TV series

The Looming Tower

2018 · 1 season

A slow, meticulous procedural that builds dread through bureaucracy and missed signals, leaving you tense and quietly heartbroken by what's coming.

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.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Measured and demanding.
About: Politics, conspiracy, power, corruption
Content: Strong language. Mild violence, gore and sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
conspiracy
power
corruption
faith
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild