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The Best Episodes of Frontline Season 29

Every episode of Frontline Season 29 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Frontline Season 29!

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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Season 29 Ratings Summary

"Death by Fire" is the best rated episode of "Frontline" season 29. It scored 6.3/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/19/2010. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Spill".

  • Death by Fire
    6.3/10(23)

    #1 - Death by Fire

    Season 29 Episode 1

    Aired 10/19/2010

    At the center of the national death penalty debate today is the controversial case of Cameron Todd Willingham, put to death for the arson-murder of his three little girls. But was he guilty?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Spill
    7.3/10(9)

    #2 - The Spill

    Season 29 Episode 2

    Aired 10/26/2010

    Frontline investigates BP's record of safety violations and accidents in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Confessions
    7.4/10(13)

    #3 - The Confessions

    Season 29 Episode 3

    Aired 11/9/2010

    Frontline looks at the case of the Norfolk Four in which four men were convicted of the rape and murder of a woman on the basis of coerced confessions.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Facing Death
    8.0/10(45)

    #4 - Facing Death

    Season 29 Episode 4

    Aired 11/23/2010

    The end-of-life choices made by physicians and families

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Battle for Haiti
    7.1/10(16)

    #5 - Battle for Haiti

    Season 29 Episode 5

    Aired 1/11/2011

    In the chaos of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, thousands of the country's worst criminals seized the opportunity to stage a mass escape from the National Penitentiary. One year later, the gang leaders are re-asserting control in the capital, threatening the country's stability.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper
    7.2/10(8)

    #6 - Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper

    Season 29 Episode 6

    Aired 1/18/2011

    Are We Safer?: Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. Flying Cheaper: A follow-up to Season 28's Flying Cheap examines the trend of airlines outsourcing Maintenance; a co-production with the Investigative Reporting Workshop.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Post Mortem
    6.5/10(13)

    #7 - Post Mortem

    Season 29 Episode 7

    Aired 2/1/2011

    A collaboration with NPR and ProPublica reveals how dysfunction, low standards, and lax oversight impacts investigations into sudden or suspicious deaths.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Revolution in Cairo
    6.9/10(22)

    #8 - Revolution in Cairo

    Season 29 Episode 9

    Aired 2/22/2011

    A look at the April 6 Youth Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Money and March Madness / Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei / The Private Life of Bradley Manning
    7.8/10(17)

    #9 - Money and March Madness / Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei / The Private Life of Bradley Manning

    Season 29 Episode 10

    Aired 3/29/2011

    Money and March Madness: An inside look at the multibillion-dollar business of the NCAA and its brand of amateur college sports. Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei: How Ai Weiwei dares to walk the fine line between freedom and censorship in China. The Private Life of Bradley Manning: Exclusive interview with Private Manning's father, who speaks out for the first time about his son's upbringing and troubled youth

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Football High
    5.6/10(12)

    #10 - Football High

    Season 29 Episode 11

    Aired 4/12/2011

    High school football has never had a higher profile ... but is winning worth the risks?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Silence
    7.6/10(20)

    #11 - The Silence

    Season 29 Episode 12

    Aired 4/19/2011

    Frontline reveals a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story: decades of abuse of Native Americans by priests and other church workers in Alaska.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fighting for Bin Laden
    7.0/10(44)

    #12 - Fighting for Bin Laden

    Season 29 Episode 13

    Aired 5/3/2011

    The fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Kill/Capture
    6.5/10(8)

    #13 - Kill/Capture

    Season 29 Episode 14

    Aired 5/10/2011

    Goes inside the "kill/capture" program to discover new evidence of the program's effect and its costs.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • WikiSecrets
    8.7/10(8)

    #14 - WikiSecrets

    Season 29 Episode 15

    Aired 5/24/2011

    The inside story of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Child Cases / Educating Sergeant Pantzke
    6.6/10(10)

    #15 - The Child Cases / Educating Sergeant Pantzke

    Season 29 Episode 16

    Aired 6/28/2011

    The Child Cases: Ernie Lopez to prison for 60 years when a child dies under suspicious circumstances. Now a Texas judge has moved to overturn Lopez's conviction, and questions are raised about the quality of expert testimony in this and many other cases. Educating Sergeant Pantzke: In a follow-up to College, Inc., FRONTLINE investigates how the for-profit schools are recruiting veterans with educational promises that they may not keep.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Pot Republic / Doctor Hotspot / The Atomic Artists
    8.6/10(7)

    #16 - The Pot Republic / Doctor Hotspot / The Atomic Artists

    Season 29 Episode 17

    Aired 7/26/2011

    The Pot Republic: FRONTLINE and The Center for Investigative Reporting team up to investigate California's marijuana market. Doctor Hotspot: Dr. Jeffrey Brenner and his team are pioneering a practice called “hotspotting,” in which medical care is focused on the hardest-to-treat to improve their health and dramatically reduce costs. The Atomic Artists: FRONTLINE with PRI’s The World meet Chim?Pom, a provocative group of young artists using art to challenge the status quo and ask Japan to rethink their way of life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Top Secret America
    NaN/10(0)

    #17 - Top Secret America

    Season 29 Episode 18

    Aired 9/6/2011

    A report from the Washington Post on US government intelligence spending

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • An Optimist in Haiti
    7.9/10(32)

    #18 - An Optimist in Haiti

    Season 29 Episode 19

    Aired 9/27/2011

    The struggle of one man to develop a tourist destination in Haiti and bring economic prosperity.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Man Behind the Mosque
    NaN/10(0)

    #19 - The Man Behind the Mosque

    Season 29 Episode 20

    Aired 9/27/2011

    The struggles of Sharif El-Gamal to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A