The Lincoln Project

Season

2022

6.2

TV-MA

Five-part documentary series takes viewers inside the war rooms of the SuperPAC of former elite Republican strategists and consultants who joined forces for the sole purpose of saving democracy by bringing down Donald Trump.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Gunslingers

With 60 days until the 2020 elections, a group of former elite Republican strategists and consultants known publicly as The Lincoln Project gather in Park City, Utah to save democracy. We meet Steve Schmidt, the de facto leader of the pack, and Reed Galen, the glue holding the group together along with Rick Wilson, Mike Madrid and Sarah Lenti.

S1 • E2

It's Covid, Stupid

The New Yorker comes out to profile The Lincoln Project, but the newfound attention is beginning to cause friction among the team. When the article appears, resentments surface amid accusations that other staffers are stealing credit.

S1 • E3

Eve of Destruction

A barrage of hate mail targets all members of the team and violent rhetoric in the country is reaching a boiling point. Still The Lincoln Project pushes on working with team members across the country to reach every last vote as founders contact Trump-supporting family members to make a final pitch to try and change their minds.

S1 • E4

Angels with Dirty Faces

The election is called for Biden, but all is not well in The Lincoln Project. Meanwhile, Trump is denouncing the election as a sham and playing on the paranoia of his followers to drum up support in his efforts to overturn the result.

S1 • E5

Icarus

In the aftermath of the insurrection on the US Capitol, it's clear that The Lincoln Project has a lot of work left to accomplish. But as they struggle to reset following internal upheaval, a sexual harassment scandal that has been brewing for months finally erupts into the public arena.