Aftermath with William Shatner
William Shatner re-examines some of the biggest national news stories of the past two decades to find out how the lives of the people directly affected by these events have changed forever. Shatner gains exclusive access to the newsmakers -- heroes, villains, victims, family members and law enforcement -- at the heart of the stories, including those of Jessica Lynch, Bernard Goetz, Mary Kay Letourneau and the DC snipers, to separate the fact from the fiction, with archival footage and re-enactments helping to round out the storytelling.
- 2010-2011
- 2 seasons
- A+E Networks
- Documentary
William Shatner re-examines some of the biggest national news stories of the past two decades to find out how the lives of the people directly affected by these events have changed forever. Shatner gains exclusive access to the newsmakers -- heroes, villains, victims, family members and law enforcement -- at the heart of the stories, including those of Jessica Lynch, Bernard Goetz, Mary Kay Letourneau and the DC snipers, to separate the fact from the fiction, with archival footage and re-enactments helping to round out the storytelling.
Season 2 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2011
Episode 1
Ed Smart: Bringing Home Elizabeth
Tue, Jul 5, 2011 45 mins
Ed Smart lived every parent's worst nightmare--the abduction of a child. But when Smart's 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth was kidnapped at knifepoint in 2002, the nightmare turned even more horrible when suspicion fell on Smart and his family themselves.
Episode 2
Baby Jessica: Robbie and Casey O' Donnell
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 45 mins
When 18-month-old "Baby Jessica" fell down an abandoned well in 1987, the world was riveted by the efforts of the rescue team that included fireman Robert O'Donnell. But the overwhelming media attention left O'Donnell feeling hollowed-out and betrayed, and his life spiraled downward.
Episode 3
The Pentagon Papers: Daniel Ellsberg
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 45 mins
When defense expert Daniel Ellsberg worked on a secret government study in 1969 about the Vietnam War, he realized that American leaders were lying to the public, they knew it was not a winnable war. Ellsberg decided to secretly copy the study and give it the nation's top newspapers. The "Pentagon Papers" became a national scandal.
Episode 4
Chilean Miner Rescuer: Jeff Hart
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 46 mins
When 33 miners were trapped in a Chilean mine, a desperate call went out to Jeff Hart, asking him to assemble a team and fly 10,000 miles to Chile to save the men. Hart and his crew had spent their entire working lives drilling for oil and water, but now they were drilling to save lives.
Episode 5
The Mayflower Madam: Sydney Biddle Barrows
Tue, Aug 2, 2011 46 mins
It was the most notorious sex scandal of the 1980s: the arrest of Sydney Biddle Barrows--a blue-blood debutante, a descendant of the Mayflower, a name in the Social Register... and a Madam of a high-priced call girl service. William Shatner talks with Ms. Barrows to find out how a high-society dame found herself working the underground sex scene.
Episode 6
The Insider: Jeffery Wigand
Tue, Aug 9, 2011 45 mins
He's been called "The Man Who Knew Too Much" -- Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, a top scientist for a top tobacco company, who became the first insider who blew the whistle on Big Tobacco: what they knew about the deadly addictiveness of nicotine, and how many millions of dollars they spent covering that information up.
