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The Best Episodes of Hoarders

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Every episode of Hoarders ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Hoarders!

The Best Episodes of Hoarders

Each episode of Hoarders is a fascinating look inside the lives of two different people whose inability to part with their belongings is so out...
  1. Background image for Sandra
    8.2/10(54 votes)

    #1 - Sandra

    S9:E6

    Former famed interior designer, Sandra, has hoarded out every square inch of the historic mansion she lost to foreclosure. However, she refuses to leave the manor in spite of the fact the bank has sold it to a new couple. The new owners are now facing a crisis of conscience trying to figure out how to compassionately evict Sandra from the property and dispose of her hoard.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Shannon & Ray
    8.1/10(28 votes)

    #2 - Shannon & Ray

    S9:E5

    A woman blames her hoarding on demons possessing her home; a man faces charges when the hoard in his historic San Francisco Victorian house catches fire and almost burns down the block.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Jim
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    #3 - Jim

    S14:E4

    Jim has been a collector from a very young age but some of the tragedies in his life have compounded Jim's hoarding behavior. In 2019, Jim's daughter, Elesha, lost her job and needed a place to stay so she moved. Moving in with Jim however, dealing with the hoard has been the most difficult part of her life. Code enforcement has already performed a severe forced cleanup on Jim's house in 2016 which only made matters worse. Now with the help of the Hoarders team of experts, either Jim will clean up the property or code enforcement will take another forced cleanup, and Jim could lose everything.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Montie and Sherry
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Montie and Sherry

    S16:E2

    Montie and Sherry find themselves in a dire situation as their daughter, Audora, contemplates involving adult protection services due to their living conditions; Montie and Sherry attempt to clean up the property with the help of the "Hoarders" team.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Shanna & Lynda
    7.8/10(60 votes)

    #5 - Shanna & Lynda

    S6:E4

    A woman who collects bottles of human waste; another woman who hoards items in preparation for the end of the world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Maggie & Ann
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    #6 - Maggie & Ann

    S8:E15

    Maggie's Phoenix, Arizona home is so packed with her shopping addiction that her granddaughter was forced to sleep on top of piles and shower outside with a garden hose. Things have gotten so bad, that a family member pulled Maggie and her granddaughter out of the house. If things are not cleaned up, they will not be allowed to return. Former spa owner, Ann, is about to lose her partner over her hoard. After a decade of failed promises to clean up her South Carolina house, her partner has had it. Ann cleans up or he leaves her for good.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Dennis
    7.7/10(25 votes)

    #7 - Dennis

    S11:E5

    As a retired Architect Dennis sees the value in repurposing and using materials for all types of projects. This has led Dennis to collect a massive amount of clutter over the years. Being the primary care giver for his wife, he has no more time to spend completing projects he once desired to accomplish. Code Enforcement is concerned about the safety of Dennis' property. Now with the help of the Hoarders team of experts, either Dennis will clean up the property or Code Enforcement will take action and he will lose everything.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Laura
    7.4/10(18 votes)

    #8 - Laura

    S7:E10

    A woman's hoarding takes over so much of her home that her partner resorts to sleeping in the garage and her teenage daughter is forced to share a bed with her mom. If she doesn't clean up, her partner threatens to sue for full custody of their daughter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Linda & Kerry
    7.4/10(24 votes)

    #9 - Linda & Kerry

    S9:E4

    A woman's farm is at risk due to a substantial hoard sparked by preparation for an economic crash. Also: a hoard of plants have overrun a man's house and he risks losing his family is can't clean things up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Augustine
    7.3/10(32 votes)

    #10 - Augustine

    S2:E1

    Her son, Jason, has already been removed from her home. Augustine was never able to actually have him return to the house. Augustine now lives without water, gas, heat, or appliances and the courts have become involved forcing her to clean up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Joanne and Kristy
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Joanne and Kristy

    S5:E5

    A daughter develops post-traumatic stress disorder because of her mom’s hoarding; a shopping addict loses custody of her son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Barbara, Fred and Mary
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Barbara, Fred and Mary

    S5:E6

    A woman who lives in a million-dollar neighborhood sifts through trash bins; authorities warn a couple that they must clean their cobweb-infested, filthy home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Coral
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Coral

    S15:E8

    Coral is an educator above all, but she is also a fiber artist, musician, and a very talented herbalist. Her farmhouse is crammed full of art, crafts, musical instruments, board games, baskets and hundreds of containers filled with herbs and spices. Coral wants to turn her home into a community resource center where her knowledge can be passed on - but she needs help cleaning up her property. With the assistance of the Hoarders team, she intends to unclutter her life and get her hoarding disorder under control.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for David & Elizabeth
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #14 - David & Elizabeth

