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Regular watchers of American Chopper will look at the picture to the right and immediately ponder the following question: is Paul Sr. giving Paulie Jr. a big hug or a meaty, larynx-crushing choke hold?

I've been notoriously anti-reality TV for a long time, but I gave American Chopper a grace chip when it ran on the Discovery Channel for the first few seasons. It can get just as over-the-top as most reality shows tend to do, but it still had a genuine level to it somewhere in just about every episode, and it offered viewers something more than just grown men fighting. I'm also a pathetic wanna-be gearhead and would watch a custom Buick LaSabre build contest if I thought I could generate an ounce of knowledge from it over my rich, car-building friends.

So imagine my surprise when the New York Post broke the biggest spoiler in the show's history, other than the fact that it is still on the air.

Fights are common in the Orange County Choppers' garage. Usually, they are lighthearted nag-fests between father and son and occasionally the babyfaced Mikey that are funny to everyone except the people involved. You know them as the "in-room couple" fight, the fight a couple has in the same living room with people they can actually stand which they try to stifle until it reaches an almost unbearable level of tolerance. Meanwhile you and your friends are sitting in the room waiting for the exact moment to leave before the whole affair turns into an inferno of emotion and unholy accusations. The whole experience is like a big, sick game of relationship Jenga.

The only difference between those moments and the show's fights are cameras aren't involved, unless the producers of COPS happen to be in your town that particular weekend.

Another war of words erupt between father Paul and son Paulie, no surprise. Except this time, actual lava flies out of the tops of their heads. Father says some things. Son says some things. Fingers are pointed. Father sprays son with a gale-force wave of anger spittle. The son reciprocates. The wrath of the hate gods is unleashed.

A chair is thrown. Doors are slammed. Tools are thrown. Garbage cans are knocked over. Holes are punched in walls. This business must go through more doors and drywall than a Home Depot.

An uncensored version of the preview that's been "leaked" to the web made its way to YouTube. Be forewarned that it contains naughty language, so unless you want your small child going to a school appointed therapist, please make them leave the room.