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The Looming Tower•Season 1•Episode 6

Boys at War

7.7/10 · 621 votesMar 21, 201850 min

Ranked #7 of 10 in Season 1•−0.1 vs season avg

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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

Directed byMichael Slovis

Written byDan Futterman

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Season 1 Episodes10

Now It Begins…

Losing My Religion

Mistakes Were Made

Mercury

Y2K

Boys at War

The General

A Very Special Relationship

E9 8.1

Tuesday

E10 8.6

9/11

Cast10

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

Crew2

Michael Slovis

Director

Dan Futterman

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Boys at War" is episode 6 of The Looming Tower season 1. It scored 7.7/10 from 621 votes, ranking #7 of 10 episodes this season (season average 7.8). Directed by Michael Slovis and written by Dan Futterman, it aired on March 21, 2018.

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