The BEST episodes of The Circus season 1
Every episode of The Circus season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Circus season 1!
This documentary series pulls back the curtain on the 2016 presidential race, revealing the intense, inspiring and infuriating stories behind the headlines. Key characters and events from the individual campaigns are presented in real time, as they are happening. Produced in cooperation with Bloomberg Politics, THE CIRCUS is a non-partisan, never-before-attempted take on what promises to be one of the most fascinating and consequential elections in modern history.
#1 - Tale of the Tape
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/16/2016
Tracking the fallout from the second debate and the scandal surrounding a now-infamous audio tape, could this be the final nail in Trump's campaign coffin - or can he pull off a surprise October Surprise to rally yet another comeback?
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#2 - President Trump
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/13/2016
In a special hour-long episode finale of the real-time documentary series, Mark Halperin, John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon go behind the scenes of both campaigns in the lead up to Election Day - and the fallout that followed.
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#3 - The Outsiders
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/17/2016
The campaigns of three "outsiders" - Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump - are given behind-the-scenes attention on the road to the Iowa caucus. Series premiere.
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#4 - Dead or Alive
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/13/2016
It's make or break time for Rubio, Kasich and Sanders. As the candidates pin their hopes on Florida and Ohio, can they gather enough momentum to force a brokered convention - or will their campaigns finally run out of steam?
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#5 - Fear and Loathing
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/21/2016
As the campaigns head towards the final stretch leading to Nevada and South Carolina, there's growing anxiety among both frontrunners and stragglers about just how high the stakes are - and the significance of falling behind.
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#6 - Fit to Serve
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/18/2016
Revelations about Clinton's pneumonia and scrutiny surrounding Trump's medical records lead to questions of their fitness to lead. As each campaign tries to avoid the issues, heat is put on their running mates.
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#8 - His Word as a Biden
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/30/2016
The final two-week push going into the election sees the full weight of the White House come out in force for Clinton's campaign, including one man who has the potential to swing those states still up for grabs: Joe Biden.
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Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/25/2016
As Clinton and Trump prepare for the first of their debates, the campaigns target a handful of states that could swing the election, including the must-win battleground of Florida.
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Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/11/2016
The Trump campaign finds itself running from behind and tries to close the gap on Clinton, even as members of his party start to publicly jump ship.
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#11 - The Newsrooms
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/2/2016
Preparations for the debate; the candidates cede the spotlight to those who cover the political news.
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Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/31/2016
The jeers and boos of Sanders diehards ring out in Philadelphia, before the Democrats at last make Hillary a historic nominee. But is shattering a glass ceiling enough for Clinton and Kaine to unite the party into a winning coalition?
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#14 - Tension City
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/31/2016
This episode follows the angst and drama leading up to the Iowa caucuses, with a showdown brewing between Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton and the GOP's first real test of outsider candidates versus the establishment.
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Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/10/2016
While the nation celebrates July 4th, Trump and Clinton engage in their own fireworks. With the reemergence of Clinton's email scandal and Trump's latest faux pas, the titans go on the attack to take each other down.
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#16 - The Reckoning
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/6/2016
With big wins for the frontrunners on Super Tuesday the rest of candidates are reckoning with the results. But the biggest story of all might be one both Democratic and Republican establishments can agree on: how do they stop Trump?
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#18 - Nobody Fucking Knows
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/6/2016
Clinton in Arizona? Trump in Washington? As different polls predict differing outcomes both campaigns make a case in far-fetched battlegrounds. In a race that's either up for grabs or already decided, hope, it seems, springs eternal.
#19 - The Big Mo
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/7/2016
Inside the Iowa fallout and who's got momentum leading into New Hampshire.
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Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/27/2016
Foreign policy comes to the fore as the political climate grows fiery in the wake of the attacks in Brussels. As Trump and Clinton prepare to square off, can either of them prove their presidential mettle in handling the heat?
#21 - From Russia with Love
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/23/2016
Amid claims of foreign intervention, international espionage and widespread hacking, Clinton faces what might turn out to be her toughest opponent to date: WikiLeaks, and the trove of highly sensitive, private emails it's made public.
#22 - Trump Show
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/24/2016
The political circus goes into overdrive as Trump is crowned the Republican nominee - and Melania, controversially, speaks! Capitalizing on his children to help humanize his image, can Trump plus Pence finally rally a unified party?
#23 - Confidence Game
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/28/2016
With the field narrowed down to The Big Five, the campaigns spread their game across the country and play to their strengths - with eyes squarely focused on the all-important upcoming prize: Super Tuesday.
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Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/10/2016
From the early primary battles to the Super Tuesday showdown and beyond, pull back the curtain on the 2016 presidential race with Mark Halperin, John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon - and catch up on the electrifying first twelve weeks.
#25 - On Wisconsin
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/3/2016
Ahead of a Wisconsin showdown the candidates crisscross the state in pursuit of competing agendas. Can Kasich, Cruz or Sanders secure their position as spoilers - or will Clinton and Trump finally be crowned their party's Big Cheese?
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