The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
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About
"Survivors reclaim the story of institutional abuse"
This documentary series digs into the "tough love" teen rehabilitation programs of the 1980s and 90s, focusing on one notorious behavioral facility accused of abuse disguised as discipline. Told largely through survivor testimony, it builds a portrait of institutional cruelty sold to desperate parents as salvation. The tone is grim and deliberately paced, letting former students describe isolation, humiliation, and control tactics in their own words. It is less a thriller than a sustained, sobering reckoning, carried entirely by the credibility and rawness of the people who lived through it rather than any stylistic flourish.
the unflinching survivor testimony that exposes how easily authority can be weaponized as care.
you find sustained accounts of childhood abuse and institutional cruelty too heavy to sit through.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Where the F**k Am I? | 7.7 | 223 | 62 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Mind Control | 7.8 | 208 | 62 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Follow the Money | 8.0 | 197 | 66 min |