The Best Episodes of The Colbert Report Season 6

Stephen tries out for the U.S. curling team, and Erick Erickson opposes the RNC's purity test.

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The military responds to the underwear bomber, and Riley Crane wins a contest to find 10 balloons.

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The Senate and House debate health care, and Charles Moore discovers a floating patch of garbage.

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America executes fewer prisoners, and James Fowler talks about the power of social networks.

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Eugene Jarecki speaks out against large banks, and Morgan Freeman says untrustworthy things.

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Obama won't admit we're in the middle of a war, and Raj Patel talks about "The Value of Nothing."

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Stephen examines the "Avatar" controversy and talks to John Heilemann about "Game Change."

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Americans walk away from their mortgages, and Stephen talks to Kathleen Sebelius.

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Stephen wants to dig for coal, and Emily Pilloton uses industrial design to help the world's needy.

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Stephen attempts to make an Olympic team, and Stephen Bosworth talks about North Korea.

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Stephen races speedskater Shani Davis and overcomes adversity to interview Dick Ebersol.

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Stephen reviews Obama's first year in office, examines airport terrorism and discusses national security with John Farmer, dean of Rutgers-Newark Law School.

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An unlikely candidate emerges for a New York Senate seat, and Kati Marton discusses communist Hungary.

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Paul Begala urges Democrats to fight back, and Mika Brzezinski balances work with parenting.

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Stephen demands an iPad and hopes Arthur Benjamin tells him what comes after 14.

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Stephen praises Bob McDonnell's speech, and David Gergen examines the State of the Union address.

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Stephen wins a Grammy, and Harold Ford Jr. defends his new support for gay marriage.

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Stephen pays tribute to J.D. Salinger, and Eliot Spitzer is happy to see Obama tough on Wall Street.

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Stephen has advice for getting America back to work, and John Durant wants us to live like cavemen.

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A former CIA agent makes startling revelations, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. analyzes Stephen's DNA.

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Sarah Palin writes notes on her hand, and Jonathan Safran Foer urges Americans to eat less meat.

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Chris Dodd wants to take away corporate free speech, and George Stephanopoulos drinks a Heineken.

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Stephen profiles Chicago's 5th district, and Claire Danes discusses her role as Temple Grandin.

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Al Michaels considers an Al Qaeda bobsled team, and Stephen unveils his Vancouver poster to David Ross.

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Stephen offends Ujjal Dosanjh and invites Shaun White for a Canadian beer.

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