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The Looming Tower - Episode Guide

Season 1

Now It Begins…

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 28, 2018

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.

Losing My Religion

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Feb 28, 2018

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.

Mistakes Were Made

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Feb 28, 2018

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 is approved.

Mercury

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Mar 7, 2018

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.

Y2K

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2018

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.

Boys at War

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Mar 21, 2018

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.

The General

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2018

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.

A Very Special Relationship

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2018

A Very Special Relationship

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 US are lost by their U.S. handler.

Tuesday

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2018

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.

9/11

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2018

9/11

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 from the CIA for months. Schmidt is reinstated into Alec Station. Soufan finally interrogates Abu Jandal.

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