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Gonzo, Nick and Parv make their way to Seattle where they go on street patrol with Phoenix Jones and his rag-tag crew of real life crime fighters, known as the Rain City Superheroes, to learn the motivations behind the masked vigilantes much ridiculed actions. Later in the episode the guys pay a visit to the Real Doll factory in southern California, where frighteningly life-like sex dolls are made to order for discerning customers.
Nick, Gonzo and Parv head to southern Illinois to attend the lawless 'Gathering of The Juggalos' music festival, notorious with fans of horror-core hip-hop group Insane Clown Posse. The fans, known as Juggalos and classified as a gang by the FBI, wear clown make-up, dress in horror-themed outfits, carry weapons and trade prescription drugs but the crew realise that there’s much more than meets the eye when it comes to the “Juggalo Family”. From the Gathering the boys head east to New York City to dive headfirst into the gay, African-American/Latino underground ballroom dance scene. These intense dance battles and Zoolander-esque “walk-offs” are like nothing they’ve ever witnessed but they quickly learn that these aren’t your regular dance crews, but more like surrogate families for the oft ostracised youth.
With Kanye West’s former manager John Monopoly as their guide, Nick, Gonzo and Parv find themselves on the dangerous streets of south-side Chicago. In Chicago, they discover that music is the only way to escape the ghettos for many of the young rappers who are the face of the burgeoning rap scene. Inspired by what they have witnessed in Chicago, the crew round out their hip hop education when Parv has his portrait graffitied on the side of a building in LA, and a jealous Gonzo replies with his very own self-portrait at Venice Beach.
The boys are thrown in to the deep-end of the L.A. porn scene as they are invited on to the set of Austin Powers XXX for three days, where beautiful women and well-hung men disrobe in the hyper- real adult movie world. In contrast with this fantasy world, the boys then find themselves in the midst of an 10,000-strong nude bike ride in Portland where the human body in all it’s various shapes and sizes is celebrated. While nudity is the order of the day these two exhibitionist scenes couldn’t be more different.
In Detroit, Gonzo, Parv and Nick find a city that appears to be on the brink of extinction, but are soon inspired by the proud locals who are rejuvenating the city, using the abandoned buildings and many vacant lots to create a new type of urban community where innovation and collaboration is key. Later in the episode, while on a journey through the California Desert on a search for the mysterious, man-made Salvation Mountain, they discover Slab City, an off-the-grid community of misfits, artists, drug addicts and hippies who have shied away from mainstream society to create their own self governed, self styled, community.
Take it as a final glimpse of the Unplanned madness that can happen when you throw away your Lonely Planet guide. An abandoned ghost town, laying ice on a cryogenically frozen man, spring break stun guns, lassoing lessons from 10yr olds, football tailgating parties, teaming up with UFO Chasers in the Californian desert, a GI Joe camp set up by Vietnam Vets in a Texas border town and dodgy meals from the road make up this final installment of series one of Unplanned America.
In the season premiere, the guys light up and join an official ‘420’ bus tour of Denver exploring the recent legalisation of marijuana in Colorado. In Los Angeles, Parv goes somewhat unnecessarily undercover to get his weed license.
Welcome to the wonderful world of sexual submission and domination, which goes way beyond 50 Shades of Grey as our trio kick off the trip with a very ‘interactive’ visit to a BDSM Training Chateau in Upstate New York, and quickly find out there are certain things that you just can’t un-see.
From getting a warped lesson in America's obesity epidemic by tackling 20,000 calorie burgers at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas to spending Christmas lunch at Albuquerque's biggest homeless shelter, the Unplanned America guys get some food for thought.
Nick, Parv and Gonzo explore tattoo culture in Southern California, first getting tattoos at the legendary Shamrock Social Club before witnessing gang members have their lives turned around through tattoo removal before finally spending time with cancer victim Dawn who is undergoing areola tattooing as part of restorative breast surgery.
The Unplanned America guys head to Portland, Oregon, the unlikely strip club capital of the USA, to get the lowdown on what it's like to work in this stigmatised industry spending time with club owners, dancers and those who work to help women that may be exploited by the industry.
Parv, Gonzo and Nick head to New Orleans and get swept up by the musical soul of the city from joyous second line bands, busking crust punks and twerking clubs, to throwing their very own street parade.
This episode, from the ultra competitive World Beer Pong Championships in Las Vegas to life on the fringes of society at an anarchist skateboarding commune in Ohio, the boys explore some uniquely American sporting culture.
From spending time with the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina to exploring Voodoo culture in New Orleans, the Unplanned America guys get a first hand look at the clash between cultures of the old world and new.
This episode the boys get an insight into what goes down on the other side of the computer screen when they visit three women who make their living as 'cam girls' providing adult entertainment over the internet. Later, they head to New York City for their fetish latex fitting with The Baroness.
This episode the guys get to know the residents of the 'world's biggest open-air mental asylum' in New Mexico's Taos Mesa before meeting Carlos - a man determined to live off the grid on the fringes of Albuquerque despite the almost daily threat of dangerous drug cartels.
Aussie mates Gonzo, Nick and Parv continue to travel the USA, exploring the lesser seen side of American culture. This episode, the guys get in touch with their spiritual side, visiting a cannabis shaman in the Colorado mountains where they each face their darkest demons and also fear for their lives.
In the season finale, Aussie mates Gonzo, Nick and Parv explore gun culture in America, spending time with the Virginia Open Carry Organisation, the Texas Militia and the friendly folk at Drive-A-Tank Wisconsin, people for whom the right to bear arms is at the very core of their beliefs.
