One of the best (Biography, Crime-Drama) shows I've ever watched. Really interesting to know more about the Unabomber's past and have a deep look into his complicated personality and why he wrote the famous manifesto and where the idea came from. If you're a Crime-Drama lover, DON'T MISS IT!

"Manhunt: Unabomber" is by no means a bad show, it just doesn't stand up to the ever increasing competition. The problem is that the series is too true to reality to be surprising and thrilling to anyone who has followed/studied the actual unabomber case (as I have). Yet at the same time it deviates too much from reality to be considered a high budget cinematic documentary series like "Wormwood".And the time jumping will destroy any thrills even for the people who haven't followed the case and are new to the Unabomber story. Because how is anyone supposed to get all exited and railed up about a manhunt, when in the next scene we see he's already been caught? Isn't the exciting part of a manhunt finally seeing the face of the evil genius/sick psychopath which has haunted society for so long? For me "Manhunt:Unabomber" seems like a series which can't decide whether it wants to be a documentary or a gripping crime drama and ultimately fails at being either. That having been said the acting and atmosphere are spot on and the story is interesting despite the lack of adrenaline.

Apparently the producers thought that the UNABOM hook would pay off - and the high rating for this series certainly seems to validate their low opinion of viewers' interest in accuracy. From the perspective of someone who knows a fair amount of the real story, this dramatisation is somewhat annoying. In addition, unnecessary drama just makes certain aspects so tedious. In particular, the negativity that was guaranteed any time that agent Stan Cole (Jeremy Bobb) appeared on-screen, and the weak-willed, moping "composite" characterisation of 'Fitz' "I can't work this way!" Fitzgerald (Sam Worthington) made the FBI look like an amateur group of drama-queens and back-stabbers. So, instead, treating this as a fanciful alternative-universe take on the UNABOMBER investigation, it's a fairly mundane FBI profiler flick chopped up and stretched into seven mildly interesting episodes. Some reviewers have been very dismissive or derogatory of unenthusiastic reviews. I understand how they feel, because I see no substance to warrant the high score from the opposite view.

The first episode of the series has some faults. There is some unnecessary jumping back and forth in time 95 and 97 that is confusing. Don't be put off by this as things get better from the second episode on. There are so many good points about this series. The pursuit is extremely exciting, the linguistic connection is fascinating, the behavior of the stubborn bosses and colleagues at the FBI is frustrating. The episode on the Unabomber's background and reason for insanity is quite shocking. There could have been more scenes of damage to victims and impact on their lives.Acting is good. Chris Noth is convincing as the FBI guy in charge of the investigation. Sam Worthington is the central character James Fitzgerald a profiler who got them in the right direction. He has got the underdog thing going and that's good. His diction isn't clear enough sometimes. Paul Bettany obviously lost weight for the role and he portrays the unique kind of craziness that the genius psychopath has very well. He gives a memorable performance that not many more familiar actors could have done well.The details of the story aren't that familiar to most and the case and court proceedings are quite different from other serial killers. Worth watching