7.6/1043 votes#1 - 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
Writer: N/A
7.2/1026 votes#2 - 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
Writer: N/A
6.9/1017 votes#3 - Baby Constantin
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/16/2019
The separation of children from their families at the border remains among the most controversial practices of the Trump administration. The Weekly uncovers the untold story of Baby Constantin, who spent most of his first 10 months of life separated from his parents by the American government.
Director: Sweta Vohra
Writer: N/A
7.4/1016 votes#4 - 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
Writer: N/A
7.4/1014 votes#5 - 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
Writer: N/A
7.0/1015 votes#6 - The End of the Line
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/7/2019
As an iconic car company transforms itself into a tech company, thousands of auto workers will lose their jobs. No one thinks it's fair, but does the American economy have room for fairness anymore?
Director: Alyse Shorland
Writer: N/A
8.0/1022 votes#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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1012 votes#8 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1016 votes#9 - 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?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1014 votes#10 - 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.
Director: N/A
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7.2/1013 votes#11 - 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?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1014 votes#12 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1012 votes#13 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1012 votes#14 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1015 votes#15 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1011 votes#16 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1012 votes#17 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1011 votes#18 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1012 votes#19 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1018 votes#20 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/108 votes#21 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/107 votes#22 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1020 votes#23 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/105 votes#24 - My Blood
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/12/2020
A 16-year old girl is the youngest person to receive an experimental treatment that could be the first genetic cure for a common disease. If it works, millions of people around the world could benefit.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.4/1018 votes#25 - The Endorsement
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/19/2020
For more than a century, The New York Times editorial board has endorsed a presidential candidate every four years. And now, for the first time, their decision-making process will be filmed & revealed to the public in this exclusive episode of The Weekly.
Director: N/A
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Education of T.M. Landry" is the best rated episode of "The Weekly" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 43 votes. Directed by Samantha Stark and written by N/A, it aired on 6/2/2019. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Myth of the Medallion".