Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
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| Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew | |
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| Format | Reality |
| Starring | Dr. Drew Pinsky Daniel Baldwin Mary Carey Joanie Laurer Jeff Conaway Jaimee Foxworth Brigitte Nielsen Ricco Rodriguez Jessica Sierra Seth Binzer |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Drew Pinsky John Irwin Howard Lapides Damian Sullivan Brad Kuhlman |
| Producer(s) | Jack Siefert Lisa Digiovine Danita Jones |
| Running time | 60 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | VH1 |
| Original airing | January 10, 2008 |
| External links | |
| VH1.com Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew is a VH1 reality television show that premiered on January 10, 2008. The show features several celebrities as they undergo treatment for various drug and alcohol addictions. The "celebrities" are treated by Dr. Drew Pinsky and his staff, including Bob Forrest.[1] It will be aired on Fiver in the United Kingdom.
[edit] Season 1
[edit] Celebrities
- Daniel Baldwin, actor (departed the show in episode four)
- Mary Carey, adult film star and former candidate for California Governor
- Chyna, former professional wrestler
- Jaimee Foxworth, former child actress and adult film actress
- Brigitte Nielsen, actress/model
- Ricco Rodriguez , Mixed Martial Arts fighter, former UFC heavyweight champion
- Jessica Sierra, singer and former American Idol contestant
- Seth Binzer, singer and frontman of California-based rapcore band Crazy Town
- Jeff Conaway, child-star actor, in wheelchair most of season
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Episode One: Intake
On the series premiere of "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew," eight drug-addicted celebrities enter rehabilitation under the care of Dr. Drew Pinsky and begin their difficult battle for sobriety. As each celebrity (Brigitte Nielsen, Joanie "Chyna Doll" Laurer, Jeff Conaway, Daniel Baldwin, Seth "Shifty" Binzer, Mary Carey, Jaimee Foxworth & Jessica Sierra) is introduced, their painful backstory and struggle with drugs is profiled. Dr. Drew begins to analyze and assess his patients' struggles through a series of one-on-one meetings, but his attention is pulled away by an incapacitated Jeff Conaway, who lapses into a seizure and ends up being rushed to the hospital.
[edit] Episode Two: Detox
Viewing Jeff Conaway's extraordinary and harsh detox, the rehabbers get to see what rehab is really about. The rehabbers watch Jeff's struggle in horror and wonder, could this happen to them? Overwhelmed, Jessica spirals into an emotional tailspin, but she finds some solace when Brigitte comforts her about her broken relationship with her drug addicted, prostitute mother. While Jeff continues to battle his withdrawal symptoms in the hospital, emotions flare for the rest of the group when it is revealed that Jeff brought drugs into the rehab.
[edit] Episode Three: New Arrival
Jeff finally returns from the hospital, but while he continues to detox, Drew lectures Jeff's co-dependant girlfriend about how her own bad habits may kill Jeff. Meanwhile, another celebrity joins the group, former Ultimate Fighting Champion, Ricco Rodriguez. Ricco doesn't exactly hit it off with the women in the group and he gets an earful from Jessica during his first group meeting. Later, Dr. Drew works with Mary Carey on how to leave behind her porn star lifestyle, but Daniel tries to lure her back into her sex-charged ways when he entices her into a forbidden flirtation.
[edit] Episode Four: Sex and Trauma
Our rehabbers deal with their painful and abusive pasts, as many of them are affected by physical, sexual or mental trauma from a very early age. Dr. Drew explores their various issues, having the group work as a whole to overcome their problems. Specific sexual issues start to surface, prompting newly married Daniel to feel this rehab is not conducive to his sobriety. Daniel comes up with numerous reasons to leave rehab, from issues with the production process to having acting work lined up that he cannot turn down, but in the end, Dr. Drew discovers that Daniel is actually leaving because of the inappropriate text messages that he had sent to Mary.
[edit] Episode Five: Bye Bye Baldwin
Everyone reels after finding out about the inappropriate text messaging between Daniel and Mary, so Dr. Drew is charged with pulling the group back together. In an attempt to put her porn star persona behind her, Mary reawakens her sober youth by revisiting ballet. Chyna also starts to open up, as she is pushed to her emotional limits by Dr. Drew's questions as to why she is in rehab if she is not truly an addict. Jeff's journey also hits a nerve when he berates his girlfriend Vikki for bringing alcohol into the unit.
[edit] Episode Six: Friends and Family
After threatening many times during his stay at rehab to leave, Jeff renews his quest to quit. Everyone is growing so tired of his antics that Dr. Drew must move the attention away from Jeff and refocus each member of the group towards their respective recoveries. The process is coming close to the end, so Dr. Drew must start preparing the group how to live a sober life in the real world. The first step to that end is to bring friends and family into the unit, as they are the people with whom the rehabbers will depend on most during their continued recovery. During this family weekend, the total effects of addiction are revealed and it becomes painfully clear just how much our rehabbers' addictions have affected everyone around them.
[edit] Episode Seven: Retreat
The end of rehab is now approaching and rehabbers must seriously start making plans for sober living. The group even expresses who they think will and won't make it. Since the group is mere days away from the sober living, Dr. Drew plans a trip for them to Catalina where the rehabbers will get a feel of being back in the regular world. This plan backfires completely when the trip turns into utter chaos, leading Dr. Drew to feel like he's failed his patients. Upon returning to the recovery center, Jeff finally carries out on his threats to leave and quits rehab for good. Seth decides to blow off steam after this very emotional day and starts a food fight that is the perfect exclamation point on this day of juvenile behavior and negative results.
[edit] Episode Eight: The Disease Is Winning
After the Catalina fiasco and food fight, Dr. Drew is fed up -- he's melting down. He tells the group that even though they are about to leave rehab, the disease is winning and that if they continue to act this way, he's doubts that any of them will make it. Dr. Drew reveals to the group that VH1 is going to pay for 3 months in a sober living facility for anyone who wants it. In Dr. Drew's opinion, they all need to take the offer, but the rehabbers come up with many reasons to say "no." Dr. Drew tells the rehabbers that he is finished helping them and as graduation approaches, it is unclear who will graduate and who will be willing to go to sober living.
[edit] Episode Nine: Graduation
Everyone ends up graduating with Jessica, Mary, and Seth going to sober living.
[edit] Episode Ten: The Reunion
The Cast reunites and talks about where they are since the taping.
[edit] Season 2
[edit] Celebrities
- Rodney King, taxi driver who, in 1991, was stopped and then beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers for speeding
- Sean Stewart, son of singer Rod Stewart
- Amber Smith, actress/model
- Nikki McKibbin, singer and former American Idol contestant
- Steven Adler, former drummer for Guns N' Roses
- Tawny Kitaen, actress
- Gary Dourdan, actor
- Jeff Conaway, actor, returning from season 1 to recover from numerous back surgeries
- Gary Busey, actor, will appear to "share his experiences and thoughts on the recovery process."
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Celebrity Rehab Official site at VH1.com
- Celebrity Rehab at the Internet Movie Database
- Celebrity Rehab TV.com
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