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Episode "Forbidden Love"

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  • Erika hugging the Berlin Wall.
  • Chris and Norma walking along the boardwalk on a cloudy day.
  • Chris and Norma in bed together.
  • Close up of feet of Cheryl and her client in bed. 65 year old Cheryl has been a sex surrogate for 37 years, and in that time has slept with over 900 men in the name of therapy.
  • Erika stands up against a section of the Berlin Wall while holding her own sculpture of that section.
  • Chris Harvey and his wife Norma all dressed up and smiling.
  • Bob Greene and Cheryl Cohen Greene standing in their living room.
  • Erika Eiffel is spokesperson and founder of the on-line Objectum Sexual Internationale Forum. She has chosen a very public icon to be the object of her affections. Erika is in a loving relationship with the Berlin Wall.
  • Erika holds her model of the Berlin Wall up against the current Berlin Wall.
  • Erika Eifel standing in front of a section of the Berlin Wall she built a model of while holding the model.
  • Chris and Norma looking into the camera from their living room.
  • Photograph of Chris and Norma's wedding day photo. Chris was 18 when he first proposed, Norma was 50.
  • Erika Eifel and a sculpture she made of the section of the Berlin Wall she stands in front of.
  • Edward smiling.
  • Norma putting on make-up.
  • Erika Eifel stairs out a window.
  • Erika holding another sculpture from a graffitied section of the Berlin Wall.
  • Erika Eiffel up close with her face resting against the object of her affection, the Berlin Wall.
  • Cheryl and one of her clients, Javier Roberto Carlos.
  • Erika hugs a section of the Berlin Wall on the street while a friend, Suszan, stands watching.
  • Chris and Norma sitting on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk.
  • Edward Eugene Smith with his red truck.
  • Different pieces of the Berlin Wall close up.
  • Bob Cohen is brought to tears talking about his relationship with wife Cheryl. Cheryl and Bob are a middle-aged, married, suburban couple. They call themselves monogamous, but Cheryl's line of work would suggest otherwise.
  • A sculpture of one section of the Berlin Wall from Erika's collection.
  • Edward kissing Vanilla, his Volkswagen Beetle.
  • Edward driving his Volkswagen Beetle, which he is in love with. He believes they have a reciprocal relationship, and he regards her as his life partner.
  • Edward Eugene Smith polishing his Volkswagen Beetle in the shade.
  • Chris and Norma sitting on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk with their backs to the camera.
  • Picture hanging on Chris and Norma's wall of the couple when they were younger.
  • Erika meticulously works on stacking tiny bricks onto a sculpture she is building of the Berlin Wall.
  • Erika's Brandenburg Gate tattoo.
  • Erika embracing the Berlin Wall.
  • Chris and Norma sitting on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk facing the camera.
  • Erika Eifel leaning up against the Berlin Wall, coming to tears.
  • Erika standing in front of the graffitied section of the Berlin Wall that she made a sculpture of while she holds the model.
  • Chris and Norma's Anniversary cake.
  • Cheryl lies on her bed and stares down the barrel of the camera. Cheryl is a sex surrogate, who gives men practical lessons in the art of lovemaking.
  • Vanilla, Edward Smith's Volkswagen Beetle.
  • Edward Eugene Smith is in a loving relationship with a Volkswagen Beetle named Vanilla. Here he is, close up, kissing one of the Blinkers.
  • Chris and Norma pose for a picture on the boardwalk.
  • Chris Harvey and his wife, Norma, kissing. The age gap between them is more than three decades, yet they have been together for 14 years.
  • Some of Erika Eifel's sculptures of the Berlin Wall.
  • Erika Eifel stands with her back to the camera and the Brandenburg Gate tattoo on her back is shown in the foreground with the actual Brandenburg Gate in the background.
  • License plate of Vanilla, Edward Smith's Volkswagen Beetle.
  • Cheryl laying in her bed on her side, with a bathrobe on.
  • Norma and Chris pose for a photograph al dressed up. There is over three decades separating the couple in age.

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    Erika hugging the Berlin Wall.

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    Chris and Norma walking along the boardwalk on a cloudy day.

