Frontline Season 41 Episodes

Episode 1

Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus, Part 1

Tue, Jan 3, 2023

FRONTLINE and Forbidden Films, the documentary arm of Forbidden Stories, investigate the powerful spyware Pegasus, which was sold to governments around the world by the Israeli company NSO Group. This two-part series, which is part of the Pegasus Project, examines how the electronic hacking tool was used on journalists, activists, the wife and fiancee of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and others. Part one is subtitled "The List" and Part two is subtitled "Fallout".

Episode 2

Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus, Part 2

Tue, Jan 10, 2023

FRONTLINE and Forbidden Films, the documentary arm of Forbidden Stories, investigate the powerful spyware Pegasus, which was sold to governments around the world by the Israeli company NSO Group. This two-part series, which is part of the Pegasus Project, examines how the electronic hacking tool was used on journalists, activists, the wife and fiancee of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and others. Part one is subtitled "The List" and Part two is subtitled "Fallout".

Episode 3

Putin and the Presidents

Tue, Jan 31, 202354 mins

Vladimir Putin's clashes with U.S. presidents as he's tried to rebuild the Russian empire.

Episode 4

Age of Easy Money

Tue, Mar 14, 2023

Around the country and across the world, the threat of a recession is looming and economic uncertainty is rising as markets, businesses and individuals adjust to a new reality: the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates and pulling back on its epic monetary experiment that started with the Great Financial Crisis. From the award-winning team behind The Facebook Dilemma and Amazon Empire, the two-hour documentary Age of Easy Money investigates how the Fed's experiment has changed the American economy and what it means that the era may be over.

Episode 5

America and the Taliban - Part 1

Tue, Apr 4, 2023

Episode 6

America and the Taliban - Part 2

Tue, Apr 11, 2023

Episode 7

America and the Taliban - Part 3

Tue, Apr 25, 2023

Episode 8

Clarence and Ginni Thomas Politics, Power and the Supreme Court

Tue, May 9, 2023

Episode 9

Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah

Tue, May 23, 2023

Episode 10

Ukraine, Life Under Russia's Attack

Tue, Aug 2, 202254 mins

In February 2022, Russia launched a military assault on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, and the Ukrainians refused to surrender. Filmed during the first three months of the unprovoked invasion, Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack provides a powerful inside portrait of the civilians and first responders who chose not to evacuate but to remain and defend the city, refusing to hand their country over to Vladimir Putin and taking a stand for democracy in the process. Commissioned by FRONTLINE (PBS) with Channel 4.

Episode 10

America's Dangerous Trucks

Tue, Jun 13, 202354 mins

Investigating deadly truck accidents and the fight over measures that could save lives.

Episode 10

America's Dangerous Trucks

Tue, Jun 13, 202354 mins

Investigating deadly truck accidents and the fight over measures that could save lives.

Episode 11

Weinstein (Update)

Tue, Mar 21, 2023

FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate deadly truck accidents and fight over measures that could save thousands of lives.

Episode 11

After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics

Tue, May 30, 2023

A year after the Uvalde school shooting, FRONTLINE documents the community's trauma and the fight over assault rifles. Journalist Maria Hinojosa examines the police response, Uvalde's history of struggle and its efforts to heal.

Episode 12

Lies, Politics and Democracy

Tue, Sep 6, 2022

Investigates American political leaders and choices they've made that have undermined and threatened democracy in the U.S. In a two-hour documentary special premiering ahead of the 2022 midterms, this feature-length episode of Frontline examines how officials fed the public lies about the 2020 presidential election and embraced rhetoric that led to political violence.

Episode 12

America and the Taliban (1)

Tue, Apr 4, 202353 mins

How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in the Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with Taliban and US officials.

Episode 12

Putin's Crisis

Tue, Jul 11, 202354 mins

With Vladimir Putin facing down a mutiny, FRONTLINE examines how the Russian leader reached this moment of crisis.

Episode 13

Michael Flynn's Holy War

Tue, Oct 18, 2022

How did Michael Flynn go from being an elite soldier overseas to waging a "spiritual war" in America?

Episode 13

America and the Taliban (2)

Tue, Apr 11, 202353 mins

An investigation into how America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory, with a focus on missteps and consequences.

Episode 13

Inside the Iranian Uprising

Tue, Aug 8, 202359 mins

An inside look at protests that have shaken Iran since the death of a young woman in police custody.

