8.0/1043 votes#1 - Assad's Syria & Cost of Climate Change
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2/24/2017
“Assad's Syria” - Isobel Yeung travels through regime-controlled Syria to see how Assad prevailed and to find out what might happen next in his crippled country. “Cost of Climate Change” - In the face of a scientific consensus, and with the Trump administration ushering some climate deniers into the highest levels of government, Shane Smith follows the money to see the true economic stakes of decades of denial.
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7.6/1044 votes#2 - Trans Youth
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 3/3/2017
Families and doctors are rewriting the rules as they decide when and how to start medical intervention before transgender youth hit puberty. Gianna Toboni explores this emotionally charged and rapidly evolving issue with trans youth and their parents in the midst of that intense process.
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8.1/1035 votes#3 - When the Earth Melts & The Displaced
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 3/10/2017
“When the Earth Melts” - VICE Correspondent Ben Anderson travels across the Arctic to examine the devastating impact of thawing permafrost--and the astonishing solution that might keep it frozen. “Displaced” - VICE Correspondent Gianna Toboni follows the journey of refugees journeying across the Mediterranean Sea who have been left in limbo due to the tightening borders of an increasingly nationalist Europe.
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7.5/1042 votes#4 - Kings of Cannabis & Into the Darkness
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 3/17/2017
"Kings of Cannabis" - VICE correspondent Hamilton Morris joins two hunters on an epic journey through the Democratic Republic of Congo in search of one of the rarest species of Cannabis, whose unique genetics could ultimately earn them millions of dollars. "Into the Darkness" - From an abandoned gold mine that lies a mile beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota, to the world's most powerful telescope nestled into the high deserts of Chile, nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson meets the scientists working to unlock the secrets of our Universe.
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7.7/1035 votes#5 - Black and Blue & Our Bionic Future
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 3/24/2017
"Black and Blue" - VICE correspondent Cord Jefferson reports from St. Louis, one of America's most dangerous cities, to hear from activists and police officers alike about race and policing. "Our Bionic Future" - VICE's Wilbert L. Cooper travels to Zurich to see the first ever bionic Olympics and discovers a host of technologies that are expanding what it means to be human.
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7.7/1035 votes#6 - End of Amateurism
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 3/31/2017
Toboni travels the college sports landscape, meeting with athletic directors, coaches, sports marketing minds and the players themselves to see the role money plays in amateur athletics today.
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8.2/1033 votes#7 - Life Under Sharia & Plastic Oceans
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 4/7/2017
"Life Under Sharia" - VICE co-founder Suroosh Alvi travels to Aceh and across Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, to experience Sharia up close and investigate its relationship to terrorism, as well as meet those who are fighting back against it. "Plastic Oceans" - VICE correspondent Isobel Yeung travels to the remote shores of Hawaii and the coast of the North Sea to see the extent of our plastic addiction and the surprisingly simple ways we can solve it.
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7.8/1034 votes#8 - Fast Food of Arabia & Nollywood
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 4/21/2017
“Fast Food of Arabia” - Gianna Toboni travels to Kuwait, now one of the most obese countries on the planet, to witness the health effects on a country deep in the throes of an unlikely obsession with U.S. fast food. “Nollywood” - Thomas Morton explores the explosive productivity of Nigerian cinema, from DIY horror movies to big budget blockbusters, by becoming a Nollywood actor himself.
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8.1/1029 votes#9 - Medical Détente & Bananas
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 4/28/2017
“Medical Détente” - VICE correspondent Gianna Toboni travels to Cuba to witness potential treatments and cures that flourished in the country's biotech industry despite the decades-long US embargo. “Bananas” - VICE heads to the heart of banana country in Latin American and the Philippines to see the devastating effects of the disease and to investigate what the loss of the banana would really mean besides a less colorful lunchbox.
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8.2/1036 votes#10 - Taliban Resurgence
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 5/5/2017
Ben Anderson returns to the conflict he's covered for 10 years, re-uniting with several Afghans--an Army Major, a Policeman who dismantles IEDs and a family who were forced to fight to defend their home--for a shocking report that questions what America's longest war has actually accomplished.
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8.0/1031 votes#11 - Engineering Immortality & Robot Revolution
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 5/12/2017
“Engineering Immortality” - Isobel Yeung meets the scientists and doctors leading the charge in genomics, pharmaceuticals, and stem cell research, which promises to revolutionize how our bodies age in the years to come. “Robot Revolution” - VICE explores how robotics and the computers that power them are poised for an extraordinary leap forward with the emergence of artificial intelligence, and how humanity can reconcile the huge risks and possibilities that will follow.
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7.4/1030 votes#12 - Women Behind Bars & The Business of Making Art
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 5/19/2017
“Women Behind Bars” - VICE correspondent Isobel Yeung spends time in prisons and jails across the country, discovering what it means to be an American woman behind bars. “The Business of Making Art” - With Warhol's art now fetching tremendous sums in the booming modern art marketplace, Ben Anderson embarks on a journey through the art world with some of Warhol's master printers to explore not just the question "What is art?" but "What is a Warhol?"
