Just watched the last episode and I don't know if it's because I read the posts about Marlo, but I got the sense that he felt like he was in a different kind of show. He seemed so happy and relaxed and more than glad to show his collection. His wife, OTOH, looked like she was told to appear annoyed and bedraggled by his collecting habits.
I loved his custom figures--fantastic work!
And wow, that Flintstones guy was really bizarre. He really came across as "special", or at the very least, like someone with Asperger's.
I agree with everyone here that the show could shift slightly and have it be more about organizing the collections, ways to display and preserve them better, ways to inventory, and yes, even have ways to trim the excess fat and have a collection be more concise and tight. I mean, with the comic book guy, all he needed was to rent a storage space and problem solved! They could maybe also talk a little about how to keep your spending under control if money was an issue.
I have to say that the psychiatrist guy was a major tool. He was like a caricature of what a psychiatrist who is clueless about the subject would be like! Total idiot! Every time they brought him on, I was climbing the walls with embarrassment and discomfort!
Anyway, I did enjoy seeing everyone's collection, I thought it was pretty cool that people here actually know some of those participants! And thanks emarae for coming in here and posting about your experience!
However, the show did serve as a warning to me to never let me go that far with my collecting!
