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The Best Episodes of This Is Life with Lisa Ling

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Lisa Ling's investigative documentary series goes behind the scenes to discover the secret societies within the American society.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 1 Episode 2 - Unholy Addiction
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Unholy Addiction

    S1:E2

    Utah, home of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has the lowest rates of tobacco use and alcohol-related deaths in the nation. Yet, every year more people in Utah are dying from prescription drug overdoses than are dying in car accidents. In this episode, Lisa travels to Salt Lake City to discover how the hard hit LDS Church is battling an epidemic that is wreaking havoc on its faithful followers.

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  2. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 1 Episode 4 - Filthy Rich
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Filthy Rich

    S1:E4

    Lisa Ling goes inside this modern day boomtown and explores its new women pioneers.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 1 Episode 1 - Sugar Daddies, Sugar Babies
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    #3 - Sugar Daddies, Sugar Babies

    S1:E1

    In the last decade, a host of websites have sprung up with a mission to match wealthy older men with young, attractive women, and for both parties, it can be an alluring opportunity. Dive into this world of youth, beauty, money and sex as Ling asks questions of Sugar Daddies and Sugar Babies alike: Why did you choose this lifestyle? Once you get deep into this world, can you ever go back to conventional relationships? And what are the true costs and benefits when sex, money and power are on the line?

    Director:Unknown
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  4. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 1 Episode 3 - The Genius Experiment
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    #4 - The Genius Experiment

    S1:E3

    Lisa examines the question- can we manufacture genius; a genius sperm bank created by eccentric millionaire and businessman Robert Graham has produced 200 progeny in their 20s and 30s in hopes of being created more intelligent than their peers.

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  5. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 1 Episode 5 - Jungle Fix
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Jungle Fix

    S1:E5

    Lisa goes inside the hidden, mystical world of Ayahuasca, and investigates the popularity of this unregulated form of self-exploration, the power and consequences that can come along with its ingestion.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 1 Episode 6 - Road Strip
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Road Strip

    S1:E6

    Lisa Ling goes inside Crane's world and that of other traveling strippers who leave their home turf to travel to areas that are more lucrative.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 1 Episode 7 - Gay Rodeo
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    #7 - Gay Rodeo

    S1:E7

    An exploration of the Gay Rodeo Association.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 1 Episode 8 - Called To The Collar
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    #8 - Called To The Collar

    S1:E8

    Lisa travels to the Midwest, where more Catholic men are being drawn to the priesthood than anywhere else in the county, in a time where the Catholic population is on the rise, but the number of Catholic priests is dwindling.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 2 Episode 1 - Children of the Prophet
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Children of the Prophet

    S2:E1

    Two children of Warren Jeffs make the revelations to Lisa Ling that the imprisoned leader of the polygamous Mormon sect sexually abused them as children.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 2 Episode 2 - Inside Mongol Nation
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Inside Mongol Nation

    S2:E2

    Lisa Ling embeds with the Mongols Motorcycle Club.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 2 Episode 3 - Fatherless Towns
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Fatherless Towns

    S2:E3

    Imprisoned dads learn to become fathers through an innovative program. 13 Inmates prepare for an unprecedented event: The father-daughter dance.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 2 Episode 4 - Faces That Sell
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Faces That Sell

    S2:E4

    Apparently men will pay a lot to be surrounded by beautiful women. Go inside the world of fashion modeling with Lisa Ling.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 2 Episode 5 - Electronic Woodstock
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Electronic Woodstock

    S2:E5

    Lisa relives her life as a 1990s raver, by embedding with a new generation of electronic music fans at a festival called Mysteryland.

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  14. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 2 Episode 6 - America's Busiest Coroners
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    #14 - America's Busiest Coroners

    S2:E6

    Go Inside the LA County Coroner's Office where death is business as usual. “There are things that I saw... that will continue to haunt me forever,” said Lisa Ling.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 2 Episode 7 - The Seduction Game
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    #15 - The Seduction Game

    S2:E7

    Lisa attends a pickup artist bootcamp to explore what draws men to the pickup lifestyle and to discern what pickup masters are really teaching.

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  16. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 2 Episode 8 - The Satanists Next Door
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    #16 - The Satanists Next Door

    S2:E8

    Lisa investigates Satanism, focusing on the story of its members including their desire to use their beliefs to promote equality in American society as well as to protest what they describe as oppressive values and rules of the Judeo-Christian religions.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 3 Episode 1 - Locked Angeles
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Locked Angeles

    S3:E1

    Lisa Ling gains unprecedented access to the Los Angeles County Jail to understand what it takes to manage the country's busiest jail.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 3 Episode 2 - Women Who Fight
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    #18 - Women Who Fight

    S3:E2

    Lisa Ling enters the octagon with three female MMA fighters changing the perception of ultimate fighting.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 3 Episode 3 - The Black and White of Heroin
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    #19 - The Black and White of Heroin

    S3:E3

    Lisa Ling visits Chicago to investigate whether a gentler approach to heroin use is being applied equally to the rich and poor, black and white.

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  20. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 3 Episode 4 - 21st Century Brothel
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - 21st Century Brothel

    S3:E4

    Lisa Ling travels to the most famous legal brothel, the Moonlite BunnyRanch in Nevada, to meet women who make a living off lust.

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  21. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 3 Episode 5 - Silicon Savants
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Silicon Savants

    S3:E5

    Lisa Ling meets ambitious young people in San Francisco who hope to become the next Mark Zuckerberg.

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  22. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 3 Episode 6 - Wired Philly
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Wired Philly

    S3:E6

    Lisa Ling embeds with the Philadelphia Police Department to explore how new technology is changing what it means to be a 21st century cop in America.

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  23. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 3 Episode 7 - Sins of the Father
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    #23 - Sins of the Father

    S3:E7

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  24. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 3 Episode 8 - Prison Love
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Prison Love

    S3:E8

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  25. This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 4 Episode 1 - Sexual Healing
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Sexual Healing

    S4:E1

    Lisa Ling goes on a journey through the scintillating worlds of Tantra and surrogate partner therapy in search of sexual healing.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Unholy Addiction" is the best rated episode of "This Is Life with Lisa Ling". It scored 9.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/5/2014. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Filthy Rich".