The show follows two heinous individuals as they attempt to transform themselves into a socially acceptable, barely functioning, inhuman monsters. The production team sweeps up the backwards hicks and sends them to Los Angeles, the land of Jon Voight’s too-tight eye job and Meg Ryan’s over-collagened lips. There, they’re treated to optional surgery, and fawned over by a team of cosmetic dentists and fashion consultants. Finally, there’s the big reveal, when the paticipants are unveiled like silicon statues in front of amazed and repulsed family and friends.

Taken on the basis of it’s production (which, I’m obviously not doing – I hate the whole idea of this show), Extreme Makeover isn’t as good as some of the shows on Discovery and TLC. Not only do they completely glance over the surgical operations, there’s no demonstration of the work that goes into deciding what needs to be done with the person’s face. Although, come to think about it, the results for some of these people are so bad, maybe it’s better that they don’t focus too much on it. We also don’t get to learn much about the people themselves, and what forces them to decide on such a drastic change in their lives.