Vice

2013

4.7

171 reviews

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Season 1 episodes (21)

1 VICE - Killer Kids

8/13/13

In the Philippines, election season is more like hunting season as rivals simply rub out their opponents instead of defeating them at the polls. In Afghanistan, the Taliban are now manipulating children and teenagers into carrying out suicide bombings.

2 VICE - Bad Borders

8/13/13

North Koreans try to cross the border into China illegally every year--some via a modern-day underground railroad. VICE visits the most dangerous place in the world: Kashmir's line of control, which separates India from Pakistan.

3 VICE - Guns & Ammo

8/13/13

VICE visits the New Life Baptist Church & Academy in Albuquerque, NM, where Pastor Larry Allen preaches guns and teaches guns. After ravaging Iraq over the past decade, the U.S. is exiting the country--leaving behind a toxic cesspool of military waste.

4 VICE - Love & Rockets

8/13/13

In China, where marrying-age men outnumber women by the millions, VICE looks at a lucrative business catered to matchmaking and the bachelors who use such services. Tired of the economic crisis, European youth are taking to the streets to demand change.

5 VICE - Winners & Losers

8/13/13

A look at the exiled sons of polygamists. In the West African country of Mauritania, parents send their daughters to rural fattening camps. A visit to Mumbai, where slums sit below billion-dollar, single-family skyscrapers.

6 VICE - Corruption

8/13/13

How China's appetite for housing created huge ghost cities; the violent aftermath of Arab Spring in Egypt.

7 VICE - Addiction

8/13/13

Tobacco obsession in Indonesia; treating heroin addiction with hallucinogens in Mexico.

8 VICE - Fighting Chances

8/13/13

The laamb-wrestling phenomenon in Senegal; rising sea levels in Venice, the Maldives and beyond.

9 VICE - Gangs & Oil

8/13/13

The lethal combination of gangs and guns has turned Chicago into a war zone. VICE visits the city's most dangerous areas; plus, a visit to Africa's oil-producing region to meet with oil thieves, and one farmer's attempt to sue a foreign oil company.

10 VICE - The Hermit Kingdom

8/13/13

VICE makes history on a trip to North Korea to play hoops and meet with supreme leader Kim Jong-un. With NBA great Dennis Rodman and a trio of Harlem Globetrotters in tow, the visit includes a first-ever meeting between the leader and a U.S. delegation.

101 VICE - What is VICE? Welcome to Our World

3/25/13

See what 'VICE' is all about in this introduction to the HBO series and its fearless team of correspondents.

101 VICE - Episode 1 Extras: Killer Kids of the Taliban - 'Suicide Bomber Lawyer'

10/20/13

Season-only

An interview with lawyer/activist Kim Motley who defends would-be child suicide bombers in Afghanistan.

102 VICE - Episode 2 Extras: Bad Borders - 'Pakistani Dress Up'

10/21/13

Season-only

VICE founder Shane Smith dons local attire in preparation for a visit to the dangerous India/Pakistan border.

103 VICE - Episode 3 Extras: Gun School - 'Church and School Security'

10/21/13

Season-only

VICE takes part in a simulated active-shooter exercise at a church whose pastor packs heat during services.

104 VICE - Episode 4 Extras: European Meltdown - 'Germany's Far Right'

10/21/13

Season-only

VICE journeys to Berlin for this alarming look at one of Germany's increasingly popular far-right parties.

105 VICE - Episode 5 Extras: Lost Boys of Mormon - 'Nikita's Story'

10/21/13

Season-only

A teenage girl who decided to leave the Mormon church and her family talks about the lifestyle she left behind.

106 VICE - Episode 6 Extras: Egypt on the Brink - 'Women in Protest'

10/21/13

Season-only

VICE heads to Egypt where assaults on women at protests are on the rise.

107 VICE - Episode 7 Extras: Human Rights Day - 'Anti-Smoking Rally'

10/21/13

Season-only

VICE correspondent Thomas Morton heads to a sparsely attended anti-smoking rally in cigarette-crazy Indonesia.

108 VICE - Episode 8 Extras: The World is Sinking - 'Preventative Measures'

10/21/13

Season-only

Experts discuss the need to protect New York City from increasingly violent storms resulting from climate change.

109 VICE - Episode 9 Extras: Nigerian Oil Pirates - 'The Curse of Oil'

10/21/13

Season-only

A Nigerian fish farmer whose land was polluted by piracy-related spills talks with VICE in the wake of his legal victory over Shell Oil.

110 VICE - Episode 10 Extras: Basketball Diplomacy - 'Players Lunch'

10/21/13

Season-only

VICE joins the Harlem Globetrotters for lunch with the North Korea's national basketball team following their game.

About this show

From Afghanistan to North Korea to Thailand and beyond, some of the most shocking, compelling and entertaining news stories go unreported by the mainstream media--but not by VICE. Journalist/entrepreneur Shane Smith and his taboo-breaking team of correspondents deliver hard-hitting and often incredible stories from the most dangerous places on earth.

Ratings and reviews

4.7

171 reviews

Victor Yoon

November 1, 2013

I watched Vice on HBO only when I heard that this is the show that sent Dennis Rodman to North Korea, but instantly fell in love the seriese. The team goes to places other people would never dare to visit, and shows you the world as it is, without censoring anything. It's fascinating and brutal, and is sometimes hard to watch, but necessary to gain worldy perspective. If you haven't seen it yet, do so.

21 people found this review helpful

Jonathan Ruff (Jon)

April 4, 2014

If you think the show is good, which you will, find their YouTube channel. They do things even HBO doesn't air...interviewing assassins, suicide forests of Japan, nuclear disaster aftermath...etc. Amazing group!

3 people found this review helpful

Nathan Duin

March 20, 2015

An entirely accurate warts and all show that pulls the current back to demonstrate how things actually are. I can scarcely believe it is on HBO.

3 people found this review helpful

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