Queye TV The Looming Tower
War & Politics
Drama
The Looming Tower
TV-MA
2018
0:50
1 Seasons 10 Episodes
★ 7.4
🇺🇸
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.

Episodes

Now It Begins…
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.

50m
Losing My Religion
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.

50m
Mistakes Were Made
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.

50m
Mercury
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.

50m
Y2K
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.

50m
Boys at War
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.

50m
The General
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.

50m
A Very Special Relationship
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.

50m
Tuesday
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.

50m
9/11
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.

50m

Cast

Jeff Daniels

John O'Neill

Tahar Rahim

Ali Soufan

Wrenn Schmidt

Diane Priest

Bill Camp

Robert Chesney

Louis Cancelmi

Vince Stuart

Virginia Kull

Kathy Shaughnessy

Ella Rae Peck

Heather

Sullivan Jones

Floyd Bennet

Michael Stuhlbarg

Richard Clarke

Peter Sarsgaard

Martin Schmidt

Crew

Peter Feldman

Producer

Ali Soufan

Producer

Lauren Whitney

Producer

Lawrence Wright

Book

Dan Futterman

Executive Producer

Alex Gibney

Executive Producer

Adam Rapp

Executive Producer

Lawrence Wright

Executive Producer

Craig Zisk

Executive Producer

Lester Cohen

Production Design

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