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The Best Episodes of Dateline Season 21

Every episode of Dateline Season 21 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dateline Season 21!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dateline Season 21 Episode 26 - What Happened to the Beauty Queen?
    7.5/10(34 votes)

    S21:E26

    A beauty queen's murder shocks a small Arkansas town.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dateline Season 21 Episode 36 - Along Came Jodi
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    S21:E36

    The trial and murder conviction of Jodi Arias and the salacious relationship that ended in tragedy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dateline Season 21 Episode 49 - Fatal Attraction (2013); Wild Wild Web 3
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    S21:E49

    In Fatal Attraction, Beth Lochtefeld had everything -- except the one thing she longed for --true love. And then she met her soul mate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dateline Season 21 Episode 2 - Secrets in the Snow
    7.4/10(42 votes)

    S21:E2

    A woman with a mysterious secret is murdered, and a look at how a possible love triangle could have been the reason. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dateline Season 21 Episode 3 - Family Affair (2012)
    7.4/10(38 votes)

    S21:E3

    A family feud erupts between a man's wife and step-daughter after the wealthy heir to Miami's Fontainebleau Hotel is murdered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dateline Season 21 Episode 42 - Against All Odds - Bingham
    7.4/10(39 votes)

    S21:E42

    Jason and Stacy Bingham, who faced the greatest challenge of their lives as one of their children undergoes a heart transplant while the another one shows signs of rejecting a donor heart received years earlier. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dateline Season 21 Episode 50 - A Cold December Morning
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    S21:E50

    A family’s loyalty is tested when a mother of five is found dead in her bedroom. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dateline Season 21 Episode 56 - In the Middle of the Night (2013)
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    S21:E56

    Just six days after his wedding, 41-year old Scott Pierce is killed in his own home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dateline Season 21 Episode 22 - While They Were Sleeping - Repeat of
    7.3/10(29 votes)

    S21:E22

    Amidst the Sierra Nevada Mountains, someone breaks into the home of Ben and Melissa Oxley, shooting 36-year-old Ben in the head, but why?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dateline Season 21 Episode 35 - Deadly Desire
    7.3/10(29 votes)

    S21:E35

    The story of a sordid love triangle involving a young attorney and his paralegal, which quickly escalates in to a disastrous confrontation. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dateline Season 21 Episode 4 - Crossing the Line (2012)
    7.2/10(40 votes)

    S21:E4

    Ex-NFL cheerleader Sarah Jones and her former student Cody York have their first interview together after the sex scandal this summer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dateline Season 21 Episode 8 - Christina Aguilera, Lauren Scruggs, and Kelly Rutherford
    7.2/10(18 votes)

    S21:E8

    Hoda Kotb talks to Christina Aguilera about her childhood and career. Also, interviews with model Lauren Scruggs and actress Kelly Rutherford.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dateline Season 21 Episode 15 - Inconceivable (Update); New Year, New You
    7.1/10(32 votes)

    S21:E15

    Carolyn and Sean Savage hoped to have another child using embryos left over from the in vitro fertilization procedure that brought them their daughter. Ten days after the embryos were transferred into Carolyn, their doctor called with stunning news - she was implanted with someone else's embryos. "Dateline" visits the Savages once again, after their lives took yet another unexpected turn. In New Year, New You: Al Roker and his family open up about their plans to stay healthy in 2013; Natalie Morales follows two women who embark on a ten day digital detox; Interviews with Dr. Oz and Usher.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Dateline Season 21 Episode 16 - Vanished (2013)
    7.1/10(27 votes)

    S21:E16

    Twenty-six year-old nursing student, Michelle Le, disappears from a San Francisco Bay Area parking garage in broad daylight. A day later her friends start getting strange texts from her phone. Dateline NBC’s Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dateline Season 21 Episode 48 - Mystery at Payson Canyon
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    S21:E48

    Investigating the murder of a brilliant professor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dateline Season 21 Episode 18 - The Comic Book Murder, Volume II
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    S21:E18

    After a woman was found murdered in the back of her comic book store, the crime goes unsolved for years, but new evidence points the case in a new direction. Dennis Murphy reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Dateline Season 21 Episode 53 - Return to Poplar River
    6.9/10(14 votes)

    S21:E53

    the small town of Poplar, Montana is shaken when police find the battered body of 17-year-old Kim Nees on the outskirts of town.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dateline Season 21 Episode 1 - The Plot Thickens
    6.8/10(30 votes)

    S21:E1

    Correspondents take a look into the case of a gunned down Hollywood stuntman and the investigation that leads to a femme fatale, once married to a movie mobster.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dateline Season 21 Episode 20 - The Night Hannah Hill Disappeared
    6.8/10(16 votes)

    S21:E20

    What happened to Hannah Hill? Authorities probe the murder of an 18-year-old woman from Akron, Ohio.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dateline Season 21 Episode 25 - Secrets in the Mist
    6.8/10(10 votes)

    S21:E25

    Authorities open a cold case of the disappearance of Carol Lubahn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dateline Season 21 Episode 45 - Deception
    6.8/10(27 votes)

    S21:E45

    Siblings are torn apart when their mother disappears, and an elaborate sting operation traps a most unlikely villain.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dateline Season 21 Episode 31 - Toxic
    6.7/10(10 votes)

    S21:E31

    When a husband and father disappears, detectives uncover a love triangle and a twisted plot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dateline Season 21 Episode 32 - Broken Bonds
    6.7/10(10 votes)

    S21:E32

    Detectives investigate when a scientist is murdered in his home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dateline Season 21 Episode 23 - A Gathering Storm (2013)
    6.6/10(26 votes)

    S21:E23

    A love triangle involving a beauty queen, a devoted wife and a guitar hero leads to murder. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dateline Season 21 Episode 29 - Intersection; Taken (2013)
    6.6/10(9 votes)

    S21:E29

    An in depth and uncensored look in to a controversial new intervention program lasts over the course of a year as eight drug dealers are given a rare opportunity to reform their criminal ways after being arrested in a typical middle class area. Also, Brittany Tavar disappears from her home, along with her dogs, leavings friends and family baffled and worried.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 21 Ratings Summary

"What Happened to the Beauty Queen?" is the best rated episode of "Dateline" season 21. It scored 7.5/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/22/2013. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Along Came Jodi".