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The Best Episodes of Dateline Season 33

Every episode of Dateline Season 33 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dateline Season 33!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dateline Season 33 Episode 11 - A Little Patch of Perfect
    7.5/10(35 votes)

    S33:E11

    After Gary "Big Daddy" Farris mysteriously disappears, his family discovers his remains on their sprawling 10-acre estate. An investigation reveals a family deeply divided by jealousy and greed, but did one of them kill Big Daddy?

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Dateline Season 33 Episode 12 - Deadly Mirage
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    S33:E12

    When Rob Limon is murdered at work, the investigation uncovers deep secrets about sex, friendship, religion and family; the broadcast explores the case featured in its chart-topping podcast "Deadly Mirage."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dateline Season 33 Episode 16 - A Walk Through the Woods
    7.5/10(34 votes)

    S33:E16

    The high-profile case of two murdered Indiana teens takes a stunning turn after video of the killer, taken by one of his victims shortly before their deaths, is revealed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dateline Season 33 Episode 25 - The Devil’s in the Details
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    S33:E25

    A West Virginia pharmacist is left widowed after her husband, 38-year-old Michael Cochran, suddenly dies. Their close-knit neighborhood rallies around the family until troubling details emerge regarding the couple's new business venture.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Dateline Season 33 Episode 1 - The Butterfly
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    S33:E1

    A young Fairfield, Ohio, woman, 21-year-old Katelyn Markham, vanishes one summer night in 2011, prompting her community to conduct a massive search. When her skeletal remains are found in Indiana two years later, investigators question her friends and family to uncover her killer, but it takes 12 years and a detective with dogged determination.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Dateline Season 33 Episode 13 - The Devil Wore White
    7.4/10(36 votes)

    S33:E13

    An elderly socialite is reported missing from her stately New York City brownstone. When Sante Kimes and her son Kenny are arrested, an investigation reveals decades of crime, deception, and murder that captivated the nation.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Dateline Season 33 Episode 15 - Return to the Lake
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    S33:E15

    30 years later... On October 25, 1994, Susan Smith reported that her two young sons had been taken by a carjacker. Everyone was looking for the two young brothers. For nine days, hearts went out to their poor parents. What came next was unimaginable.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Dateline Season 33 Episode 24 - The Pin at Apartment 210
    7.4/10(31 votes)

    S33:E24

    22-year-old Jasmine "Jazzy" Pace, a young Tennessee woman, mysteriously vanishes and misses her family's Thanksgiving dinner. Determined to track her down, her family takes matters into their own hands, pursuing every digital clue she left behind. What begins as a missing persons report evolves into a disturbing and calculated murder investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dateline Season 33 Episode 27 - Secrets of the Sliding Door
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    S33:E27

    Simeonette Mapes-Crupi, a beloved Staten Island teacher, is found dead in the home she shared with her husband.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dateline Season 33 Episode 9 - The Killer Among Them
    7.3/10(29 votes)

    S33:E9

    Millionaire entrepreneur Lance Herndon is found bludgeoned to death in his Atlanta home. The search for his killer reveals no shortage of suspects or secrets.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dateline Season 33 Episode 10 - The Man of Many Faces
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    S33:E10

    Andrea Canning reports on the dramatic updates in the case of international fugitive Nicholas Rossi who faked his death as law enforcement closed in on him for alleged crimes of rape and fraud; will the man with multiple identities finally face justice?

