Whereas there’s breadth to previous Scientology-focused projects, this show offers depth.Īlex Gibney’s Going Clear included people’s horrifying stories, but only had 120 minutes this series is, at least right now, eight hours long.Įpisode after episode, there is story after story of violent punishments and disturbing practices, including psychological abuse. Yet the A&E show-which had the network’s highest-rated premiere in more than two years-is also a compelling and even vital series. Petersburg Times, have presented thorough, public, high-profile examinations of Scientology and its horrors. Leah Remini previously told her story in Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, and the HBO documentary Going Clear, and the book it is based on, in addition to reporting by the St.
One difference, however, is that a lot of the information in Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath has been well-reported before. The pain they’ve felt-and, in some cases, the pain they caused by carrying out practices inside the church-is in every frame. Here, instead of piles of trash illustrating mental illness, a documentary-style reality series gives us first-person stories illustrating the abuses of an organization they once deeply trusted. It does now, and the show has literally changed lives, helping families to understand those close to them who are suffering.
In presentation and content, Scientology and the Aftermath feels similar to Hoarders, A&E’s reality television show that experts credit with creating mainstream understanding and acceptance of a mental illness that previously didn’t even have its own classification in the DSM. “I don’t want you fucking up this show, or A&E to fuck up this show,” Leah Remini tells showrunner Alex Weresow in the third episode of her series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.
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