and dick mell is not the type to be like so may i talk to you privately mell wears his heart on his sleeve. >> his anger on his sleeve. >> he can love you today. and if he starts hating you tomorrow, he can, you know, pull the switch just like that. >> and mell becomes more and more resentful of being cast aside. and so that fueled this tension in that family to the point where it eventually exploded that explosion came in 2005, and though it may not have aired on reality tv, it was still inextricably linked to garbage. rod blagojevich closed down this landfill which dick mell was a part owner of. rod said that this was for environmental issues, but what did he want you to do? >> leave it alone. and i had learned that it was operating in violation of the environmental laws. >> i had no knowledge of that. ultimately i decided i had a duty that i had to shut it down. and then he made some accusations that really unleashed the furies. >> dick mell called a press conference and basically accused rod blagojevich of selling a board and commission seats within state government. >> mel has had a f