60 Minutes
The Artic Frontier | Don't Mess with Mary Quin | Nate Parker
TV Flash files “The Artic Frontier | Don't Mess with Mary Quin | Nate Parker” as hour 437 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 49, episode 2, aired 2016-10-02, 60 min.
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This leaf is S49E02: listed hour 437 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 2 of 37 in season 49. It aired 2016-10-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The King | The New Cold War | The Picasso Portfolio” (S49E01). Next is “Breaking Good | Artificial Intelligence | Gorilla Doctors” (S49E03). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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The Artic Frontier - Lesley Stahl goes to the top of the world where the next battle over oil and mineral resources is shaping up as the region becomes more accessible due to climate change. Don't Mess with Mary Quin - After narrowly surviving being held hostage, former-Xerox exec Mary Quin tells 60 Minutes how she brought a radical British cleric to justice for his role in the kidnapping. Nate Parker - Hollywood filmmaker Nate Parker will not apologize for the rape case he became embroiled in at college 17 years ago because, he tells Anderson Cooper, he was falsely accused and then vindicated in court. He also says it would be unfortunate if people stayed away from his new historical epic based on Nat Turner's slave rebellion because of the incident. Parker's film, "The Birth of a Nation," had generated a huge amount of Oscar buzz until an uproar grew over the incident and it became widely known the woman who accused him killed herself in 2012.
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Where does The Artic Frontier | Don't Mess with Mary Quin | Nate Parker sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S49E02 is listed hour 437 of 767 — hour 2 of 37 in season 49, season 49 episode 2.
When did 60 Minutes S49E02 air?
The Artic Frontier | Don't Mess with Mary Quin | Nate Parker aired 2016-10-02 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 49
- S49E01 The King | The New Cold War | The Picasso Portfolio
- S49E03 Breaking Good | Artificial Intelligence | Gorilla Doctors
- S49E04 Finding Refuge | The Brothers Rosenberg
- S49E05 Ask Ohio | Thrown for a Loss | The Influncers
- S49E06 In God's Name | The Pot Vote | The Music of Zomba Prison
- S49E07 The Zika Virus | The Battle for Mosul | The National Mood