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The Best Episodes of 60 Minutes Season 46

Every episode of 60 Minutes Season 46 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 60 Minutes Season 46!

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Season 46 Ratings Summary

"The Secretary of State, Imminent Danger, Killing Jesus" is the best rated episode of "60 Minutes" season 46. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/29/2013. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The federal disability program; footage of America's first battle with al-Qaida; asteroids and comets capable of global destruction".

  • The Secretary of State, Imminent Danger, Killing Jesus
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    #1 - The Secretary of State, Imminent Danger, Killing Jesus

    Season 46 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2013

    Scott Pelley interviews Secretary of State John Kerry, who is dealing with multiple challenges including chemical weapons in Syria, foreign terrorism and a potentially a new relationship with the new president of Iran. . Steve Kroft examines America's mental health system, which may be failing those with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses. Schizophrenia is a brain disease many mass murderers showed symptoms of. . Norah O'Donnell interviews Bill O'Reilly, who talks about his latest book, Killing Jesus.

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  • The federal disability program; footage of America's first battle with al-Qaida; asteroids and comets capable of global destruction
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    #2 - The federal disability program; footage of America's first battle with al-Qaida; asteroids and comets capable of global destruction

    Season 46 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2013

    Steve Kroft investigates the federal disability program; Lara Logan views footage of the actual 1993 Battle of Mogadishu that was dramatized in the movie "Black Hawk Down"; Anderson Cooper reports on asteroids that could potentially strike Earth.

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  • Detroit on the edge; Boy Wonder: Jack Andraka; Daring rescue days before fall of Saigon
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    #3 - Detroit on the edge; Boy Wonder: Jack Andraka; Daring rescue days before fall of Saigon

    Season 46 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2013

    The issues facing Detroit and the people determined to solve them; scientist and cancer researcher Jack Andraka; an assistant bank manager puts himself at risk to save 105 Vietnamese people.

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  • Washington's Open Secret; Dick Cheney's Heart; Return of the Humpbacks
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    #4 - Washington's Open Secret; Dick Cheney's Heart; Return of the Humpbacks

    Season 46 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2013

    Steve Kroft reports on how members of Congress often use funds donated to political-action committees for their own personal use; former vice president Dick Cheney discusses his heart issues. Also: efforts to save the endangered humpback whale.

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  • Eyewitness Account on 2012 Al Qaeda Attack on US Consulate in Libya; Former CIA Michael Morrel; Peter Gelb of the New York Metropolitan Opera
    3.4/109 votes

    #5 - Eyewitness Account on 2012 Al Qaeda Attack on US Consulate in Libya; Former CIA Michael Morrel; Peter Gelb of the New York Metropolitan Opera

    Season 46 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2013

    Lara Logan hears the first eyewitness account from a westerner who was on the ground in Benghazi, Libya, during the deadly 2012 Al Qaeda attack on the U.S. consulate; John Miller interviews former CIA deputy director Michael Morrell; Bob Simon visits backstage at the New York Metropolitan Opera with general manager Peter Gelb.

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  • Guantanamo; Lamborghini; The Perfectionist
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    #6 - Guantanamo; Lamborghini; The Perfectionist

    Season 46 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2013

    Lesley Stahl gets unprecedented access to the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, facility where the accused 9/11 terrorists will face trial in the biggest war crimes tribunal since Nuremberg. . After 50 years in the luxury, supercar business, Lamborghini is still making the kind of cars that dreams are made of, a precious handful a day. Scott Pelley reports at 155 mph. . Armen Keteyian gets to see up close how Nick Saban managed to win three out of the last four national championships for the University of Alabama as he profiles the famous Crimson Tide coach.

