The BEST episodes of Taboo season 5
Every episode of Taboo season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Taboo season 5!
Around the world there are people of different cultures who take actions and decisions that seem out of the ordinary to the average westerner. Considered taboo, these people and their stories are now being known.
#1 - Extreme Punishment
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/29/2008
When laws are broken, human society demands justice. But who decides which punishment best fits the crime? Taboo travels the globe to discover what lengths some societies go to to punish a crime.
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#3 - Supreme Devotion
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/13/2008
A look at religions that measure devotion by physical suffering.
#4 - Body Extremes
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/20/2008
A thriving black market for human organs is examined in the Philippines. Also: a look at an intimate bond between humans and pigs in Papua New Guinea; an Australian health therapist who uses urine as a topical medicine is profiled.
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#5 - Extreme Kids
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/6/2008
"Extreme Kids" explores child kickboxing matches in Thailand and a self-mutilation ritual for Shi'a Muslims in India.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Trial by Fire
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/3/2008
Dangerous initiation rituals are spotlighted. Included: a fire dance in Papua New Guinea; riding untamed bulls in India.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Extreme Eats
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/10/2008
Spotlighting extreme cuisine, from duck embryos to spiders.
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#8 - Touching Death
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/6/2008
Profiling individuals whose jobs entail handling human remains in Manila; Los Angeles; and Bangkok.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Outsiders
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/17/2008
Profiling outcast individuals in different societies. Included: rat catchers in India; leprosy sufferers in Nepal; scavengers in Australia.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - The Third Sex
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/22/2008
Exploring societies that recognize more than two genders in India, Indonesia and Albania.
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#11 - Drugs
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/15/2008
Some cultures incorporate mind-altering drugs into social and religious life.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Sex
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/8/2008
A look at how love and sex are expressed in different societies. Included: swingers in Australia; a Chinese ethnic group that encourages sexual boldness.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Spilling Blood
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/1/2008
Western culture hides the spilling of animal blood behind closed doors, but other places its a public event. In Nepal, animals are sacrificed daily to appease a bloodthirsty goddess. Nearly 1,000 whales are slaughtered every year near Denmark in a 1,200-year-tradition called the Grind. Banned in most European countries and the U.S., cockfighting still takes place in Bali to appease evil spirits. Taboo: Spilling Blood takes viewers on a trip to experience animal bloodletting traditions.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Bizarre Bodies
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/10/2008
Profiling people who've gone to extreme lengths to change their looks. Included: a man with surgically attached horns; a woman said to have the world's smallest waist.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - Extreme Rituals
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/24/2008
Rituals that mark the passage from one phase of life to another are examined. Included: boys leap headfirst from a 70-foot-tall tower on an island in the South Pacific; a young girl tattoos her face before marriage in Papua New Guinea; a man in West Africa participates in a bloodletting ceremony that will ready him for priesthood.
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