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7.9/1030 votes#13 - Taking Back Iraq & Lost Generation
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 6/2/2017
“Taking Back Iraq” - Aris Roussinos embedded with Iraqi forces on the road to Mosul as they began their assault on Islamic State's last stronghold in Iraq. "Lost Generation" - Isobel Yeung travels to Iraq to see what the future looks like through the eyes of the youth.
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7.2/1032 votes#14 - The Politics of Terror & End of the EU?
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 6/9/2017
“The Politics of Terror” - VICE examines the rise of Europe’s far right, and the hyper-charged climate fueling nationalist ideologies across the continent. “End of the EU?” - Shane Smith travels to the home of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to discuss why the populist message resonates across the continent, how the left fails to grasp populist anger, and the need for a unified response to rebuild Syria.
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8.1/1030 votes#15 - Future of Firearms & Russia “Wins” Climate Change
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 6/16/2017
“Future of Firearms” - With the political landscape fundamentally changed, the firearms industry, and gun rights advocates, are looking for new ways to expand upon their 2nd amendment rights and the bottom line -- with some surprising results. VICE takes a closer look at the future of firearms in America. “Russia 'Wins' Climate Change” - Climate change is causing catastrophic changes to our planet, but it may be an economic blessing for Russia. As the Arctic ice melts, petroleum and mineral resources are more accessible, shipping lanes are opening up and the frozen Siberian tundra could become arable. In fact, the Russian government and people seem to be welcoming the warming temperatures. And with America pulling out of the Paris Agreement, perhaps this is a glimpse into our own future.
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7.5/1028 votes#16 - Cyber Supremacy & Japan Rising
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 6/23/2017
“Cyber Supremacy” - Ben Ferguson travels to Tel Aviv to find out how Israel is on its way to becoming the world's top cyber superpower. “Japan Rising” - VICE sends Gianna Toboni to Tokyo to see the consequences of Japan's rising nationalism.
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7.8/1023 votes#17 - Last Line of Defense & El Rostro
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 6/30/2017
“Last Line of Defense” - With the Constitutional right to fair representation in a court of law in jeopardy, Cord Jefferson heads to one of the worst hit states to see how overworked and underpaid public defenders are coping with the broken legal system. “El Rostro” - VICE travels deep in the Peruvian Amazon to where multinational companies have been extracting lucrative natural resources to see how these activities are decimating the land. With the native Harakmbut people as his guide, Ben Anderson goes into the forest to explore sacred landmarks they hope will prevent companies from destroying the land for a profit.
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7.7/1030 votes#18 - Power to the President
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 7/14/2017
Isobel Yeung travels to Turkey as the country heads to the polls in a nationwide referendum that grants Erdogan unprecedented power.
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7.8/1024 votes#19 - Crude Reality & Between Oil and Water
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 7/28/2017
“Crude Reality” - VICE's Isobel Yeung explores how corruption at the top in South Sudan is threatening to tear the world's newest country apart. “Between Oil and Water” - VICE travelled to the Sacred Stone Camp in December and followed the story of efforts to block construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline over the subsequent months as the Trump Administration moved quickly to resume work on the pipeline, examining how resource extraction has affected Native American communities.
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7.4/1027 votes#20 - Autism Under the Lens
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 8/4/2017
VICE’s Gianna Toboni explores the transformative work being done at the forefront of autism research, meets families trying out some of the newest treatments, and discovers a growing self-advocacy movement out of the autistic community that wants to refocus the science.
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8.0/1025 votes#21 - Show of Force & Return to Somalia
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 8/11/2017
“Show of Force” - VICE travels to North Korea during the annual Day of the Sun celebrations as global tensions reached a fever pitch. As North Koreans celebrated the 105th birthday of their country's founder, Kim Il-sung, correspondent Charlet Duboc seeks to learn firsthand how its citizens are reacting to the escalating crisis. “Return to Somalia” - VICE correspondent Gianna Toboni heads to Mogadishu to witness the fight to save the country during an increase of al-Shabaab attacks.
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8.4/1025 votes#22 - Controlling the Narrative & Power to Congo
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 8/18/2017
Filipino journalists risk their lives while reporting on the president's brutal war on drugs; journalist Carl Bernstein discusses press freedom; in spite of the deadly war, rangers fight to protect Congo's endangered species and natural resources.
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7.0/1023 votes#23 - Dawn of a Dictator
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 8/25/2017
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro makes moves toward turning the country from a democracy into a dictatorship, creating a growing opposition to his rule.
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7.8/1024 votes#24 - Dirty Oil & Rebuilding Our Reefs
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 9/8/2017
Nigerian locals fight to get their government to allow them to profit from oil jobs and urban development; after losing 50 per cent of the world's coral reefs over the last 30 years, scientists work to keep the remaining reefs alive.
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7.8/1024 votes#25 - Dark Web & Future of Appalachia
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 9/15/2017
A group of law enforcement agencies fights back against those using the Internet for child sex abuse and child pornography; the future of the economy in Appalachia, which revolves heavily around the coal industry.
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The Best Episodes of VICE Season 5
Every episode of VICE Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of VICE Season 5!
A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Assad's Syria & Cost of Climate Change" is the best rated episode of "VICE" season 5. It scored 8/10 based on 43 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/24/2017. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Trans Youth".