30 Days Finale - Mom becomes alkie, daughter ignores her.

I just watched it. The finale of 30 Days irritated and infuriated me. I wanted to smack the daughter, who, apparently, is studying to be a nurse on a full scholarship. Does that make you want to run to the hospital or what? And the mom, who, for some reason, let her daughter walk all over her. Had that been my child, ignoring me while I'm trying to have a serious discussion with her, I would have taken the cell phone away and stepped on it. I am vindictive like that.

I didn't get what this episode was supposed to accomplish. Mom's going to drink for 30 days to show how her daughter how much it sucks, but then daughter isn't even around most of the time to see it? Why didn't they make the daughter sober up for 30 days, or at least go to one AA meeting? I kind of wish they did let Morgan do all the shows, because only the first one, where they live on minimum wage for 30 days, had any sort of impact on me. At least Morgan's got personality, which is more than the people they chose to highlight.

Part of the frustration is watching these people say stupid-ass things, but then the main characters don't say anything to rebut them. Mom: "How much are you drinking?" Daughter: "Long list of shots, and then when I wake up I don't remember what happened. But I'm responsible."

Any other parent with a half a brain, would have said, "And how the fuck do you think you're being responsible if you can't even remember what happened most of the time?" But no. The mom just sat there. And then she wondered why she was having no effect on her daughter. I wonder if the daughter realized how stupid she came off in this episode.

Morgan Spurlock's next show will be on Comedy Central, called Public Nuisance. Includes gay robots.

The FX forums have the worst interface EVER, but you can read some reactions from the stepson of the mom, who I liked.