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Season 24
469 :24x01 - The O.J. Verdict (Oct/04/2005)
“The O.J. Verdict” explores reasons why Simpson was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, and gauges the case's impact 10 years later. Producer Ofra Bikel interviews prosecutors and defense lawyers, including Alan Dershowitz and F. Lee Bailey, and analyzes the media's role. The verdict, Bikel concludes, “cast doubt on the concept of our justice system, and became the event that measured the difference between being black and white in America.”
 
470 :24x02 - The Torture Question (Oct/18/2005)
“The Torture Question” explores how the post-Sept. 11 fear of terrorism led to the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere. “We moved and blurred some important lines,” says producer Michael Kirk, “and we may have crossed them.” Kirk, who filmed at both prisons and follows cases, also interviews military and White House officials, and examines how government lawyers “rewrote” the definition of torture. They “miniaturized it,” he says.
 
471 :24x03 - The Last Abortion Clinic (Nov/08/2005)
“The Last Abortion Clinic,” a review of the pro-life movement's strategy, focuses on Mississippi, where just one one clinic provides abortions. The strategy: “Chip away at Roe v. Wade” with state laws limiting abortions, says Betty Thompson, the Mississippi clinic's former director. The hour also looks at how the Supreme Court has ruled on such laws (and might rule in the future), and it visits another Southern abortion clinic, whose director admits: “We feel very, very isolated.”
 
472 :24x04 - The Storm (Nov/22/2005)
This report on the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina illustrates the chaos and the tension in the affected areas and examines the subsequent political fallout. Included: New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco, Maj. Gen. Bennett Landreneau, Lt. Gen. Steven Blum (National Guard) and former FEMA director Michael Brown.
 
473 :24x05 - Country Boys, Part 1 (Jan/09/2006)
Part 1of three. David Sutherland (creator of the acclaimed documentary “The Farmer's Wife”) wrote, produced and directed this compelling chronicle of Chris Johnson and Cody Perkins, Kentucky teens coming of age in the Appalachian hills. In Part 1, Chris, who lives in a trailer with his working mom and terminally ill dad, tries to begin a school paper, while Cody, an orphan living with a step-grandmother, wants to start a Christian music group. A “Frontline” special episode. Will Lyman narrates.
 
474 :24x06 - Country Boys, Part 2 (Jan/10/2006)
Part 2. A friendship slowly develops after Chris returns to school and starts a choir, which Cody joins. Also, Chris's parents separate; Cody wonders about his his inheritance money; Chris gets a job at a fast-food restaurant and his schoolwork suffers; Cody's girlfriend's parents argue, as he and Jessica consider marriage in the future. A “Frontline” special episode. Written, produced and directed by David Sutherland (The “Farmer's Wife”).
 
475 :24x07 - Country Boys, Part 3 (Jan/11/2006)
Conclusion. Chris tries to get a GED and visits a college, while Cody learns more about becoming a preacher and achieves a perfect attendance record at school; Chris moves into an apartment by himself; and Cody's band plays its first gig outside Kentucky. Written, produced and directed by David Sutherland (“The Farmer's Wife”). A “Frontline” special episode, narrated by Will Lyman.
 
476 :24x08 - Sex Slaves (Feb/07/2006)
“Sex Slaves” is a disturbing episode focusing (with a hidden camera) on the trafficking of women for prostitution in Moldova, Ukraine and Turkey; and one man's search for his wife, who was sold by an acquaintance. Included: the missing woman's husband poses as a trafficker in an effort to secure her freedom. Also: comments from victims and a look at the details of the criminal trade.
 
477 :24x09 - The Meth Epidemic (Feb/14/2006)
“The Meth Epidemic” is a revealing look at methamphetamine abuse that focuses on Portland, Ore., where use has hit crisis proportions. Included: ways in which drug makers obtain pseudoephedrine (a necessary ingredient); how meth works on the brain and why its effect is immediate and powerful. Also: comments from the police, a reporter, a former DEA deputy director, a pediatrician and politicians.
 
478 :24x10 - The Insurgency (Feb/21/2006)
“The Insurgency” looks at the Iraq War. Included are comments from insurgent leaders, U.S. and Iraqi military officers, and journalists. The updated report also examines how the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq will impact the insurgency.
 
479 :24x11 - The Tank Man (Apr/11/2006)
On June 5, 1989, one day after Chinese troops expelled thousands of demonstrators from Tiananmen Square in Beijing, a solitary, unarmed protester stood his ground before a column of tanks advancing down the Avenue of Eternal Peace. Filmmaker Antony Thomas searches for the elusive man investigates his fate.
 
480 :24x12 - Can You Afford to Retire? (May/16/2006)
“Can You Afford to Retire?” A look at the baby-boomer generation as it hits retirement. Included: how boomers may be long on life expectancy but short on income; uncertainties about Social Security; corporate pensions; and employee-contribution plans, such as 401(k) programs.
 
481 :24x13 - The Age of AIDS (May/30/2006)
Part 1 of two. “The Age of AIDS” traces the pandemic over the past 25 years, beginning with the virus's eary cases. Included: political denial; social stigma; the contamination of blood supplies; and the virus's personal toll. Dr. Jim Curran, who headed the CDC's AIDS initiative in the1980s, recounts the story of a Florida family whose house was burned down because their children were hemophiliacs with AIDS. Also: the impact of the deaths of Rock Hudson and Ryan White.
 
482 :24x14 - The Age of AIDS (May/31/2006)
Conclusion of “The Age of AIDS.” Included: Dr. David Ho's development of an AIDS drug “cocktail,” and his belief (with five million new cases each year) that neither he nor his children will live to see the end of AIDS. Also: the efforts of Rev. Franklin Graham; Bono's activism and how the rock star got Sen. Jesse Helms to change his views on AIDS; the disease's impact in South Africa, Uganda, Brazil, China and Russia.
 
483 :24x15 - The Dark Side (Jun/20/2006)
“The Dark Side” reports on Vice President Cheney's involvement with the war on terror and the Iraq War. Included: his working relationships with former CIA director George Tenet and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; steps leading to the Iraq War. Also: comments from former White House adviser Richard Clarke, former national intelligence officer Paul Pillar and former CIA official John O. Brennan.
 
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