VICE: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of VICE Season 2.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Our Rising Oceans
Mar 6, 2015 · 30 min
A report on climate change that features a visit to Antarctica to observe melting glaciers and a report on rising sea levels in Bangladesh. Then an interview with Vice President Jo
To Serve and Protect & Coming to America
Mar 13, 2015 · 30 min
“To Serve and Protect” – Thomas Morton reports from Ferguson, Mo., in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, and interviews journalist Radley Balko about the militar
We The People & Countdown to Extinction
Mar 20, 2015 · 30 min
“We the People” – A recent study funded by the Department of Homeland Security listed domestic right-wing groups as two of the top three greatest terrorist threats in America. Host
Lines in the Sand & Outsourcing Embryos
Mar 27, 2015 · 30 min
Drug trafficking in Africa. Indian women who are paid to carry babies for wealthy foreigners.
Synthetic Drug Revolution & Transsexuals of Iran
Apr 10, 2015 · 30 min
The future of recreational drugs. Sex-change surgeries in Iran.
The Post-Antibiotic World & Indonesia's Palm Bomb
Apr 17, 2015 · 30 min
The palm oil industry in Indonesia and the search for new antibiotics.
Sweet Home Alabama & Haitian Money Pit
Apr 24, 2015 · 30 min
Thomas Morton reports on the fallout from anti-immigration legislation in Alabama. Vikram Gandhi visits Haiti to examine what happened to billions of dollars in relief and reconstr
Egyptian Tomb Raiders & Rent a White Guy
May 1, 2015 · 30 min
Gianna Toboni investigates who's behind the looting of antiquities in the Middle East in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Thomas Morton reports on the popularity of Western white
Savior Seeds & India's Water Crisis
May 8, 2015 · 30 min
The future of food and genetically modified organisms. India's shortage of clean water.
A Prayer for Uganda & Kidneyville
May 15, 2015 · 30 min
Anti-gay leaders teach intolerance to Uganda's youth. The illegal market for kidneys in Bangladesh.
Evolution of a Plague & Campus Coverup
Jun 5, 2015 · 30 min
An investigation of sexual assault on college campuses and why schools try to keep it off the record includes remarks by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Claire McCaskill (D-M
Enemies at the Gates & Global Jihad
Jun 12, 2015 · 30 min
Suroosh Alvi travels to Saudi Arabia to see how America's staunchest Arab ally is defending itself - and how it may be fanning the flames of global militancy. Gianna Toboni travel
Afghanistan After Us & La Haine
Jun 19, 2015 · 30 min
Ben Anderson returns to Helmand, the country'smost violent province, to investigate the security situation in Afghanistan as American involvement winds down. Vikram Gandhi goes to
Cold War 2.0
Jun 26, 2015 · 30 min
The increasingly strained relationship between Russia and NATO is examined in the Season 3 finale, which includes remarks by U.S. president Barack Obama and vice president Joe Bide