TV series
The Looming Tower
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 2018-02-28
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 10 episodes
- Genres
- War & Politics, Drama
- Network
- Hulu
- Production
- Legendary Television, Jigsaw Productions
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jeff Daniels as John O'Neill
- Tahar Rahim as Ali Soufan
- Wrenn Schmidt as Diane Priest
- Bill Camp as Robert Chesney
- Louis Cancelmi as Vince Stuart
- Virginia Kull as Kathy Shaughnessy
- Ella Rae Peck as Heather
- Sullivan Jones as Floyd Bennet
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Richard Clarke
- Peter Sarsgaard as Martin Schmidt
- Kenneth Fok as Chuck Esposito
- Richard Lukunku as Officer Ndereba
Creators and crew
- Lawrence Wright - Creator
- Dan Futterman - Creator
- Alex Gibney - Creator
- Dan Futterman - Executive Producer
- Craig Zisk - Executive Producer
- Lawrence Wright - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Now It Begins…
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.
Episode 2: Losing My Religion
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.
Episode 3: Mistakes Were Made
The FBI finds one of the surviving terrorists and discovers a game changing lead in Nairobi, while the CIA’s retaliation plan in approved.
Episode 4: Mercury
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.
Episode 5: Y2K
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.
Episode 6: Boys at War
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.
Episode 7: The General
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.
Episode 8: A Very Special Relationship
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.
Episode 9: Tuesday
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.
Episode 10: 9/11
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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