Well-acted and powerfully written, The Looming Tower delivers gripping counter-terrorism drama rendered even more soberingly effective through its roots in real-life events. Read critic reviews
The Looming Tower (2018)
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1. Now It Begins ...
Air date: Feb 28, 2018
John O'Neill, the chief of the FBI's counter-terrorism unit, invites rookie agent Ali Soufan, a Muslim-American, onto his squad; they soon realize that their work is just the beginning when two American embassies are bombed.
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2. Losing My Religion
Air date: Feb 28, 2018
Following the simultaneous embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, the FBI begins a ground investigation while the CIA starts working on a retaliation plan.
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3. Mistakes Were Made
Air date: Feb 28, 2018
The FBI finds one of the surviving terrorists and discovers a game-changing lead in Nairobi; the CIA's retaliation plan is approved.
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4. Mercury
Air date: Mar 7, 2018
Continuing to keep information from the FBI, Schmidt is fired from Alec Station; Diane makes an important discovery about the owner of the phone number Owhali gave Chensey; O'Neill searches for solace in his faith.
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5. Y2K
Air date: Mar 14, 2018
The CIA and FBI are on high alert as threats surrounding the new millennium abound; O'Neill and Soufan raid an AQ cell in Brooklyn; the CIA continues to hide vital information from the FBI while they track suspicious individuals entering the U.S.
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6. Boys at War
Air date: Mar 21, 2018
Vince continues asking for permission to share Mihdhar's visa with the FBI; O'Neill loses his briefcase and an investigation into his handling of classified materials begins; a radicalized boy goes to Yemen to start his own martyrdom journey.
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7. The General
Air date: Mar 28, 2018
O'Neill and Soufan travel to Yemen to begin the investigation into the bombing of the USS Cole; the FBI becomes aware of a meeting in Malaysia and of Khallad, without knowing the CIA has been aware of both of those things for months.
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8. A Very Special Relationship
Air date: Apr 4, 2018
Everyone adjusts to a new president and, with it, a shift in threat priority; Soufan learns the importance of UBL's bodyguard; O'Neill is denied re-entry into Yemen and forced to resign; the terrorists in the U.S. are lost by their handler.
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9. Tuesday
Air date: Apr 11, 2018
The CIA becomes aware that Hazmi and Mihdhar are gone and must relay that to the FBI; O'Neill accepts a job as head of security at the World Trade Center; Soufan is sent back to Yemen; Hazmi, Mihdhar and Atta head to Vegas for a final indulgence.
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10. 9/11
Air date: Apr 18, 2018
Nobody can get a hold of O'Neill on Sept. 11, 2001; Soufan's evacuation from Yemen stops short as the CIA Station Chief gives him the answers he has been seeking from the CIA; Schmidt is reinstated into Alec Station; Soufan interrogates Abu Jandal.
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The Main Issue with this Production is The Saudi Embassey Offical is only Breifly Portrayed as an Employee - This is WRONG. In Fact this Embassy Offical was Seen with at Least 9 of the Hijackers and was killed in Afganihstan several months after 911, allegedly as a member of Al Qaeda. That Americans, especially the Families of those who perished under the most Horrific Circumstances - have to Endure This LIE, not only from their Own Govt. But as well as a Dramaitized-documentary, - is Truely Humiliating beyond Words. It is not just Accuarcy But Honesty, Must be Fundamental to These Events !!
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Compelling and challenging to the young Western mind. Extraordinary thespian-craft on display through difficult material.
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Watching in 2021 - a good overview of the events leading up to 9/11. Good acting and a great cast. Hopefully the FBI and CIA got their acts together after this embarrassing show of ego's within each departments head.
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It's never as gripping, nor as insightful, as its Pulitzer Prize-winning source material, but The Looming Tower is a well-acted and painfully resonant exploration of the unchecked personalities, internal warfare and frustrating failures at American intelligence agencies prior to 9/11.
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The same clumsy mistakes the Congress, Senate, FBI & CIA made in fighting foreign terrorism & the run-up to 9/11, we are re-making in the fight against conspirscy-based domestic terrorism. "We don't need to attack the United States. We will bankrupt them." said Usama bin Laden in the interview he gave before 9/11. He didn't only mean money.
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An excellent series. How many got to see this. Should be broadcast on regular channels. A real jewel
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Unbelievably false and cringeworthy dialogue. It's absolutely unbearable to watch these wind-up human cartoons say dumb things to each other. O'Neil and his girlfriends in particular sound like a parody in the style of Hot Shots. There is no chance of enjoying a story under these conditions.
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acting is just fcking terrible
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An absolutely enthralling representation of the build up to this terrible atrocity.
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Well put-together, poignant, and interesting. Picture Homeland, only easier to follow and reality-based.
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