People who need to be protected from themselves. That's what I think about when I watch this excellent documentary about the all-too-short life of the artist Aaron Carter. The child star who lived his life first in the media spotlight. Then in reality shows, talk shows and finally social media. Where everything is laid out for the public. At the same time, it is clear that this person needs help, care, possibly treatment and not least personal time.

It is actually a dilemma. How to help someone who is unable to accept help? What I think about this documentary is how Carter allowed his most vulnerable sides to be exposed as entertainment. So incredibly sad. And cynical to let him become entertainment. It is obvious that this was a person who needed professional help. Nevertheless, he is invited to post about all the problems on talk shows. Distasteful.

It also reveals a lot I didn't know about Aaron Carter. That he was a skilled musician. Self-taught on many instruments. That he worked hard, and constantly tried to come back with his music. But the world had moved on. Instead, there was self-destruction in front of an open camera. This is exactly what I find most disturbing. That people who struggle become entertainment for others.

Now he is gone. Perhaps such documentaries can contribute to insight into a side of the entertainment industry that certainly has points for improvement? We can always hope....

Aaron's story's sad enough and the ending song just killed me. Does anyone know the name of the ending song?? Female singing "go on carry the weight of the world on your shoulder so far you're telling me no words of your own well I've been waiting so long with you give me something to hold on to if you're gonna say it well you better say it now before it's too late". I tried googling it for an hour, nothing.

Go on carry the weight of the world on your shoulder so far you're telling me no words of your own well I've been waiting so long with you, give me something to hold on to if you're gonna say it well you better say it now before it's too late.

Aaron was, at his core, an addict. He hid from responsibility, from blame, and from himself- which is classic addict behavior, but a lot of it was self-inflicted. He and his 'fiancé' (fellow addict/enabler) Melanie, seemed to somehow feed off of each other, and dragging nothing but leeches into their orbit. They were so encompassed in their addiction that their child was removed from the home, and yet it wasn't enough to drag him from the grips of this insane addiction.

That his sister also passed away from addiction should be an indication that their life was nothing but turmoil, tumultuous and painful and all these leeches who reveal themselves in this show, and with a straight face purport to be supporters of his, should reveal a lot to anyone willing to look beneath the surface.

This Dr. Trevor needs to sit down, as an ER doctor, his expertise is nowhere near an addiction specialist- he should have immediately been directing this young man to an inpatient treatment center with qualified psychiatric care and physicians to set him on a recovery path, instead of this ridiculous 'big brother' role he reports to have taken on- Aaron had a big brother who, after decades of abuse from Aaron, had finally come to the last resort those of us suffering with addicts come to, walking away when we can no longer endure the abuse, the theft, the constant blame heaped upon us, and Trevor should have been a doctor. Nothing more, nothing less.

Who is this absolute moron, Melanie, anyway? I understand she's his fiancé, but giving her even an half second of screen time is irresponsible- she supported his addictions, and that she has any role in the child's life is abhorrent.

This mealymouthed soap opera style show is no better than anything TMZ puts out- because Aaron was a pseudo star for five minutes doesn't mean he should be canonized and shrines built in his honor. A lot of people did a lot of things to perpetuate his spiral into the depths, and ABC seems intent to capitalize on that.