The Looming Tower is streaming now on Hulu. The finale bows April 18; watch an exclusive preview below. A version of this story also appears in the April 12 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

The future never looked brighter. The Looming Tower blows this memory out of the water. As the show depicts, the events of 9/11 were many years in the making.

The same is true — and how — of “The Looming Tower,” the new 10-episode miniseries on Hulu. The show wasn’t made only because of the events it covers, now nearly 17 years in the past.