The Mind Control Freaks

A gym rat can't lift a small weight when hypnosis kicks in, and bystanders prove willing to use pepper spray on a "criminal" when authorized by a man in uniform. Also, superstitions about macabre subjects have a repulsive effect.

Hypnosis erases a man's memories of the woman he's been dating for over a year. Also, people quickly learn to tolerate and accept situations that at first seem unbearable, eventually treating them as normal.

Lewis creates a banking crisis using hypnosis to make people forget their PINs. Liv proves how easily people can miss obvious clues, while Alex and Pete manipulate a witness to a staged crime into lying about what he's seen.

Hypnotized subjects can turn off the heat from a Scotch bonnet pepper. The distractions of big-city living cause people to ignore the obvious, plus a person in uniform can instruct people to do just about anything.

Alex finds out just how far people are willing to push their luck, even risking a life-changing injury based on what they think is a billionaire gambler's lucky charm.

Liv and Lewis take away job seekers' ability to lie, with shocking results. The bystander effect leaves Pete's cry for help unheeded, and Alex explores how unique individuals recognize themselves in the most generic descriptions.

Alex has never cut hair in his life, but when he poses as a stylist to the stars, people fall in love with his "expertise." Love truly is blind, or at least unobservant, when men think they're trying out for a dating show.

Lewis works some voodoo magic on the streets of London, while Alex explores the power of authority figures as he takes some savvy New Yorkers for a ride. Pete makes it clear that you should never trust him with your cell phone.

Lewis uses hypnosis to implant skills needed to solve a Rubik's cube. Alex manipulates people into smelling a phantom scent. The "foot in the door" principle is alarmingly effective at getting strangers to do what you want.

Alex and Pete team up to convince a man he's lost his free will due to subliminal messaging. The resulting changes to his behavior are shocking.