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The Best Episodes of JFK: One Day in America Season 1

Every episode of JFK: One Day in America Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of JFK: One Day in America Season 1!

Binge this in 2h 15mPeaking at 8.1/10

On the 22nd of November 1963, the President of the United States of America, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. For the 60th anniversary, this series takes us into the day almost in real-time. Across three

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    JFK: One Day in America Season 1 Episode 1 - Assassination
    8.1/10(105 votes)

    #1 - Assassination

    S1:E1

    President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jackie, traveled to Texas with an eye on the 1964 elections, along with a team of secret service agents. During a motorcade in downtown Dallas, JFK is brutally shot in broad daylight and later tragically pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital with his grieving wife in the next room. America changes forever.

    Director:Ella Wright
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. JFK: One Day in America Season 1 Episode 2 - Manhunt
    8.0/10(96 votes)

    #2 - Manhunt

    S1:E2

    The race is on to track down JFK's killer, but before he is arrested, the assassin kills again. Meanwhile, Jackie Kennedy boards Air Force One to return JFK's body to Washington. Still wearing her bloodstained dress, she witnesses LBJ sworn in as president. As the net closes around suspected killer Lee Harvey Oswald, his co-workers and family face interrogation.

    Director:Ella Wright
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. JFK: One Day in America Season 1 Episode 3 - Revenge
    8.0/10(93 votes)

    #3 - Revenge

    S1:E3

    President Kennedy's body arrives back in Washington, and a grieving Jackie Kennedy leads the funeral march to honor him. In Dallas, Lee Harvey Oswald is charged with JFK's murder, but the world is shocked again when Oswald himself is shot dead while still in police custody by nightclub owner Jack Ruby. With Oswald dead, there is no reckoning, and America will never be the same.

    Director:Ella Wright
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Assassination" is the best rated episode of "JFK: One Day in America" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 105 votes. Directed by Ella Wright and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/5/2023. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Manhunt".