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into the underground flood channels of Las Vegas. There, they found a homeless mother, Cyndi, who'd been separated from her four daughters for several years. In the second episode of the show, Cyndi appeared with Dr. Phil and reunited with her daughters in the studio. At the end of the show, Dr. Phil
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wrote, “Continually contrasting the sparkling casinos above with the dank, cobwebbed catacombs below, the observant O’Brien writes with a noirish flair, but his compassion is also evident as he illuminates the lives of these shadowy subterranean dwellers.”
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finds O'Brien once again searching underneath things for proof that not all is as it first appears. ... But it's when O'Brien talks to people who've seen the edge and blown right past it that his attention to detail as a writer serves him best."
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