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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

United States Border Patrol

TV Flash files “United States Border Patrol” as hour 109 of 371 in the TV Flash guide — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 4, episode 20, aired 2017-08-06, 30 min.

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This leaf is S04E20: listed hour 109 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, hour 20 of 30 in season 4. It aired 2017-08-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Alex Jones” (S04E19). Next is “North Korea-United States Relations” (S04E21).

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — United States Border Patrol (S04E20)
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Where does United States Border Patrol sit in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide?

S04E20 is listed hour 109 of 371 — hour 20 of 30 in season 4, season 4 episode 20.

When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S04E20 air?

United States Border Patrol aired 2017-08-06 and is listed at 30 minutes.

Do I need to watch every week in order?

Each episode is a topical deep dive, not a serial plot. Jump at a subject you care about; net-neutrality-era segments are the origin myth of the civic-homework clip.

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John Oliver turned late-night into a research department with punchlines: twenty-minute deep dives on net neutrality, prisons, and whatever lobbyists hoped you would never google. Civic homework disguised as comedy — explainer satire that actually moved petitions, and a host who treats footnotes like setups.

Sunday night, and the group chat is doing homework. After *The Daily Show*, John Oliver's HBO late-night series debuted April 2014 with Tim Carvell and James Taylor in the engine room: twenty-minute deep dives on net neutrality, prisons, and whatever lobbyists hoped you would never google. Segments sparked real petitions and news cycles. Multiple Emmys for variety talk. Footnotes as setups. (Spoiler-free: the joke comes with a syllabus.) Lana can have the tuxedo. **The ship is the explainer, and the replies are…

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