See How Linguistics Was Used To Get The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski To Snitch On Himself In ‘Manhunt: Unabomer’

“Momma used to say, ‘language is a strange animal.’ It hunts in subliminal subtext.”- Jive Poetic Discovery Channel ain’t fucking around with their programming man. They know they got the animal kingdom on lock. They know that Shark Week programming is on lock. Now you telling me Discovery Channel are adding captivating ass tv shows to their repertoire? Discovery Channel dropping a miniseries for us to discover with Manhunt: Unabomber. I heard about this series being announced and saw that Greg Yaitanes would be directing it. Greg’s work on Banshee and Quarry was basically nuff said for me. From jump, the series doesn’t disappoint. It’s crazy to realize that this isn’t a story built up in fiction. This series is based on the real events that transpired. The show also serves as a history lesson for those that were young enough to vaguely recall Ted Kaczynski’s terrorism (through mail bombs) and capture (such as myself) or perhaps those that weren’t even born yet. I thought this all occurred in the early 90’s but these bombings span back to the late 70’s.

What’s captivating about this telling of how the FBI caught the Unabomber is the mechanics behind the tactic of Forensic Linguistics, which serves as the approach for the series to be centered around. We’re introduced to FBI Profiler Jim ‘Fitz’ Fitzgerald (Sam Worthington) enrollment onto the case for profiling the Unabomber and his capture. As the new guy, Fitz is expected to go with the profile that the FBI has been usi…