NaN/100 votes#1 - Gateway to Heroin
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 6/20/2011
Correspondent Mariana van Zeller investigates how and why OxyContin has fueled a new heroin epidemic in and around Boston.
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- 8.4/1022 votes
#2 - Sex, Lies & Cigarettes
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 6/28/2011
Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel heads to Indonesia, where he exposes Big Tobacco's successful and deadly expansion into that country, and observes the stage being set for a David vs. Goliath battle, as a small, underfunded group of concerned advocates battle Big Tobacco and a government drunk on profits and denial.
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- NaN/100 votes
#3 - Sushi to the Slaughter
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 7/12/2011
Adam Yamaguchi, a ravenous sushi consumer since childhood, examines the cost of the world's insatiable appetite for raw fish, namely the Bluefin tuna.
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- 7.2/1012 votes
#4 - City of God, Guns & Gangs
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 7/20/2011
Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller investigates Brazil's bold new initiative to transform Rio de Janeiro's dangerous slums (called favelas) before the country hosts the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
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- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Tiger Farms
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 7/26/2011
Vanguard correspondent Adam Yamaguchi goes undercover to investigate China's lucrative black market for tigers and tiger parts, including the business of Asian zoos and breeding centers.
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- 7.2/108 votes
#6 - This (Illegal) American Life
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 8/1/2011
Mariana van Zeller explores the personal stories of just some of the more than 2 million college students who are also illegal immigrants and facing uncertain futures as they prepare to graduate.
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- NaN/100 votes
#7 - Recovery High
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 8/8/2011
Students attend a public high school outside Boston dedicated to serving drug-addicted teenagers.
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- 8.8/106 votes
#8 - Arming the Mexican Cartels
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/2011
Christof Putzel reports from Juarez, Mexico, where US guns are fueling deadly drug wars.
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- 6.0/106 votes
#9 - Islamophobia
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/2011
Adam Yamaguchi examines the rise of Islamophobia across the US and UK, and a new, aggressive network of anti-Muslim alarmists.
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- NaN/100 votes
#10 - Under the Knife Abroad
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/2011
Americans increasingly seek medical care overseas, because they can’t afford it at home. Adam Yamaguchi investigates medical tourism.
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- 9.0/106 votes
#11 - The War on Weed
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/2011
Christof compares how US cities deal with weed. It’s high times in LA, while NYC cracks down on low-level pot offenses.
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- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Two Americas
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/2011
Vanguard's "Two Americas" takes a ground-level survey of the growing economic disparity in America, profiling a month in the lives of two families in very different income brackets.
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- NaN/100 votes
#13 - The 99 Percent
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/2011
Christof Putzel moves into Zuccotti Park to explore the Occupy Wall Street movement from the inside. Produced by Brent and Craig Renaud.
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- 6.4/107 votes
#14 - Cage Fighting in the USA
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/2011
Mariana van Zeller explores the fastest growing sport in America - Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). MMA is now a billion-dollar industry, watched by millions on national TV. But increasingly, amateurs are stepping onto the mat and drawing blood. Mariana meets male and female cage fighters to understand why they love this violent sport. And she spends time in a church run by "The Fight Pastor," who ministers a flock of young men who fight for Jesus.
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The Best Episodes of Vanguard Season 5
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Gateway to Heroin" is the best rated episode of "Vanguard" season 5. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/20/2011. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Sex, Lies & Cigarettes".