types and forms of acceptable human behavior and proper social standards are dismissed. My 10 year old son knows how to treat people better and has better manners, hygene and overall communication skills that any of these people. This bickering bullshit has got to fucking stop. Duck tape their mouths shut for 24 hours, lock them in a closet, taser them if they are rude prima donnas. OBviously the “addicts will be addicts” mantra is failing – those little rascals!

    To cut and paste a quote from your recap…
    Dr. Drew says he doesn’t know what she’s talking about. He asks Rachel if she is accusing him of lying. Rachel is like I never said that. She is merely trying to point out that he lets Janice get away with stuff.
    GO RACHEL – call him out!! The mere fact that Drew said “I don’t know what you are talking about” shows he is either A) completely out of touch with these “celebrities” he is so concerned about B) knows their abominable behavior keeps the viewers tuning in so he plays bewildered to milk that cash cow (Moo). Either way if you are indeed a Dr. then put the patients not the payroll first. Stay on his ass Rach.

  7. 7
    judygirl
    Posted December 20, 2010 at 11:41 am

    I agree with you, considerthis, about Rachel calling out Dr. Drew. She said everything I have been thinking about him for some time. And when he suddenly asked if she was accusing him of lying, apropos of nothing she’d just said, it showed either that he wasn’t paying any attention to her or lousy editing or deflection. Judging from her WTF expression on her face, I think he was just pulling what is known in Therapy Land as deflection. Usually the clients do this to try to move the therapist away from calling the client out. This time the shoes were one the other feet. I loved it!

  8. 8
    emilyhartly
    Posted December 20, 2010 at 11:59 am

    Trust me.. Rachael knows what she gives off. I don’t know if she needs substance abuse help or not so I’ll root for her that way but she is fully aware of her effect.

  9. 9
    Bananas
    Posted December 20, 2010 at 12:13 pm

    Leif I am a peaceful person sitting her with my angry look and pointy white hood… Where have I seen that look before.

    Where have real standards gone? These disgusting fucktards don’t cook don’t clean don’t pick up after them selves. This is nothing like they way rehab is supposed to be conducted.

  10. 10
    Bananas
    Posted December 20, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    Janice Dickinson is still well..Janice Dickinson…Jason Davis needs a bath, Jeremy London needs a tin-foil hat, Eric Roberts is as dull as a spatula, Jason Wahler takes up oxygen, Rachel Uchitel…meh, Leif Garret is entertaining, but not on enough, and Keyshia Cole’s mom should probably stay on crack. That’s it. That’s the show.

  11. 11
    Pegster
    Posted December 20, 2010 at 2:38 pm

    @vallegirl: I had no idea there were two of them. I just did the google and I am perplexed! I have no idea if I was thinking of Jeremy or Jason, to be honest – they’re kind of interchangeable Michelle Tanners to me.

  12. 12
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted December 20, 2010 at 3:14 pm

    I was kind of joking about that, but there was always something a little sexier about Jason than Jeremy to me, even though if they’re not identical twins, they’re the closest I’ve ever seen fraternal twins get.

  13. 13
    Pixielated
    Posted December 20, 2010 at 3:46 pm

    I have always thought that anti-drug commercials should, instead of showing celebs who died from drugs, show how ugly drug use makes you. They could use Jeremy, and have before and after shots. He was a pretty good-looking, teen idol-ish type guy, and now he is all bloated up. They could use Leif Garrett, too, and even that kid that used to be Andy Keaton (Brian Bonsall).

    Kids don’t think they’ll ever die, but they surely fear being ugly.

  14. 14
    Angela Parisi LaRoe
    Posted December 21, 2010 at 9:26 am

    Hey Swell. Great recap as always my dear. Rachel has grown on me because she doesn’t seem as stupid as she appears. I am glad she called out Dr. Drew because he has always skeeved me out since that one TV show he had, some love show. Ugh, I wouldn’t go to rehab with that man as a therapist/doctor.

  15. 15
    JudgyWudgy JudgyWudgy
    Posted December 22, 2010 at 10:36 am

    I hate this show, but not because of Dr. Drew. I think many of the people who complain about him don’t really know what it is to be a trained professional, unless there are a lot of mental health workers in our midst. Professionals have the patience of saints to deal with this kind of behavior, which probably is a factor in why they make so much. I see a lot of people complaining that he doesn’t do what they so desperately want to see done to these people (both on this show and Teen Mom), and while it may come off as coddling, a trained professional is not there to rip someone a new one, as obnoxious as they may be. I believe the reason why he annoys so many is because e doesn’t act the way he thinks they should – but there’s a reason why most of us are not in that field. I feel the way many of you do towards these people, but I don’t question his credibility because I have no way of knowing what he’s doing “wrong” or “right”.

