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The Best Episodes of 20/20 Season 43

Every episode of 20/20 Season 43 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 20/20 Season 43!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    20/20 Season 43 Episode 12 - Trapped
    8.8/10(16 votes)

    S43:E12

    Interviews with Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight, who made headlines when they escaped their Cleveland kidnapper's home, after a decade of captivity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 10 - Switched at Birth or Stolen?
    8.6/10(21 votes)

    S43:E10

    Thirty years after she had learned that she was switched at birth, Kimberly Mays reveals the details about her tough childhood and her struggle with her identity; interviews with Kimberly's biological siblings, and her mother, Regina Twigg;

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 28 - Jeffrey Epstein
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    S43:E28

    New details regarding the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime companion of the disgraced financier, and hear from the women who survived his crimes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 14 - Overboard
    8.3/10(17 votes)

    S43:E14

    A couple preparing to sell their yacht to move closer to family – when they vanished forever. Investigators found that complete strangers to the couple were responsible.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 8 - Undercover Girlfriend
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    S43:E8

    When a University of Illinois scholar goes missing, a suspect's girlfriend works with the FBI to go under cover and secretly record a conversation that ultimately cracks the case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 21 - Catch Me If You Can
    8.1/10(13 votes)

    S43:E21

    The night a marijuana dispensary owner was kidnapped, tortured and maimed; Cortney Shegerian is the bait in a police plan to arrest Hossein Nayeri; Hossein Nayeri appeals to the jury in his own trial

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 23 - The Chameleon
    8.1/10(25 votes)

    S43:E23

    Decades after four bodies were discovered in New Hampshire's Bear Brook State Park, a podcast renews interest in the cold case and helps lead to authorities solving it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 11 - The Hitman From Pop to Prison
    8.0/10(19 votes)

    S43:E11

    The life of disgraced mogul Lou Pearlman, including his role in one of the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, his blimp business, how he got involved in the boy band scene and how he led authorities on an international manhunt, which ended with his final destination to prison.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 1 - Siegfried & Roy: Behind the Magic
    7.9/10(25 votes)

    S43:E1

    How Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn rose to fame, survived the tiger accident and changed Las Vegas forever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 30 - In the Cold Dark Night
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    S43:E30

    In 2017, authorities reopen the investigation into the 1983 murder of a young Black man in Georgia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 15 - Cutthroat Inc.
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    S43:E15

    A man kills his business partner and hatches an elaborate plan to cover it up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 19 - Last Seen Walking
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    S43:E19

    After spending almost 10 years behind bars for his former girlfriend's death death -- a crime he says he did not commit -- Nicholas McGuffin opens up after his conviction is overturned.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 5 - The Wicked
    7.6/10(23 votes)

    S43:E5

    Payton Leutner speaks out for the first time after two friends stabbed her and left her for dead in the woods of Waukesha, Wis., to prove themselves to a fictitious character known as "Slender Man."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 13 - Broken Vows
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    S43:E13

    Pamela Smart talks about the murder of her husband, for which she was sentenced to life in prison.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 4 - The Death of a Playmate
    7.5/10(25 votes)

    S43:E4

    Dorothy Stratten's life and promising career are cut short when her estranged husband kills her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 16 - Life with Bundy
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    S43:E16

    Ted Bundy's longtime girlfriend and her daughter open up about their lives with him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 26 - Down Payment on Death
    7.5/10(18 votes)

    S43:E26

    The sting operation to catch a woman in a murder-for-hire plot is filmed for a reality-TV series.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 27 - The Sins of the Father
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    S43:E27

    Interviews with daughters of Karl Karlsen, who nearly got away with murdering his wife and son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 36 - The Secret in the Suitcase
    7.5/10(14 votes)

    S43:E36

    Melanie McGuire insists she's innocent in husband's 2004 killing. Her trial captured the nation's attention after fishermen found her husband's legs in a suitcase.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 35 - Mystery in Memphis
    7.4/10(126 votes)

    S43:E35

    The ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright pleads guilty to facilitating his murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 20 - Outbreak: What You Need to Know
    7.3/10(8 votes)

    S43:E20

    The extraordinary chain of events that led to a COVID-19 global health crisis.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 32 - American Catastrophe: How Did We Get Here?
    7.3/10(16 votes)

    S43:E32

    An investigation into why the United States was unprepared for COVID-19, how government and administration officials failed and missed the warning signs, and what the country needs to do to reopen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 25 - Murder and Scandal in Chicagoland
    7.2/10(12 votes)

    S43:E25

    The chilling true crime story of a '85 Chicago Bears legend and the murder of his pregnant girlfriend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 3 - Over My Dead Body
    7.0/10(17 votes)

    S43:E3

    Dan Markel and Wendi Adelson's marriage falls apart in Florida; FBI tries to get more information on Markel's murder; Where Dan Markel murder case stands today

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. 20/20 Season 43 Episode 2 - Sole Survivor
    6.9/10(21 votes)

    S43:E2

    Daughter of Kansas woman who went missing found alive 15 years later; John Robinson, the conman; John Robinson goes to trial for three murders in Kansas

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 43 Ratings Summary

"Trapped" is the best rated episode of "20/20" season 43. It scored 8.8/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/3/2020. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Switched at Birth or Stolen?".