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  • 210 Days in Captivity; GoPro's Video Revolution; Capturing History
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    #7 - 210 Days in Captivity; GoPro's Video Revolution; Capturing History

    Season 46 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2013

    Matthew Schrier's kidnapping, torture and escape from Syrian rebels provides a rare first-hand look into the brutal ways of the extremist rebel factions battling the Syrian dictatorship. Scott Pelley reports. A little, wearable camera is putting its owners in their own movies, doing everything from walking down the street to jumping out of an airplane. Anderson Cooper reports on GoPro, the world's best-selling camera that's revolutionizing the world of video. Meet Henry Grossman, the photographer whose images -- especially of JFK and the Beatles -- remain iconic landmarks of a ripe period in American history. Morley Safer reports.

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  • Gitmo; The Giving Pledge; The Recyclers
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    #8 - Gitmo; The Giving Pledge; The Recyclers

    Season 46 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2013

    First, Lesley Stahl gets a rare view inside Gitmo where 164 accused terrorists have been locked up, most for 11 years without charge or trial; then, the billionaires club. Membership comes with two requirements: be worth at least a billion dollars and be willing to give half of that away; lastly, residents of Cateura, Paraguay, turn trash into triumph by creating the Recycled Orchestra.

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  • The Gaskos; The War Within; Gladwell
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    #9 - The Gaskos; The War Within; Gladwell

    Season 46 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/2013

    FBI agents tell Steve Kroft about their 16-year search and eventual capture of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, once No. 1 on the Most Wanted list; then, 60 Minutes gets a rare look inside new therapy...

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  • Inside Amazon; Capital Dome Restoration; Free Diving
    7.6/1010 votes

    #10 - Inside Amazon; Capital Dome Restoration; Free Diving

    Season 46 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/2013

    A behind-the-scenes look at online-retailer Amazon's warehouses; a report on the restoration of the Capitol dome in Washington, D.C.; and a close-up on a free-diving extreme sport.

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  • Mandela; Survivor
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    #11 - Mandela; Survivor

    Season 46 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/2013

    60 Minutes revisits a collection of revealing writings by the late civil rights giant and former South African president Nelson Mandela; and, Former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell recalls the 2005 battle in Afghanistan he alone survived -- a fire fight that at the time, resulted in the largest loss of life for Naval Special Warfare since WWII. Anderson

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  • Inside the NSA; The Copts
    8.3/1011 votes

    #12 - Inside the NSA; The Copts

    Season 46 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/2013

    The NSA gives unprecedented access to the agency's HQ and, for the first time, explains what it does and what it says it doesn't do: spy on Americans. The turmoil in Egypt has led to one of the worst persecutions of the country's Coptic Christians in the nearly 2,000-year history of the sect. Bob Simon reports from Egypt.

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  • Susan Rice, Rocky Mountain High, Quarterback Guru
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    #13 - Susan Rice, Rocky Mountain High, Quarterback Guru

    Season 46 Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/2013

    President Obama's national security advisor answers questions about the NSA leaks, Iran, Syria and the attack in Benghazi; then, Denver, Colo., has more medical marijuana dispensaries than Starbucks, but the budding business defies federal laws; and, Morley Safer interviews the "QB Guru" who says the new norm to get to the NFL as a quarterback starts with a tutor like him training kids as young as 8.

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  • 60 Minutes Presents: Going to Extremes
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    #14 - 60 Minutes Presents: Going to Extremes

    Season 46 Episode 14 - Aired 12/29/2013

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  • The Cleantech case, Hollywood's Villans, Volcanos
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    #15 - The Cleantech case, Hollywood's Villans, Volcanos

    Season 46 Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/2014

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  • The Case of Alex Rodriguez, Memory Wizards
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    #16 - The Case of Alex Rodriguez, Memory Wizards

    Season 46 Episode 16 - Aired 1/12/2014

    A first look at the details in the doping case of Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez, including an interview with Major League Baseball?s chief witness against him, Anthony Bosch -- who says he injected Rodriguez with banned substances; then, hear from the League?s COO Rob Manfred and baseball commissioner Bud Selig; and, Imagine being able to remember virtually every day of your life. As Lesley Stahl reports, it?s a kind of memory that is brand new to science.

