The essential episodes of Black Market
Watch these 12 in order and you've got Black Market — each pick states its reason.
- 01
An international-car-theft operation based out of Newark, N.J., is spotlighted in the series premiere.
- 02
For the fishermen of Hout Bay, South Africa the post-Apartheid years have meant less opportunity as they are forced to turn to poaching to survive.
- 03
Gunrunners move weapons from American states with loose laws to states with stricter ones, in a neverending flow that law enforcement can't seem to stop.
- 04
Across the U.S., a powerful opioid-based cough syrup has become a dangerous pop culture sensation.
- 05
In New York City, an illegal gambling underworld flourishes, but sometimes the largest losers are the ones running the games.
- 06
In a vicious cycle of dependency and despair, drug addicts shoplift meat and other everyday items and sell them to cash-strapped Brits struggling to get by in today's UK.
- 07
Young street genius entrepreneurs have evolved from selling drugs to stealing identities and printing credit cards.
- 08
Designer clothes are on sale for unbelievably low prices because the only cost is the risk of getting caught boosting.
- 09
That hit song or sold out show may not be what it seems. Digital trappers are manipulating streaming platforms to turn nobodies into somebodies.
- 10
The wave of cannabis legalizations has deepened divides and complicated the marijuana industry; corporate weed is thriving, but the black market for cannabis still looms large.
- 11
Black market beauty enhancement has become a game of Russian roulette for people looking to get big. But in the trans community, the black market might be a life saver.
- 12
Drinking water is so poorly managed that our most basic resource has emerged as a terrifying black market. The stakes are critical, yet for most of us, it's barely on our radar.





