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The Sympathizer

1 Seasons | 7 Episodes | TV-MA

Based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Sympathizer is an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his new life as a refugee in Los Angeles, where he learns that his spying days aren't over.

Starring Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Phanxinê, Vy Le, Ky Duyen, Kieu Chinh, Duy Nguyen, Alan Trong, with Sandra Oh and Robert Downey Jr.

Co-showrunner, executive producer, writer, and director (episodes 1-3), Park Chan-wook; co-showrunner, executive producer, and writer, Don McKellar; executive producer, A24; executive producers, Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, Amanda Burrell (for Team Downey), Kim Ly, Niv Fichman (for Rhombus Media), Ron Schmidt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jisun Back (for Moho Film); directors, Fernando Meirelles (episode 4) and Marc Munden (episodes 5-7); writers, Mark Richard, Naomi Iizuka, Maegan Houang, Anchuli Felicia King, and Tea Ho. The Sympathizer is a co-production between HBO, A24, and Rhombus Media, produced in association with Cinetic Media and Moho Film.

1.Death Wish

With the fall of Saigon imminent, the Captain juggles the communist party, the South Vietnamese army, his CIA handler and his conscience.

2.Good Little Asian

As he adjusts to life in Los Angeles, the Captain is forced to find someone to implicate when the General begins to suspect a mole.

3.Love It or Leave It

The Captain and Bon craft a plan to quell the General's anxieties. Later, the Captain meets the Auteur, who wants to make a film about war.

4.Give Us Some Good Lines

As a reluctant consultant on a Hollywood film, the Captain navigates the egos and personalities of an increasingly chaotic production.

5.All for One

After a lengthy stint at the hospital, the Captain discovers that the General has started recruiting for a secret military operation.

6.The Oriental Mode of Destruction

Convinced that the General’s military operation is doomed, the Captain searches for ways to expose the mission and save Bon.

7.Endings Are Hard, Aren’t They?

Back in Vietnam, the Captain is forced to tell his story… and confront the decisions that haunt his past.

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