Season 2
(1984)
Overview
Judy Woodruff's first season as on-air host.
Cast
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Host
Episodes
Crisis at General Hospital 0.0
January 16, 1984
Investor-owned for-profit hospital chains are aggressively marketing themselves to treat only the insured or wealthy pa…
We Are Driven 0.0
January 23, 1984
As American corporations begin to adopt a Japanese management style stressing worker involvement in a family-like corpo…
The Old Man and the Gun 0.0
February 6, 1984
Viewing the conflict in Northern Ireland through the eyes of Irish Americans who support the IRA and its strategy of vi…
Give Me That Big Time Religion 0.0
February 13, 1984
Investigating whether the tens of millions of dollars raised through the appeals of television evangelists like Jimmy S…
The Campaign for Page One 0.0
February 27, 1984
On the eve of the 1984 New Hampshire primary, the first of four national election reports. Correspondent Richard Reeves…
The Mind of a Murderer (1) 0.0
March 19, 1984
Kenneth Bianchi, who killed two women in Bellingham, Washington, and was one of the Hillside Strangler murderers in Los…
The Mind of a Murderer (2) 0.0
March 26, 1984
Amid questionable use of psychiatric evidence in criminal proceedings, Kenneth Bianchi is revealed to be an accomplishe…
The Struggle for Birmingham 0.0
April 2, 1984
A special election report focuses on Birmingham, Alabama -- famously a battlefield for black civil rights. Frontline co…
Captive in El Salvador 0.0
April 16, 1984
Filmmaker Ofra Bikel takes us into the heart of El Salvador -- a tiny Central America nation about which we know so muc…
Chasing the Basketball Dream 0.0
April 23, 1984
Charlie Cobb looks at young men who make it big playing basketball, and many who will not. College recruiters promise a…
The Other Side of the Track 0.0
May 7, 1984
An insider's look at the 'sport of kings' focused on tracks at Belmont, NY, where the rich indulge their interest in ho…
Return of the Great White Fleet 0.0
May 14, 1984
Profiling Navy Secretary John Lehman and the growing debate inside the Navy establishment to build a multi-billion-doll…
Warning from Gangland 0.0
May 21, 1984
Explores what Los Angeles is trying to do about its gang problem. It's the worst in the nation, killing more than 1,000…
Bread, Butter and Politics 0.0
June 4, 1984
Examines findings from a presidential commission and several private advocacy groups on hunger in America, and the exte…
Man's Best Friends 0.0
June 18, 1984
Examining ethical arguments over the use of animal testing in American laboratories, hospitals, and medical schools. Wh…
So You Want to Be President 0.0
October 9, 1984
Following the 1984 presidential campaign of Gary Hart to reveal presidential politics as it has never before been seen …
Welcome to America 0.0
October 16, 1984
The bittersweet story of four unforgettable people who flee repression in Poland to find a better life in Chicago. They…
Not One of the Boys 0.0
October 23, 1984
As more women are voting and running for elected office, correspondent Judy Woodruff looks at women and politics in 198…
Living Below the Line 0.0
October 30, 1984
It could never happen to you. One day it happened to Farrell Stallings. After 28 years at the same job, he was laid off…
The Arab and the Israeli 0.0
November 13, 1984
Two men, a Palestinian and an Israeli, born thirty miles apart, journey to America. In synagogues and universities, on …
Better Off Dead? 0.0
November 20, 1984
Frontline goes inside the hospitals where every day doctors, lawyers, and parents face the agonizing choice: how far do…
Cry, Ethiopia, Cry 0.0
November 27, 1984
In one of the first comprehensive reports broadcast in the U.S., Frontline presents the searing reality of the famine i…
Red Star Over Khyber 0.0
December 11, 1984
In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. On the fifth anniversary of the invasion, Frontline correspondent Richar…
Marshall High Fights Back 0.0
December 18, 1984
Marshall High School is one of the poorest in Chicago-both academically and economically. But it is fighting back, tryi…