7.4/1040 votesLoading...#1 - New Jersey Drive
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/5/2016
An international-car-theft operation based out of Newark, N.J., is spotlighted in the series premiere.
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7.6/1027 votesLoading...#2 - Higher Stakes
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/3/2016
In New York City, an illegal gambling underworld flourishes, but sometimes the largest losers are the ones running the games.
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7.7/1013 votesLoading...#3 - Rage Against the Machines
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2022
That hit song or sold out show may not be what it seems. Digital trappers are manipulating streaming platforms to turn nobodies into somebodies.
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7.8/1027 votesLoading...#4 - Lifted in London
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/10/2016
In a vicious cycle of dependency and despair, drug addicts shoplift meat and other everyday items and sell them to cash-strapped Brits struggling to get by in today's UK.
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7.9/1034 votesLoading...#5 - Illicit Abalone
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/13/2016
For the fishermen of Hout Bay, South Africa the post-Apartheid years have meant less opportunity as they are forced to turn to poaching to survive.
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#6 - Cannabiz
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2022
The wave of cannabis legalizations has deepened divides and complicated the marijuana industry; corporate weed is thriving, but the black market for cannabis still looms large.
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#7 - Inside Job: Skin Deep
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2022
Black market beauty enhancement has become a game of Russian roulette for people looking to get big. But in the trans community, the black market might be a life saver.
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8.1/1032 votesLoading...#8 - The Lean Scene
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/27/2016
Across the U.S., a powerful opioid-based cough syrup has become a dangerous pop culture sensation.
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#9 - The Art of Boosting
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2022
Designer clothes are on sale for unbelievably low prices because the only cost is the risk of getting caught boosting.
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8.3/1036 votesLoading...#10 - Iron Pipeline
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/20/2016
Gunrunners move weapons from American states with loose laws to states with stricter ones, in a neverending flow that law enforcement can't seem to stop.
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#11 - Scam Likely
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2022
Young street genius entrepreneurs have evolved from selling drugs to stealing identities and printing credit cards.
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#12 - Thirst Trap
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/2022
Drinking water is so poorly managed that our most basic resource has emerged as a terrifying black market. The stakes are critical, yet for most of us, it's barely on our radar.
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The Worst Episodes of Black Market
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In his most personal project to date, Michael K. Williams explores underground economies in America and around the world.
Genres:DocumentaryCrime
Worst Episodes Summary
"New Jersey Drive" is the worst rated episode of "Black Market". It scored 7.4/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/5/2016. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Higher Stakes".