1983

S2.E1 ∙ Crisis at General Hospital

Sun, Jan 15, 1984

Most Americans regard health care as a social responsibility undertaken for common good.

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S2.E2 ∙ We Are Driven

Sun, Jan 22, 1984

The industrial might of Japan has taken US by storm as American corporations begin to adopt Japanese style of management.

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S2.E3 ∙ The Old Man and the Gun

Sun, Feb 05, 1984

Frontline looks at conflict in Northern Ireland through eyes of Irish Americans who support IRA and its strategy of violence.

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S2.E4 ∙ Give Me that Big Time Religion

Sun, Feb 12, 1984

Television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart's weekly ministry was seen by over two million people in big cities and small towns across US and Canada.

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S2.E5 ∙ The Campaign for Page One

Sun, Feb 26, 1984

On eve of 1984 New Hampshire primary, Frontline presents first of four national election reports.

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S2.E6 ∙ The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1

Sun, Mar 18, 1984

A look into the mind of one of the Hillside Strangler murderers, Kenneth Bianchi.

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S2.E7 ∙ The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2

Sun, Mar 25, 1984

A look at the trial and the use of psychiatric evidence in the criminal proceedings of mass murderer Kenneth Bianchi.

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S2.E8 ∙ The Struggle for Birmingham

Sun, Apr 01, 1984

This special election report focuses on Birmingham, Alabama, which was a key battlefield in black struggle for civil rights in 1960's.

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S2.E9 ∙ Captive in El Salvador

Sun, Apr 15, 1984

Much of debate over role of US in Central America focuses on this tiny nation about.

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S2.E10 ∙ Chasing the Basketball Dream

Sun, Apr 22, 1984

Many young men, especially many poor blacks in nation's cities, dream of making it big by playing basketball.

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S2.E11 ∙ The Other Side of the Track

Sun, May 06, 1984

Horse-racing is American's number one spectator sport. In 1982, more that 77 million people wagered almost $12 billion at nation's racetracks.

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S2.E12 ∙ Return of the Great White Fleet

Sun, May 13, 1984

Frontline profiles Navy Secretary John Lehman and growing debate inside Navy establishment to build a multi-billion dollar fleet.

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S2.E13 ∙ Warning from Gangland

Sun, May 20, 1984

In 1984, Los Angeles had worst gang problem in nation, and more than 1,000 people were killed in gang violence.

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S2.E14 ∙ Bread, Butter and Politics

Sun, Jun 03, 1984

National attention has focused on hunger in America after a presidential commission and several private advocacy groups reported new findings.

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S2.E15 ∙ Man's Best Friends

Sun, Jun 17, 1984

Frontline examines ethical arguments over use of animal testing in American laboratories, hospitals, and medical schools.

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S2.E16 ∙ So You Want to Be President

Mon, Oct 08, 1984

From lonely, early days of presidential ambition, through months of promise, to day of denial, Frontline follows 1984 presidential campaign of Gary Hart.

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S2.E17 ∙ Welcome to America

Mon, Oct 15, 1984

The bittersweet story of four unforgettable people who flee repression in Poland to find a better life in Chicago.

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S2.E18 ∙ Not One of the Boys

Mon, Oct 22, 1984

As more women are voting and running for elected office, have changed face of American politics?

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S2.E19 ∙ Living Below the Line

Mon, Oct 29, 1984

It could never happen to you. One day it happened to Farrell Stallings. After 28 years at same job, he was laid off-a victim of recession.

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S2.E20 ∙ The Arab and the Israeli

Mon, Nov 12, 1984

Two men, a Palestinian and an Israeli, born thirty miles apart, journey to America.

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Frontline goes inside hospitals where every day doctors, lawyers, and parents face agonizing choice: how far do we go with medical treatment for infants born so physically and mentally damaged they have no hope of leading normal lives?

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S2.E22 ∙ Cry, Ethiopia, Cry

Mon, Nov 26, 1984

In first comprehensive reports broadcast in US, Frontline presents searing reality of famine in Ethiopia.

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S2.E23 ∙ Red Star Over Khyber

Mon, Dec 10, 1984

In 1979, Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. On fifth anniversary of invasion, Frontline correspondent Richard Reeves reports from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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