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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    VICE Season 1 Episode 3 - Battle for Idlib & Seeking Solitude
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    #1 - Battle for Idlib & Seeking Solitude

    S1:E3

    Correspondent Isobel Yeung gains rare access inside Idlib, Syria's last rebel-held territory, as President Assad and his allies mount a brutal bombing offensive that has civilians paying the highest price; Correspondent Dexter Thomas goes on lockdown in South Korea to search for the benefits of isolation -- ironically, just weeks before the rest of the world would join him in their COVID-19 quarantines.

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  2. VICE Season 1 Episode 4 - Warning from Wuhan & Cuban Hostage Crisis
    8.4/10(12 votes)

    #2 - Warning from Wuhan & Cuban Hostage Crisis

    S1:E4

    Correspondent Krishna Andavolu presents the video diary of Chinese citizen journalist Chen Qiushi to illustrate the full impact of COVID-19 in Wuhan; Correspondent Paola Ramos exposes how the Trump Administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy is strengthening cartels as they kidnap Cuban migrants held at the border and target their American families waiting for them at home.

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  3. VICE Season 1 Episode 9 - Maximum Pressure & The Unreachables
    8.4/10(11 votes)

    #3 - Maximum Pressure & The Unreachables

    S1:E9

    Iran has experienced one of the world’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks. VICE founder Suroosh Alvi takes an in-depth look at the role of sanctions and mismanagement in the country's fate, including an exclusive interview with former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Two years after the controversial migrant family-separation crisis sparked nationwide outrage, correspondent Antonia Hylton follows the ACLU as they work across borders to reunite families who were torn apart.

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  4. VICE Season 3 Episode 6 - Post-Roe America & Ready Player Earn
    8.4/10(6 votes)

    #4 - Post-Roe America & Ready Player Earn

    S3:E6

    Gianna Toboni meets with politicians, abortion providers and women to understand how drastically the country could change in a post-Roe world; Krishna Andavolu travels to the Philippines to learn more about the play-to-earn gaming phenomenon that has taken the country by storm, and which critics claim resembles a Ponzi scheme.

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  5. VICE Season 1 Episode 1 - Keepers of the Caliphate & SIM Kids
    8.3/10(15 votes)

    #5 - Keepers of the Caliphate & SIM Kids

    S1:E1

    Correspondent Hind Hassan explores the resurgence of ISIS, as brigades of radicalized ISIS women have started to regroup within al-Hol camp, where tens of thousands of women and children who once lived under The Islamic State and are now held; correspondent Krishna Andavolu examines the unlikely origins of what some call the perfect crime, and explores the urgent implications for personal security, digital identity, and the persistent industry inaction on SIM swapping.

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  6. VICE Season 3 Episode 7 - Guyana for Sale & Moors Rising
    8.3/10(8 votes)

    #6 - Guyana for Sale & Moors Rising

    S3:E7

    Isobel Yeung goes undercover in Guyana to investigate corruption in large-scale development projects, as the small South American country becomes an attractive target for investment from China; Alzo Slade meets with Moors in America to learn more about their origin story, heritage and ultimately, why the current social and political landscape is making Moorish Nationalism more appealing.

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  7. VICE Season 1 Episode 11 - Viral Racism & Spring Break Forever
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #7 - Viral Racism & Spring Break Forever

    S1:E11

    As COVID-19 sweeps across the world, Senior Correspondent Isobel Yeung explores how Asian Americans are being discriminated against in their own country; when the coronavirus pandemic hit, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis left it to local counties and municipalities to decide on safety measures in their towns. Alzo Slade visits one small town to find out how local government officials are handling a global pandemic.

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  8. VICE Season 1 Episode 12 - Citizen’s Unrest & Brazil’s “Little Flu” & Know Your Enemy
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #8 - Citizen’s Unrest & Brazil’s “Little Flu” & Know Your Enemy

    S1:E12

    Correspondent Alzo Slade heads to Minneapolis and the center of the protest movement against the killing of black Americans by law enforcement; Correspondent Seb Walker travels from Rio de Janeiro to the remote regions of the Amazon to document the impact of COVID-19 and government inaction on some of Brazil's most vulnerable populations; Correspondent Krishna Andavolu meets the “virus hunters” on a mission to prevent the next pandemic. As the world races to find a vaccine for COVID-19, these scientists warn the worst may be yet to come.

