Ten Steps to Disaster (2021)

Season 2

Experts take a deep dive into modern history's worst disasters to highlight ten crucial missteps behind each catastrophe.

Released Sept. 6, 2021 Episode 44 min 14+

Genres: Documentary

Watch Providers: fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Paramount Plus Premium + 3 more, Philo, YouTube TV, Paramount Plus Essential

Production Companies: Blink Films

Network: Smithsonian Channel

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

IMDb

6.4

/31/

Trakt

/7/

TMDb

S2E1 - Surfside Condo Collapse

During the night, the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Miami, collapsed, killing 98 people; revealing fatal mistakes that led to the disaster, including code violations, inadequate storm defenses, ignored warnings and a contaminant.

March 26, 2023, midnight

S2E2 - Texas Blackout

A look at ten key factors that contributed to the 2021 Texas blackout, which left four million homes without power and heat, leading to roughly 700 deaths.

April 2, 2023, midnight

S2E3 - Iranian Hostage Crisis

Iranian students invade the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 66 Americans hostage and triggering a crisis that will last 444 days; 10 key mistakes the United States made, including an ignorance of anti-U.S. sentiment and multiple security errors.

April 9, 2023, midnight

S2E4 - Boston Marathon Bombing

April 15, 2013. Two explosions rock the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring over 260. The blasts are immediately identified as a terrorist act, but many questions remain. Who planted the bombs? Why did they do it? And most pressing of all: how did they pull off an attack at one of America's most celebrated events undetected? Through in-depth analysis and expert testimony, we list the missed opportunities, security failures, and other errors that allowed the devastating events to unfold before, during, and after the bombing.

April 16, 2023, midnight

S2E5 - Mount St. Helens

A list of 10 key errors and missteps that were made before, during, and after the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state.

April 23, 2023, midnight

S2E6 - The Opioid Crisis

Physicians and other experts examine the rise of an opioid crisis fueled by greed and misleading claims made by Purdue Pharma, makers of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin.

April 30, 2023, midnight

S2E7 - Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

In 2011, a preventable nuclear meltdown in Japan endanger tens of thousands due to multiple structural failures, a lack of emergency training and a persistent myth of infallible safety.

May 7, 2023, midnight

S2E8 - Waco Siege

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May 14, 2023, midnight

Network: Smithsonian Channel

Episode Runtime: 44 min.

Season Runtime: 534 min.

Released: Sept. 6, 2021

Last Air Date: May 14, 2023, midnight

Status: Returning Series

Certification: TV-14 / 14+

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