Season 1 · Episode 9 — Dead or Alive
It's make or break time for Rubio, Kasich and Sanders. As the candidates pin their hopes on Florida and Ohio, can they gather enough momentum to force a brokered convention - or will their campaigns finally run out of steam?
Season 1 episodes
E1The campaigns of three "outsiders" - Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump - are given behind-the-scenes attention on the road to the I…
E2The second episode follows Sen. Marco Rubio, Gov. Chris Christie, former Gov. Jeb Bush and Gov. John Kasich as they prepare for the all-imp…
E3This episode follows the angst and drama leading up to the Iowa caucuses, with a showdown brewing between Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hill…
E4The fourth episode goes inside the Iowa fallout and the momentum leading into New Hampshire's primary. Who¿s got it? Who doesn't? And how c…
E5From the electric jolt of New Hampshire to the hard truths coming up in South Carolina and Nevada. Trump tastes victory, Kasich picks up mo…
E6As the campaigns head towards the final stretch leading to Nevada and South Carolina, there's growing anxiety among both frontrunners and s…
E7With the field narrowed down to The Big Five, the campaigns spread their game across the country and play to their strengths - with eyes sq…
E8With big wins for the frontrunners on Super Tuesday the rest of candidates are reckoning with the results. But the biggest story of all mig…
E9It's make or break time for Rubio, Kasich and Sanders. As the candidates pin their hopes on Florida and Ohio, can they gather enough moment…
E10While Rubio gets trumped in Florida, the rest of the candidates remain cautiously optimistic. But are high hopes what they need to pull off…
E11Foreign policy comes to the fore as the political climate grows fiery in the wake of the attacks in Brussels. As Trump and Clinton prepare…
E12Ahead of a Wisconsin showdown the candidates crisscross the state in pursuit of competing agendas. Can Kasich, Cruz or Sanders secure their…
E13From the early primary battles to the Super Tuesday showdown and beyond, pull back the curtain on the 2016 presidential race with Mark Halp…
E14While the nation celebrates July 4th, Trump and Clinton engage in their own fireworks. With the reemergence of Clinton's email scandal and…
E15No president is complete without a veep. As Trump auditions Chris Christie, Mike Pence and Newt Gingrich and Clinton considers Tim Kaine, c…
E16The political circus goes into overdrive as Trump is crowned the Republican nominee - and Melania, controversially, speaks! Capitalizing on…
E17The jeers and boos of Sanders diehards ring out in Philadelphia, before the Democrats at last make Hillary a historic nominee. But is shatt…
E18With ten weeks to go until the election the Trump campaign finds itself running from behind. As members of his party start to publicly jump…
E19As Clinton's pneumonia and scrutiny about Trump's medical records comes to the forefront, their fitness to lead is questioned.
E20As Clinton and Trump prepare for their first debate, their campaigns target the swing states with an eye on Florida.
E21Preparations for the debate; the candidates cede the spotlight to those who cover the political news.
E22The fallout from the second debate and the current scandal surrounding a recently publicized audio tape.
E23Clinton faces the scandal of her highly sensitive, private emails being made public on WikiLeaks, amid claims of foreign hacking and interv…
E24With only two weeks until election day, Clinton bets on the one man who has the potential to swing those states still up for grabs: Joe Bid…
E25Polls predict the differing outcomes; both campaigns make a case in "far-fetched battlegrounds"; to most, the race is either up for grabs o…
E26In a special hour-long episode of the real-time documentary series, Mark Halperin, John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon go behind the scenes of…