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Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

mycannonball This was a great mini-series! It's a fascinating inside look at the investigation into the Unabomber case and how the investigators used groundbreaking new methods to figure out who was sending mail bombs. It also focuses on the unraveling of Sam Worthington's character's personal life as he becomes so obsessed with the case that he neglects his family. It demonstrates how difficult the balance would be between a job like that and a personal life. Paul Bettany is also great at Ted "The Unabomober" Kaczynski. I enjoyed the scenes with his family and his own seclusion, as it was very revealing into the mind of this man.

petewilson-26122 This miniseries ticks all the boxes: an outstanding cast at their very best, an impartial story told with facts that may be known but are brought to life here with a powerful new presentation that will stay with you. Although it's shown in eight episodes, there is never a void in the story's tense energy that starts immediately, keeps building & continues full blast to the end. Sam Worthington is perfect as the man whose never-give-up personality won't let him to quit until the end, no matter what the cost. Don't let this get by without seeing it. You won't be sorry.

Dyveke75 This is a dramatization om the Unabomber saga that is best enjoyed as fiction. Some of the most bizarre episodes, such as the Harvard psych experiments, are quite close to the truth, but the film makers' choice to let the FBI agent and the Unabomber meet face to face, distorts the true story of the investigation and the trial. Almost all of the characters, including Fitz and Kaczynski, are so-called composite characters, or entirely made up. The show uses first person point of view in a very effective manner. Ted Kaczynski starts out as Hannibal Lecter, because Fitz sees him that way, but he ends up being manipulated and chrushed by the system. At first glance Worthington's Fitz looks like the familiar stereotype of the lone, brilliant profiler fighting against his unenlightened bosses, but in fact he longs for their recognition. Fitz is clearly an anti-hero; obsessed, sullen, casually illoyal to family, friends and co-workers. In the last episode he turns into the sinister dr. Henry Murray from Harvard, and uses his psychological insight to manipulate Kaczynski into pleading guilty. But he still doesn't get the respect he craves from the world. In the end, as he drives into the sunset with the beautiful linguist, he stares at the red light, the symbol of the technological society, as if it is all he ever desired.

jabel5 You know what you are going to get when a dramatization contains the description "based on true events", or anything along those lines. You know that some details of the truth will be shaped to provide more drama. You know that some characters will be composites, and some will be invented to improve the narrative.... or at least you should know that. If you are the sort of person who is upset when a character who was a man in real life is recast as a woman, you better give this series a miss. Otherwise, I highly recommend it as a fascinating creation.I am not an expert on the Unabomber story, so I probably do not know where all of the distortions might lie. I was a young adult at the time, and as well informed about the case as anyone with an academic background might have been. One of my professors could have been a target. The facts as were generally known at the time were preserved in this dramatization.In any event, I do know an intelligent, interesting, thought-provoking drama on the rare occasion that I am fortunate enough to happen on one... and this series is the real deal on many levels. See it.