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The Best Episodes of Dateline

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Dateline Season 1 Episode 1 - Prescription for Disaster/Older People's Money/Great Expectations
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Prescription for Disaster/Older People's Money/Great Expectations

    S1:E1

    Stone Phillips investigates problems with drug labeling. Jane Pauley profiles two young me living with Down Syndrome. Meanwhile, Brian Ross investigates a direct mail scam targeting conservatives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dateline Season 31 Episode 7 - Fire & Ice
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Fire & Ice

    S31:E7

    Firefighters make a grisly discovery while responding to a fire at the house of Carmela and David Knight in a Toronto, Canada suburb. Andrea Canning reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Dateline Season 33 Episode 28 - The Terrible Night on King Road
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Terrible Night on King Road

    S33:E28

    In the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, four University of Idaho students were killed in an off-campus rental house on King Road in Moscow, Idaho. See never-before-reported evidence, including video, photographic, and digital materials that investigators say track accused killer Bryan Kohberger’s movements.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dateline Season 1 Episode 2 - Made in the USA
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Made in the USA

    S1:E2

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dateline Season 4 Episode 1 - 06/09/97
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - 06/09/97

    S4:E1

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dateline Season 11 Episode 1 - The Coroner's Jury
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - The Coroner's Jury

    S11:E1

    A report on a murder case involving Dr. William Sybers, onetime Panama City, Fla., medical examiner, who was accused of killing his wife by injecting her with a paralyzing drug in their home in 1991. Sybers didn't do go on trial until 2000, in part because it took some time before the cause of death was determined. Produced in cooperation with Court TV. Dennis Murphy is the correspondent.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Dateline Season 11 Episode 2 - February 14, 2003
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - February 14, 2003

    S11:E2

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dateline Season 11 Episode 3 - Secrets & Lies - Traci Lords
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Secrets & Lies - Traci Lords

    S11:E3

    She was a schoolgirl who came to California looking for a better life. What she found was stardom — fame, at the age of 15. But this is not some sunny Hollywood fairy tale. It is much darker story of a child caught in the very adult world of pornography. Her name is Traci Lords. And for the first time on television, she shares secrets about her struggle to overcome years of X-rated scandal. NBC’s Josh Mankiewicz reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Dateline Season 12 Episode 1 - February 29, 2004
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - February 29, 2004

    S12:E1

    Pro baseball player Alex Rodriguez. An update on conditions at fast-food restaurants.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dateline Season 12 Episode 2 - The Apprentice Story
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - The Apprentice Story

    S12:E2

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dateline Season 12 Episode 3 - Friends Interviews
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Friends Interviews

    S12:E3

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dateline Season 12 Episode 4 - Frasier: Signing Off
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Frasier: Signing Off

    S12:E4

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dateline Season 12 Episode 80 - Vegas Homicide: Father of the Year
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Vegas Homicide: Father of the Year

    S12:E80

    Detectives investigate a high-profile disappearance that becomes a murder probe when blood is discovered in the home of the missing couple.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Dateline Season 12 Episode 81 - Vegas Homicide: Death in the Desert
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Vegas Homicide: Death in the Desert

    S12:E81

    Detectives in Las Vegas use both old-fashioned detective work and new technology to probe the case of a woman who was found dead after only a few weeks in town.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Dateline Season 12 Episode 82 - Desperate Days in Blue John Canyon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Desperate Days in Blue John Canyon

    S12:E82

    Aron Ralston had set out for a carefree desert hike through Blue John Canyon in Southeastern Utah when, with no warning, he had descended into hell. The young man's arm was trapped by an 800-pound boulder and he was forced to make an unimaginable decision in order to survive.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Dateline Season 12 Episode 83 - Hurricane Ivan; Brown's Chicken Massacre
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Hurricane Ivan; Brown's Chicken Massacre

    S12:E83

    A report on Hurricane Ivan; a speck of DNA may provide clues to the murder mystery of seven people in a Chicago fast-food restaurant years ago

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dateline Season 13 Episode 25 - Jan 1, 2006
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Jan 1, 2006

    S13:E25

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dateline Season 13 Episode 26 - Jan 8, 2006
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Jan 8, 2006

    S13:E26

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dateline Season 13 Episode 27 - The McCaughey Septuplets; 30 Year Old Rape Case; Broadway Dancer Murdered
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The McCaughey Septuplets; 30 Year Old Rape Case; Broadway Dancer Murdered

    S13:E27

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dateline Season 13 Episode 28 - Horror Movie Reality
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Horror Movie Reality

    S13:E28

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Dateline Season 13 Episode 29 - Supermarket Sweep; Until Death Do Us Part
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Supermarket Sweep; Until Death Do Us Part

    S13:E29

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Dateline Season 13 Episode 30 - Did Police Delay Help Murderer?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Did Police Delay Help Murderer?

    S13:E30

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dateline Season 14 Episode 1 - To Catch A Predator - Washington, DC
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - To Catch A Predator - Washington, DC

    S14:E1

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Dateline Season 14 Episode 9 - To Catch A Predator - Riverside, ÇA
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - To Catch A Predator - Riverside, ÇA

    S14:E9

    This report aired Dateline Friday, Feb. 3, 9 p.m. We want to warn you some of what you'll see is explicit. But parents need to know what their kids can confront when they sit down at the computer.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Dateline Season 14 Episode 10 - For Better or Worse, or Poison? Also: Who Killed Imette?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - For Better or Worse, or Poison? Also: Who Killed Imette?

    S14:E10

    No description available

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Best Episodes Summary

"Prescription for Disaster/Older People's Money/Great Expectations" is the best rated episode of "Dateline". It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/31/1992. This episode scored 2.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Fire & Ice".