Full Frontal with Samantha Bee - Season 1

First aired: 2/8/2016 39 episodes

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Episodes

1. A Jeb In Winter

Aired: 2/8/2016

Samantha tracks the Jeb Bush campaign.

2. Syrian Refugees Part 1

Aired: 2/15/2016

Scalia Dies, Republicans Debate; The Democratic Debate; Samantha visits a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan to get to the bottom of whatever it is these people are up to - Part 1.

3. Samantha Bee's Job Fair

Aired: 2/22/2016

Sam visits Syrian refugees in Jordan and teaches them lessons about America that they aren't receiving in their cultural classes.

4. Abortion, Texas-Style

Aired: 2/29/2016

Sam sends a correspondent to an abortion clinic in Texas to see how new restrictions are making life even more difficult for women seeking an abortion.

5. 2010 Was the Most Important Election Part 2

Aired: 3/7/2016

A look back at the 2010 midterm elections and how life has changed for people in states with legislatures that flipped from blue to red.

6. Trump Voters

Aired: 3/14/2016

Samantha visits supporters of Donald Trump. Patiently watching and listening is the Full Frontal Fact Checker.

7. American Atheists at CPAC

Aired: 3/21/2016

Sam discusses how Republicans give the Supreme Court a taste of congressional paralysis; the rape kit backlog; then Full Frontal follows a delegation from the American Atheists on what seems like a doomed mission: to spread their message to the right-wing attendees of CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference.

8. Eddie Eagle

Aired: 4/11/2016

Sam explains the superdelegates and why poor babies don't deserve diapers; does everything in her power to hunt down the NRA's mascot, Eddie Eagle; and discusses Gun TV - it's like QVC for devices specifically manufactured to kill people.

9. Bernie Voters

Aired: 4/18/2016

Samantha discusses the New York promaries as John Kasich leaves no sandwich undevoured or Jewish person uncondescended to. Also, a panel of the most diverse humans imaginable tells Samantha why Bernie Sanders can—and will—become the next president.

10. Guantanamo Bay

Aired: 4/25/2016

Kasich and Cruz pool their desperation to force Donald Trump into a contested convention. Replacing genocide practitioner Andrew Jackson with slave liberator Harriet Tubman shouldn't be controversial. Years of lawyerless interrogation at Guantanamo Bay failed to connect Murat Kurnaz with terrorism—but Samantha grills him just in case. Superdelegates don't look so bad when they alone can stop you from face-planting in front of the entire electorate.

11. Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Aired: 5/9/2016

Samantha and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Michelle Branch bid farewell to Brylcreemed folklore monster Ted Cruz. State midterms are even more boring than general midterms—and maybe more important. Case in point, North Carolina. Blink and you'll miss the sneaky trick anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers use to fool women into thinking they're abortion clinics. Michelle Branch closes tonight's show with more of her musical farewell to Ted Cruz, who will be missed in a perverse kind of way.

12. Super PACs

Aired: 5/16/2016

The untold story of how Christian conservatives went from politically inactive to never shutting the hell up. Five councilwomen in Seattle have been receiving a lot of hate for the insidious crime of doing their jobs. Sam learns that the only thing sadder than Jeb Bush's super PAC is the guy who raised millions of dollars toward it: Mel Immergut. More thrilling sports talk from our favorite Seawards!

13. Vaping

Aired: 5/23/2016

Bernie Sanders supporters take their screamy, incoherent message to the Nevada Democratic Convention. Full Frontal goes deep inside the weirdest anti-abortion art film you've never seen. New government regulations crack down on vaping. Find out why the future of "Monkey Spunk" hangs in the balance. Check out our new title sequence, inspired by Frank Schaeffer. It's nightmare fuel for the whole family!

14. Gary Johnson Part 1

Aired: 6/6/2016

As primary season draws to a close, we take a walk down memory lane, climb memory bridge, and throw ourselves into the memory ocean. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is reaching across the aisle to prevent military officers from reaching into their subordinates' pants. #passMJIA. Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson has scaled Mt. Everest, but can he overcome Clinton Peak and Dirtpile Trump? Support the Military Justice Improvement Act, and help protect our privates' privates. #PassMJIA. Sam welcomes an old friend and a new friend to the office. Find out which one of them poops in it.

