Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Cortechba Overrated

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Ersbel Oraph If they can do it, why is the welfare state still on?Well, to help thrive millions of governmental paper pushers that have generated the poverty exposed in this show.

karenftx1 I love this show.As for the poor, as a former homeless person let me tell you that some of the best people I met were there. After all, you are sort of all in the same boat and have really nothing.I have been helped by people such as the recipients in the show. Maybe it's just that you have to be in that situation to know. I have been taken in by strangers, gotten food from churches, etc.That said, it looks as if the participants are actually giving out more than the minimum amount. The couple who went to Louisana actually gave out $300k. The lawyer gave out $150k.

washsem2001 I don't get what the poster below is talking about. Whoever this "Aaron" is, clearly he knows his stuff. Clearly. "Secret Millionaire" is all well and good, but it comes off looking like a mishmash ripoff of a whole bunch of old cancelled reality shows thrown together in a blender. The intention is nice, but it's basically "The Simple Life" with cash giveaways at the end of every episode.Am I jaded and heartless because I was bored out of my mind watching this show? Maybe, but I don't think so...it's just not a very good show. Not a very good show at all.And so, in conclusion, ask not wherefore the Other is a douche: know rather that the douche is thee.

jimmymas The premise is distinctly American with a hearty dose of perverted Christian ethics and a hint of social Darwinism. Granted, the initial story arcs are a bit contrived and tend towards the pedantic... "Oh my gosh, what are we getting into??" becomes "I always thought poor people were people who couldn't get their acts together but now I know it is us rich people who are living lives of fantasy!!" and eventually into the aspect of "I've learned so much from these noble plebes!!" But we ought not forget the aspect of the master coming home in the night--the good will be rewarded with cold hard cash. Not uninterestingly, there appear to be no people of ill will in these impoverished neighborhoods. It is not immediately clear if this is because the bad people are out hustling for cold hard cash money BLING! or if the state of being destitute naturally imbues humans with the goodness that only poverty provides, but really, the point to be gleaned here is that Aaron is a huge douche and this show is going to take off big time.