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The Best Episodes of POV Season 31

Every episode of POV Season 31 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of POV Season 31!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    POV Season 31 Episode 1 - Bill Nye: Science Guy
    6.6/10(8 votes)

    #1 - Bill Nye: Science Guy

    S31:E1

    The Rainey family are an African-American family living in Philadelphia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. POV Season 31 Episode 2 - Quest
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Quest

    S31:E2

    Bill Nye advocates the importance of science, research and discovery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. POV Season 31 Episode 3 - Singing With Angry Bird
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Singing With Angry Bird

    S31:E3

    Jae-Chang Kim, a Korean opera singer who runs a children's choir in India, trains parents and their children for a joint concert.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. POV Season 31 Episode 4 - Brimstone & Glory
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Brimstone & Glory

    S31:E4

    The town of Tultepec in south-central Mexico becomes famous for its manufacturing of fireworks.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. POV Season 31 Episode 5 - The Workers Cup
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - The Workers Cup

    S31:E5

    African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar participate in a football tournament for laborers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. POV Season 31 Episode 6 - Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2

    S31:E6

    A juror deals with guilt and regret after she and 11 others hand down the death penalty to a Mississippi man convicted of a double homicide.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. POV Season 31 Episode 7 - Girl Unbound
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Girl Unbound

    S31:E7

    Maria Toorpakai represents Pakistan as an internationally competitive squash player.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. POV Season 31 Episode 8 - Whose Streets?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Whose Streets?

    S31:E8

    An account of the Ferguson uprising as told by the people who lived it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. POV Season 31 Episode 9 - Still Tomorrow
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Still Tomorrow

    S31:E9

    Yu Xiuhua, a 39-year-old woman who has cerebral palsy, deals with fame when her book of poetry becomes a best-seller in China.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. POV Season 31 Episode 10 - Nowhere To Hide
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Nowhere To Hide

    S31:E10

    Male nurse Nori Sharif and his family experience many changes as conflicts continue with Iraqi militias and the Islamic State group in central Iraq's "triangle of death."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. POV Season 31 Episode 11 - Voices of the Sea
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Voices of the Sea

    S31:E11

    A Cuban mother of four longs for escape and a chance to build a better life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. POV Season 31 Episode 12 - 93Queen
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - 93Queen

    S31:E12

    Hasidic women in Borough Park, Brooklyn, create the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. POV Season 31 Episode 13 - Survivors
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Survivors

    S31:E13

    Two health care workers in Sierra Leone face the Ebola epidemic in their country.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. POV Season 31 Episode 14 - Dark Money
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Dark Money

    S31:E14

    A journalist in Montana investigates the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. POV Season 31 Episode 15 - The Apology
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - The Apology

    S31:E15

    Former comfort women who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II fight for justice and reconciliation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. POV Season 31 Episode 16 - Minding the Gap
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Minding the Gap

    S31:E16

    Three young men bond through skateboarding to escape their volatile family life in their Rust Belt home town.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. POV Season 31 Episode 17 - 306 Hollywood
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - 306 Hollywood

    S31:E17

    Two siblings undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother's house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 31 Ratings Summary

"Bill Nye: Science Guy" is the best rated episode of "POV" season 31. It scored 6.6/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/18/2018. This episode is rated 6.6 points higher than the second-best, "Quest".