A voyeuristic, suspiciously dramatic reality show, it follows the British Thai Tourist Police as they wrangle out-of-it backpackers from the clutches of stupidity - and in a few cases, scams.
The teen accused of possession was thrown in jail. The marine was blackmailed into paying £400. The drunk guy was let off with a hole in his head. The theme was clear - travelling in Thailand is dangerous.
I'll agree, the threshold for bad behaviour can be a little skewed in Thailand sometimes - I've seen helmetless tourists freely riding around on scooters while swigging from whisky bottles.
An Aussie expat who runs a jetski company in Lamai said last week that a local boatie had stabbed an Australian tourist 130 times on a crowded vessel returning from a Full Moon Party a few years ago "because he got a bit lippy".
But Thailand is a safe place to travel, if you pick your food, boatie and after-hours activities carefully. Like any country, you just need your wits about you.
And some taste. You can have a dodgy, non-cultural experience if you want it. You don't have to go far. Even if you're staying at an upmarket resort, you're still only a few steps from notoriety.
On the streets parallel to Koh Samui's otherwise family-friendly beach, Lamai, are classy establishments with names like Rabbit Me, Condom Bar and Sexy Girls (some with Adam's apples), harmlessly sandwiched between the tailors, restaurants and trinket shops.
Sitting on Thai cushions at a Rastafarian beach bar means you're privy to the salty smell of the ocean, sizzling chicken skewers and pot smoke - an alarming scent if you consider the fate of the jailed teenager on Koh Phangan.
If you want to buy a magic mushroom shake from the same bar, there's nothing to stop you taking the risk.
Thailand provides the means for bad behaviour but it's up to the tourists to take up - or reject - the offer.
Was it a stretch for the series to say 288 Brits had been "killed" in Thailand in 2008 when they'd just died? Perhaps.
After selling the series to a production company, the show's producer complained that it hadn't been fact-checked - a Brit's murder was misreported - and that it had been edited to play up the drama, such as the altercation between the marine and the jetski owner.
I had to agree. Why did the action go down on the owner's property and not at the beach? Why did the marine and his boss agree to pay the fine if he was innocent?
Some bloggers believe parts of the series - such as the Thai tourist police happening to find a cap of methamphetamine, were staged. It did look strangely convenient that they'd stumbled upon this find.
It's not that this stuff doesn't happen but turning the camera on the seedy side of Thailand comes at a delicate time for Thailand's tourism industry.
Although visitor numbers have returned to the healthy levels of before the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, recent reports of political friction in Bangkok and airport closures have turned tourists away in droves.
After the Red Shirt violence that left 35 dead in May, visitor numbers plunged from 30,000 to 20,000. This time I was there on the cusp of low season, but Lamai was significantly quieter than it was on my last visit in July two years ago. Cut-price accommodation deals were available everywhere.
The only violent behaviour I witnessed was at the airport in Bangkok. A tourist.
After telling the customs official in one of the most polite countries on earth that she was "not the FBI" and could therefore go eat something unpleasant - the loaded young backpacker was escorted, arms and legs lashing about, to what I can only presume was somewhere less pleasant than a bungalow on the beach.
Shame the cameras weren't there to capture it.
