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The Best Episodes of Frontline Season 9

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Every episode of Frontline Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Frontline Season 9!

The Best Episodes of Frontline Season 9

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. Background image for The Arming of Iraq: Frontline Special
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    #1 - The Arming of Iraq: Frontline Special

    S9:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Decade of Destruction (1): Ashes of Forest
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    #2 - Decade of Destruction (1): Ashes of Forest

    S9:E2

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Decade of Destruction (2): Killing for Land
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Decade of Destruction (2): Killing for Land

    S9:E3

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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Decade of Destruction (3): Mountains of Gold
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    S9:E4

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    Director:Unknown
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    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Decade of Destruction (4): Chico Mende

    S9:E5

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    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Global Dumping Ground
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    #6 - Global Dumping Ground

    S9:E6

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    Director:Unknown
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  7. Background image for When Cops Go Bad
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    #7 - When Cops Go Bad

    S9:E7

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  8. Background image for The Hunt for Howard Marks
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    #8 - The Hunt for Howard Marks

    S9:E8

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    Director:Unknown
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    #9 - Broken Minds

    S9:E9

    Three million Americans are thought to be schizophrenic. As medical science searches to find its cause, society struggles to understand a crippling disease that has shattered families and left tens of thousands on the nation’s streets.

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Betting on the Lottery
    8.5/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Betting on the Lottery

    S9:E10

    Lottery fever is spreading. Twenty-nine states now raise $20 billion a year in revenues. Frontline correspondent James Reston, Jr., goes behind the scenes of state lotteries to look at the promoters selling them, the people buying the tickets, and to ask the question, ‘Who really wins and who loses?’

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Springfield Goes to War
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    #11 - Springfield Goes to War

    S9:E11

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  12. Background image for High Crimes and Misdemeanors
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    S9:E12

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Struggle for South Africa
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    #13 - The Struggle for South Africa

    S9:E13

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Spirit of Crazy Horse
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    #14 - The Spirit of Crazy Horse

    S9:E14

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    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for To the Brink of War
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    #15 - To the Brink of War

    S9:E15

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Cuba and Cocaine
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    #16 - Cuba and Cocaine

    S9:E16

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for The Man Who Made the Supergun
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    S9:E17

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Guns, Tanks, and Gorbachev
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #18 - Guns, Tanks, and Gorbachev

    S9:E18

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    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for The Mind of Hussein
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    #19 - The Mind of Hussein

    S9:E19

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    #20 - Black America's War

    S9:E20

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  21. Background image for War and Peace in Panama
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    #21 - War and Peace in Panama

    S9:E21

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  22. Background image for The Election Held Hostage
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    #22 - The Election Held Hostage

    S9:E22

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    #23 - Who Pays for Mom and Dad?

    S9:E23

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    #24 - Innocence Lost

    S9:E24

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    #25 - The Spy Hunter

    S9:E25

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

"The Arming of Iraq: Frontline Special" is the best rated episode of "Frontline" season 9. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/11/1990. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Decade of Destruction (1): Ashes of Forest".