Seasons & episodes

Updates on three previously profiled hoarders to see if their lives have changed for the better.

Extreme hoarders' lives spiral out of control as their possessions jeopardize their chances for a happy family life.

A man, 55, plans to abandon his hoard and move in with his mother, who is also a hoarder; a woman risks having her house condemned due to her hoarding.

An extreme hoarder is in denial; a woman who has trouble discarding belongings fears that she's passing down her compulsion to her son.

Extreme hoarders face losing their homes and living in isolation.

Two women seek help for their compulsive hoarding problems.

Hoarding is both a comfort and a curse for two lonely women trying to find the strength to change.

Two women must get their compulsive hoarding under control or face eviction from their homes and alienation from their families.

Two women's compulsive hoarding is crowding out their loved ones.

Hoarding by parents threatens to rip a family apart unless they can stop their excessive collecting. A man must learn to control his addiction to buying items at auctions and garage sales.

Compulsive hoarding is a mental illness that causes people to accumulate an excessive amount of clutter within their homes. Delve into the lives of two women whose houses and families are being overrun by their things. Can they dig out of the mess? -- Pilot episode (aired in 2009, prior to beginning of the main series in March 2010). S01E05 "Family Secrets" is a re-edited version of the two narratives featured in the pilot episode.

Season 2 opens as two hoarders get help after decades of compulsive behavior that has driven their loved ones away.

Two moms who are hoarders get help after realizing their obsessions are tearing their families apart.

Two women who started hoarding in the wake of personal tragedies try to put an end to their compulsive behavior.

A woman who started hoarding after surviving Sept. 11 seeks help.

If two hoarders don't change soon, they could lose everything they love.

A woman's excessive hoarding has caused her family to fall apart.

If a compulsive hoarder can't clean his house, he will go to jail.

A woman's compulsive hoarding almost cost her husband his life.

A woman turned to hoarding after a shocking confession ended her marriage.

Extreme Hoarder Jahn struggles to clear her belongings from not one, but two houses before both are condemned.

Compulsive hoarder Sharon gets caught stealing from her neighbor's home while Len must choose between his hoard and his daughter.

Conditions inside Tammy's home have become so bad, that she's forced to eat her meals in the car and her sick father is unable to return home from the hospital.

A woman's out of control obsession with bikinis, sweaters and dresses threatens to destroy her relationship with her only daughter.