    S15:E5

    David and Elizabeth have been co-dependent co-hoarders for as long as their adult children can remember. The couple had to remortgage their home because of their addiction to buying items sold on television, such as Tiffany-style lamps. David has more than 40 of these lamps, most of which have never been unboxed. The house is overrun with mice, and Elizabeth's doctor has threatened to report them to the city and have it condemned. David treats it all like a joke - but no one is laughing. With help from the Hoarders team, will this couple be able to let go of their things and hold onto each other?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Jennifer & Ron/Jill
    7.1/10(66 votes)

    #15 - Jennifer & Ron/Jill

    S1:E1

    A couple in Louisville, Kentucky who both suffer from hoarding risk losing their children if they don't comply with numerous citations given to them by the city. A woman's food hoarding in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is so bad that she places herself at risk for food poisoning.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mel Eslyn
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  17. Background image for Claudie
    7.1/10(27 votes)

    #16 - Claudie

    S2:E13

    A woman's hoarding threatens to tear apart a very large family unless she changes her ways.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Season 1 Update
    7.1/10(23 votes)

    #17 - Season 1 Update

    S2:E15

    In this special follow-up episode we check in on the progress of Jill, Jake, Betty, Bill and Paul from our first season.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Phyllis and Janet
    7.1/10(26 votes)

    #18 - Phyllis and Janet

    S4:E1

    Every room in Phyllis' house is packed with dolls. Her obsession has manifested itself into a floor to ceiling collection of bags stuffed with dolls, and a doll hospital in a spare bedroom where she "amputates" the limbs of one doll to make another complete. Now, her son is threatening to call Adult Protective Services if she doesn't get a handle on her compulsion. Janet's home is so hoarded that she has to crawl upon mountains of garbage to get to the one recliner where she eats and sleeps. She's had no running water and no heat for two years and routinely huddles under seven blankets to keep warm. Unable to watch her mother live in such horrid conditions, one of Janet's nine children is threatening to have her committed for her own good.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Joni & Millie
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    #19 - Joni & Millie

    S6:E5

    Joni's hoarding drove her two sons to turn to drugs to cope, and it forced Child Protective Services to take her granddaughter away from her. She has one last chance to stop the vicious cycle of loss she has inflicted on her family. Millie has agreed to more than one clean-up, only to relapse and start hoarding again. Now her daughter, Chelsea, has given Millie one last ultimatum - "Clean up or lose me forever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Merlene & Jeff
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    #20 - Merlene & Jeff

    S6:E11

    Merlene had it all--an international supermodel married to the son of the inventor of the Lear Jet. But her storybook life fell apart when she got divorced and now her house is crammed to the ceiling with her dumpster dive finds. Jeff once had plenty of cash and women to fill his time. But it all came crashing down when he lost his shoe repair business, and he moved all the contents of the business into his home and started hoarding construction supplies to boot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Patty & Bill
    7.0/10(39 votes)

    #21 - Patty & Bill

    S1:E6

    A Kansas woman's compulsive shopping habits have taken over the entire house. Her children were removed by authorities as a result of the living conditions. A Beverly, Massachusetts man's hoard of both home renovation supplies and outdated materials is so bad that his common-law wife broke her arm tripping over a pile of his things. After seeming unfazed over the accident, he is given an ultimatum to clean up or move out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mel Eslyn
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  23. Background image for Kathleen and Scott
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Kathleen and Scott

    S5:E7

    A woman's hoarding carries over into her daughter's home; a hoarder buys back some items he sells.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Fuzzie and Fred & Nancy
    7.0/10(19 votes)

    #23 - Fuzzie and Fred & Nancy

    S6:E13

    A pair of former punk rockers, Fuzzie and Fred are living like teenagers well into middle age, work at a porn shop, and have stuffed their home with records, toys, comic books, ghoulish masks and mannequins. Fuzzie's father works 10-hour days to support them, but now he s fed up and giving them an ultimatum--clean up or get cut off. Nancy's freezing, sludge-filled home is filled with empty dog food cans, heaps of dirty clothes, rat-chewed boxes, and cobwebs that hang like black drapes. Nancy's niece, Michelle, is the only family member willing to help, but now she fears that Nancy will die in the hoard if something isn't done soon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Brian & Coral
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Brian & Coral

    S7:E7

    A man serves as president of his condo HOA, but he lives in a hoard that would cause any other tenant to be evicted; a woman has been hoarding to deal with the death of her son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Leza & Linda
    7.0/10(21 votes)

    #25 - Leza & Linda

    S9:E3

    A woman's home is red tagged as uninhabitable and she has to clean it up before an imposed deadline or risk losing her property. Also: unsanitary conditions prevent a woman from taking her husband home following a heart transplant

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Sandra" is the best rated episode of "Hoarders". It scored 8.2/10 based on 54 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/22/2017. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Shannon & Ray".