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The Best Episodes of The Circus

Come one, come all to The Circus. This real-time documentary series pulls back the curtain on the current political stories, revealing the intense, inspiring and...

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  1. Background image for The Reckoning
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Reckoning

    S1:E8

    With big wins for the frontrunners on Super Tuesday the rest of candidates are reckoning with the results. But the biggest story of all might be one both Democratic and Republican establishments can agree on: how do they stop Trump?

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    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for The Newsrooms
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - The Newsrooms

    S1:E21

    Preparations for the debate; the candidates cede the spotlight to those who cover the political news.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for From Russia With Love
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - From Russia With Love

    S1:E23

    Clinton faces the scandal of her highly sensitive, private emails being made public on WikiLeaks, amid claims of foreign hacking and intervention and international espionage of the 2016 election.

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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Shocking But Not Surprising
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Shocking But Not Surprising

    S2:E1

    Mark Halperin takes a ride on Airforce One with President Donald Trump. We look at the debate surrounding the healthcare bill and hear from both sides, including Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Rand Paul and the White House.

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    Director:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Checking and Balancing
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Checking and Balancing

    S2:E2

    Mark Halperin talks with Senator Patrick Leahy about Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination, Congressman Adam Schiff weighs in on Trump’s alleged ties to Russia and Joe Biden enters the fray surrounding the healthcare bill.

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    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for How's He Doing?
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - How's He Doing?

    S2:E3

    What do people outside the Beltway really think about President Trump? Mark Halperin takes a trip through America to find the answers. Then he heads to New Orleans to discuss his surprising findings with Mary Matalin.

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  8. Background image for The Whole World is Watching
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Whole World is Watching

    S2:E4

    What in the world is going on? This week is all about foreign policy: President Trump's military response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria and its impact on his ongoing delicate dance with Russia.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Man of the World
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Man of the World

    S3:E3

    State visits by the heads of France and Germany command the administration's attention; John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon talk with Wendy Sherman, architect of the Iran deal; Alex Wagner interviews the imam behind the travel-ban challenge.

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Outsiders
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Outsiders

    S1:E1

    The campaigns of three "outsiders" - Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump - are given behind-the-scenes attention on the road to the Iowa caucus. Series premiere.

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Tension City
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Tension City

    S1:E3

    This episode follows the angst and drama leading up to the Iowa caucuses, with a showdown brewing between Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton and the GOP's first real test of outsider candidates versus the establishment.

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    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for The Big Mo
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Big Mo

    S1:E4

    The fourth episode goes inside the Iowa fallout and the momentum leading into New Hampshire's primary. Who¿s got it? Who doesn't? And how can the Clinton and Trump campaigns pick up the pace to beat back the surge of Sanders and Cruz?

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Winnowing
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Winnowing

    S1:E5

    From the electric jolt of New Hampshire to the hard truths coming up in South Carolina and Nevada. Trump tastes victory, Kasich picks up momentum - and Bush faces the prospect of an impending do-or-die reality.

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  14. Background image for Confidence Game
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Confidence Game

    S1:E7

    With the field narrowed down to The Big Five, the campaigns spread their game across the country and play to their strengths - with eyes squarely focused on the all-important upcoming prize: Super Tuesday.

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    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - President Trump

    S1:E26

    In a special hour-long episode of the real-time documentary series, Mark Halperin, John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon go behind the scenes of both campaigns in the lead up to Election Day - and the fallout that followed.

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Riptides
    8.3/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Riptides

    S7:E16

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Prisoner's Dilemma
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Prisoner's Dilemma

    S1:E2

    The second episode follows Sen. Marco Rubio, Gov. Chris Christie, former Gov. Jeb Bush and Gov. John Kasich as they prepare for the all-important, first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire.

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Closing the Gap
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Closing the Gap

    S1:E18

    With ten weeks to go until the election the Trump campaign finds itself running from behind. As members of his party start to publicly jump ship, can Trump find a way to close the gap with Clinton or will he just fall further behind?

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  19. Background image for Fit to Serve
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Fit to Serve

    S1:E19

    As Clinton's pneumonia and scrutiny about Trump's medical records comes to the forefront, their fitness to lead is questioned.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Battleground

    S1:E20

    As Clinton and Trump prepare for their first debate, their campaigns target the swing states with an eye on Florida.

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    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Tale of the Tape
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Tale of the Tape

    S1:E22

    The fallout from the second debate and the current scandal surrounding a recently publicized audio tape.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Information War
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #21 - The Information War

    S7:E3

    As Russia escalates its assault, Ukraine’s President delivers an impassioned address to Congress. Jennifer Palmieri and Mark McKinnon are on Capitol Hill speaking with lawmakers immediately after Zelinsky’s emotional plea to “close the sky” over Ukraine. Plus, Alex Wagner and John Heilemann examine the information war, including the sophisticated Russian disinformation campaign infiltrating American media and Putin’s draconian crackdown on dissent and free speech inside Russia.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Home Front
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    #22 - The Home Front

    S7:E5

    The Circus tracks the dramatic developments out of the House committee investigating the forces behind the violent January 6 insurrection. Jennifer Palmieri and Mark McKinnon speak with members of the committee after voting to hold two of former President Donald Trump's aides in contempt; Alex Wagner talks with Bob Woodward and Robert Costa on their bombshell reporting about the White House call log from the day of the Capitol attack; and John Heilemann examines the growing pressure on the Justice Department to investigate Trump's activities.

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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Fake News?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Fake News?

    S8:E4

    The Circus examines the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News. John Heilemann speaks with legendary First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams, Mark McKinnon with prominent journalists, and Jennifer Palmieri with Trump voters about the case.

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Nothing but the Truth
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Nothing but the Truth

    S8:E6

    This week The Circus examines the historic indictment of Donald Trump, the nation's first former president to face criminal charges, and tracks the legal and political fallout from the bombshell development. In addition, John Heilemann and guest host Andrew Weissmann discuss the two special counsel probes focused on Trump, Mark McKinnon speaks with Mike Pence after the former VP was ordered to testify in one of those inquiries, and Jennifer Palmieri looks at the investigation into Trump’s election interference in Georgia.

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Exhaustion, Depression and Dread... Oy Vey
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Exhaustion, Depression and Dread... Oy Vey

    S8:E7

    Hosts John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Jenn Palmieri go behind the scenes of the wildest political show on earth for an unbiased, inside look at the stories beyond the headlines.

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    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Reckoning" is the best rated episode of "The Circus". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/6/2016. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Newsrooms".