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The Best Episodes of Frontline Season 16

Every episode of Frontline Season 16 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Frontline Season 16!

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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Frontline Season 16 Episode 12 - Busted: America's War on Marijuana
    8.8/10(184 votes)

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    Director:Unknown
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  2. Frontline Season 16 Episode 4 - Dreams of Tibet
    8.4/10(172 votes)

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. Frontline Season 16 Episode 5 - A Whale of a Business
    8.4/10(86 votes)

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  4. Frontline Season 16 Episode 13 - Inside the Tobacco Deal
    8.0/10(30 votes)

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  5. Frontline Season 16 Episode 7 - Last Battle of the Gulf War
    6.6/10(20 votes)

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  6. Frontline Season 16 Episode 3 - Behind the Mask: the IRA and Sinn Fein
    4.5/10(21 votes)

    S16:E3

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    Director:Unknown
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  7. Frontline Season 16 Episode 1 - Once Upon a Time in Arkansas
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Frontline Season 16 Episode 2 - The Lost American
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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  9. Frontline Season 16 Episode 6 - The Princess and the Press
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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  10. Frontline Season 16 Episode 8 - My Retirement Dreams
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Frontline Season 16 Episode 9 - The Two Nations of Black America
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    Thiry years after Martin Luther King, Jr's death, how have we reached this point where we have both the largest black middle class and the largest underclass in history. --Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Frontline Season 16 Episode 10 - From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    FRONTLINE presents the epic story of the rise of Christianity. Drawing upon new and sometimes controversial historical evidence, the series transports the viewer back two thousand years to the time and place where Jesus of Nazareth once lived and preached and challenges familiar assumptions and conventional notions about the origins of Christianity.

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  13. Frontline Season 16 Episode 11 - The High Price of Health
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Frontline Season 16 Episode 14 - Secrets of an Independent Counsel
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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    Director:Unknown
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  15. Frontline Season 16 Episode 15 - The World's Most Wanted Man
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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  16. Frontline Season 16 Episode 16 - Fooling With Nature
    0.0/10(0 votes)

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Season 16 Ratings Summary

"Busted: America's War on Marijuana" is the best rated episode of "Frontline" season 16. It scored 8.8/10 based on 184 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/28/1998. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Dreams of Tibet".