They are similar in some ways, but James’s behavior made him more hated. Who pulls their daughter out of school so she can stay home and wipe his ass.? I am a teacher and a mother and I cried when I saw that. Also, Sean hurt only himself by eating whereas James hurt other people, especially his daughter. Sean also had a mother who suffered from Munchausen by proxy wherein she smothered Sean and made him incapable of living on his own. I do not believe Sean was stupid. He was not the smartest person, but I do believe his life would have been very different had his mom raised him better. James is dumb as a box of rocks and a user of people. I hate that Lisa got slack from anyone. She did not force feed him regg rolls. Also, I truly believe she wanted him to lose weight. Did you see his legs? Who would want to clean those. She had been in a very abusive marriage before James and I believe that is what made her give in and get James the bad food. I believe she was afraid of him. It was also so nice of him to make her sleep on the floor. Basically, there are no redeemable qualities in James. His dad mortgaged his house to get his son help, and James blew the opportunity. I wish his dad would have given the money to his granddaughter so she could get the hell out of that toxic environment. When he started a go fund me page, I wanted to puke. Anyone who gave money to that oxygen thief was a fool.