The Sympathizer

About The Sympathizer

Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy 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 gather intelligence and report back to the Viet Cong.

The Sympathizer is a war and politics series made for HBO. Hoa Xuande leads the cast as The Captain, Robert Downey Jr. as Claude, Toan Le as The General, and Fred Nguyen Khan as Bon.

It ran for one season of 7 episodes between April 2024 and May 2024. The series began as a novel.

Shelv files it under spy thriller, vietnam war, double agent, and miniseries. It streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel in the United States. It scores 6.9 out of 10 from 142 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-MA rating.

The Night Manager, The Spy, and The Little Drummer Girl make useful companions to The Sympathizer, all filed under spy.