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The Looming Tower

Season 1
The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. The new drama series is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book by Lawrence Wright.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Now it Begins...
    February 27, 2018
    50min
    18+
    The chief of the FBI’s counter-terrorism unit, John O’Neill, invites rookie Muslim-American agent, Ali Soufan, onto his squad.
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  2. S1 E2 - Losing My Religion
    February 27, 2018
    50min
    16+
    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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  3. S1 E3 - Mistakes Were Made
    February 27, 2018
    50min
    18+
    The FBI finds one of the surviving terrorists and discovers a game changing lead in Nairobi, while the CIA’s retaliation plan is approved.
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  4. S1 E4 - Mercury
    March 6, 2018
    50min
    16+
    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.
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  5. S1 E5 - Y2K
    March 13, 2018
    46min
    16+
    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.
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  6. S1 E6 - Boys at War
    March 20, 2018
    49min
    16+
    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.
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  7. S1 E7 - The General
    March 27, 2018
    50min
    16+
    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.
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  8. S1 E8 - A Very Special Relationship
    April 3, 2018
    49min
    16+
    Everyone adjusts to a new president and, with it, a shift in threat priority. The terrorists in the US, Hazmi, Mihdhar and Atta, are lost by their U.S. handler.
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  9. S1 E9 - Tuesday
    April 10, 2018
    48min
    18+
    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.
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  10. S1 E10 - 9/11
    February 27, 2018
    50min
    13+
    September 11, 2001 and no one can get a hold of O’Neill. Soufan’s evacuation from Yemen stops short as the CIA Station Chief gives him all the answers he has been asking for.
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The Looming Tower: A First Look
The Looming Tower: A First Look
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The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. The new drama series is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book by Lawrence Wright.
The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. The new drama series is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book by Lawrence Wright.
The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. The new drama series is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book by Lawrence Wright.

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Warner Bros.
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