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  9. VICE Season 3 Episode 1 - Putin's Playbook & United States of Vigilantes
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #9 - Putin's Playbook & United States of Vigilantes

    S3:E1

    Hind Hassan reports on the Russian invasion of Ukraine from Kharkiv, one of the cities worst-affected by Putin's tactic of brutal and indiscriminate bombing; Paola Ramos travels the United States to understand how a new political tool is altering democracy.

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  10. VICE Season 1 Episode 10 - Death at Parchman & Undocumented
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Death at Parchman & Undocumented

    S1:E10

    Correspondent Gianna Toboni examines how Mississippi’s Department of Corrections neglected Parchman Prison for years until recent riots and smuggled out images exposed its grim and deadly conditions; Correspondent Paola Ramos explores what it’s like to survive as an undocumented immigrant in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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  11. VICE Season 1 Episode 13 - Crackdown in Cambodia & The Last Responders
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Crackdown in Cambodia & The Last Responders

    S1:E13

    Hind Hassan travels to Cambodia to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic is being used as a cover for political repression by one of the world's longest-serving leaders; Correspondent Seb Walker follows New York City's so-called “Last Responders” as they battle against a pandemic to maintain dignity for the dead.

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  12. VICE Season 4 Episode 7 - Charged With Terror & Ukraine's Stolen Children
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Charged With Terror & Ukraine's Stolen Children

    S4:E7

    Vegas Tenold examines how new domestic terrorism laws in Georgia have alarmed some civil rights groups who worry that these efforts to combat homegrown extremism may infringe on the rights to free speech and assembly. Isobel Young investigates accusations that the Russian government is systematically deporting thousands of children from occupied areas of Ukraine, an illegal act that could be one of the most egregious war crimes of Russia’s invasion so far.

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  13. VICE Season 1 Episode 5 - Quitting WeWork & Losing Ground & Italy's Darkest Hour
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #13 - Quitting WeWork & Losing Ground & Italy's Darkest Hour

    S1:E5

    In this 1-hour episode, correspondent Seb Walker examines the spectacular rise and fall of WeWork, and delves into the world of venture capitalists willing to gamble billions on the next big startup; as the U.S. continues to grapple with its history of racial discrimination, correspondent Alzo Slade explores the vulnerability of black land owners in the South; correspondent Isobel Yeung reports from the heart of Italy's COVID-19 crisis, gaining rare access to an ICU in a hospital overwhelmed by the virus.

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  14. VICE Season 1 Episode 6 - Three Borders, One War & Generation TikTok
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #14 - Three Borders, One War & Generation TikTok

    S1:E6

    Correspondent David Noriega reports from the border between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, a lawless place where criminal gangs are more powerful than nation-states; TikTok is one of the most popular apps -- but it's not exactly the first place someone runs to when they want to find thoughtful, deliberate dialogue. Dexter Thomas examines how that's changing.

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  15. VICE Season 1 Episode 8 - Terror in the Sahel & Corona Crash
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    #15 - Terror in the Sahel & Corona Crash

    S1:E8

    Correspondent Ben Anderson goes to Burkina Faso, where one of Africa’s fastest growing humanitarian crises spins out of control as the Sahel becomes the new epicenter of terrorism and violence; Correspondent Michael Moynihan surveys the long-term economic devastation wrought by COVID-19 and asks if our cure is causing another disease.

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  16. VICE Season 3 Episode 9 - Addiction in Afghanistan & Blurred Blue Line
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #16 - Addiction in Afghanistan & Blurred Blue Line

    S3:E9

    Isobel Yeung is in Afghanistan, exploring the Taliban’s ban on drugs – and the issues with addiction; Vegas Tenold heads to the Midwest to see whether police officers can actually be trained to intervene in cases of police misconduct.

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  17. VICE Season 3 Episode 5 - Hack Back & This Is Not Your Land
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Hack Back & This Is Not Your Land

    S3:E5

    Ben Ferguson gets an inside look at the cyberwar between Ukraine and Russia, and how it’s changing the rules of war in real time; David Noriega visits Oklahoma to see the aftermath of a Supreme Court decision that returned half the state to five Native American Nations.