Episode 14

Putin's Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes

Tue, Oct 25, 202283 mins

With the help of harrowing testimonies from residents of the suburbs of Kiev, prosecutors and international experts, we follow the painstaking work of gathering evidence of the war crimes committed in Russia's war against Ukraine. In Butja, one of the hardest-hit suburbs, surveillance footage shows a direct link between the abuses and one of Russia's top generals.

Episode 14

America and the Taliban (3)

Tue, Apr 25, 202353 mins

How America's 20-year war in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of one-the-ground reporting and interviews with Taliban and US officials.

Episode 14

Two Strikes and Tutwiler

Tue, Sep 5, 2023

In collaboration with The Marshall Project, the first half examines how a former West Point cadet got life in prison under a "two-strikes" law. The second half documents what happens to pregnant women in prison and their newborns.

Episode 15

Putin's War at Home

Tue, Nov 1, 202254 mins

Facing arrest and imprisonment, activists and journalists push back against Vladimir Putin's crackdown on critics of the war in Ukraine.

Episode 15

Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court

Tue, May 9, 2023115 mins

As controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the story of their path to power.

Episode 15

Putin vs. the Press

Tue, Sep 26, 2023

The story of one journalist's battle to defend free speech in Putin's Russia. With unique access, Frontline follows Nobel Peace Prize-winner Dmitry Muratov as he fights to keep his newspaper alive and his reporters safe amid a government crackdown.

Episode 16

Crime Scene: Bucha/After Zero Tolerance

Tue, Dec 6, 2022

Crime Scene: Bucha - FRONTLINE, The Associated Press and SITU Research team up to present an exclusive visual investigation of the atrocities committed in the Ukrainian town of Bucha during Russia's month-long occupation earlier this year. Drawing on hundreds of hours of CCTV footage, intercepted phone calls and a 3D model of Bucha, the collaborative investigation maps the scope of the carnage - more than 450 deaths in all - and with forensic detail charts how Russian soldiers ran "cleansing" operations; After Zero Tolerance - FRONTLINE tells the story of a Honduran family's struggle to reunite after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border three years earlier under the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Episode 16

Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah

Tue, May 23, 202353 mins

The FRONTLINE documentary traces the long-lasting aftermath of the battle of Fallujah through two families, one Iraqi and one American.

Episode 16

The Astros Edge - Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball

Tue, Oct 3, 202384 mins

Frontline examines the Houston Astros baseball team cheating scandal that involved the use of "stealing catcher signs, along with drum bangs" to alert the batter as to what kind of pitch the pitcher was going to use. With reporter Ben Reiter, the documentary traces the making of one of the best teams and worst scandals in modern Major League Baseball history, the limited accountability and how the Astros' approach to baseball changed the sport.

Episode 17

Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover

Tue, Oct 10, 202391 mins

Elon Musk's long and often troubled relationship with Twitter. Musk's journey from one of the platform's most provocative users to its sole proprietor, exploring the acquisition, free speech and the company's uncertain future.

Episode 18

McConnell, the GOP & the Court

Tue, Oct 31, 2023

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell's rise and role in transforming the Supreme Court and U.S. politics.

Episode 19

20 Days In Mariupol

Tue, Nov 21, 2023

Episode 19

20 dage i Mariupol

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Episode 20

The Discord Leaks

Tue, Dec 12, 2023

Jack Teixeira's alleged leak of classified documents onto the Discord chat platform, why he wasn't stopped and the role of platforms like Discord.

Episode 20

Inside the Uvalde Response

Tue, Dec 5, 202354 mins

Drawing on real-time, firsthand accounts and using official bodycam and audio, FRONTLINE, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reconstruct the chaotic response to the Uvalde school shooting and examine the missteps.

Episode 21

The Discord Leaks

Tue, Dec 12, 2023

Jack Teixeira's alleged leak of classified documents onto the Discord chat platform, why he wasn't stopped and the role of platforms like Discord.

Episode 22

Netanyahu, America & the War in Gaza/Failure at the Fence

Tue, Dec 19, 202386 mins

On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of the State of Israel. Israel responded with a full-scale war in Gaza. What decisive events in the last 30 years have led to this crisis? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has played a central role in the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Now the tension between Israel and the US is also increasing.