The Sympathizer

Season

2024

6.8

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.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Death Wish

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

S1 • E2

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.

S1 • E3

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.

S1 • E4

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.

S1 • E5

All for One

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

S1 • E6

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.

S1 • E7

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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Cast

Hoa Xuande

The Captain

Robert Downey Jr.

Claude

Fred Nguyen Khan

Bon

Vy Le

Lana

Phan Gia Nhat Linh

The Major

Tom Dang

Skinny Timid RTO

Toan Le

The General

Tien Pham

Petulant Captain

Duy Nguyen

Man

Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen

Madame