8.8/10803 votesLoading...#1 - Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/24/2017
Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/10711 votesLoading...#2 - The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward)
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/28/2017
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for reconciliation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.7/10875 votesLoading...#3 - The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/2017
With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ begins bombing the North and sends US troops to the South.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.7/10712 votesLoading...#4 - The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/26/2017
Nixon withdraws troops but when he sends forces into Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.7/10688 votesLoading...#5 - A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/27/2017
South Vietnam fights on its own as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. The POWs return.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/10933 votesLoading...#6 - Riding the Tiger (1961-1963)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/2017
As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with American involvement in South Vietnam.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/10798 votesLoading...#7 - Resolve (January 1966-June 1967)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/20/2017
US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, while the antiwar movement grows.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/10764 votesLoading...#8 - This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/21/2017
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/101,140 votesLoading...#9 - Déjà Vu (1858-1961)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2017
After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided into North and South.
Director: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Writer: Geoffrey C. Ward
8.5/10724 votesLoading...#10 - The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/25/2017
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, narrowly wins the presidency.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Vietnam War
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Best Episodes Summary
"Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968)" is the best rated episode of "The Vietnam War". It scored 8.8/10 based on 803 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/24/2017. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward)".