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The Best Episodes of Frontline Season 24

Every episode of Frontline Season 24 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Frontline Season 24!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Frontline Season 24 Episode 7 - Country Boys: Part 3
    8.6/10(56 votes)

    S24:E7

    David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of The Farmer’s Wife, returns to rural America with Country Boys, an epic tale of two boys coming of age in eastern Kentucky’s Appalachian hills. Viewers meet Cody Perkins and Chris Johnson, classmates at an alternative high school who inhabit the same world yet are light years apart. Through intimate cinematography and extraordinary sound design that puts the viewer inside the skin of the story’s colorful and memorable characters, Country Boys traverses the emotional terrain of two boys who are about to become men, documenting their struggles to overcome hardship and poverty and find meaning in their lives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Frontline Season 24 Episode 11 - The Tank Man
    8.5/10(18 votes)

    S24:E11

    17 years later, what does he mean for a China that today is a global economic powerhouse and now hosts the 2008 Olympics?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Frontline Season 24 Episode 1 - The O.J. Verdict
    8.4/10(190 votes)

    S24:E1

    On October 3, 1995, an estimated 150 million people stopped what they were doing to witness the televised verdict of the O.J. Simpson trial. For more than a year, the O.J. saga transfixed the nation and dominated the public imagination. Ten years later, veteran FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel revisits the "perfect storm" that was the O.J. Simpson trial. Through extensive interviews with the defense, prosecution and journalists, FRONTLINE explores the verdict -- which, more than any other in recent history, measured the difference between being white and black in America.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Frontline Season 24 Episode 6 - Country Boys: Part 2
    8.4/10(26 votes)

    S24:E6

    David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of The Farmer’s Wife, returns to rural America with Country Boys, an epic tale of two boys coming of age in eastern Kentucky’s Appalachian hills. Viewers meet Cody Perkins and Chris Johnson, classmates at an alternative high school who inhabit the same world yet are light years apart. Through intimate cinematography and extraordinary sound design that puts the viewer inside the skin of the story’s colorful and memorable characters, Country Boys traverses the emotional terrain of two boys who are about to become men, documenting their struggles to overcome hardship and poverty and find meaning in their lives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Frontline Season 24 Episode 10 - The Insurgency
    8.3/10(14 votes)

    S24:E10

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Frontline Season 24 Episode 4 - The Storm
    8.2/10(12 votes)

    S24:E4

    In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, FRONTLINE will produce a documentary special that investigates the political storm surrounding the devastation of America's Gulf Coast. Veteran FRONTLINE producer/reporter Martin Smith will lead a team to ask hard questions about the decisions leading up to the disaster and beyond.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Frontline Season 24 Episode 8 - Sex Slaves
    8.2/10(59 votes)

    S24:E8

    Hidden cameras trail "Olga" as she takes the women from the port of Odessa to Istanbul and then to a parking lot in the Aksaray district where the women are sold. An undercover journey deep into the world of sex trafficking, following one man determined to rescue his wife -- kidnapped and sold into the global sex trade.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Frontline Season 24 Episode 12 - Can You Afford to Retire?
    8.0/10(19 votes)

    S24:E12

    There have always been rumors about disappearing social security, but now the U.S faces a real risk of dried up dollars. With vanishing pensions and faltering 401(k) plans, are middle class Americans facing a rough ride in their retirement years?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Frontline Season 24 Episode 5 - Country Boys, Part 1
    7.9/10(124 votes)

    S24:E5

    David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of The Farmer’s Wife, returns to rural America with Country Boys, an epic tale of two boys coming of age in eastern Kentucky’s Appalachian hills. Viewers meet Cody Perkins and Chris Johnson, classmates at an alternative high school who inhabit the same world yet are light years apart. Through intimate cinematography and extraordinary sound design that puts the viewer inside the skin of the story’s colorful and memorable characters, Country Boys traverses the emotional terrain of two boys who are about to become men, documenting their struggles to overcome hardship and poverty and find meaning in their lives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Frontline Season 24 Episode 9 - The Meth Epidemic
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    S24:E9

    Speed. Meth. Glass. On the street, methamphetamine has many names. What started as a fad among West Coast motorcycle gangs in the 1970s has spread across the United States, and despite lawmakers' calls for action, the drug is now more potent, and more destructive, than at any time in the past decade. In The Meth Epidemic, FRONTLINE, in association with The Oregonian, investigates the meth rampage in America: the appalling impact on individuals, families and communities, and the difficulty of controlling an essential ingredient in meth—ephedrine and pseudoephedrine—sold legally in over-the-counter cold remedies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Frontline Season 24 Episode 2 - The Torture Question
    7.2/10(198 votes)

    S24:E2

    The 9/11 attacks lead to a “get-tough” policy for the U.S. government. FRONTLINE examines how this harsh new standard for torture worked its way around the globe and down to the cell blocks of Abu Ghraib.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Frontline Season 24 Episode 3 - The Last Abortion Clinic
    7.2/10(70 votes)

    S24:E3

    The abortion debate rages on in the U.S. as laws regulating women’s access to abortion flip in each state. In what direction is the country headed on its abortion policies – diminishing options state by state, or access for all?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Frontline Season 24 Episode 13 - The Age of AIDS (1)
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    S24:E13

    On the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed cases of AIDS, FRONTLINE examines one of the worst pandemics the world has ever known. After a quarter-century of political denial and social stigma, of stunning scientific breakthroughs, bitter policy battles and inadequate prevention campaigns, HIV/AIDS continues to spread rapidly throughout much of the world. Through interviews with AIDS researchers, world leaders, activists, and patients, FRONTLINE investigates the science, politics, and human cost of this fateful disease and asks: What are the lessons of the past, and what can be done to stop AIDS?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Frontline Season 24 Episode 14 - The Age of AIDS (2)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S24:E14

    On the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed cases of AIDS, FRONTLINE examines one of the worst pandemics the world has ever known. After a quarter-century of political denial and social stigma, of stunning scientific breakthroughs, bitter policy battles and inadequate prevention campaigns, HIV/AIDS continues to spread rapidly throughout much of the world. Through interviews with AIDS researchers, world leaders, activists, and patients, FRONTLINE investigates the science, politics, and human cost of this fateful disease and asks: What are the lessons of the past, and what can be done to stop AIDS?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Frontline Season 24 Episode 15 - The Dark Side
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S24:E15

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 24 Ratings Summary

"Country Boys: Part 3" is the best rated episode of "Frontline" season 24. It scored 8.6/10 based on 56 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/11/2006. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Tank Man".