so i've seen a couple of eps of the dr. phil show now(who hasnt?) and some fragments from other eps. And i have to say, while posing decent entertainment for me, the entertainment mostly comes from the fact that he always seems to go slightly off-topic so the guests can get angrier at the help-seeker. For an example, in a problem family, mother and dad argue a lot, gets very heated, ignore son, son does marijuana twice, family seeks help at Phil's, and the entire episode is spent saying drugs are bad, with guests that will talk about how *&^%ed up the kid is for doing drugs and the other members of the family get no comment An even better example is where a woman sought help for her drinking problem, and then he invited two women who lost their children to drunk drivers, a lawyer that defends drunk drivers and some researcher who only talks about how bad it is to combine drinking and driving. Discuss opinion of doctor Phil, other tv psychologists and how to give this thread a poll.