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  • 60 Minutes Presents: Tales of Survival
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    #17 - 60 Minutes Presents: Tales of Survival

    Season 46 Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/2014

    |Two tales of survival -- one about an American who nearly lost her life in Africa, the other about Africans who found their lives in America. Scott Pelley hosts a special hour of 60 Minutes Presents.

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  • Nowhere To Go, Help Wanted, Jay Leno
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    #18 - Nowhere To Go, Help Wanted, Jay Leno

    Season 46 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/2014

    Scott Pelley reports on severe shortcomings in the state of mental health care for young people in the U.S.; then, "Year Up" trains thousands of disadvantaged youth for internships that often lead to corporate jobs; and, departing Tonight Show host Jay Leno talks in depth for the first time about losing his NBC late-night perch twice.

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  • 60 Minutes Presents: Amazing Kids
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    #19 - 60 Minutes Presents: Amazing Kids

    Season 46 Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/2014

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  • Sex Matters, Philip Seymour Hoffman, 100,000 Homes
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    #20 - Sex Matters, Philip Seymour Hoffman, 100,000 Homes

    Season 46 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/2014

    Lesley Stahl examines suggested drug doses based on sex. Also: a 2006 interview with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014); a report on providing apartments for homeless people.

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  • Enemy of the State, The F-35, Cate Blanchett
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    #21 - Enemy of the State, The F-35, Cate Blanchett

    Season 46 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/2014

    Businessman Bill Browder says his life has been threatened as a result of his claims of corruption in the Russian government. . David Martin gets an inside look at what makes the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter the most expensive weapons system in history . Lesley Stahl profiles Cate Blanchett, who is famous for morphing into her roles, but says that each time she worries she won?t pull it off.

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  • The Shooting at Chardon High, The Con Artist, Liam Neeson
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    #22 - The Shooting at Chardon High, The Con Artist, Liam Neeson

    Season 46 Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/2014

    When shots rang out in the Ohio HS, coach Frank Hall ran toward them instead of away, saving an untold number of young lives; then, Wolfgang Beltracchi fooled the experts for decades in an art scam that netted him and his partners millions of dollars; and, Liam Neeson speaks about his wife's untimely death, his childhood and how his age is beginning to conflict with his action star roles.

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  • Gangster Whitey Bulgar, Neo-Nazis in USA, Con artists
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    #23 - Gangster Whitey Bulgar, Neo-Nazis in USA, Con artists

    Season 46 Episode 23 - Aired 3/2/2014

    Federal law enforcement trackers reveal how they finally located gangster Whitey Bulgar; the growing sub-culture of neo-Nazis in the United States; a con artist who stole American historical treasures.

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  • The Data Brokers, The Heart of the Revolution, ALMA
    7.2/1010 votes

    #24 - The Data Brokers, The Heart of the Revolution, ALMA

    Season 46 Episode 24 - Aired 3/9/2014

    Steve Kroft investigates the multibillion dollar industry that collects, analyzes and sells the personal information of millions of Americans with virtually no oversight; then, An inside look at the people behind the revolution that resulted in the parliamentary ouster of President Victor Yanukovych and Russia's power grab in Crimea; and, A new $1.3 billion radio telescope is allowing scientists to see parts of the universe they've seen never before, offering insight into how it all began.

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  • Bassem Youssef, Drones Over America, Cajun Ketchup
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    #25 - Bassem Youssef, Drones Over America, Cajun Ketchup

    Season 46 Episode 25 - Aired 3/16/2014

    The Egyptian TV host has been labeled a traitor for his satire, but Bassem says that won't stop him from poking fun at the powerful; then, Morley Safer explores the new, hardly regulated world of commercial drones; and, The hot sauce industry is on fire with revenue of more than a billion dollars, but it all began with just one name: Tabasco.

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