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The Best Episodes of Frontline Season 17

Every episode of Frontline Season 17 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Frontline Season 17!

The Best Episodes of Frontline Season 17

Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to...

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  1. 8.9/10(20 votes)

    #1 - The Triumph of Evil

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  2. 8.6/10(9 votes)

    #2 - The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

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    An intimate portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest leaders.

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  3. 8.5/10(10 votes)

    #3 - Making Babies

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  4. 8.4/10(11 votes)

    #4 - Plague War

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    FRONTLINE's "Plague War" investigates the ever-increasing threat of biological weapons in today's world, focusing on the rise and fall of the Soviet Union's enormous covert bio-weapons program which went undetected for almost two decades.

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  5. 8.2/10(15 votes)

    #5 - From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 1)

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    The story of the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. Said one critic: " It's a revelation of what television can be."

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  6. 8.2/10(28 votes)

    #6 - Fat

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  8. 7.8/10(9 votes)

    #7 - Ambush in Mogadishu

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  9. 7.5/10(22 votes)

    #8 - Russian Roulette

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  10. 7.1/10(35 votes)

    #9 - Give War a Chance

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    #10 - From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 2)

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    The story of the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. Said one critic: " It's a revelation of what television can be."

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    #11 - The Farmer's Wife, Part 3

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    In the concluding episode of "The Farmer's Wife," Darrel finally harvests the bumper crop he had dreamt about his whole life. But Darrel has to go to work for another farmer to make enough money to feed his family, and the stress and exhaustion cause him to explode. In December, Juanita takes the girls and leaves for a week--it has a deep and profound effect on Darrel. Two months later, the marriage that had seemed almost doomed is miraculously transformed. Through counseling, Darrel learns to deal with his anger and undergoes extraordinary personal growth. Now he is the at-home parent, farming and caring for his three daughters. Juanita, who has earned a college degree, works at a respected crop insurance company in town, helping other farmers. In the end, through faith, hope, and hard work, the Buschkoetters save their farm and rediscover the love that holds them together.

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    #12 - Washington's Other Scandal

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    "Washington's Other Scandal" reveals the heart of a Washington where money - not sex - is the obsession. In this special report by Bill Moyers, FRONTLINE shows how both political parties, cynically and shamelessly, contrived to bend and break campaign laws in the '96 election.

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    #13 - The Child Terror

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    In "The Child Terror," FRONTLINE correspondent Peter J. Boyer travels to Dade County, Florida to explore the impassioned roots and controversial consequences of the nation's 15-year legal battle against child sexual abuse. During the 1980s, Miami became ground zero in the crusade to prosecute child molesters. Many high-profile cases were prosecuted by the office of then-chief prosecutor Janet Reno who pioneered a national effort to bring child molesters to justice. Now, however, some of these cases are unraveling. In this report, FRONTLINE deconstructs two of the them, probing what went wrong.

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    #14 - Snitch

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    #15 - The Execution

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    #16 - Hunting Bin Laden

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    For years this one man has taunted, threatened and frustrated the United States. But who is he? The U.S. government has tried to link him to nearly every act of Islamic terrorism against Americans in the 90s: from the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, to the bombings of U.S. military installations in Saudi Arabia, to the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa.

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    #17 - Spying on Saddam

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    #18 - Pop

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    #19 - The Crash

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Season 17 Ratings Summary

"The Triumph of Evil" is the best rated episode of "Frontline" season 17. It scored 8.9/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/26/1999. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela".