
"Hoarders" is an often painful look inside a disease that can bury its sufferer -- literally at times -- in its symptoms. Each hourlong episode profiles two people on the verge of a personal crisis, all caused by the fact that they are unable to part with even the tiniest possessions, and the cumulative effect becomes a mountain of junk and garbage overtaking their home or apartment. If they don't respond to professional help, the consequences sometimes involve eviction, kids being taken away, or even jail time.

A hoarder's child is removed from his home; woman's hoarding is so bad a homeless woman lives there.

A man's house is so junk-filled that he lives in a trailer on his property; a hoarding wife.

A woman's clutter and over 50 pet birds have forced her husband out of the house; a pharmaceutical sales rep's job is threatened by her disorganization and clutter.

Checking up on past hoarders from the show's first season.