The BEST episodes of Taboo season 9
Every episode of Taboo season 9, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Taboo season 9!
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 Collectors
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/15/2012
Since ancient times, humans have expressed their passions and their personalities through their collections. But when a collection crosses the line from passion to obsession, ignoring legal, moral and taste boundaries, then it becomes taboo.
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#2 - Teen Sex
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/8/2012
Whether we like it or not, teenagers are having sex. How their families – and their societies – deal with the sexual development of young teens, in particular, their daughters, varies wildly according to their culture and beliefs.
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#3 - Private Passions
Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/9/2012
Unique matches include a fruitarian couple who live off the fruit they find in dumpsters.
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#4 - Nasty Jobs
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/29/2012
People from around the world who spend their working lives up to their necks in filth.
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#5 - Changing Gender
Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/30/2012
In one married couple, each partner has switched gender; one person self-refers as a hybrid -- neither male nor female.
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#6 - Extreme Bodies
Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/23/2012
Body modification that has been taken to the extreme.
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#7 - Strange Passions
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/19/2012
``Baba'' Dez Nichols claims he's had sex with nearly 2,000 women; love of balloons; 40-year-old virgin.
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Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/2/2012
People who take collecting into bizarre territories.
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Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/5/2012
Nontraditional weddings; a naked wedding in Jamaica; dog wedding; a young man kidnaps his bride.
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Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/1/2012
It's mankind's oldest intoxicant. But alcohol is also the drug that kills more people than any other. From Labor Day weekend parties in Arizona to binge-drinking resorts in Spain, alcohol shapes the lives of those who drink it in ways that can be heart-breaking and deadly.
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#11 - Devils and Demons
Season 9 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/19/2012
Many cultures believe that evil can manifest in demonic spirits that enter a person's body.
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Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/17/2012
Though many people are disturbed by the sight of dead bodies, there are those who deal with death as a matter of course—for occupational, cultural, and sometimes questionable reasons.
#13 - Strange Behavior
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/24/2012
People with uncontrollable medical conditions share their stories. Included: a father whose Tourette's syndrome makes him an outcast; a 17-year-old stigmatized by self-harm.
#14 - Ugly
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/22/2012
Taboo shines a light on where the beauty/ugly dichotomy originates from, and what it means to be deemed “ugly” in a society that scorns it.
#15 - U.S. of Alcohol
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/2/2012
Examining the devastating effects of alcohol abuse.
#16 - Old Enough?
Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/16/2012
Challenging the perceptions of what it means to be a child; a teenage girl who wants to become a male; a 9-year-old who drives race cars; Nepal girls who are worshiped as living goddesses.
#17 - Strange Syndromes
Season 9 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/23/2012
A profile of people living with conditions beyond their control that make them outsiders.
#18 - Bizarre Burials
Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/30/2012
The various ways that societies commemorate their loved ones' passing.