Few people who watch Intervention can deny its power. It is a compelling series which uses each episode to examine the life of an addict and his/her family, friends, and partners as they plan and stage an intervention. It is dramatic, disturbing, emotional, and sometimes humorous. Drunk people can be funny and sad simultaneously, and laughing as these families go through immensely challenging emotional trials is hardly nice.
“Intervention” is disturbing because it is compelling, and because it has made addition a trend in entertainment, opening doors for a slew of addiction based TV shows. But seriously, we’re talking about people’s lives here, not Pokemon. Recently, the show seems to have fallen into a pattern. You can only make so many nationally aired Interventions before addicts catch on, and it looks like they’re calling in just to have their last few crazy binges filmed before entering rehab.
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