Manhunt explores how the FBI caught infamous criminal masterminds, with each closed-ended season following a different case.The show, heavily serialized and darkly psychological in the vein of True Detective, provides 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.
In 1995, FBI profiler Jim "Fitz" Fitzgerald joins the Unabom Task Force. Fitz recommends new methods of profiling but finds no allies among the agents in charge. In 1997, Fitz is tasked with confronting Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.
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s01e02Pure Wudder2017-08-0201:00⌄
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Pure Wudder
s01e02 ·
2017-08-02 ·
01:00
When the elusive Unabomber threatens to blow up a jetliner, Fitz must determine if the threat is real. In 1997, Fitz confronts Ted for the first time.
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s01e03Fruit of the Poisonous Tree2017-08-0902:00⌄
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Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
s01e03 ·
2017-08-09 ·
02:00
Linguist Natalie Rogers helps Fitz find clues about the Unabomber's identity in the Manifesto, but their findings face skepticism at the UTF; Ted claims he can invalidate all of the evidence against him.
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s01e04Publish or Perish2017-08-1602:00⌄
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Publish or Perish
s01e04 ·
2017-08-16 ·
02:00
The Unabomber will stop bombing if his Manifesto is published; Fitz pushes for publication with S.A.C. Ackerman, who presents Fitz's argument to Attorney General Janet Reno.
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s01e05Abri2017-08-2302:00⌄
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Abri
s01e05 ·
2017-08-23 ·
02:00
Fitz receives linguistic proof that Ted is the Unabomber and tracks down Ted's brother David, who is astonished at the accuracy of Fitz's profile.
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s01e06Ted2017-08-3002:00⌄
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Ted
s01e06 ·
2017-08-30 ·
02:00
In a letter to his brother, Ted recounts the key events from his past that informed his decision to engage in terrorist activities.
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s01e07Lincoln2017-09-0602:00⌄
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Lincoln
s01e07 ·
2017-09-06 ·
02:00
FBI profiler Jim Fitzgerald is under the gun to amass the evidence needed to secure a search warrant for Ted Kaczynski's cabin. Why the extreme sense of urgency? Because the plan was originally for a small surveillance team on the ground in Montana to build a case for a warrant over months, but after CBS News learns that the Unabomber has been identified, the FBI has just 24 hours until the network reports it. Now it's up to Fitz to find a linguistic "smoking gun" that will tie Kaczynski to the Manifesto in the eyes of a Federal judge.
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s01e08USA vs. Theodore J. Kaczynski2017-09-1302:00⌄
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USA vs. Theodore J. Kaczynski
s01e08 ·
2017-09-13 ·
02:00
When Ted fails to have the evidence against him invalidated, Fitz makes one last appeal to him to plead guilty.
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