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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In a letter to his brother, Ted recounts the key events from his past that informed his decision to engage in terrorist activities.
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.
When Ted fails to have the evidence against him invalidated, Fitz makes one last appeal to him to plead guilty.
Security guard Richard Jewell saves hundreds of lives when he discovers a bomb at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but his heroic act quickly comes under the scrutiny of law enforcement as pressure mounts to catch the killer.
When the media gets wind of the FBI's "hero-bomber" theory, a media firestorm erupts, engulfing Richard and his family; ATF agents raise doubts as bombings continue.
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While Richard fights back against the FBI and the media, ATF Agent Embry investigates a serial bomber terrorizing the Southeast and discovers a crucial link to the Olympic bomb.
The FBI identifies serial bomber Eric Rudolph and gives chase, but Eric escapes into the forest; Richard and Watson discover powerful evidence that could exonerate Richard and contemplate turning to the press for help.
The FBI search for Eric spins out of control as anti-government locals and Eric's family push back; Richard must confront his inner demons as he prepares for a pivotal press conference.
Viewing him as a freedom fighter under siege, local militias rally around Eric and attack the FBI; as Embry continues to investigate, he learns that Eric is not who he claims to be.
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.
FBI Agent Brennan realizes he needs to change course to catch Eric, and he forms an alliance with Embry to do so; in Atlanta, Kathy Scruggs comes face-to-face with Richard for the first time ever.
Risking everything, Brennan and Embry appeal to a powerful local militia leader with the truth about Eric, and a call for unity and moral courage.
Eric, starving and bereft of allies, is finally captured; as his day in court -- and Richard's exoneration -- approaches, he has another dangerous secret in store for law enforcement.