Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity
NR2015•1h 0m•7.4/10
DocumentaryCrimeReality
Ratings
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7.4/10(16)
Louis immerses himself in the world of Ohio's state psychiatric hospitals, meeting patients who have committed crimes - at times horrifically violent - while in the grip of severe mental illness.
Production
BBC
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
March 22, 2015
Last Aired
March 29, 2015
Networks
BBC Two
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Part 1
Air date: 2015-03-22
Louis spends time with patients attempting to come to terms with their crimes and the clinicians entrusted with helping to make them safe. And he investigates the difficult question - when is a patient with a serious crime in their past ready to be returned to the outside world?
E2
Part 2
Air date: 2015-03-29
Louis spends time with patients whose personalities are so intertwined with their illness that it makes them more difficult to treat. In doing so, he examines the grey area between criminal actions and medical symptoms, and investigates how we define insanity.
Cast
Louis Theroux
Himself
