PostingDavid Ryan, a well-known drug counselor, once said, "Do anything long enough to escape the habit of living until the escape becomes a habit." (Riano). Intervention is a show designed to make the main characters, drug addicts, believe that they are making a documentary about drugs. What they don't know is that they will soon have to face an intervention that will involve many of their loved ones and family members. The show drastically goes deep into the minds of the characters and exploits their reasoning for drug abuse. Unlike a sitcom, this show dramatically captures the “real life” emotions of the character involved and sinks their sorrows into everyone who watches it. In episode thirteen, Brooks, a teenager addicted to all kinds of drugs, is followed by a camera crew for an extended period of time to document his addiction. In an average week, Brooks takes ecstasy, smokes more than one hundred and fifty joints, and snorts pills and cocaine to keep himself balanced on this lopsided swing. The people behind the scenes of the show use technical editing to bring out a stronger understanding of what is happening in that moment. Music, blurred vision and subtitles are constantly thrown at the viewer to delve deeper into the situation. Brooks is believed to be your average teenager. He was an exceptional athlete and did the things any hormone-raged teenager would do. However, it was the All Terrain Vehicle accident that brought Brooks to the brink of destruction. Brooks was not "The Other" in the eyes of society until he became paralyzed from the waist down and began to get involved with drugs. It seemed like getting high had pulled his soul out of the shadows and given him a new meaning towards life. It didn't matter what he put into his body, as long as it brought him back to the pedestal he was used to being on. ; nothing and no one could stop him. The producers amplify this issue by showing still images of photos when he was struggling and images of him smiling with his friends and loved ones. Brook's characteristics in no way imply to others that he is okay. His ragged clothes, restless eyes, and lifeless way of using his words automatically cement the image of an outcast in our minds. The camera crew feeds on this information and explodes it to another level.