Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 |
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About
"Two decades of consequences traced back to one morning"
A five-part documentary tracing the roots of al-Qaeda, the September 11 attacks, and the two-decade war on terror that followed in Afghanistan and Iraq. It blends archival news footage with new interviews from intelligence officials, survivors, soldiers, and journalists to build a sweeping timeline from the 1990s through the 2021 Kabul withdrawal. The tone is somber and procedural rather than sensational, moving briskly through complex geopolitics. It works best as a clear-eyed refresher or introduction for anyone who lived through the headlines but never got the full connected story.
the way it connects 9/11 directly to twenty years of war with firsthand accounts.
you want deep new revelations rather than a well-organized historical overview.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The System Was Blinking Red | 8.1 | 650 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | A Place Of Danger | 8.1 | 593 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | The Dark Side | 7.6 | 542 | 64 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | The Good War | 7.9 | 515 | 63 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Graveyard of Empires | 7.7 | 479 | 66 min |