The Sympathizer Season 1
The Ending of ‘The Sympathizer’ Casts The Entire Show In A New Light
Throughout The Sympathizer, we’ve always known that The Captain would end up back in Vietnam, being interrogated by the people he has spent the entire...
Recap: The Captain Has Had Enough In ‘The Sympathizer’ Episode 6
If Episode 6 of The Sympathizer has a point, it’s that being a spy is a lot of work. The logistics are a nightmare. Once...
The General Has A Plan in The Sympathizer Episode 5
The Captain’s adventures in moviemaking in Episode 4 of The Sympathizer were, in a word, unsuccessful. But the deviation into outright parody was a somewhat...
The Captain Makes A Movie In The Sympathizer Episode 4
I imagine when The Captain left Vietnam, he didn’t imagine he’d find himself on a movie set. And yet that’s where he ends up in...
The Sympathizer Episode 3 Makes A Mess Of Murder
It’s no secret that Robert Downey Jr. has been a key selling point of The Sympathizer, and for those who tuned in specifically for his...
The Captain Is Caught Between Two Worlds In The Sympathizer Episode 2
The Captain clearly doesn’t want to be a spy anymore, which is easy enough to accept since the premiere of The Sympathizer never made clear...
HBO’s ‘The Sympathizer’ Is Not A True Story, But Is Based On Real History — And Maybe A Real Spy
The Sympathizer is based on real history and a fictional novel, so it’s no surprise that people are confused about whether or not it’s a true...
The Sympathizer’s Premiere Is Deliberately Ridiculous
The surface-level appeal of The Sympathizer is Robert Downey Jr., making his limited series debut while slathered in makeup and a hairpiece that makes him...