Intervention backdrop
Documentary•Reality

The Best Episodes of Intervention

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

Binge this in 10d 7h•Peaking at 10.0/10

People whose uncontrollable addiction to drugs, alcohol or compulsive behavior has brought them to the brink of destruction and has devastated their family and friends are presented with a life-changing opportunity of intervention and rehab.

Airs on
A&E
BestEpisodes
WorstEpisodes
BestSeasons
AllEpisodes

Seasons25

All12345678910111213141516171819202122232425

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Click to reveal
    Intervention Season 2 Episode 15 - Mike & James
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Mike & James

    S2:E15

    Mike's past of being a high achiever left him behind when he began speed balling, mixing herion with cocaine. He's lost everything and an intervention is his only option to potentially put his life back together again. James was also a smart person, a student with straight As until he started to take meth to try and deal with his mother's near fatal illness. His mother has contacted Intervention to try and save her son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  2. Intervention Season 9 Episode 6 - Lorna
    9.0/10(7 votes)

    #2 - Lorna

    S9:E6

    Once a Hollywood success story, Lorna is now a crack addict. She danced on Soul Train and for the "Ike and Tina Turner Revue" in Las Vegas, then landed a big job at A&M records. But the music industry party scene led to drug addiction, and she even abandoned her three children. Lorna needs to get clean and make amends with her kids before it's too late.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  3. Intervention Season 25 Episode 1 - Nick and Emily
    8.8/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Nick and Emily

    S25:E1

    Nick, and his girlfriend, Emily, are heavily addicted to carfentanil. Nick's family has stepped up to offer their son -- and Emily -- a final shot at getting clean.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  4. Intervention Season 25 Episode 4 - Melissa
    8.8/10(7 votes)

    #4 - Melissa

    S25:E4

    Nineteen-year-old Melissa, once a star athlete who spent her free time volunteering, experiments with drugs and alcohol is eventually lured into the dark world of sex trafficking after experiencing a sexual assault as a young teen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  5. Intervention Season 9 Episode 3 - Miriam
    8.7/10(10 votes)

    #5 - Miriam

    S9:E3

    A charismatic reverend at a wedding chapel, Miriam, 38, is adored by her clients, but suffers inner torment. Sexually abused as a child by someone she trusted, Miriam turned to drugs at a young age, and now she's addicted to P.C.P. Her family has practically given up on her, and she risks losing her daughter's love. Can Miriam's desperate family convince her to get on the plane to treatment?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  6. Intervention Season 25 Episode 2 - Three Brothers
    8.6/10(9 votes)

    #6 - Three Brothers

    S25:E2

    Three addicted brothers have turned their childhood home into a hellish drug den where death is constantly at the door. As the brothers continue to struggle with the extreme abuse they suffered growing up, their mother sinks under the stress of continuous using, violent fighting and overdoses that have become the norm.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 WORST Episodes of Intervention

    READ
  7. Intervention Season 9 Episode 2 - Adam
    8.5/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Adam

    S9:E2

    Adam was once one of the top skiers in the United States. As a Marine, he served in 15 countries, including Iraq and Afghanistan on terrorist-related missions. But when he came back home from overseas, he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and started drinking. His alcohol abuse is ruining his body.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  8. Intervention Season 9 Episode 8 - John/Dionicio
    8.4/10(13 votes)

    #8 - John/Dionicio

    S9:E8

    John is a flight attendant who loves his job, but his lifestyle is fueling his alcoholism. When he was a boy, John's parents focused their attention on his "profoundly retarded" brother. His mother blamed herself for the disability and turned her anger towards John. Now John's alcoholism leaves him prone to blackouts and frequent serious injuries, but he denies that anything is wrong. Growing up with an abusive mother, Dionicio turned to crime and drugs as a teen. He became a father, but couldn't handle the pressure of providing for a family. Now he spends his time panhandling and shooting heroin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  9. Intervention Season 25 Episode 3 - Jessica
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #9 - Jessica

    S25:E3

    Jessica, a former high school beauty queen, is now just a shadow of her former self; as a teen mom, Jessica went to college and did her best to provide for her children, but a toxic ex introduced her to the drug trade.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  10. Intervention Season 9 Episode 9 - Ryan/Jason
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #10 - Ryan/Jason

    S9:E9

    When Jason's mother and stepfather had twins, Jason felt abandoned. He dropped out of school and turned to drugs. Now he lives with his grandmother in a retirement community and takes up to 30 mg of Xanax and shoots heroin up to five times a day. After an overdose, Jason had multiple hospitalizations and four grand mal seizures. Worn out from the drama, his family is frustrated with their inability to get Jason to stop using drugs and into treatment. A chef for 15 years, Ryan dreams of running a kitchen in a four-star restaurant. But alcoholism stands in his way. Ryan always felt like the black sheep of the family compared to his successful, police officer brother. His mother supplies him with alcohol so that he doesn't go into withdrawal. But now the family feels that "it's not if we lose him, but when."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  11. Intervention Season 13 Episode 11 - Al
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Al

    S13:E11

    Al, a big guy with a big personality, is sacrificing his relationships with his wife and children to chase his out-of-control meth and painkiller addiction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  12. Intervention Season 13 Episode 2 - Elena
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Elena

