Season 9
1990 · 28 episodes
Episodes
1. The Arming of Iraq: Frontline Special
September 11, 1990
2. Decade of Destruction (1): Ashes of Forest
September 18, 1990
3. Decade of Destruction (2): Killing for Land
September 19, 1990
4. Decade of Destruction (3): Mountains of Gold
September 20, 1990
5. Decade of Destruction (4): Chico Mende
September 21, 1990
6. Global Dumping Ground
October 2, 1990
7. When Cops Go Bad
October 16, 1990
8. The Hunt for Howard Marks
October 23, 1990
9. Broken Minds
October 30, 1990
Three million Americans are thought to be schizophrenic. As medical science searches to find its cause, society struggles to understand a crippling disease that has shattered families and left tens of thousands on the nation’s streets.
10. Betting on the Lottery
November 6, 1990
Lottery fever is spreading. Twenty-nine states now raise $20 billion a year in revenues. Frontline correspondent James Reston, Jr., goes behind the scenes of state lotteries to look at the promoters selling them, the people buying the tickets, and to ask the question, ‘Who really wins and who loses?’
11. Springfield Goes to War
November 20, 1990
12. High Crimes and Misdemeanors
November 27, 1990
13. The Struggle for South Africa
December 11, 1990
14. The Spirit of Crazy Horse
December 18, 1990
15. To the Brink of War
January 15, 1991
16. Cuba and Cocaine
February 5, 1991
17. The Man Who Made the Supergun
February 12, 1991
18. Guns, Tanks, and Gorbachev
February 19, 1991
19. The Mind of Hussein
February 26, 1991
20. Black America's War
April 2, 1991
21. War and Peace in Panama
April 9, 1991
22. The Election Held Hostage
April 16, 1991
23. Who Pays for Mom and Dad?
April 30, 1991
24. Innocence Lost
May 7, 1991
25. The Spy Hunter
May 14, 1991
26. To the Last Fish
May 21, 1991
27. The Color of Your Skin
June 11, 1991
28. The Gates Nomination
July 15, 1991