All Episodes of Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

Season 1

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  8.1/10600 votes

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  The System Was Blinking Red

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/2021

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

  Director: Brian Knappenberger

  Writer: N/A

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  8.0/10545 votes

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  A Place of Danger

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/2021

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

  Director: Brian Knappenberger

  Writer: N/A

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  7.6/10503 votes

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  The Dark Side

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/1/2021

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

  Director: Brian Knappenberger

  Writer: N/A

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  7.9/10479 votes

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  The Good War

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/1/2021

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

  Director: Brian Knappenberger

  Writer: N/A

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  7.7/10444 votes

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  Graveyard of Empires

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/1/2021

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

  Director: Brian Knappenberger

  Writer: N/A