8.6/107 votesLoading...#1 - The Hot List
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/1/2019
A mysterious man emerged with an explosive claim: he said he had thousands of hours of surveillance footage from Jeffrey Epstein's mansions that showed some of the most powerful men in America having sex. Then his story took a turn.
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8.5/1018 votesLoading...#2 - El Chapo’s Son: The Siege of Culiacán
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/17/2019
When Mexican forces came to arrest the son of a notorious drug lord, it ignited war on the streets of Culiacán. Using never-before-seen video and eyewitness accounts, The Weekly investigates how the Sinaloa Drug Cartel took on the Mexican army and won.
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8.5/106 votesLoading...#3 - Fire And Water
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 2/14/2020
The siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University incited 12 days of pure chaos as the world watched in real time on social media. The Weekly reconstructs what happened through the eyes of the reporters and the protesters who were there.
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8.2/105 votesLoading...#4 - Balaraba
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 3/13/2020
Balaraba was a teenager when she was kidnapped by Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria. She refused to carry out a suicide bombing, saving dozens of lives. Now for the first time, she's sharing her story openly.
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8.1/108 votesLoading...#5 - Fake Believe
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/24/2019
Don't trust your eyes. The Weekly goes inside the race to create the first perfect deepfake - an ultrarealistic fake video that could permanently undermine your ability to trust what you see and hear.
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8.1/1020 votesLoading...#6 - The Gallagher Effect
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/27/2019
THE WEEKLY has obtained exclusive videos, including confidential law enforcement interviews with Eddie Gallagher's fellow Navy SEALs.
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8.0/1022 votesLoading...#7 - Connecting The World
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/28/2019
A horror story about Facebook scammers who pose as American servicemen and prey on vulnerable women - and the tech company that does little to stop it.
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7.6/1043 votesLoading...#8 - The Education of T.M. Landry
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/2/2019
A tiny school in rural Louisiana attracted national attention for sending students to the Ivy League. But a New York Times investigation shows that the viral success stories were full of deception, and that the truth was much darker.
Director: Samantha Stark
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7.6/1012 votesLoading...#9 - V. Johnson & Johnson
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/6/2019
Johnson & Johnson publicly insisted that its baby powder was safe. But asbestos was a concern inside the company for years. Only now is the truth coming out.
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7.6/1012 votesLoading...#10 - Mr. McGahn
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/27/2019
Most Americans don't know Donald McGahn's name. But they will be living with his legacy for decades to come. THE WEEKLY tells the story of perhaps the most influential person in the Trump administration. An FX Original Series. Sundays at 10 PM.
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7.4/1016 votesLoading...#11 - Collision
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/23/2019
An idealistic American couple bicycling around the world. A group of young men radicalized by ISIS. The Weekly investigates how these lives tragically intersected on a remote mountain pass.
Director: Singeli Agnew
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7.4/1014 votesLoading...#12 - Inauguration, Inc.
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/30/2019
With exclusive documents, photos, interviews and found footage, The Weekly and The New York Times's Washington reporters piece together an anatomy of President Trump's inauguration, the most expensive inaugural weekend the country has ever seen.
Director: John Pappas
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7.4/1015 votesLoading...#13 - Rudy! Rudy?
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/13/2019
After 9/11, he was a national hero: America's Mayor. Now his back-channel work in Ukraine has helped spark an impeachment process that may forever tarnish both him and his client, President Trump. What happened to Rudy Giuliani? An FX Original Series. Sundays at 10 PM.
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7.4/1011 votesLoading...#14 - Segregated City
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/20/2019
New York's school system is among the most segregated in the country. Student activists are demanding change. Can a new schools chancellor finally deliver equal opportunities for all? An FX Original Series. Sundays at 10 PM.
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7.4/1011 votesLoading...#15 - Guilty by Machine
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/3/2019
Are police breathalyzers fundamentally flawed? Do they even work? The Weekly investigates one of the most widely used forensic tools in law enforcement.
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7.3/1012 votesLoading...#16 - The Blueprint
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/8/2019
Russia's meddling in the 2016 U.S. election felt like a bolt from the blue. It wasn't. Moscow used crude versions of the same tactics, to great effect, a decade earlier in faraway Estonia.
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7.3/106 votesLoading...#17 - The Promise
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 2/21/2020
After a year-long investigation, metro reporter Benjamin Weiser comes across a horrific case of abuse inside one group home in The Bronx, New York.
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7.3/107 votesLoading...#18 - The Sicario
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 2/28/2020
A notorious hitman - who claims to have killed about 100 people - may walk free without being charged with a single crime.
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7.2/1026 votesLoading...#19 - The Myth of the Medallion
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/9/2019
New York City taxi drivers have been pushed to bankruptcy, foreclosure - even suicide. A yearlong investigation into the collapse of the taxi medallion industry reveals how the system was rigged against the drivers, and who profited from it.
Director: Suzanne Hillinger
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7.2/1013 votesLoading...#20 - The Six Million Dollar Claim
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/25/2019
What happens when the medicine a family needs to survive costs $1.5 million a year? Who pays the bill? And who's reaping the profits?
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7.1/1012 votesLoading...#21 - Hard Left
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/4/2019
How far is too far? Inside the circle of young activists who are pushing the Democratic party further to the left as its presidential candidates vie to unseat President Trump.
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7.1/1016 votesLoading...#22 - The Rabbit Hole
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/11/2019
YouTube played a major role in the election of an extreme right-wing president in Brazil. If YouTube can change a huge country's trajectory, what else can YouTube do?
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7.1/1014 votesLoading...#23 - The Memo
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/18/2019
In 2007, the Justice Department had a chance to hold drug company executives accountable for the escalating opioid epidemic, yet at the last minute the charges were watered down. In the years since, the opioid epidemic has claimed tens of thousands of lives.
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7.1/1014 votesLoading...#24 - Apple's Gold
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/1/2019
How can gold from illegal Colombian mines make its way to the phone in your pocket? "The Weekly" traces the supply chain run by violent paramilitaries.
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7.1/1012 votesLoading...#25 - Hands On
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/10/2019
THE WEEKLY investigates the culture of sexualized yoga, unwelcome adjustments and outright assault in one of the most accessible, affordable forms of group fitness in America.
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The Best Episodes of The Weekly
Every episode of The Weekly ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Weekly!
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Best Episodes Summary
"The Hot List" is the best rated episode of "The Weekly". It scored 8.6/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/1/2019. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "El Chapo’s Son: The Siege of Culiacán".