Children of hoarders often are abused. Here we see young Tommy, shoved into the toilet, to save room for more eBay purchases.

That's interesting... on the show "Journeyman" - they copied this plot. The summary below doesn't quite show the bit about the plane and the money, but if you've seen the episode, you will see the similiarity.

http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/The_Legend_of_Dylan_McCleen_(Journeyman_episode)