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Dateline Season 33 Episode 14 - Under the Bay Bridge
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    S33:E14

    Bob Lee was a well-known tech visionary whose sudden and brutal death in 2023 left the tech world in shock. Family, friends, attorneys, police, and colleagues from the tech industry speak out exclusively to Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz about the case.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Dateline Season 33 Episode 22 - The Last Mile
    7.3/10(36 votes)

    S33:E22

    On July 18, 2018, Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old University of Iowa student, disappears while jogging near her home in Brooklyn, Iowa. Investigators discover security camera video that reveals a critical clue.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Dateline Season 33 Episode 26 - Murder in Minot
    7.3/10(31 votes)

    S33:E26

    College student Anita Knutson is found stabbed to death. The case took years and the unwavering commitment of loved ones and investigators to reach a resolution.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Dateline Season 33 Episode 6 - After the Halloween Party
    7.2/10(32 votes)

    S33:E6

    After a 2011 Halloween party at a country club in Dyersburg, Tennessee, Karen Swift, a wife and mother of four, vanishes. Nearly a decade later, a private investigator claims to uncover chilling new clues that turn the town upside down.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Dateline Season 33 Episode 20 - Poison Twist
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    S33:E20

    Kaitlyn Conley was convicted of manslaughter in 2017 after the death of Mary Yoder by poison. Conley maintains she is innocent and continues her fight to overturn the conviction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dateline Season 33 Episode 32 - Secrets of Exam Room 9
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    S33:E32

    When Angela Craig, a healthy mother of six, dies suddenly after an apparent medical illness, her community is stunned. As investigators dig deeper, suspicion shifts to her husband James, a respected local dentist and member of the LDS church.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Dateline Season 33 Episode 33 - The Night of the Audition
    7.2/10(31 votes)

    S33:E33

    After newlywed Shannon Madill Burgess does not show up for a family gathering after landing a big audition, her loved ones begin to worry, and authorities uncover unsettling details.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Dateline Season 33 Episode 29 - Sean Combs on Trial
    7.1/10(22 votes)

    S33:E29

    Correspondent Josh Mankiewicz reports on the charges against Combs, which include a five-count federal indictment for racketeering and sex trafficking.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Dateline Season 33 Episode 34 - The Betrayal of Sandra Birchmore
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    S33:E34

    A February nor'easter closes a Boston-area elementary school; when it reopens, 23-year-old teacher’s aide Sandra Birch more never returns and is found dead in her home days later. Investigators rule the death a suicide, but was it something far more sinister?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dateline Season 33 Episode 2 - Wrong Turns
    7.0/10(33 votes)

    S33:E2

    A new father is found dead on the side of a road. Then the stabbing of a young woman leads police on a high speed chase. Could these two chilling murders be connected? Josh Mankiewicz reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dateline Season 33 Episode 3 - Down the Rabbit Hole
    7.0/10(35 votes)

    S33:E3

    In Humble, Texas, a frantic 911 caller, 16-year-old Keri Murphy, reports hearing her mother's screams after an intruder entered their home. When first responders arrive, they find Mary Ann Murphy dead after receiving more than 70 stab wounds. What happened on that dark summer night?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dateline Season 33 Episode 17 - The Haunted House Confession
    7.0/10(31 votes)

    S33:E17

    On Friday the 13th, 25-year-old Chantay Blankinship doesn't come home from her usual walk around the neighborhood. Two days later, searchers make a gruesome discovery at an abandoned farmhouse that locals call the Haunted House. When all leads dry up, investigators turn to a unique forensic DNA tool, which sparks a shocking confession during a church service.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Dateline Season 33 Episode 28 - The Terrible Night on King Road
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    S33:E28

    In the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, four University of Idaho students were killed in an off-campus rental house on King Road in Moscow, Idaho. See never-before-reported evidence, including video, photographic, and digital materials that investigators say track accused killer Bryan Kohberger’s movements.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dateline Season 33 Episode 5 - Deadly Omission
    6.9/10(36 votes)

    S33:E5

    In Marietta, Georgia, a woman's murder shines a light on an unsolved mystery from years earlier. As the connection between the two cases becomes clear, a long-hidden truth surfaces. Could a master manipulator be behind both crimes? Andrea Canning reports.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 33 Ratings Summary

"A Little Patch of Perfect" is the best rated episode of "Dateline" season 33. It scored 7.5/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/17/2025. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Deadly Mirage".