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Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror: Limited Series

5 episodes Premiered Sep 1, 2021 Updated Nov 2, 2026

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S1·E1 Mytharc

The System Was Blinking Red

Sep 1, 2021 · 60 min

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

S1·E2 Core

A Place of Danger

Sep 1, 2021 · 59 min

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

S1·E3 Core

The Dark Side

Sep 1, 2021 · 64 min

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

S1·E4 Core

The Good War

Sep 1, 2021 · 63 min

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

S1·E5 Mytharc

Graveyard of Empires

Sep 1, 2021 · 67 min

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