Spitzer 2.0: does candidness work?

It's not the kind of comeback campaign political advisers would've come up with a decade ago, that's for sure.

Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer's debut as co-star in the CNN show Parker Spitzer (alongside Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker) is just a week and a half away, and it just so happens Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, a documentary by Oscar-winner Alex Gibney, will be released October 1, three days before that.

The riveting trailer was released yesterday.

Probably more than any high-profile politician, Spitzer has been candid about his downfall after he was outed for hiring high-priced call girls while in office. Scandal-plagued politicians fall into one of two camps when they try to rehabilitate their image: move on and leave your shame behind or open up about your errors.

In a series of interviews this year, including one with BigThink, Spitzer made it clear he's part of the second camp (though he won't go so far as dishing out advice to Tiger Woods).

There's a lot of mud-slinging in Client 9 from Spitzer's political opponents and members of New York's upscale escort service.

"He showed up clearly trying not to be recognized. I'm like, 'Don't tell me it's that guy again!'" one honey-haired women scoffs in the trailer, hinting at just how much of a "regular" Spitzer was.

Ashley Dupre fans (if that's what you call them): Don't hold your breath. Though the prostitute who was the face of Spitzer's downfall loves the spotlight, she's not in the documentary.

Amid all the trash talk from others, the ex-governor seems to have one goal: He won't give anyone else credit for his fall.

At one point, he looks frankly into the lens of the camera to say, "There are all sorts of rumours about bringing me down. I brought myself down."

Has the new Spitzer won you over?