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The Best Episodes of VICE Season 1

Every episode of VICE Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of VICE Season 1!

A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
Genres:DocumentaryNewsWar & Politics
Network:HBO

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Assassination Nation/The Killer Kids of the Taliban" is the best rated episode of "VICE" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 127 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/5/2013. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Escape from North Korea/World's Most Dangerous Border".

  • Assassination Nation/The Killer Kids of the Taliban
    8.2/10127 votes

    #1 - Assassination Nation/The Killer Kids of the Taliban

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2013

    Assassination Nation: Political assassinations in the Philippines; The Killer Kids of the Taliban: Taliban-supported child suicide bombers in Afghanistan.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Escape from North Korea/World's Most Dangerous Border
    7.7/10104 votes

    #2 - Escape from North Korea/World's Most Dangerous Border

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2013

    Escape from North Korea: Desperate defectors flee North Korea; The World's Most Dangerous Border: Kashmir’s line of control – the world’s most dangerous place.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gun School/Toxic Iraq
    7.9/1094 votes

    #3 - Gun School/Toxic Iraq

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/19/2013

    Gun School: Armed preparedness in a New Mexico school; Toxic Iraq: the human toll of post-war toxic waste in Iraq.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chinese Cockblock/European Meltdown
    7.9/1091 votes

    #4 - Chinese Cockblock/European Meltdown

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/26/2013

    Chinese Cockblock: The plight of desperate bachelors in China; European Meltdown: ultra-extreme reactions to the economic crisis in Europe.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mormon Lost Boys/The Fat Farms of Mauritania/Mumbai Slumscraper
    8.1/1088 votes

    #5 - Mormon Lost Boys/The Fat Farms of Mauritania/Mumbai Slumscraper

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/3/2013

    Mormon Lost Boys: Exiled sons of polygamists; The Fat Farms of Mauritania: fat farms for Mauritanian women; Mumbai Slumscraper: have and have-nots in Mumbai.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Corruption
    7.7/1079 votes

    #6 - Corruption

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/10/2013

    China's Ghost Towns: How China’s appetite for housing created huge ghost cities; Egypt On The Brink: the violent aftermath of Arab Spring in Egypt.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Addiction
    7.8/1086 votes

    #7 - Addiction

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/17/2013

    Tobaccoland: Tobacco obsession in Indonesia; Underground Heroin Clinic: treating heroin addiction with hallucinogens in Mexico.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fighting Chances
    7.6/1076 votes

    #8 - Fighting Chances

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/31/2013

    Senegalese Laamb Wrestling: Laamb wrestling in Senegal; The World is Sinking: the rising tide of climate change.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gangs & Oil
    8.0/1072 votes

    #9 - Gangs & Oil

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/7/2013

    Chiraq: Failed state on the south side of Chicago; Nigeria's Oil Pirates: oil drilling in the Niger River Delta.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hermit Kingdom
    8.7/10160 votes

    #10 - The Hermit Kingdom

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/14/2013

    Basketball Diplomacy: VICE makes history on a trip to North Korea to play hoops and meet with "supreme leader" Kim Jong-un.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A