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    Chris and Norma in bed together.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 32

    Close up of feet of Cheryl and her client in bed. 65 year old Cheryl has been a sex surrogate for 37 years, and in that time has slept with over 900 men in the name of therapy.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 05

    Erika stands up against a section of the Berlin Wall while holding her own sculpture of that section.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 34

    Chris Harvey and his wife Norma all dressed up and smiling.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 29

    Bob Greene and Cheryl Cohen Greene standing in their living room.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 09

    Erika Eiffel is spokesperson and founder of the on-line Objectum Sexual Internationale Forum. She has chosen a very public icon to be the object of her affections. Erika is in a loving relationship with the Berlin Wall.

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    Erika holds her model of the Berlin Wall up against the current Berlin Wall.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 15

    Erika Eifel standing in front of a section of the Berlin Wall she built a model of while holding the model.

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    Chris and Norma looking into the camera from their living room.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 37

    Photograph of Chris and Norma's wedding day photo. Chris was 18 when he first proposed, Norma was 50.

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    Erika Eifel and a sculpture she made of the section of the Berlin Wall she stands in front of.

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    Edward smiling.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 36

    Norma putting on make-up.

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    Erika Eifel stairs out a window.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 16

    Erika holding another sculpture from a graffitied section of the Berlin Wall.

  • 5332_Taboo-Forbidden-Love-10_04700300

    Erika Eiffel up close with her face resting against the object of her affection, the Berlin Wall.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 28

    Cheryl and one of her clients, Javier Roberto Carlos.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 12

    Erika hugs a section of the Berlin Wall on the street while a friend, Suszan, stands watching.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 40

    Chris and Norma sitting on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 20

    Edward Eugene Smith with his red truck.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 03

    Different pieces of the Berlin Wall close up.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 33

    Bob Cohen is brought to tears talking about his relationship with wife Cheryl. Cheryl and Bob are a middle-aged, married, suburban couple. They call themselves monogamous, but Cheryl's line of work would suggest otherwise.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 07

    A sculpture of one section of the Berlin Wall from Erika's collection.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 22

    Edward kissing Vanilla, his Volkswagen Beetle.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 21

    Edward driving his Volkswagen Beetle, which he is in love with. He believes they have a reciprocal relationship, and he regards her as his life partner.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 25

    Edward Eugene Smith polishing his Volkswagen Beetle in the shade.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 41

    Chris and Norma sitting on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk with their backs to the camera.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 42

    Picture hanging on Chris and Norma's wall of the couple when they were younger.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 06

    Erika meticulously works on stacking tiny bricks onto a sculpture she is building of the Berlin Wall.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 19

    Erika's Brandenburg Gate tattoo.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 01

    Erika embracing the Berlin Wall.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 39

    Chris and Norma sitting on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk facing the camera.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 04

    Erika Eifel leaning up against the Berlin Wall, coming to tears.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 17

    Erika standing in front of the graffitied section of the Berlin Wall that she made a sculpture of while she holds the model.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 46

    Chris and Norma's Anniversary cake.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 31

    Cheryl lies on her bed and stares down the barrel of the camera. Cheryl is a sex surrogate, who gives men practical lessons in the art of lovemaking.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 26

    Vanilla, Edward Smith's Volkswagen Beetle.

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    Edward Eugene Smith is in a loving relationship with a Volkswagen Beetle named Vanilla. Here he is, close up, kissing one of the Blinkers.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 43

    Chris and Norma pose for a picture on the boardwalk.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 35

    Chris Harvey and his wife, Norma, kissing. The age gap between them is more than three decades, yet they have been together for 14 years.

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    Some of Erika Eifel's sculptures of the Berlin Wall.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 18

    Erika Eifel stands with her back to the camera and the Brandenburg Gate tattoo on her back is shown in the foreground with the actual Brandenburg Gate in the background.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 27

    License plate of Vanilla, Edward Smith's Volkswagen Beetle.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 30

    Cheryl laying in her bed on her side, with a bathrobe on.

  • Taboo Forbidden Love 44

    Norma and Chris pose for a photograph al dressed up. There is over three decades separating the couple in age.

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