The end of Bin Laden as I've never seen it before

Fourteen years ago, Osama bin Laden was shot dead by a U.S. military special force in a house in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where he was living in hiding with his family and close circle. His body was then dumped in an unspecified location in the Indian Ocean. Barack Obama appeared before the media to inform the world that justice had been done. And now Netflix has released an addictive documentary miniseries chronicling the long process of capturing the man who was once the world's most wanted. Three fifty-minute episodes build to a narrative crescendo that surpasses any other. thriller from Hollywood. The last episode is exciting. Relentless Hunt: Osama bin Laden (American manhunt: Osama bin Laden) begins with a summary of the 9/11 attacks and how the US government and law enforcement agencies reacted to the tragedy. Fifteen very well-condensed minutes place us at the starting point of the plot: the official announcement of the search for and arrest of the al-Qaeda leader. The script is constructed from the statements of the main people involved in the investigation and those close to President Obama: from the top CIA officials to the analysts, including the government's counterterrorism chief and the heads of operations. The role of the all-female CIA team, who dedicated themselves body and soul to the investigation, is very relevant. Witnesses come forward, and we see them in photographs that demonstrate their direct involvement in the case. The chronology and geographical location are always specified, because the story frequently jumps in time and space. The viewer is never overwhelmed by the story. On the contrary, there's a certain obsession with helping us understand its nuances and obstacles, although it would be naive to think that all the secrets of the mission are revealed. The protagonists are interviewed in comfortable, domestic settings so that the story also exudes emotion to reinforce the personal, moral, and ethical implications and generate an epic tale typical of American audiovisual narrative.

The third episode, the highlight, is the one that brings us closest to the moment of capture, and it's where we meet the men who took on the mission of raiding Bin Laden's house, with the uncertainties and risks that this entailed. We hear the story told by the special operations officer who shot the al-Qaeda leader. The images captured by US military drones and night-vision cameras are shocking. Although we know the ending of the story, an atmosphere of tension is created. However, we never see Bin Laden, neither alive nor dead. Only one of Obama's personal advisors explains that he did see the photographs of the corpse.

This story could be turned into a movie or a TV series, but it's impossible for them to have the intensity that comes from the story told by its real protagonists and the real recordings of those events.