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The show is currently airing its third season, all shot in the UsefulNotes/LosAngeles area. It's meant to be a feel-good revenge show, with the little guy who has been taking advantage of others getting comeuppance from those that have wronged them, with Adam providing humorous commentary along with his own home improvement expertise. Its name is a play on ''[[Series/{{Dateline}} To Catch a Predator]]'' (although the "To" part was dropped due to legal issues).
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The show is currently airing its third season, all shot in the UsefulNotes/LosAngeles area. It's meant to be a feel-good revenge show, with the little guy who has been taking advantage of others getting comeuppance due from those that have wronged them, with Adam providing humorous commentary along with his own home improvement expertise. Its name is a play on ''[[Series/{{Dateline}} To Catch a Predator]]'' (although the "To" part was dropped due to legal issues).
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[[caption-width-right:299:Why don't you just have a seat over there...next to that unfinished kitchen.]]
[[caption-width-right:299:Why don't you just have a seat over there...next to that unfinished kitchen.]]
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[[caption-width-right:299:Why
[[caption-width-right:300:Why don't you just have a seat over there...
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The show is currently airing its third season, all shot in the LA area. It's meant to be a feel-good revenge show, with the little guy who has been taking advantage of others getting comeuppance from those that have wronged them, with Adam providing humorous commentary along with his own home improvement expertise. Its name is a play on ''[[Series/{{Dateline}} To Catch A Predator]]'' (although the "To" part was dropped due to legal issues).
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The show is currently airing its third season, all shot in the LA UsefulNotes/LosAngeles area. It's meant to be a feel-good revenge show, with the little guy who has been taking advantage of others getting comeuppance from those that have wronged them, with Adam providing humorous commentary along with his own home improvement expertise. Its name is a play on ''[[Series/{{Dateline}} To Catch A a Predator]]'' (although the "To" part was dropped due to legal issues).
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* TheBadGuyWins: The point of the show is to make sure this doesn't happen.
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** The Criminally Lazy: One contractor left the job with the sewage relief valves uncapped, and the mother and son had been breathing in toxic fumes for ''nearly two years''. Adam points out that even if he ''was'' legally free to leave the job because they ran out of money as he had claimed, he would still be legally liable for such an {{egregious}} action.
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** The Criminally Lazy: One contractor left the job with the sewage relief valves uncapped, and the mother and son had been breathing in toxic fumes for ''nearly two years''. Adam points out that even if he ''was'' legally free to leave the job because they ran out of money as he had claimed, he would still be legally liable for such an {{egregious}} {{JustForFun/egregious}} action.
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* PlotTwist: One episode starts like any other, with a family complaining and showing seemingly bad/unfinished contract work on their house. When they confront the contractor, he seems competent and reasonable, and the family appears to be more in the wrong in their deal (mostly stemming from them refusing to sign a stucco waiver, either from not understanding it or just stubborn obstinacy, or both). In the end, the contractor still agrees to finish the job, and comes out more the good guy than the family.
** Adam stated on his podcast that the producers didn't want to use this episode because it didn't follow the formula, but he convinced them otherwise to ''prevent'' the show from becoming predictable and formulaic.
** Adam stated on his podcast that the producers didn't want to use this episode because it didn't follow the formula, but he convinced them otherwise to ''prevent'' the show from becoming predictable and formulaic.
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* PlotTwist: One episode starts like any other, with a family complaining and showing seemingly bad/unfinished contract work on their house. When they confront the contractor, he seems competent and reasonable, and the family appears to be more in the wrong in their deal (mostly stemming from them refusing to sign a stucco waiver, either from not understanding it or just stubborn obstinacy, or both). In the end, the contractor still agrees to finish the job, and comes out more the good guy than the family.
**family. Adam stated on his podcast that the producers didn't want to use this episode because it didn't follow the formula, but he convinced them otherwise to ''prevent'' the show from becoming predictable and formulaic.
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* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: Due to the poor/unfinished nature many of the houses were left in, many of the homeowners are unable to get around large chunks of their house safely.
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** Many were shown to be very shaky on their knowledge of building code and building material and techniques any licensed contractor should know, if not flat out lost when Skip and Adam talk to them about some specifics.
*** One "contractor" in Season 2 had a license, but after working with Adam Skip, he showed zero knowledge about anything. Adam surmised he memorized the answers to the contractor test but had never actually done any carpentry or construction ever.
*** One "contractor" in Season 2 had a license, but after working with Adam Skip, he showed zero knowledge about anything. Adam surmised he memorized the answers to the contractor test but had never actually done any carpentry or construction ever.
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** Many were shown to be very shaky on their knowledge of building code and building material and techniques any licensed contractor should know, if not flat out lost when Skip and Adam talk to them about some specifics.
***One "contractor" in Season 2 had a license, but after working with Adam Skip, he showed zero knowledge about anything. Adam surmised he memorized the answers to the contractor test but had never actually done any carpentry or construction ever.
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