He visits one of these to find out what drives couples to want to swap partners. Theroux meets a couple from Southern California who host swinging parties. He also meets people who invent, sell and make a fortune from products such as the Win Gym. Theroux attempts to become a presenter on Florida's Home Shopping Network TV channel and meets Anthony Sullivan.
Theroux invites someone from each of the four episodes of series 1 to New York for Christmas. That several self-proclaimed survivalists were also hippies and environmentalists is a recurring theme. The episode focuses on the survivalism movement and communities formed around it. Theroux also visits the Aryan Nation Church and helps to build a straw-bale home. In Idaho, Theroux meets military enthusiasts and right-wing patriots who are preparing for a global catastrophe, including trips to survivalists' store Safetrek and a mountain refuge for conspiracy theorists called Almost Heaven.
He reveals the problems a lot of porn actors face, be it not getting a job in straight porn and therefore having to do gay porn, or not getting an erection when it is needed. This episode offers a look at very different sides of the porn industry, as Theroux interviews both male and female porn stars. Main article: Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends Series 1 (1998) #
