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Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror - Episode Guide

Season 1

The System Was Blinking Red

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2021 (61 min)

The System Was Blinking Red

Interviews and chilling archival recordings chronicle the chaos that unfolded during the 9/11 attacks, whose origins can be traced to the 1980s.


 

A Place of Danger

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2021 (59 min)

A Place of Danger

Survivors recount the horrors they endured on 9/11. Immediately after the attacks, George W. Bush begins charting America's aggressive military response.


 

The Dark Side

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2021 (65 min)

The Dark Side

Learning the hijackers benefitted from gaps in US intelligence, the White House justifies a secret surveillance program and "enhanced interrogation."


 

The Good War

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2021 (63 min)

The Good War

With no cohesive strategy, the war in Afghanistan squanders early successes and backfires, fueling disillusionment, corruption and a Taliban resurgence.


 

Graveyard of Empires

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2021 (67 min)

Graveyard of Empires

After two decades, the US aims to end its longest-ever war, but its withdrawal threatens to plunge Afghanistan back into repressive, bloody violence.


 

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