Joe Dirt

urvival expert, adventurer, and all-round Discovery Channel hero Bear Grylls is back in action – and he's not alone. This time, he's taking everyday people on a personal journey to face their fears. In each episode of Bear Grylls: Breaking Point, our indomitable host will be joined by two people who have a serious phobia or personal obstacle to overcome, from the common - rats, spiders and insects - to the bizarre - trees, water and wind.

Recently widowed American opera diva Caterina takes her teenaged son Joe with her on a long singing tour to Italy. Absorbed in her hectic work in various Verdi operas around Rome, Caterina is soon shocked to discover that her troubled and lonely son has become a heroin addict. Her desperate attempts to wean the youth off the drug result in an incestuous relationship, but also in a possibility to reunite Joe–maybe even herself–with his real father, whose existence she has kept a secret from him.