The BEST episodes of 20/20 season 40

Every episode of 20/20 season 40, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of 20/20 season 40!

20/20 brings you hard-hitting investigative reports, news-maker interviews and compelling human interest and feature stories.

Last Updated: 4/23/2025Network: ABC (US)Status: Continuing
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#1 - America's New First Family: The Trumps Go to Washington

Season 40 - Episode 22 - Aired 1/19/2017

Ivanka Trump Says She's Still Figuring Out Her Role in D.C.; Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. on Pressure of Running Their Company.

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#2 - The Inauguration of Donald J. Trump

Season 40 - Episode 23 - Aired 1/20/2017

Donald Trump becomes the 45th President of the United States.

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#3 - Donald Trump: The Making Of A President

Season 40 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/2016

Donald Trump's New York City Childhood; Donald Trump's Family and Children; What the Future Looks Like For Donald Trump.

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#4 - Can Words Kill?

Season 40 - Episode 49 - Aired 8/4/2017

Texting suicide victim Conrad Roy's relationship with Michelle Carter; Police find Michelle Carter's text; Michelle Carter free pending appeal

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#5 - Caitlyn Jenner - The Secrets of My Life

Season 40 - Episode 35 - Aired 4/21/2017

A Diane Sawyer Special

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#6 - Life And Death At The Border

Season 40 - Episode 48 - Aired 7/28/2017

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#7 - O.J. His Last Play

Season 40 - Episode 47 - Aired 7/14/2017

It was supposed to be a quick meeting in a hotel room at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino. One of Simpson’s friends, Charlie Ehrlich, had agreed to pose as a buyer and meet with two sports memorabilia sellers, who claimed to have some of the former NFL hero’s items.

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#8 - Dying To Be Famous: The Versace Murders

Season 40 - Episode 46 - Aired 7/7/2017

Who was Gianni Versace's killer, Andrew Cunanan; Gianni Versace is murdered in front of his Miami Beach mansion; Gianni Versace's death is mourned across the world.

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#9 - Freeway Fury

Season 40 - Episode 45 - Aired 6/30/2017

An exploration of the nationwide crisis of road rage and how incidents can quickly become dangerous; traveling across the country with the Colorado State Patrol.

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#10 - A Hostile Act

Season 40 - Episode 44 - Aired 6/23/2017

An international investigation into Otto Warmbier's 17-month imprisonment in North Korea, and his death, which occurred less than a week after he was brought back to the United State in a state of unresponsive wakefulness.

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#11 - Truth and Lies: Watergate

Season 40 - Episode 43 - Aired 6/16/2017

Exclusive interviews, photos and footage related to the Nixon Watergate scandal.

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#12 - Behind the Closed Door

Season 40 - Episode 42 - Aired 6/2/2017

Teens gather for night of underage drinking at high school party; Friend says teen 'wasn't fully conscious' when she was left in bedroom; Teen's allegation of rape against football star divides Alabama town

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#13 - Mystery in Rock Creek Park

Season 40 - Episode 39 - Aired 5/20/2017

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#14 - The Searchers

Season 40 - Episode 40 - Aired 5/26/2017

Army Vet Recalls Last Time He Saw Twin Kids Over 40 Years Ago; Dad's Nearly Half-Century Search for Long-Lost Kids Finally Ends

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#15 - Digital Addiction?

Season 40 - Episode 38 - Aired 5/19/2017

Three different families struggle with the excessive use of technology.

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#16 - The Rise, Fall and Rise of John McAfee

Season 40 - Episode 37 - Aired 5/12/2017

Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee has been a person of interest in a murder and a presidential candidate.

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#17 - From Classroom to Captive

Season 40 - Episode 36 - Aired 5/5/2017

Police finally track down Tennessee teacher and teen Elizabeth Thomas.

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#18 - A Killing on the Cape

Season 40 - Episode 65 - Aired 11/24/2017

Accomplished fashion writer found stabbed to death at her home; Police ask men in Truro, Massachusetts for DNA samples in murder investigation; Chris McCowen shares his side of the Christa Worthington case

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#19 - The Last Ones Standing

Season 40 - Episode 50 - Aired 8/12/2017

A jury convicts a former FBI agent and his daughter of second-degree murder in the death of the daughter's husband; pretrial interviews with the defendants, crime-scene evidence and audio documentation of marital trouble.

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#20 - Fractured America: Extremism in the Streets

Season 40 - Episode 51 - Aired 8/18/2017

Who are the white nationalists and Antifa; White nationalists, counterprotesters face off in Pikeville, Kentucky; Violence erupts between white nationalists, counterprotestors in Charlottesville

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#21 - Life and Limb

Season 40 - Episode 52 - Aired 8/25/2017

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#22 - A Chance Encounter

Season 40 - Episode 53 - Aired 9/8/2017

Arizona college party ends with a deadly shooting; Police body cameras capture aftermath of college party shooting; What college student says happened night he killed fellow NAU student; Shooting victims take stand at fellow student's trial; College student on trial for killing fellow student testifies; Jury deadlocked in trial for shooting death of Arizona college student.

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#23 - The Murder of Dee Dee Jackson

Season 40 - Episode 54 - Aired 9/15/2017

Tito Jackson's ex-wife Dee Dee Jackson tragically drowns; Jackson family finds death of Tito Jackson's ex-wife suspicious; Dee Dee Jackson's sons won't object to mom's convicted killer being paroled

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#24 - Love At First Sting

Season 40 - Episode 55 - Aired 9/22/2017

Successful veterinarian finds love again with younger doctor; Woman, her boyfriend were involved in alleged murder-for-hire plot; Man awaits trial for allegedly hiring hit man to kill ex-girlfriend

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#25 - Justice For Holly

Season 40 - Episode 56 - Aired 9/29/2017

Brother recalls the last day he saw his sister Holly Bobo alive; Missing nursing student Holly Bobo's remains are found by ginseng hunters; Jury returns with verdict in man's trial for Holly Bobo's murder