The Best Episodes Written By Ava Duvernay

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(39 votes)

   #1 - Part Four

   S1:E45/31/2019

   At age 16, Korey begins a brutal journey through the adult prison system. A shocking turn of events reveals the truth of the crime, long ignored.

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   7.8/10(38 votes)

   #2 - Part Three

   S1:E35/31/2019

   The boys struggle with the difficult reality of life behind bars. Years later, Raymond, Antron, Yusef and Kevin return home as men to a changed world.

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   7.6/10(47 votes)

   #3 - Part One

   S1:E15/31/2019

   In the spring of 1989, five boys of color are arrested, interrogated and coerced into confessing to the vicious attack of a woman in Central Park.

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   7.5/10(40 votes)

   #4 - Part Two

   S1:E25/31/2019

   As the jogger case stirs tensions nationwide, the families of the boys and their lawyers prepare for a bitter legal fight against the city of New York.

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   6.3/10(4 votes)

   #5 - Who Am I?

   S1:E135/10/2022

   Naomi must make a decision to protect those she loves most, but in the end, Naomi needs those closest to her to battle a powerful being that has been hunting her since birth. And while everyone has an opinion about what Naomi's future should be, her greatest power will manifest only when she stops believing everything she once thought to be true...and chooses her own destiny.

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   4.7/10(6 votes)

   #6 - Don't Believe Everything You Think

   S1:E11/11/2022

   Naomi's closest friends join her to help uncover who or what is behind the unexpected event that has their small military town buzzing and left her with strange new fainting spells. A bit of sleuthing leads Naomi to realize that the mysterious event is just the beginning of a thrilling journey that will change her life and challenge her to question everything she knew to be true.

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