Episode guide
Frontline: Season 38
21 episodes · premiered Sep 30, 2019
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- Episode 1: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Oct 1, 2019 · 1h 55m A year after the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi, FRONTLINE investigates the rise of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. In a two-hour documentary, Martin Smith — who has…
- Episode 2: On The President's Orders Oct 8, 2019 A searing, on-the-ground look at President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly campaign against suspected drug dealers and users in the Philippines, "On the President's Orders" is told with…
- Episode 3: Zero Tolerance Oct 22, 2019 How Trump turned immigration into a powerful political weapon that fueled division. Inside the effort by three insurgents to tap into populist anger, transform the GOP, and crack down on…
- Episode 4: Fire in Paradise Oct 29, 2019 A year after the devastating Camp Fire, FRONTLINE examines who’s to blame and why it was so catastrophic. With accounts from survivors and first responders, the documentary tells the…
- Episode 5: In the Age of AI Nov 5, 2019 From fears about work and privacy to a rivalry between the U.S. and China, FRONTLINE explores the promise and perils of AI. The documentary traces a new industrial revolution that will…
- Episode 6: Kids Caught in the Crackdown/ Iraq's Secret Sex Trade Nov 12, 2019 In an investigation with The Associated Press, FRONTLINE examines the widespread consequences — and business — of the mass confinement of migrant children. The documentary details the…
- Episode 7: For Sama Nov 19, 2019 In a time of conflict and darkness in her home in Aleppo, Syria, one young woman kept her camera rolling — while falling in love, getting married, having a baby and saying goodbye as her…
- Episode 8: Targeting El Paso Jan 7, 2020 FRONTLINE investigates how El Paso, Texas became the Trump administration’s immigration testing ground, and then the target of a white supremacist. Interviews with current and former…
- Episode 9: America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (1) Jan 13, 2020 · 1h 55m A two-part investigation into America’s increasingly bitter, divided and toxic politics. Part One of the documentary traces how Barack Obama’s promise of unity collapsed as increasing…
- Episode 10: America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (2) Jan 13, 2020 · 1h 54m A two-part investigation into America’s increasingly bitter, divided and toxic politics. Part Two of the documentary examines how Donald Trump’s campaign exploited the country’s divisions…
- Episode 11: Taliban Country/The Luanda Leaks Jan 21, 2020 FRONTLINE reporter Najibullah Quraishi goes on a dangerous journey into both Taliban- and ISIS-held territory amid efforts to end nearly two decades of war in Afghanistan. Also in this…
- Episode 12: Battle for Hong Kong Feb 11, 2020 FRONTLINE goes inside the battle for Hong Kong, following protesters through the most intense clashes over several months of pro-democracy protests. The film examines their struggle…
- Episode 13: Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos Feb 18, 2020 FRONTLINE examines Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ ascent to power and the global impact of the empire he built. The film also investigates the darker side of the company’s rapid growth, and the…
- Episode 14: NRA Under Fire Mar 24, 2020 Once an unrivaled political power, the NRA is facing challenges from all sides. FRONTLINE examines how the NRA aligned with President Trump and his base, and finds itself under attack…
- Episode 15: Plastic Wars Mar 31, 2020 With the plastic industry expanding like never before, and the crisis of ocean pollution growing, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the fight over the future of plastics.
- Episode 16: China Undercover Apr 7, 2020 With undercover footage and firsthand accounts from survivors of China's detention camps, FRONTLINE investigates the Communist regime’s mass imprisonment of Muslims, and its use of…
- Episode 17: Coronavirus Pandemic Apr 21, 2020 How did the U.S. become the country with the worst known coronavirus outbreak in the world? FRONTLINE investigates the American response to COVID-19 — from Washington State to Washington…
- Episode 18: Inside Italy's COVID War May 19, 2020 FRONTLINE goes inside a hospital battling the coronavirus crisis in northern Italy, as doctors are forced to make life and death decisions. An intimate, exclusive story that follows one…
- Episode 19: The Virus: What Went Wrong? Jun 16, 2020 As COVID-19 spread from Asia to the Middle East to Europe, why was the U.S. caught so unprepared? Despite repeated warnings of a potent contagion headed our way, America’s leaders failed…
- Episode 20: Opioids, Inc. Jun 23, 2020 The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, FRONTLINE investigates how Insys Therapeutics profited from a…
- Episode 21: Once Upon a Time in Iraq Jul 14, 2020 This is the story of the Iraq war, told by Iraqis who lived through it. They share their personal accounts and lasting memories of life under Saddam Hussein, the U.S.-led invasion of their…