Monsters Inside Me

Season 2

TV-PG

Part horror movie, part medical detective story, find out what happens when people fall prey to an infection from a parasite, those nasty microscopic creatures found in water, soil and even in the air. Victims' stories are retold, including how doctors and scientists attempt to unravel each case before it's too late. Biologist Dan Riskin, assisted by doctors and experts who witnessed each case, leads the scientific discussion about each parasite.

Where to Watch Season 2

10 Episodes

Suicide Attackers
E1
Episode 1Suicide AttackersA fit and active dance instructor is suddenly stopped in her tracks by unbearable abdominal pain and vomiting, and a mysterious mass in her colon is revealed to have decaying worms. A middle-aged banker gets seizures from a parasite he picked up from traveling to his home country, Haiti. A scientist finds worms from Africa that threaten to damage his sight living in his skin and eyes.
Feeding Frenzy
E2
Episode 2Feeding FrenzyA schoolteacher deals with an amoeba that eats at his liver and causes him high fever, abdominal pain, sweating, and chills. A young dancer gets worms from eating contaminated pork in her muscle tissue, causing her to get hives all over her body and her limbs to become stiff and painful. A retiree gets scabies from mites he got from staying in the hospital in the past.
Cold Blooded Killers
E3
Episode 3Cold Blooded KillersA nine-year-old hockey player comes down with encephalitis from the Acanthamoeba, which causes him to lose his concentration and balance, almost killing him. A computer programmer gets severe malaria from the Plasmodium parasite that makes him lose control of his mind and post-malarial neurological symptoms two weeks after an apparent recovery. A marathon runner deals with Leishmaniasis, which causes his spleen to swell.
Lurkers
E4
Episode 4LurkersThe Crytosporidium parasite infects a little girl, causing her severe vomiting and diarrhea. A microscopic amoeba kills a firefighter with an autoimmune disorder by causing him meningitis. A rare, vicious tapeworm detaches the retina in a teenaged girl, destroying vision in her left eye.
Flesh Eaters
E5
Episode 5Flesh EatersA seemingly innocent cat scratch leaves a veterinary volunteer with a raised and growing wound on her chest. When it begins to move, she's horrified by the thought of a monster growing inside. And, A college student's arm begins oozing a strange liquid.
Stowaways
E6
Episode 6StowawaysAn Iraq war veteran wakes in the middle of the night with an uncontrollable urge to relieve himself, and he heads for the bathroom. The foot-long worm he pulls from inside him will change his life forever.
Breeders
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Episode 7BreedersAn 8 year old girl begins having daily stomach cramps, when the stomach pains become unbearable, a stool sample reveals that she's become a living refuge for a host of some of some of the most common parasites in nature.
Double Agents
E8
Episode 8Double AgentsA California man investigates hookworms as a way to cure his allergies, but there is just one problem no lab is willing to sell him any. You won't believe his radical action taken and the effect it has. Then an unseen bloodsucker gets into a writer's nose
Homegrown Enemies
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Episode 9Homegrown EnemiesAfter a biopsy of her intestine, doctors find thousands of silent monsters living in a mother's tissue, but she's never left the country. Three stories of parasitic infection with one thing in common. They're all native to America!
Shape Shifters
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Episode 10Shape ShiftersA 45 year old factory worker begins to go blind. Doctors suspect tuberculosis, until they realize he's infected with a deadly parasitic killer. Then, a local restaurant triggers a massive outbreak involving a particularly sinister parasite.