Manhunt
Manhunt: Unabomber (formerly known as "Manifesto") will explore how the FBI caught infamous criminal masterminds, with each closed-ended season following a different case. The first season will focus on the FBI agent, a highly specialized linguist, who using unconventional means brought Ted Kaczynski, aka the "Unabomber", to justice after nearly a 20-year manhunt. The show, said to be heavily serialized and darkly psychological in the vein of True Detective,would provide insight into the criminal and the case but also the psychological effects the cases have on the FBI agents assigned to hunt down the most dangerous criminals who often delve into a kind of madness of their own, becoming totally absorbed in the crimes and forced to live inside the darkest minds imaginable for years.
- Metascore71
- 2017-2020
- 2 seasons
- Discovery Channel
- Documentary, Suspense, Drama
- TV-14
Manhunt: Unabomber (formerly known as "Manifesto") will explore how the FBI caught infamous criminal masterminds, with each closed-ended season following a different case. The first season will focus on the FBI agent, a highly specialized linguist, who using unconventional means brought Ted Kaczynski, aka the "Unabomber", to justice after nearly a 20-year manhunt. The show, said to be heavily serialized and darkly psychological in the vein of True Detective,would provide insight into the criminal and the case but also the psychological effects the cases have on the FBI agents assigned to hunt down the most dangerous criminals who often delve into a kind of madness of their own, becoming totally absorbed in the crimes and forced to live inside the darkest minds imaginable for years.
Season 2 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
Centbom
Mon, Feb 3, 2020 43 mins
A manhunt begins for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Bomber, which turns to the security guard, Richard Jewell, who tried to help investigators.
Episode 2
Unabubba
Mon, Feb 3, 2020 42 mins
When the media gets wind of the FBI's "hero-bomber" theory, a media firestorm erupts, engulfing Richard and his family. Meanwhile, ATF agents raise doubts as bombings continue.
Episode 3
Bombingham
Mon, Feb 3, 2020 42 mins
While Richard is fighting the FBI and the media, a serial bomber is investigated whose methods can be linked to the Olympic bomb.
Episode 4
Run Rudolph Run
Mon, Feb 3, 2020 42 mins
The FBI finds a suspected offender in Eric Rudolph who lives in North Carolina's mountains. But just seconds before they arrive at his trailer, he has moved out into the wilderness.
Episode 5
Land of the Noonday Sun
Mon, Feb 3, 2020 42 mins
The FBI's hunt for Eric Rudolph becomes difficult to control when his family and local militia members fight back against the charges. Richard Jewell calls for a revolving press conference.
Episode 6
Army of God
Mon, Feb 3, 2020 42 mins
Randolph finds allies, and the FBI come under fire in the woods.
Episode 7
Eric
Mon, Feb 3, 2020 48 mins
Eric manipulates locals, militia and FBI alike as he plans a major counterattack; Richard appears on "60 Minutes" in a high-stakes gamble to save his reputation once and for all.
Episode 8
Join or Die
Mon, Feb 3, 2020 42 mins
FBI agent Brennan realizes he needs to change course radically to catch Rudolph, and allies with Embry to do so. Meanwhile, the journalist who broke the Jewell story confronts her wrongdoing.
Episode 9
Don't Tread on Me
Mon, Feb 3, 2020 44 mins
FBI agent Brennan appeals to the militia leader with the truth about Eric, and a call for unity and moral courage. The militiamen join forces with the FBI to hunt Eric Rudolph down.
Episode 10
Open Season
Mon, Feb 3, 2020 42 mins
The seven year manhunt for Eric Randolph concludes, and he is brought to justice for his actions.
