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Web Junkie: Family Therapy

Hope indicates that treatment is a waste of time

07/12/2015 | Rating NR

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Web Junkie: Family Therapy

Clip: Season 28 Episode 4 | 1m 21s

Hope indicates that treatment is a waste of time

The clip begins with Hope, one of the boys at the treatment center, saying “I want to talk to my dad.” It ends with Hope asking the therapist, “What is reality?”

07/12/2015 | Rating NR

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