The Looming Tower

Miniseries

10 episodes · Feb 28, 2018

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  • Now It Begins…
    S1E1

    Now It Begins…

    Feb 28, 201850m

    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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  • Losing My Religion
    S1E2

    Losing My Religion

    Feb 28, 201850m

    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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  • Mistakes Were Made
    S1E3

    Mistakes Were Made

    Feb 28, 201850m

    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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  • Mercury
    S1E4

    Mercury

    Mar 7, 201850m

    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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  • Y2K
    S1E5

    Y2K

    Mar 14, 201850m

    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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  • Boys at War
    S1E6

    Boys at War

    Mar 21, 201850m

    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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  • The General
    S1E7

    The General

    Mar 28, 201850m

    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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  • A Very Special Relationship
    S1E8

    A Very Special Relationship

    Apr 4, 201850m

    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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  • Tuesday
    S1E9

    Tuesday

    Apr 11, 201850m

    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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  • 9/11
    S1E10

    9/11

    Apr 18, 201850m

    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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