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4 August, 2023 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 3 categories

Genre: Drama, and True crime, Created by Andrew Sodroski, Jim Clemente, and Tony Gittelson, Starring: Sam Worthington, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Bobb, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Lynn Collins, Brían F. O'Byrne, Elizabeth Reaser, Ben Weber, Chris Noth, with Composer: Gregory Tripi (season 1), Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons: 2, No. of episodes: 18, Executive producers: Dana Brunetti, John Goldwyn, Troy Searer, Andrew Sodroski, Kevin Spacey (season 1), and Greg Yaitanes, Producer: David A. Rosemont, Production companies: Discovery Communications, Trigger Street Productions, and Lionsgate Television, Original Network: Discovery Channel (2017-2020)

Manhunt is a drama anthology television series created by Andrew Sodroski, Jim Clemente, and Tony Gittelson, initially commissioned as a television miniseries. The first season, Manhunt: Unabomber, stars Sam Worthington and Paul Bettany, and depicts a fictionalized account of the FBI‘s hunt for the Unabomber. It premiered on Discovery Channel on August 1, 2017.

Writer Andrew Sodroski attends the Discovery's "Manhunt: Unabomber" World Premiere at the Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center Frederick P. Rose Hall on July 19, 2017 in New York Cit Photo Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Writer-producer Jim Clemente attends the 2018 Writers Guild Awards L.A. Ceremony at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 11, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for 2018 Writers Guild Awards L.A. Ceremony

Sam Worthington as Jim Fitzgerald in "Manhunt" (2017) Photo Credit: Discovery Communications

Paul Bettany as Theodore Kaczynski in "Manhunt" (2017) Photo Credit: Discovery Communications

A seal reading "Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation" is displayed on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington, DC, o August 9, 2022. Photo Credit: Stefani Reynolds / AFP

Theodore John Kaczynski (/kəˈzɪnski/ ⓘ kə-ZIN-skee; May 22, 1942 – June 10, 2023), also known as the Unabomber (/ˈjuːnəbɒmər/ ⓘ YOO-nə-bom-ər), was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. He was a mathematics prodigy, but abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursue a primitive lifestyle. Between 1978 and 1995, Kaczynski murdered three individuals and injured 23 others in a nationwide mail bombing campaign against people he believed to be advancing modern technology and the destruction of the natural environment. He authored Industrial Society and Its Future, a 35,000-word manifesto and social critique opposing industrialization, rejecting leftism, and advocating for a nature-centered form of anarchism. Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons

The main cast of the first season was made up of an ensemble that included Sam Worthington, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Bobb, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Lynn Collins, Brían F. O’Byrne, Elizabeth Reaser, Ben Weber, and Chris Noth. The series also featured a number of guest stars, including Jane Lynch as attorney general Janet Reno, and Mark Duplass as Ted’s brother, David Kaczynski.

Jeremy Bobb as Stan Cole in "Manhunt" (2017) Photo Credit: Discovery Communications

Keisha Castle-Hughes as Tabby Milgrim in "Manhunt" (2017) Photo Credit: Discovery Communications

Lynn Collins as Natalie Rogers in "Manhunt" (2017) Photo Credit: Discovery Communications

Brían F. O'Byrne as Frank McAlpine in "Manhunt" (2017) Photo Credit: Discovery Communications

Elizabeth Reaser as Ellie Fitzgerald in "Manhunt" (2017) Photo Credit: Discovery Communications

Ben Weber as Andy Genelli in "Manhunt" (2017) Photo Credit: Discovery Communications

Chris Noth as Don Ackerman in "Manhunt" (2017) Photo Credit: Discovery Communications

Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer and public official who served as the first female and 78th United States attorney general. Reno, a member of the Democratic Party, held the position from 1993 to 2001, making her the second-longest serving attorney general, behind only William Wirt. Reno was born and raised in Miami, Florida. After leaving to attend Cornell University and Harvard Law School, she returned to Miami where she started her career at private law firms. Her first foray into government was as a staff member for the Judiciary Committee of the Florida House of Representatives. She then worked for the Dade County State Attorney's Office before returning to private practice. She was elected to the Office of State Attorney five times and was the first woman to serve as a state attorney in Florida. President Bill Clinton appointed her attorney general in 1993, a position she held until Clinton left office in 2001. Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons

Jane Lynch as Janet Reno in "Manhunt" (2017) Photo Credit: Discovery Communications

Mark Duplass as David Kaczynski in "Manhunt" (2017) Photo Credit: Discovery Communications

David Richard Kaczynski (born October 3, 1949) is an American charity worker. He is the younger brother of the late domestic terrorist and mathematician Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, and was heavily involved in his arrest. His memoir, Every Last Tie: The Story of the Unabomber and His Family, details both his relationships with his brother and their parents, and his wife Linda's decision to report their suspicion that Ted was the Unabomber to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which ultimately led to his arrest. The decision prompted Ted to cease all communication with his family, including rejecting all of David's attempted correspondence during his imprisonment. Photo Credit: Google Images

In terms of the historical accuracy of the series, former FBI agent Greg Stejskal was involved in the Unabomber investigation, and he criticized the writers of the show making a minor agent in the investigation a major role in the series, referring to the show’s portrayal of Jim Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald is said to have never met Kaczynski, was not in Lincoln, Montana, during the time of Kaczynski’s arrest (although the series does not place Fitzgerald in Lincoln at the time of Kaczynski’s arrest), had no part in the search of Kaczynski’s cabin, and never interviewed him. Fitzgerald rated the series himself for historical accuracy in August 2017, and said that the show is in the “high 80 percentile” of accuracy, though “the Fitz character is a composite.” He also stated that while he had not interviewed Kaczynski, he said that he was on his way to do so in 2007 when Kaczynski changed his mind.

Greg Stejskal for the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. Photo Credit: Rotary Club of Ann Arbor

A VR rendering the Unabomber Investigation Photo Credit: VRSport

James R. Fitzgerald (born June 24, 1953) is an American criminal profiler, forensic linguist, and author. He is a retired FBI agent and best known for his role in the UNABOM investigation, which resulted in the arrest and conviction of Ted Kaczynski. Photo Credit: Discovery Communications

Police officers bring Theodore Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, to court for arraignment, April 4, 1996. Kaczynski later pled guilty to the mail bomb attacks that killed three people and injured 23. Photo Credit: © Ralf-Finn Hestoft/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

Downtown Lincoln in the winter. Photo credit: Wikipedia Commons

Kaczynski's cabin, photographed in 1996 Photo Credit: AP

Manhunt: Unabomber is the Featured Television Blog of the Month for August! With the Featured Blog comes a detailed critique of the first season of the series. There is also a detailed recommendation of the series that includes a detailed account of the FBI hunt for Theodore Kaczynski and his manifesto. There is also a detailed review of the series with a review of the historical accuracy of the series. There also is an interview with Paul Bettany discussing the series with BUILD Series. There is also a Top Ten List at the end of the journey, and for Manhunt: Unabomber, the list is My Top Ten Anthology Series. Last but not least, the Featured Television Blog of the Month includes an Official Trailer for the featured subject!