List of 30 Days Episodes - Season 2: 2006

Season 2: 2006

# Topic Original Airdate
201 "Immigration" July 26, 2006
The second season begins with a reaction to recent immigration protests by placing a border-patrolling Minuteman – who, incidentally, had legally immigrated to the United States from Cuba as a child – in a home of illegal immigrants.

Rules:

  1. Leave any and all identification behind.
  2. Move in with a family of immigrants and live in their house.
  3. He will be put to work as a day laborer.
202 "Outsourcing" August 2, 2006
The second episode of season 2 involves an unemployed computer programmer, Christopher Jopin, who had his job outsourced to India. He travels to India to work and find out why so many American jobs are being outsourced there.

Rules:

  1. Chris must relocate to India.
  2. Chris must live with a family that works in outsourced jobs.
  3. Chris must train and work in an outsourced job.
203 "Religious Perception(DVD Title: Atheist/Christian)" August 9, 2006
A firm atheist must live among a family of devout Christians.

Rules:

  1. Must live with a family of devout Christians
  2. Must go to Church once a week
  3. Must go to Bible Study once a week
204 "New Age" August 16, 2006
A high-strung, stressed out salesman (Tom) is introduced to a New Age "life guide" who compels him to participate in a number of New Age ceremonies, treatments, discussions, etc., much to the chagrin of his live-in girlfriend.

Rules:

  1. Tom has to accept a life coach as his spiritual mentor and advisor.
  2. He must open his consciousness and release his body to new age healers.
  3. He must attend and participate in a variety of new age rituals.
205 "Abortion (DVD Title: Pro-Choice/Pro-Life)" August 23, 2006
29 year old Jennifer from Atlanta is a counselor at a reproductive health clinic who is strongly pro-choice, who had an abortion when she was younger. For 30 days she'll live in His Nesting Place, a residential Christian crisis pregnancy center in Long Beach, California run by former Operation Rescue activists.

Rules:

  1. Must move in to a religious, pro-life crisis pregnancy center
  2. Must obey house rules
  3. Must participate in pro-life activities
206 "Jail" August 30, 2006
Series creator Spurlock spends thirty days in the Henrico County Jail in Richmond, Virginia.

Rules:

  1. Must be treated exactly the same as all other inmates.
  2. Must spend 72 hours in solitary confinement.
  3. Limited to two visits only from friends or family outside. His first visit is from his mother and brother, and the second is from his fiancée, Alexandra.

At the end of the episode, it is revealed that two of the inmates Spurlock befriended (and were released during the 30 days) were re-incarcerated a few months later.

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