Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

Season 2 premiere. The magicians examine People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the organization that opposes all forms of medical testing involving animals and supports banning the ownership of pets.

Season 2. Penn and Teller examine the hucksters that tap into hysteria over personal safety to make big bucks from such products as gas masks, paper toilet seat covers and cell phones.

Season 2. Penn and Teller explore the concept of romantic love - a fantasy akin to believing in Santa Claus - and expose the truth that love is a chemical reaction that, like all drugs, wears off after a while. Also: the myth of monogamy.

Season 2. A skeptical look at America's so-called "war on drugs," a $20-billion enterprise waged in the face of a thriving illegal drug business, alcohol being peddled on prime-time television, and a system that criminalizes non-violent offenders.

Season 2. Exposing the reality behind recycling, a supposedly pro-environment activity that in actuality creates pollution and has to be subsidized by the government because it's cost ineffective.

Season 2. Penn and Teller examine the cultural war on words and the power we give them, focusing on the latest actions of the FCC and other anti-profanity groups that subvert the First Amendment in their quest to "clean up" the airwaves.

Season 2. The hosts gleefully expose the truth about Tarot Cards, then travel to the Mecca of the New Age movement: Sedona, Arizona, where they chant, sing, and unsuccessfully seek a higher consciousness.

Season 2. From nutty diets to expensive facial creams, the magicians blow apart the efforts by those who are living longer than ever to turn back the clock, whether they are lining up for Botox injections or extensive plastic surgery.

Season 2. Penn and Teller face their fears to deal with the subject of the impending demise that awaits us all - and the efforts of a highly profitable industry of death to profit from it.

Season 2. The hosts step into the debate between those that espouse the efficacy of 12-step programs such as AA and those who assert that there is no proof that such programs are any more effective than traditional medical help.

Season 2. Did Noah build an ark big enough to hold all those animals? Did Moses part the Red Sea? Did Jesus even exist? Penn and Teller demonstrate that the Bible is about as factual as the "National Enquirer."

Season 2. The magicians explore the role of genetics in determining body shape and size, throwing into doubt the claims of an exercise industry reaping billions in profits from gym memberships, dietary supplements and best-selling "self-help" books.

Season 2 finale. While there is some truth to the power of hynopsis in helping patients relax and focus mentally, Penn and Teller explore the more outrageous claims of hypno-charlatans.