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The Sympathizer
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Near the end of the Vietnam War, a plant who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community where he continues to secretly spy and report back to the Viet Cong.
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7 Episodes
Death Wish
E1
Episode 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.
Good Little Asian
E2
Episode 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.
Love It or Leave It
E3
Episode 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.
Give Us Some Good Lines
E4
Episode 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.
All for One
E5
Episode 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.
The Oriental Mode of Destruction
E6
Episode 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.
Endings Are Hard, Aren't They?
E7
Episode 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.
Cast of Miniseries
Hoa Xuande
The Captain
Robert Downey Jr.
Claude / Professor Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / Priest
Toan Le
The General
Fred Nguyen Khan
Bon
Duy Nguyen
Man
Vy Le
Lana
Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen
Madame
Phan Gia Nhat Linh
Crapulent Major
Alan Trong
Sonny
Kiều Chinh
Crapulent Major's Mother
Sandra Oh
Sofia Mori
Miniseries Reviews
The New Republic
Phillip Maciak
The Sympathizer moves and shakes its way through seven circles of American imperial ruin, swaggering into oblivion.
The Atlantic
Paula Mejía
The Sympathizer drives home the salient point that social invisibility has a way of hollowing someone until they're unrecognizable, even to themselves. It gestures toward a haunting truth: To stand for everything is akin to standing for nothing.
Chicago Reader
Maxwell Rabb
The show falls to pieces because, by the end, it juggles too many issues without enough time to wrap it up, failing to fully explore the protagonist's internal conflict. We end the series looking for one more revision, one more "Rewrite."
The New Yorker
Inkoo Kang
Park and his co-creator, Don McKellar, never quite get these disparate elements to gel...
New York Magazine/Vulture
Kathryn VanArendonk
The series is at its best when Park's visuals and narrative devices clearly articulate everything going on under the story's hood. It's rare an essay prompt feels this fun.
Salon.com
Laura Miller
The Sympathizer succeeds wonderfully at making Vietnam feel like the center of the universe, as it is for all of the engaging characters in the series.
Salon.com
Melanie McFarland
The Sympathizer is a spy tale, a black comedy, a hazy war memoir and a coming-of-age story, to name a few genres it touches on. Park evokes all of this while maintaining an electrified focus on ordering the Captain's journey into pleasing progressions.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
Playing no less than four roles, Downey stands in for multiple ugly Americans, but the series descends into a narrative quagmire and, despite powerful moments, can't consistently pull itself out.
Washington Post
Lili Loofbourow
At its best, though, the show surprises the viewer with layered portrayals of people we don't expect to be portrayed with layers.
RogerEbert.com
Nandini Balial
Park Chan-wook's direction of the first three episodes is among his finest work.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
This is one wild and at times murky and tricky ride, but there's no denying the talent of the creative forces driving this work.
Newsday
Verne Gay
Brilliant, unsettling, entertaining.
Vanity Fair
Richard Lawson
In trying to capture the sprawling temper of an ailing community in a fractured era, The Sympathizer may not quite live up to its literary predecessor. But it is television worth seeking out and contending with.
Observer
Laura Babiak
The journey that The Sympathizer takes the viewer on is unlike any other, and while the twists and turns it takes might be a bit strange or confusing at times, the destination is worth arriving at.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
The Sympathizer walks a tightrope but is fearless about tackling uncomfortable subject matter. It's smart and mesmerizing.
TV Guide
Keith Phipps
The Sympathizer stays true to the episodic nature and tone of Nguyen's novel. It's blackly comic in a way that never loses sight of the gravity of its subject.
Consequence
Liz Shannon Miller
Truly transportive television, the kind of show that really does open your eyes to a new perspective on the world - and keeps you surprised the entire time.
Slant Magazine
Ross McIndoe
The series doubles as both a high-speed comedy and a dark, biting drama.
indieWire
Ben Travers
Like the book that inspired it (although not quite as stunning), "The Sympathizer" is an eye-opening call to action.
TIME Magazine
Judy Berman
Working alongside co-showrunner Don McKellar, Park has crafted a vibrant, faithful yet often audacious Sympathizer that matches executive producer Nguyen's brilliant novel in both ambition and execution.
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