    S13:E2

    Elena, 63, has no intentions of stopping her daily meth addiction, even though her children and grandchildren desperately want their adoring grandmother to get well.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  13. Intervention Season 9 Episode 7 - Joe
    8.0/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Joe

    S9:E7

    Though he grew up in a close-knit family, Joe has felt lonely and isolated all his life. As a child, he was excluded by his peers and didn't get the affection and acceptance he needed from his father. At age eight, Joe learned "the choking game," in which a person uses his hands to cut off the oxygen supply to his brain to get high. Joe loved the sensation, and secretly choked himself regularly throughout childhood as a way of dealing with his pain. In high school, Joe discovered drugs and alcohol; he began using heroin at 18 and has been addicted for the past six years. Now, living in a motel, he often steals to support his addiction, and he has been arrested and jailed several times for drug possession and theft. He has gone through treatment programs before but has always relapsed soon afterward.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  14. Intervention Season 9 Episode 5 - Amber
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #14 - Amber

    S9:E5

    Amber was abused as a child. She began binge eating and became bulimic because she wanted to be popular and beautiful like her older sister. However, Amber got married and had a baby. Everything looks great from the outside, but the she's actually depressed. She drinks heavily and engages in purging. Her family hopes to get her treatment so she can care for her family again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  15. Intervention Season 25 Episode 15 - Corinne & Joey
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Corinne & Joey

    S25:E15

    Corinne and Joey live together in Northern California where they scrounge money for meth, smoke whatever they can get their hands on, and profess their undying love for one another.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  16. Intervention Season 25 Episode 16 - Danielle
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    #16 - Danielle

    S25:E16

    Danielle is addicted to fentanyl and struggles to survive in the streets while her children live in fear that the next time they see her will be at the local morgue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  17. Intervention Season 13 Episode 1 - Nichole
    7.6/10(11 votes)

    #17 - Nichole

    S13:E1

    In the Season 13 premiere, Nichole, 25, has constant tremors due to a severe alcohol addiction as she struggles to overcome the pain of her sister s betrayal.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  18. Intervention Season 13 Episode 5 - Diana
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Diana

    S13:E5

    Former "Super Mom" to her three children, Diana has exchanged her apron for an alcohol and meth addiction and is unraveling her marriage, family and sense of self-respect.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  19. Intervention Season 25 Episode 9 - Joey & Erika
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #19 - Joey & Erika

    S25:E9

    Erika and Joey used meth together on their first date, beginning a drug-fueled romance; Joey's family refuses to be around Erika, leading to tension in the relationship; both families must come together to save them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  20. Intervention Season 9 Episode 1 - Donna & Josh
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Donna & Josh

    S9:E1

    Every day, Donna, 47, and her son, Josh, 20, cause a storm of drinking, fighting, and chaos in the overcrowded home they share with Donna's sister, mother, and a stable-full of dogs and cats. Raised by alcoholic parents, Donna was exposed to violence and abuse at an early age, and later drank so heavily that she lost custody of her two children. Josh, now an adult, has moved back in with Donna, and they have become drinking buddies. Both mother and son need help desperately to save themselves and to stop the cycle of alcoholism from being passed down to another generation of their family.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  21. Intervention Season 9 Episode 4 - Andrew
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #21 - Andrew

    S9:E4

    Andrew was smart, likable and athletic, but now he's just skinny and unregulated. Andrew is addicted to OxyContin, a prescription pain medication and will do anything to get a new supply of drugs. His stealing and constant begging, along with a father that gives in, leaves Andrew's other two brothers going without food sometimes. Andrew's father is in need of help in stopping Andrew before it's too late. Originally started in Season 8. Production code #117 (season 8, episode 17) but the follow-ups required it to air in season 9.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  22. Intervention Season 25 Episode 11 - Tommy & Melly
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Tommy & Melly

    S25:E11

    Tommy and Melly, both 19, have had a troubled life for two people so young; both grew up in hardworking families, surrounded by a lot of love, but also a lot of pain; they are spiraling into fentanyl and meth addiction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  23. Intervention Season 25 Episode 12 - Cassandra & Steven
    7.3/10(8 votes)

    #23 - Cassandra & Steven

    S25:E12

    Cassandra and Steven met in a rehabilitation center five and a half years ago; after leaving treatment, they moved in together and shortly thereafter were engaged to be married; both quickly relapsed, spiraling deep into addiction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  24. Intervention Season 13 Episode 4 - Dennis
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #24 - Dennis

    S13:E4

    Once a big-hearted Christian family man, Dennis uses his meth and alcohol addiction to run from the past that haunts him, while his family falls apart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  25. Intervention Season 25 Episode 14 - Carlee & Cody
    7.2/10(7 votes)

    #25 - Carlee & Cody

    S25:E14

    Carlee and Cody believe their addiction is a passing phase; with the constant enabling from Cody's father, they have no reason to quit this lifestyle and their families fear that their relationship will end tragically.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

Best Episodes Summary

"Mike & James" is the best rated episode of "Intervention". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/30/2006. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Lorna".