List of episodes of the series «Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror»

  • Seasons count: 1
  • Episodes count: 5
  • Total viewing time: 4 h. 50 m.
The System Was Blinking Red
Release date: 9/1/2021

The System Was Blinking Red

  • User score: 7.8
  • Episode number: 1
  • Episode duration: 53 min.
  • Episode description:
    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
Release date: 9/1/2021

A Place of Danger

  • User score: 7.4
  • Episode number: 2
  • Episode duration: 53 min.
  • Episode description:
    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
Release date: 9/1/2021

The Dark Side

  • User score: 7.8
  • Episode number: 3
  • Episode duration: 64 min.
  • Episode description:
    Learning the hijackers benefitted from gaps in US intelligence, the White House justifies a secret surveillance program and "enhanced interrogation."
The Good War
Release date: 9/1/2021

The Good War

  • User score: 8
  • Episode number: 4
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    With no cohesive strategy, the war in Afghanistan squanders early successes and backfires, fueling disillusionment, corruption and a Taliban resurgence.
Graveyard of Empires
Release date: 9/1/2021

Graveyard of Empires

  • User score: 7.4
  • Episode number: 5
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    After two decades, the US aims to end its longest-ever war, but its withdrawal threatens to plunge Afghanistan back into repressive, bloody violence.