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The Looming Tower

2018 Ended 50m episodes

7.4/10 203 votes

War & PoliticsDrama

While Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda become a global threat, the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently sets the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the Iraq War.

Created by:: Lawrence Wright, Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney
Cast:: Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Wrenn Schmidt, Bill Camp
Language:: English
Country:: United States of America
Network:: Hulu

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E01

Episode 1

★ 7.9

Now It Begins…

2018-02-28 · 50m

The chief of the FBI’s counter-terrorism unit, John O’Neill, invites rookie Muslim-American agent, Ali Soufan, onto his squad. Fighting to get information from the CIA, they soon realize their work is just beginning…as two American embassies are bombed.

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E02

Episode 2

★ 8.0

Losing My Religion

2018-02-28 · 50m

Following the simultaneous embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, the FBI begins its investigation on the ground, while the CIA starts working on a retaliation plan.

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E03

Episode 3

★ 7.2

Mistakes Were Made

2018-02-28 · 50m

The FBI finds one of the surviving terrorists and discovers a game changing lead in Nairobi, while the CIA’s retaliation plan in approved.

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E04

Episode 4

★ 7.4

Mercury

2018-03-07 · 50m

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 Chesney. O'Neill searches for solace in his faith as his personal and professional lives crumble before him.

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E05

Episode 5

★ 7.4

Y2K

2018-03-14 · 50m

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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E06

Episode 6

★ 7.8

Boys at War

2018-03-21 · 50m

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 boy, radicalized after the CIA’s retaliation attack killed his friend, travels to Yemen to start his own martyrdom journey.

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E07

Episode 7

★ 7.6

The General

2018-03-28 · 50m

O’Neill and Soufan travel to Yemen to begin the investigation into the bombing of the U.S.S. 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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E08

Episode 8

★ 7.7

A Very Special Relationship

2018-04-04 · 50m

Everyone adjusts to a new president and, with it, a shift in threat priority. Soufan learns of the importance of UBL’s bodyguard and is refused access to him. O’Neill is denied re-entry into Yemen and forced to resign. The terrorists in the U.S., Hazmi, Mihdhar and Atta, are lost by their U.S. handler.

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E09

Episode 9

★ 7.8

Tuesday

2018-04-11 · 50m

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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E10

Episode 10

★ 8.7

9/11

2018-04-18 · 50m

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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