Season 18

01 John Paul II: the Millennial Pope Episode 128th September 1999 02 Secrets of the SAT Episode 25th October 1999 03 Mafia Power Play Episode 312th October 1999 04 The Lost Children of Rockdale County Episode 419th October 1999 Conyers, Georgia is a prosperous bedroom community just outside Atlanta. FRONTLINE examines the link between an outbreak of syphilis among a group of its teenagers and the well-off community in which they live. The film reveals a parent's worst nightmare--children as young as fourteen naming scores of sexual partners; others telling of binge drinking, drugs and sex parties. In a series of intertwining profiles, FRONTLINE uncovers the roots of the Conyers syphilis epidemic and reveals the turbulent psychology of America's suburban teenagers. 05 Apocalypse! (2) Episode 522nd November 1999 06 Justice for Sale Episode 623rd November 1999 07 The Case for Innocence Episode 711th January 2000 08 The Killer at Thurston High Episode 818th January 2000 FRONTLINE explores what led Kip Kinkel, a 15-year-old Oregon boy, to kill his parents and two classmates, and shoot and injure 25 others at his high school. 09 The Survival of Saddam Episode 925th January 2000 10 Assault on Gay America Episode 1015th February 2000 11 War in Europe Episode 1122nd February 2000 12 Dr Solomon's Dilemma Episode 124th April 2000 13 What's Up With the Weather? Episode 1318th April 2000 14 Jefferson's Blood Episode 142nd May 2000 In "Jefferson's Blood," FRONTLINE correspondent Shelby Steele and producer Tom Lennon re-examine Jefferson's life, and piece together the little that can be known about Sally Hemings. Steele and Lennon also explore the repercussions of the Jefferson-Hemings relationship for the couple's modern-day descendants, many of whom are still attempting to find their place along America's blurred color line. "[Jefferson] spawned two lines of descendants--one legitimate, one not," Steele says in the documentary. "And this bastardized part of his family would be driven by a sense of incompleteness." 15 Return of the Czar Episode 159th May 2000 16 The Battle Over School Choice Episode 1623rd May 2000 During the election year of 2000, George Bush and Al Gore battled over issues regarding education. This program explores the heated political debate over the reform of public education and investigates the spectrum of "school choice" options, from vouchers to charter schools to for-profit academies