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  • Money Moron Mike & Celeste (Season 2, Episode 2)
  • TV Episode | 22 min | Reality-TV

Money Moron

Mike & Celeste (Season 2, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 22 min | Reality-TV
Celeste calls in Gail to deal with her husband, Mike, the two who were teenaged sweethearts and the other's first love. They are parents to an infant son. The problem in Celeste's mind is Mike's addiction to shopping in general, which has ...See moreCeleste calls in Gail to deal with her husband, Mike, the two who were teenaged sweethearts and the other's first love. They are parents to an infant son. The problem in Celeste's mind is Mike's addiction to shopping in general, which has placed them deep in consumer debt (above and beyond their mortgage), and the resulting hoarding, the "stuff" which Mike keeps in their garage and two rooms in their house, all three which are packed to the brim with this stuff, mostly untouched and unused, with many of the individual items somewhat forgotten. Mike admits that he gets a warm feeling inside whenever he buys something. He also professes to place their son and Celeste as his first priority, which does not match his actions in that his indiscriminate spending has placed the family in financial risk. Gail is hoping that knowing the actual amount of their consumer debt and how fast it is increasing will open Mike's eyes to the extent of the problem and be one factor in Mike's rehabilitation to his addiction to shopping. As part of the problem is the hoarding, Gail provides the assistance of a professional organizer to help Mike organize the stuff: what can be kept, what can be resold, what should be donated to charity, and what should just be sent to the recycle or trash. Gail also realizes that Mike needs to redirect his energies from shopping to something that is more productive for them as a family. But Celeste also realizes that although Gail has forced Mike to go cold turkey from the shopping for the duration of her process with them, he will still be asked at some point to shop for family needs, with the question being how much Mike will or at least try to sneak those wants into his shopping basket. Written by Huggo See less
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Director
Jen Markowitz
Cinematographer
Richard Hughes
Editor
Jean Szoges
Casting Director
Susan Skinner (as Sue Skinner)
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Status
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Updated Sep 3, 2013
Release date
Sep 3, 2013 (Canada)

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Money Moron (2013)
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Clare Kumar
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