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The Best Episodes of The New Yorker Presents Season 1

Every episode of The New Yorker Presents Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The New Yorker Presents Season 1!

The Best Episodes of The New Yorker Presents Season 1

A groundbreaking series that brings America's most award-winning magazine, The New Yorker, to the screen with documentaries, short narrative films, comedy, poetry, animation, and cartoons...
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    7.7/10(48 votes)

    #1 - Episode 1

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    Filmmaker Alex Gibney (Going Clear) tells how the FBI could have prevented the 9/11 attacks - if it weren't for the CIA. Le Cafe de Balzac: Paul Giamatti plays 19th-century French author Honore de Balzac, who drank 50 cups of coffee each day. Unreality Star: Patients with "The Truman Show delusion" believe their lives are being watched on TV. Cartoon by Roz Chast.

    Director:Alex Gibney
    Writer:Alex Gibney
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  2. Background image for Episode 2
    7.0/10(23 votes)

    #2 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    The Ride of Their Lives: Filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams) profiles two young people in the world's most dangerous sport - bull riding. Black Bodies in Motion and in Pain: Writer Edwidge Danticat looks at racist violence in America through art. The Death and Life of Atlantic City: Writer Nick Paumgarten on the closure of the Revel casino. Cartoons by Roz Chast and Liana Finck.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.7/10(19 votes)

    #3 - Episode 3

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.1/10(21 votes)

    #4 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

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    Director:Roger Ross Williams
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.8/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Episode 5

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    Director:Lucy Walker
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.5/10(16 votes)

    #6 - Episode 6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #7 - Episode 7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #8 - Episode 8

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Episode 9
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #9 - Episode 9

    S1:E9

    THE SILVER THIEF: Filmmakers Chapman Way and Maclain Way (Wild Wild Country; The Battered Bastards of Baseball) profile master thief Blane Nordahl. UP AND THEN DOWN: Writer Nick Paumgarten explains why life as we know it depends on elevators. TOM OF FINLAND: The artist called Tom of Finland changed the image of gay men forever. Is his work porn, or is it art? CARTOONS by Farley Katz and Benjamin Schwartz.

    Directors:Chapman Way, Jyllian Gunther, Maclain Way
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #10 - Episode 10

    S1:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #11 - Episode 11

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    Director:Unknown
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "The New Yorker Presents" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 48 votes. Directed by Alex Gibney and written by Alex Gibney, it aired on 2/16/2016. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".