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Manhunt: UNABOMBER – Episode 3, “Fruit of the Poisonous Tree”

Tuesday, August 8 at 10 PM ET/PT on Discovery

In 1995, Fitz works with linguist Natalie Rogers to find more clues about the Unabomber’s identity in the Manifesto, but Fitz’s conclusions face deep skepticism at the UTF. In 1997, Ted claims that he can invalidate all of the evidence the FBI has against him.

SNEAK PEEK VIDEO CLIP – EPISODE 3:
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoH4yod4R1s&feature=youtu.be

Long Synopsis

In 1995, Fitz has reached a dead end in his study of the Manifesto. He calls in a panel of academic experts to help with his analysis, but their petty biases prevent any of them from having useful insights, except for one: Natalie Rogers, a Stanford grad student in Comparative Linguistics.  Natalie and Fitz connect both personally and professionally, and what they discover together provides many clues that hone Fitz’s profile of the Unabomber.  Fitz presents his discoveries to the heads of the UTF.  While many of his findings jibe with the previous investigation, Fitz’s conclusion about the age of the Unabomber -- several years older and much better educated than Ackerman, Cole, and Genelli believe -- eliminates all of the current suspects.  Unwilling to be flexible about his conclusions, Fitz’s intransigence costs him political currency within the UTF.  Then, the case takes a shocking turn when, in a flurry of new letters, the Unabomber reveals that he wants to broker a deal with the FBI.

In 1997, Fitz again confronts Ted, this time taking an aggressive position: there is a mountain of evidence that proves Ted’s guilt, so much so that Ted’s best option is to plead guilty.  But Ted mounts a powerful counter-attack: all of the evidence against him was found because of a search warrant written by Fitz that used Fitz’s linguistic analysis to gain entry into Ted’s cabin.  Ted believes he can discredit Fitz’s credentials and analysis, rendering all of the evidence against him invalid -- “The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree.”  To his horror, Fitz realizes that Ted may be acquitted because of Fitz’s work.