    The reason I hate this show is because it’s just another paycheck for these people. Many of them have already been in rehab, and if anyone has seen The Smokig Gun on TruTV than you know that Leif is a host and constantly jokes about his drug use. Do I believe the withdrawals are real? Sure. But I do also believe that a greatmany of them are saying to themselves, “Okay, I just have to get through this for the show” with no real intentions of kicking drugs forever. I will continue to read the escape because, well…..I love them. Perhaps they are MY drug.

  16. 16
    JudgyWudgy JudgyWudgy
    Posted December 22, 2010 at 10:40 am

    Wow, it sure is hard to take someone seriously when they have so many grammatical errors. Damn you, autocorrect!

    In the first paragraph, it should read “they think he should,” not the other way around. Pretty sure that’s not autocorrect’s fault, I’m just a dumbass…

  17. 17
    JudgyWudgy JudgyWudgy
    Posted December 22, 2010 at 10:42 am

    RECAP! Not escape! UGH.

  18. 18
    thiajok
    Posted December 22, 2010 at 11:23 am

    Well, JudgyWudgy, last season Dr. Drew insisted on putting two ex-lovers in the same rehab cycle (before cameras) when one had been accused previously of beating the other. I’m sure that wasn’t easy for either of them, regardless of which was better behaved in the past or in rehab. So that was hardly something a real medical professional would do with a long split-up couple.

    He’s not looking after these people, he’s exploiting their illnesses for ratings. The fact that the fading celebrities are participating means little in the long run to me since he’s supposedly the medical professional who should know better.

  19. 19
    JudgyWudgy JudgyWudgy
    Posted December 22, 2010 at 1:46 pm

    Agree to disagree, I guess. I have very little compassion for any of these people, which is the exact reason I would never go into the field.

  20. 20
    sardini
    Posted December 23, 2010 at 8:52 am

    Why is Jason Wahler there? Is he depressed that he prevented LC from going to Paris that summer? What the hell? Where’s his big confession / moment?

  21. 21
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted December 23, 2010 at 9:07 am

    He did say this was his EIGHTH rehab, so Jason may seem more functional than the others but that’s a pretty low bar to cross.

    And while I wouldn’t expect a therapist to rip the patients new ones for every transgression, the patients are also expected to meet certain expectations and standards or get thrown out of rehab. On this show, though, the worst offenders get called into Big Daddy Drew’s office and cry and then he lets them stay with the threat of a behavioral contract if they act out again and by the time he gets to that contract it’s the last day. Meanwhile, he does kind of demand that the more active, present participants bear the burden of having to deal with a disruptive person in their group for longer than I think would be acceptable in a normal situation. People like Carrie Anne and even Jason Davis would get the boot way earlier in a regular rehab situation than they do on Celebrity Rehab, and that has more to do with the requirements of a TV show than of therapy and that’s where Dr. Drew does some of the patients a disservice.

  22. 22
    mick
    Posted December 23, 2010 at 9:38 am

    Imagine how awesome this show would be with LiLo, Janice D, and Carrie Ann all in rehab together. No one would, you know, make any progress or anything positive like that, but I for one would be highly entertained.

  23. 23
    sardini
    Posted December 23, 2010 at 10:37 am

    @mick – LOVE it! Haha, awesome.

    And Jason did make a pretty normal comment, “It’s ridiculous. I’ve been to eight rehabs. I’ve never seen this in my entire life.”

  24. 24
    Bananas
    Posted December 23, 2010 at 1:21 pm

    I find myself wondering if Jason Whaler is just a drunken frat boy that needs a frat. It seems like he would grow out of his addiction he just got caught in stupid Hollywood shit too soon.

    I think this show would be more fun if it were hunting celebrities in rehab.

  25. 25
    Tamitha
    Posted January 2, 2011 at 12:49 pm

    This season sucks. And I love the past seasons. Gummi should have been gone a couple of episodes ago. Sure, addicts are irritable and irrational when going through this process, but I’ve been an addict myself, and his behavior is unacceptable on so many levels. No other rehab would put up with his shit. I don’t think Rach is trying to manipulate anyone. I’m really pissed about how much i’m starting to dislike janice on this show. Iv’e always been a huge fan of her and her crazy, but she’s pissing me off. I love Frankie and think she’s gonna do just fine and stay clean. She may come off as a bit cracky, but I think she is a lot smarter and self aware than the others. Jason hasnt been featured in a personal montage, or a one on one with drew. I wonder why. I mean he seems boring from the little we’ve seen, but he clearly has a drinking prob if he’s been to rehab 8x, and gotten like 27 DUIs. Leif and gummi look like they smell of B.O. sooo bad. Hope this season gets better. :(

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