Season 17

01 From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 1) Episode 121st September 1998 The story of the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. Said one critic: " It's a revelation of what television can be." 02 From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 2) Episode 222nd September 1998 The story of the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. Said one critic: " It's a revelation of what television can be." 03 The Farmer's Wife, Part 3 Episode 323rd September 1998 In the concluding episode of "The Farmer's Wife," Darrel finally harvests the bumper crop he had dreamt about his whole life. But Darrel has to go to work for another farmer to make enough money to feed his family, and the stress and exhaustion cause him to explode. In December, Juanita takes the girls and leaves for a week--it has a deep and profound effect on Darrel. Two months later, the marriage that had seemed almost doomed is miraculously transformed. Through counseling, Darrel learns to deal with his anger and undergoes extraordinary personal growth. Now he is the at-home parent, farming and caring for his three daughters. Juanita, who has earned a college degree, works at a respected crop insurance company in town, helping other farmers. In the end, through faith, hope, and hard work, the Buschkoetters save their farm and rediscover the love that holds them together. 04 Ambush in Mogadishu Episode 429th September 1998 05 Washington's Other Scandal Episode 56th October 1998 "Washington's Other Scandal" reveals the heart of a Washington where money - not sex - is the obsession. In this special report by Bill Moyers, FRONTLINE shows how both political parties, cynically and shamelessly, contrived to bend and break campaign laws in the '96 election. 06 Plague War Episode 613th October 1998 FRONTLINE's "Plague War" investigates the ever-increasing threat of biological weapons in today's world, focusing on the rise and fall of the Soviet Union's enormous covert bio-weapons program which went undetected for almost two decades. 07 The Child Terror Episode 727th October 1998 In "The Child Terror," FRONTLINE correspondent Peter J. Boyer travels to Dade County, Florida to explore the impassioned roots and controversial consequences of the nation's 15-year legal battle against child sexual abuse. During the 1980s, Miami became ground zero in the crusade to prosecute child molesters. Many high-profile cases were prosecuted by the office of then-chief prosecutor Janet Reno who pioneered a national effort to bring child molesters to justice. Now, however, some of these cases are unraveling. In this report, FRONTLINE deconstructs two of the them, probing what went wrong. 08 Fat Episode 83rd November 1998 09 Snitch Episode 912th January 1999 10 The Triumph of Evil Episode 1026th January 1999 11 The Execution Episode 119th February 1999 12 Russian Roulette Episode 1223rd February 1999 13 Hunting Bin Laden Episode 1313th April 1999 For years this one man has taunted, threatened and frustrated the United States. But who is he? The U.S. government has tried to link him to nearly every act of Islamic terrorism against Americans in the 90s: from the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, to the bombings of U.S. military installations in Saudi Arabia, to the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa. 14 Spying on Saddam Episode 1427th April 1999 15 Give War a Chance Episode 1511th May 1999 16 The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela Episode 1625th May 1999 An intimate portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest leaders. 17 Making Babies Episode 171st June 1999 18 Pop Episode 1822nd June 1999 19 The Crash Episode 1929th June 1999