Chimp Crazy: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

HBO | Season Premiere Date: August 18, 2024

Summary: Ex-nurse Tonia Haddix, who calls herself the "Dolly Parton of chimps" battles with PETA over custody of a chimpanzee named Tonka in this four-part documentary from Eric Goode.

Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E5. Fantasy Island
Air Date: September 8, 2024
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S1:E4. Fantasy Island
Air Date: September 8, 2024
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S1:E3. Head Shot
Air Date: September 1, 2024

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Joel Keller

Aug 19, 2024

Chimp Crazy is a docuseries that piles on the storytelling drama, but it also evokes strong emotions from us, which is what a good docuseries should do. Read full review

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Aug 15, 2024

A startling portrait of need, delusion, and the cruelty it begets, all of it perpetrated in the name of compassion and adoration. Read full review

Rob Owen

Aug 16, 2024

“Chimp Crazy” paints a more complex, nuanced portrait of chimp owners than “Tiger King” did of folks who collect Big Cats. “Chimp Crazy” also proves more entertaining with surprising twists and outlandish characters who are hard to dislike even as they make terrible, self-destructive life choices. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Aug 19, 2024

The series is disturbing, both in terms of animal welfare and human behavior — Goode’s as well as Haddix’s. I found it difficult to watch at times, yet it pulls you through to the end, as the plot progresses from strange to stranger. It is, of course, designed to do just that. Read full review

Margaret Lyons

Aug 22, 2024

“Crazy” is both compassionate and manipulative, and the filmmakers themselves deceive some of their subjects and become major players in Haddix and Tonka’s story. .... There’s an endless “OMG” feeling to everything here, the kind of show that puts the outrage in outrageousness. Read full review

Melanie McFarland

Aug 19, 2024

“Chimp Crazy” is less fascinating for the story’s outcome than its insight into the types of people who are obsessed with chimps regardless of the dangers they pose. Read full review

Kelly Lawler

Aug 19, 2024

It's hard to classify "Chimp" as "good" or "bad" when it is mostly just deeply unsettling and upsetting. Yes, it has a narrative flow and pace that will keep you coming back for weekly episodes. Yes, it is fascinating. But it's not worth it. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 18, 2024
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  S1:E5. Fantasy Island
  Air Date: September 8, 2024
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  S1:E4. Fantasy Island
  Air Date: September 8, 2024
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  S1:E3. Head Shot
  Air Date: September 1, 2024
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  S1:E2. Gone Ape
  Air Date: August 25, 2024
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  S1:E1. Monkey Love
  Air Date: August 18, 2024