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The Best Episodes of Extraordinary People

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    Extraordinary People Season 7 Episode 2 - The Million Dollar Mind Reader
    8.4/10(17 votes)

    S7:E2

    In this report by Extraordinary People, mothers flock to see a man who offers them the seemingly miraculous possibility of communicating with their infants. Derek Ogilvie says he can interpret babies' thoughts and feelings. The report follows Derek as he undergoes tests to determine if his ability is real...or not.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Extraordinary People Season 8 Episode 6 - The Man With Someone Else's Face
    7.9/10(17 votes)

    S8:E6

    The cameras follow a Chinese surgeon as he attempts a partial face transplant on a man who was attacked by a bear.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Extraordinary People Season 3 Episode 4 - The Boy with the Incredible Brain
    7.5/10(180 votes)

    S3:E4

    Extraordinary People looks into "savants" which are geniuses capable of calculating complex mathematics and feats of memory.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Extraordinary People Season 7 Episode 1 - The World's Smallest Muscleman
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    S7:E1

    In this episode of Extraordinary People, at just 2 foot and 9 inches, Indian muscleman Aditya 'Romeo' Dev is the world's smallest bodybuilder. Romeo is well-known in his hometown of Phagwara, India, for his ability to lift 1.5 kilogram dumbbells, despite his overall 9 kilogram body weight. Every day, crowds flock to the local gym to the see the mini-muscleman in training.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Extraordinary People Season 4 Episode 1 - The Girl Whose Muscles are Turning Into Bone
    7.0/10(43 votes)

    S4:E1

    Luciana Wulka's is just seven years old. She was diagnosed with Fibrodysplasia Ossifcans Progressiva, a rare disease, which is progressively changing all of her muscle tissue into bone.

    Director:Virginia Quinn
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Extraordinary People Season 5 Episode 5 - Building a New Face
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    S5:E5

    This episode of Extraordinary People takes a look at Juliana Wetmore, who was born with Treacher Collins syndrome, a genetic craniofacial disorder. This disease prevented her face from forming and developing at birth. Follow Juliana as she is assessed for and undergoes reconstructive surgery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Extraordinary People Season 6 Episode 1 - 7/7 - The Man Who Should Be Dead
    7.0/10(43 votes)

    S6:E1

    Extraordinary People looks at Danny Biddle, who was sitting only a few feet away from suicide bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan on the London Underground when Khan exploded his bomb. He talks about the events of that day on the 7th of July and how he was helped by other survivors and managed to survive in spite of severe injuries. He talks about his treatment and life since then and his recent marriage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Extraordinary People Season 5 Episode 1 - The Boy Who Lived Before
    6.6/10(23 votes)

    S5:E1

    Cameron, ever since he was just a toddler, talks about another family he used to live with, called the Robertsons. Cameron knows the names of his previous family, where they lived, and can even describe the house and the landscape of his previous home on the island of Barra, some 200 miles away. But Cameron has never been there. Doctor Jim Tucker, of the University of Virginia, and Cameron's mother travel to Barra with Cameron to find the house, exactly as Cameron described.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Extraordinary People Season 8 Episode 3 - Freak Show Family
    6.2/10(51 votes)

    S8:E3

    The series takes a look at the lives of some Indonesian circus performers whose medical conditions made them the main attraction in a freak show. After the circus finished the individuals tried to adjust to a normal life and a British surgeon headed out to Indonesia to see if he could help them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Extraordinary People Season 2 Episode 2 - The Woman with Seven Personalities
    6.0/10(113 votes)

    S2:E2

    Helen has a multiple personality disorder, probably caused by childhood abuse. Helen's lifelong friend, Dr. Ruth Selwyn, investigates the different personalities, ranging from childish to suicidal.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Extraordinary People Season 3 Episode 7 - A Hundred Orgasms a Day
    5.4/10(12 votes)

    S3:E7

    In this episode, Extraordinary People tells the story of three women tormented 24 hours a day by the need for orgasm.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Extraordinary People Season 1 Episode 1 - The Man Who Paints the Future
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E1

