7.9/1021 votes#1 - Abby Hernandez
Season 42 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/2018
14-year-old girl reported missing after she doesn't come home from school; Kidnapping survivor recalls life in captivity and how she kept hope alive.
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- 7.8/1017 votes
#2 - Shot in the Dark
Season 42 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/2018
A high school cheerleader and football player's tumultuous relationship; Teen found dead in her bed from a gunshot to her head; Today, convicted killer apologizes for shooting ex-girlfriend
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- 7.3/1010 votes
#3 - From Classroom to Captive
Season 42 Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/2018
Interview with Elizabeth Thomas, who was taken at age 15 by her Tennessee high school teacher, resulting in a 38-day nationwide manhunt.
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- 7.0/106 votes
#4 - The Real Rookies
Season 42 Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/2018
Stories of Americans who followed their dreams and started new careers later in life, including a woman who quit her finance job to pursue acting, and a woman who became the oldest person to graduate the from the Houston Police Academy.
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- 6.0/108 votes
#5 - What Really Killed Prince
Season 42 Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/2018
Audio detailing the night Prince nearly died from overdose on plane; Prince suddenly dies at Paisley Park from fentanyl overdose.
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- 6.4/1012 votes
#6 - The DNA Detective
Season 42 Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/2018
Teacher's gruesome 1992 death launches decades-long mystery; Pennsylvania teacher's 1992 death grows cold
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- 6.8/1010 votes
#7 - Being Melania: The First Lady
Season 42 Episode 7 - Aired 10/12/2018
An exclusive sit-down interview with first lady Melania Trump.
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- 7.4/1011 votes
#8 - My Son Is Not a Monster
Season 42 Episode 8 - Aired 10/19/2018
11-year-old arrested for his pregnant soon-to-be stepmother's murder: Why police believe ex-boyfriend was not connected to woman's murder; What it's like to be 11 years old and accused of murder
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- 7.2/1011 votes
#9 - Murder in the Mansion
Season 42 Episode 9 - Aired 10/26/2018
A $3.5 million mansion, a beautiful family's future up in flames; Closing in on the brutal killer in DC mansion murders; Friends, family testify against suspect at trial for DC mansion murders
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- 7.4/108 votes
#10 - The Man Behind The Mask
Season 42 Episode 10 - Aired 11/9/2018
Former hockey star's young family shattered by wife's murder at home; Manhunt begins for brutal killer of mother of two; 7-year-old daughter becomes key eyewitness in attack on mom.
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- 7.8/1015 votes
#11 - Becoming Michelle: A First Lady's Journey with Robin Roberts
Season 42 Episode 11 - Aired 11/11/2018
From Michelle Obama's humble Chicago upbringing to the White House; Michelle Obama opens up about miscarriage, IVF and marriage counseling
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- 8.0/108 votes
#12 - Brave New Face
Season 42 Episode 12 - Aired 11/16/2018
26-year-old face transplant recipient: 'I see me'; Face transplant recipient's mom learns about renowned reconstructive surgeon
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- 7.2/1013 votes
#13 - Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
Season 42 Episode 13 - Aired 11/22/2018
How the idea for 'Mary Poppins Returns' was born; 'Mary Poppins Returns' star Emily Blunt on making the role her own
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- 7.1/1012 votes
#14 - Family Secrets
Season 42 Episode 14 - Aired 11/23/2018
A daughter fights for justice after her mother was allegedly killed in husband's murder-for-hire plot.
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- 7.3/108 votes
#15 - Til Death Do Us Part
Season 42 Episode 15 - Aired 11/30/2018
Texas couple's wedding anniversary celebration ends in tragedy; Woman discovered tied up in a closet, husband stabbed, beaten to death; Woman's family believes husband's killer is still out there
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- 6.9/1018 votes
#16 - Remembering George H. W. Bush
Season 42 Episode 16 - Aired 12/1/2018
Looking back at the legacy of a president.
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- 7.8/106 votes
#17 - The Devil in Disguise
Season 42 Episode 17 - Aired 12/7/2018
Chris and Shanann Watts' seemed to be in love, say friends, family; In a shocking statement, Chris Watts describes how he killed his wife; Shanann Watts and her two daughters are found dead.
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- 7.2/1018 votes
#18 - Gypsy's Truth and Lies
Season 42 Episode 18 - Aired 12/14/2018
Gypsy Rose Blanchard opens up about why she plotted to kill her mother and explains what life was like with her; Nicholas Godejohn, Gypsy's ex-boyfriend, alleges that Gypsy was the mastermind behind the murder and he was a hired hit man.
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- 6.4/1013 votes
#19 - The Bobbitts: Love Hurts
Season 42 Episode 19 - Aired 1/4/2019
A look back at the notorious Bobbitt case from 1993 with an exclusive new interview with John Wayne Bobbitt.
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- 7.8/1018 votes
#20 - Robert Blake
Season 42 Episode 20 - Aired 1/11/2019
In a case that remains shrouded in mystery, actor Robert Blake speaks to "20/20" thirteen years after he was acquitted in his wife's murder.
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- 7.4/1021 votes
#21 - Unfaithfully Yours
Season 42 Episode 21 - Aired 1/18/2019
Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker were among the most famous televangelists in America when their religious empire came crashing down amid sex and financial fraud scandals.
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- 7.8/1026 votes
#22 - Evil in Eden
Season 42 Episode 22 - Aired 1/25/2019
Steven and Cary Stayner: The tale of two brothers' horror and heroism.
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- 6.5/1037 votes
#23 - My Father BTK
Season 42 Episode 23 - Aired 2/1/2019
After "BTK" serial killer Dennis Rader's shocking confession, his daughter had to find ways to cope with her new, shattered reality.
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- 7.4/1015 votes
#24 - Black Widow
Season 42 Episode 24 - Aired 2/8/2019
When Stacey Castor's second husband dies suddenly, investigators learn her first husband is also dead. Castor is suspected of murdering her second husband and poisoning her own daughter.
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- 7.3/1031 votes
#25 - Bundy
Season 42 Episode 25 - Aired 2/15/2019
During the 1970s, the notorious serial killer had murdered dozens of women on a rampage that took him across the Pacific Northwest and eventually to Florida.
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The Best Episodes of 20/20 Season 42
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Season 42 Ratings Summary
"Abby Hernandez" is the best rated episode of "20/20" season 42. It scored 7.9/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/7/2018. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Shot in the Dark".