TV Series
★7.5(30 votes)
20232 Seasons7 EpisodesReturning SeriesShiny Happy People
Documentary
A limited docuseries exposing the truth beneath the wholesome Americana surface of reality tv’s favorite mega-family, The Duggars, and the radical organization behind them: The Institute in Basic Life Principles. As details of the family and their scandals unfold, we realize they’re part of an insidious, much larger threat already in motion, with democracy itself in peril.
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Duggar Family Secrets
4 EpisodesA limited docuseries exposing the truth beneath the wholesome Americana surface of reality tv's favorite mega-family, The Duggars, and the radical organization behind them: The Institute in Basic Life Principles. As details of the family and their scandals unfold, we realize they’re part of an insidious, much larger threat already in motion, with democracy itself in peril.
EP 01
01.Meet the Duggars
45m★ 8.7
2023-06-01
01.Meet the Duggars
45m★ 8.7
Aired 2023-06-01
The shiny facade of America's favorite giant family, and the ministry that guided their conservative values, is shattered, revealing a troubling reality underneath.
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EP 02
02.Growing Up Gothard
51m★ 8.7
2023-06-01
02.Growing Up Gothard
51m★ 8.7
Aired 2023-06-01
As IBLP's homeschooling empire grows, it becomes clear that patriarchal, abusive authority is at the core of Bill Gothard and Jim Bob Duggar's power.
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EP 03
03.Under Authority
47m★ 8.3
2023-06-01
03.Under Authority
47m★ 8.3
Aired 2023-06-01
Bill Gothard and Jim Bob Duggar grow their shared vision into an international empire on the backs of young people. Unpaid labor, abuse, and threats of retaliation build, until Gothard is finally cut down inside of his own organization. But the roots he put down are now spreading everywhere...
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EP 04
04.Arrows Activated
36m★ 8.7
2023-06-01
04.Arrows Activated
36m★ 8.7
Aired 2023-06-01
Despite Gothard's demise and Josh Duggars disturbing new crimes, the movement goes on. Fundamentalists have consolidated political power nationwide to reshape society in their own image.
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