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30 Days: Binge Drinking Mom (2005)
By far the worst episode of the season
While the other episodes of 30 Days have aimed to be eye opening, and the first one was quite remarkable, this episode is ridiculously artificial.
Even taking the 'experiment' on face value, the mother in question rarely drinks in front of her daughter, does nothing to account for the fact that she is 43 (not 19), doesn't combine her drinking with the party lifestyle which seems to be what her daughter really enjoys, and simply makes a fool of herself along the way.
It is clear throughout the episode, from the daughter's comments, that this mother failed to enforce boundaries for her daughter when she was younger and is now trying to deal with that after her daughter reaches adulthood. And there is no attempt to introduce any real balance with the episode reinforcing the myth that _everyone_ binge drinks when they're in college.
A very disappointing end.