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The Weekly Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 30 - Open Arms
First Aired: March. 20,2020

American arms manufacturers are supplying bombs in a war that is considered the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Schools, hospitals and mosques are often targets. Why does the U.S. allow this? The Trump administration believes it creates jobs.

Episode 29 - Balaraba
First Aired: March. 13,2020

Balaraba was a teenager when she was kidnapped by Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria. She refused to carry out a suicide bombing, saving dozens of lives. Now for the first time, she's sharing her story openly.

Episode 27 - The Promise
Episode 26 - Fire And Water
First Aired: February. 14,2020

The siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University incited 12 days of pure chaos as the world watched in real time on social media. The Weekly reconstructs what happened through the eyes of the reporters and the protesters who were there.

Episode 25 - The Endorsement
First Aired: January. 19,2020

For more than a century, The New York Times editorial board has endorsed a presidential candidate every four years. And now, for the first time, their decision-making process will be filmed & revealed to the public in this exclusive episode of The Weekly.

Episode 24 - My Blood
First Aired: January. 12,2020

A 16-year old girl is the youngest person to receive an experimental treatment that could be the first genetic cure for a common disease. If it works, millions of people around the world could benefit.

Episode 22 - The Hot List
First Aired: December. 01,2019

A mysterious man emerged with an explosive claim: he said he had thousands of hours of surveillance footage from Jeffrey Epstein's mansions that showed some of the most powerful men in America having sex. Then his story took a turn.

Episode 21 - Fake Believe
First Aired: November. 24,2019

Don't trust your eyes. The Weekly goes inside the race to create the first perfect deepfake - an ultrarealistic fake video that could permanently undermine your ability to trust what you see and hear.

Episode 20 - El Chapo’s Son: The Siege of Culiacán
First Aired: November. 17,2019

When Mexican forces came to arrest the son of a notorious drug lord, it ignited war on the streets of Culiacán. Using never-before-seen video and eyewitness accounts, The Weekly investigates how the Sinaloa Drug Cartel took on the Mexican army and won.

Episode 19 - Hands On
First Aired: November. 10,2019

THE WEEKLY investigates the culture of sexualized yoga, unwelcome adjustments and outright assault in one of the most accessible, affordable forms of group fitness in America.

Episode 18 - Guilty by Machine
Episode 17 - Mr. McGahn
First Aired: October. 27,2019

Most Americans don't know Donald McGahn's name. But they will be living with his legacy for decades to come. THE WEEKLY tells the story of perhaps the most influential person in the Trump administration. An FX Original Series. Sundays at 10 PM.

Episode 16 - Segregated City
First Aired: October. 20,2019

New York's school system is among the most segregated in the country. Student activists are demanding change. Can a new schools chancellor finally deliver equal opportunities for all? An FX Original Series. Sundays at 10 PM.

Episode 15 - Rudy! Rudy?
First Aired: October. 13,2019

After 9/11, he was a national hero: America's Mayor. Now his back-channel work in Ukraine has helped spark an impeachment process that may forever tarnish both him and his client, President Trump. What happened to Rudy Giuliani? An FX Original Series. Sundays at 10 PM.

Episode 14 - V. Johnson & Johnson
Episode 13 - The Blueprint
First Aired: September. 08,2019

Russia's meddling in the 2016 U.S. election felt like a bolt from the blue. It wasn't. Moscow used crude versions of the same tactics, to great effect, a decade earlier in faraway Estonia.

Episode 12 - Apple's Gold
Episode 11 - The Six Million Dollar Claim
Episode 10 - The Memo
First Aired: August. 18,2019

In 2007, the Justice Department had a chance to hold drug company executives accountable for the escalating opioid epidemic, yet at the last minute the charges were watered down. In the years since, the opioid epidemic has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

Episode 9 - The Rabbit Hole
Episode 8 - Hard Left
First Aired: August. 04,2019

How far is too far? Inside the circle of young activists who are pushing the Democratic party further to the left as its presidential candidates vie to unseat President Trump.

Episode 7 - Connecting The World
Episode 6 - The End of the Line
First Aired: July. 07,2019

As an iconic car company transforms itself into a tech company, thousands of auto workers will lose their jobs. No one thinks it's fair, but does the American economy have room for fairness anymore?

Episode 5 - Inauguration, Inc.
First Aired: June. 30,2019

With exclusive documents, photos, interviews and found footage, The Weekly and The New York Times's Washington reporters piece together an anatomy of President Trump's inauguration, the most expensive inaugural weekend the country has ever seen.

Episode 4 - Collision
First Aired: June. 23,2019

An idealistic American couple bicycling around the world. A group of young men radicalized by ISIS. The Weekly investigates how these lives tragically intersected on a remote mountain pass.

Episode 3 - Baby Constantin
First Aired: June. 16,2019

The separation of children from their families at the border remains among the most controversial practices of the Trump administration. The Weekly uncovers the untold story of Baby Constantin, who spent most of his first 10 months of life separated from his parents by the American government.

Episode 2 - The Myth of the Medallion
First Aired: June. 09,2019

New York City taxi drivers have been pushed to bankruptcy, foreclosure - even suicide. A yearlong investigation into the collapse of the taxi medallion industry reveals how the system was rigged against the drivers, and who profited from it.

Episode 1 - The Education of T.M. Landry
First Aired: June. 02,2019

A tiny school in rural Louisiana attracted national attention for sending students to the Ivy League. But a New York Times investigation shows that the viral success stories were full of deception, and that the truth was much darker.

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