Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Epstein Files & Twitter
TV Flash files “Epstein Files & Twitter” as hour 352 of 371 in the TV Flash guide — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 13, episode 2, aired 2026-02-22, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S13E02: listed hour 352 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, hour 2 of 21 in season 13. It aired 2026-02-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “ICE” (S13E01). Next is “Body Cameras” (S13E03).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
John Oliver discusses former Prince Andrew's arrest and why the Epstein files are causing political unrest in the UK. Then, how an already flawed Twitter got worse under Elon Musk, and why Donald Trump needs to tell the American people whether or not ants have dicks. You read that right. If he was a real leader he'd get in the White House garden and get to the bottom of this.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Epstein Files & Twitter sit in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide?
S13E02 is listed hour 352 of 371 — hour 2 of 21 in season 13, season 13 episode 2.
When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S13E02 air?
Epstein Files & Twitter aired 2026-02-22 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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Why this series still plays
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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- John Oliver as Host
John Oliver’s correspondent weather on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart made a fake newscast feel like a civic classroom, then Last Week Tonight turned the same research into twenty-minute deep dives — 2000s catalog Stewart era, 2010s…