15. Libertarian Convention

Aired: 6/13/2016

What can we learn from the mass shooting in Orlando? Whatever it is, you can count on our elected officials to ignore it. We didn't believe it at first either, but a state that seems to be doing a great job with improving mental health is... Florida? Full Frontal visited the Libertarian National Convention in Orlando, FL, where libertarians acted like total libertarians. Breaking News: New York 1's Pat Kiernan is sick of reporting mass shootings. So are we.

16. Tribal Courts

Aired: 6/20/2016

Hey, NRA! Are those most of our elected GOP members of Congress in your pocket? Or am I just too depressed to finish this joke? Up next: a look at how Donald Trump is making crackpot paranoid fascist slogans great again. The U.S. is taking away the right of Native Americans to hear cases in their own tribal courts, and we're not even giving them any smallpox. We conclude with an act of kindness and compassion more powerful than any high-capacity assault rifle.

17. Muslim-American Reporting

Aired: 6/27/2016

It used to be Brits only drove on the wrong side of things. Then they voted on Brexit. Sam traveled to Dearborn, MI to speak with Muslims who had the audacity to do nothing wrong. They may not be getting everything right, but at least the Supreme Court is getting stuff done.

18. Cleveland

Aired: 7/18/2016

Full Frontal visits Cleveland to see how the city is preparing for the Republican National Convention.

19. Election Documentary

Aired: 7/20/2016

In this new documentary film from the makers of Full Frontal, Samantha Bee accidentally discovers America on her way to the conventions.

20. Republican National Convention

Aired: 7/25/2016

Sam visits the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

21. Democratic National Convention

Aired: 8/1/2016

Sam visits the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

22. Latinos for Trump

Aired: 9/12/2016

Full Frontal speaks with the Mexican immigrant behind Latinos for Trump.

23. Super Lobbyist

Aired: 9/19/2016

In order to get a better understanding of the Democratic PartyÂs optics problem, Sam sits down with a superdelegate who is also a lobbyist.

24. Presidential Debate Special

Aired: 9/28/2016

A special installment explores the first presidential debate of 2016.

25. Rigged!

Aired: 10/5/2016

Full Frontal correspondents Allana Harkin and Amy Hoggart visit a Trump rally to find out if his supporters think the upcoming election is rigged against him.

26. Second Presidential Debate Special

Aired: 10/10/2016

Full Frontal breaks down the second presidential debate.

27. United Nations

Aired: 10/24/2016

Sam visits the UN to speak with female leaders from around the world.

28. President Obama

Aired: 10/31/2016

Sam interviews President Obama. She also takes on trolls, conspiracy theories, and the alt-right movement.

29. Meet The (Russian) Press

Aired: 10/11/2016

Sam travels to Moscow, decides not to move her show there.

30. Post-Election

Aired: 10/8/2016

Samantha reacts to the news of Donald Trump's election to the Presidency.

31. November 14, 2016

Aired: 11/14/2016

Sam addresses America's empathy failure.

32. December 5, 2016

Aired: 12/5/2016

Issues and politics in North Carolina are explored.

33. December 12, 2016

Aired: 12/12/2016

A visit to some unexpected allies -- a group of Syrian refugees and American veterans.

34. December 19, 2016

Aired: 12/19/2016

Sam interviews Glenn Beck. It's a Christmas miracle!

35. January 11, 2017

Aired: 1/11/2017

Sam takes a break from sobbing and clinging to Obama's pant leg to discuss his f***ed-up legacy of deportation and detainment.

36. January 18, 2017

Aired: 1/18/2017

Jam interviews Masha Gessen to learn how to survive an autocracy--or at least how to drink our way though one.

37. January 25, 2017

Aired: 1/25/2017

Full Frontal visits the nation's capital to see a live taping of America's finale.

38. February 1, 2017

Aired: 2/1/2017

Full Frontal discusses the real "bad dudes" who are rushing in to ruin America. Spoiler alert: they live in the White House.

39. February 8, 2017

Aired: 2/8/2017

Full Frontal takes a trip across the pond before Trump decides to drain that too.