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  18. VICE Season 1 Episode 7 - Fighting COVID & Atomic Atolls
    7.7/10(13 votes)

    #18 - Fighting COVID & Atomic Atolls

    S1:E7

    Correspondent Gianna Toboni follows front line healthcare workers as they take on the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis; Correspondent Ben Anderson explores the nuclear legacy of the United States' atomic weapons testing in the Marshall Islands and the negative impacts on its people.

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  19. VICE Season 3 Episode 8 - The Russian Bubble & After the Siege
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #19 - The Russian Bubble & After the Siege

    S3:E8

    Alec Luhn reports from Moscow and Dagestan on how propaganda has convinced a majority of Russians to support Putin's bloody and costly invasion of Ukraine; Ben C. Solomon travels to Kharkiv and Donbas to explore how the frontline has evolved since the start of the war in Ukraine.

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  20. VICE Season 4 Episode 3 - The State of Israel & The Other Drug Crisis
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #20 - The State of Israel & The Other Drug Crisis

    S4:E3

    Matthew Cassel covers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power by partnering with far-right political parties and their historic and controversial attempt to overhaul the Israeli supreme court. Paola Ramos travels from drug labs in Mexico to Oregon, the state with the highest percentage of meth addiction in the U.S., to understand how the cartels’ newest, cheapest and most potent form of meth, known as “Supermeth”, is fueling an overwhelming national mental health crisis.

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  21. VICE Season 2 Episode 1 - Talibanistan & Armed and Black
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #21 - Talibanistan & Armed and Black

    S2:E1

    In 2020, the US signed a peace deal with the Taliban. Hind Hassan travels inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to speak with civilians and fighters and see what the future of Afghanistan could look like now that American troops are leaving after more than 19 years of war; In 2020, Black Americans purchased guns at a rate 60% higher than in 2019. Alzo Slade meets the major players arming up the Black community and talks with those who’ve seen first-hand how arming oneself as a Black person can carry unique and deadly risks.

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  22. VICE Season 3 Episode 3 - Freeing Brittney Griner & Hungary for America
    7.5/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Freeing Brittney Griner & Hungary for America

    S3:E3

    Alexis Johnson takes a look at the potential fate of WNBA star Brittney Griner, one of the last Americans in Russian prison at the onset of a possible new Cold War; Matthew Cassel travels to Budapest during Viktor Orban’s reelection to explore why so many right-wing Americans are traveling to Hungary, and what they hope to learn from Central Europe’s most autocratic ruler.

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  23. VICE Season 3 Episode 4 - The Price of Oil & Chasing Ghosts
    7.5/10(9 votes)

    #23 - The Price of Oil & Chasing Ghosts

    S3:E4

    Hind Hassan travels to Somaliland to investigate the shadowy supply chain for frankincense, one of the world's oldest traded commodities used in the growing market for essential oils; Keegan Hamilton investigates the rise of "ghost guns," homemade firearms built from parts without serial numbers that are proliferating in the United States despite efforts to crack down.

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  24. VICE Season 3 Episode 12 - Sri Lanka Revolts & God Save Brazil
    7.5/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Sri Lanka Revolts & God Save Brazil

    S3:E12

    Isobel Yeung goes to Brazil's Javari Valley, where evangelical missionaries and indigenous tribes are battling over the soul of the Amazon – and the future of Brazil; Matthew Cassel reports on the financial collapse that united Sri Lankans against the country’s ruling dynasty.

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  25. VICE Season 4 Episode 1 - Syrian Aftershock & Almost Intelligent
    7.5/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Syrian Aftershock & Almost Intelligent

    S4:E1

    Hind Hassan travels to northwest Syria to investigate a recent devastating earthquake and what prevented critical humanitarian aid from getting to survivors in the region who needed it the most. Krishna Andavolu reports on rapid developments in artificial intelligence and learns why many in the tech industry worry that time is running out to uncover how these new AI systems really work - before they become too powerful to control.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Battle for Idlib & Seeking Solitude" is the best rated episode of "VICE". It scored 8.5/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/12/2020. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Warning from Wuhan & Cuban Hostage Crisis".