    David Mandell predicts the future from his dreams. To record his dreams, he paints the event and then takes a photograph of himself and the art in front of a bank showing the date and time...BEFORE the event happens.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Extraordinary People Season 1 Episode 2 - The Woman Who Dives the Deepest
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E2

    Extraordinary People reports on Tanya Streeter as she attempts a world record for diving without scuba tanks.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Extraordinary People Season 1 Episode 3 - The Child Who's Older than Her Mother
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E3

    The story of Hayley Okines, a four-year-old with a rare disease which causes her body to age eight times faster than the normal rate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Extraordinary People Season 1 Episode 4 - The Woman with the Mysterious Brain
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E4

    A follow up story on Sharon Parker who had most of her brain removed surgically as a child.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Extraordinary People Season 2 Episode 1 - Archie - The Six Stone Baby
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E1

    Archie is just two years old and weighs almost six stone, or 84 pounds. He has a rare genetic disease called MOMO syndrome, which belongs to the family of overgrowth syndromes. This disease has only been diagnosed in four cases in the world. The name is an acronym of the four primary aspects of the disorder: Macrosomia (excessive birth weight), Obesity, Macrocephaly (excessive head size) and Ocular abnormalities.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Extraordinary People Season 2 Episode 3 - The Man Who Swears He's Normal
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E3

    This is the story of three young men who suffer from Tourette's Syndrome. Some of the symptoms of this disorder are involuntary muscle twitching, tics, and even loud verbal outbursts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Extraordinary People Season 2 Episode 4 - The Boy with a Tumour for a Face
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E4

    Novemthree, five years old, was born on November 3, in Indonesia. When he was three, tumors started growing in his face. They became so large, his face was distorted and he could hardly breathe or eat. A radical surgery was his only hope.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Extraordinary People Season 2 Episode 5 - Bodies Out of Control
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E5

    In this episode of Extraordinary People, a group of people suffer from a rare condition called Dystonia. Dystonia is a neurological muscle disorder that causes uncontrollable, painful spasms anywhere in the body. Although not very well known, it is estimated that there are more than 500,000 people in North America alone that have the disease. This is more than Muscular Dystrophy, Huntington's Disease, and Lou Gehrig's disease combined.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Extraordinary People Season 3 Episode 1 - The 46-Year Pregnancy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E1

    This episode is about Zahra, a 75 year old woman from Morroco, admitted to the hospital for abdominal pains. To the surprise of the doctor, the pain was due to a baby, mummified in her womb from a pregnancy 46 years earlier. The second part of this episode is about Jane Ingram...who gave birth to a baby that developed outside of the womb, in her abdomen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Extraordinary People Season 3 Episode 2 - The Child Who's Older than Her Grandmother
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E2

    This episode of Extraordinary People is an update on the documentary from two years ago, titled "The Child Who's Older Than Her Mother." This is the tragic story of Hayley Okines, a six year old girl born with a rare ageing condition known as Progeria.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Extraordinary People Season 3 Episode 3 - Born Without a Face
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E3

    Juliana Wetmore was born with a genetic disease called Treacher Collins syndrome. This is her story of her severe facial disorder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Extraordinary People Season 3 Episode 5 - She Stole My Foetus
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E5

    Extraordinary People investigates abductions of unborn babies from pregnant women. This episode follows the story of Elijah Evans who was brutally cut from his murdered mother's belly.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Extraordinary People Season 3 Episode 6 - The Woman with the Remarkable Body
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E6

    In this episode, Alison Lapper stands up for the rights of the disabled. Herself, born without arms or legs, is an artist, mother and spokesperson for the handicapped.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Extraordinary People Season 4 Episode 2 - The Woman with Half of a Body
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S4:E2

    In this story, the deformed legs of Rosemarie Siggins were amputated when she was a child. Today, she works on cars and cares for her family in Pueblo, Colorado.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Million Dollar Mind Reader" is the best rated episode of "Extraordinary People". It scored 8.4/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/25/2008. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Man With Someone Else's Face".