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The Sympathizer

  1. gold rush
    Should HBO Worry About Its Worst Emmy Showing Since the ’90s?Maybe it’s simply an off year for the prestige favorite — or a portent of things to come in the post-Peak TV world.
    By Joe Reid
  2. gold rush
    The Case Against RDJThe race for Supporting Actor in a Limited Series is closer than it appears.
    By Joe Reid
  3. gold rush
    Who’s Our 2024 Emmy Villain?You can blame Zaslav all you want for HBO’s decline, but he still doesn’t get the No. 1 spot.
    By Joe Reid
  4. overnights
    The Sympathizer Finale Recap: A Past RevisedA rushed finale struggles to wrap up Captain’s story and all the lingering questions.
    By Terry Nguyen
  5. overnights
    The Sympathizer Recap: War GamesWell, at least the Captain is finally leaving the U.S.
    By Terry Nguyen
  6. overnights
    The Sympathizer Recap: Twice of EverythingThe Captain grows more conflicted the longer he stays in the U.S.
    By Terry Nguyen
  7. overnights
    The Sympathizer Recap: Lost in Translation The series lowers the stakes with a perplexing trip to Hollywood.
    By Terry Nguyen
  8. overnights
    The Sympathizer Recap: In Cold BloodThe last of the Park Chan-wook–directed episodes ends in murder like all good Park Chan-wook works.
    By Terry Nguyen
  9. overnights
    The Sympathizer Recap: American NightmareIn case we forgot, America was (even more) racist in the 1970s.
    By Terry Nguyen
  10. overnights
    The Sympathizer Series-Premiere Recap: RunawayGet ready to pause, rewind, and replay in Park Chan-wook’s series about Vietnam War–era spy games.
    By Terry Nguyen
  11. tv review
    Grad School Was Never This FunPark Chan-wook’s HBO adaptation of The Sympathizer is a captivating senior seminar on postcolonial theory.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  12. trailer mix
    The Sympathizer’s Playing Both SidesWho can you trust? Who do you know? Who even are these people?
    By Jason P. Frank
  13. casting couch
    Robert Downey Jr. to Pivot From Hero to Villain in HBO The Sympathizer SeriesHis first major role since Avengers: Endgame is also his first full TV series.
    By Justin Curto
  14. adaptations
    Park Chan-wook to Direct TV Adaptation of The SympathizerFrom the novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
    By Charu Sinha
  15. one grand books
    Viet Thanh Nguyen’s 10 Favorite Children’s BooksMadeline, Superman Smashes the Klan, The Adventures of Polo, and more.
    By Viet Thanh Nguyen
  16. books
    The Sympathizer Heralds the Literary ConvergenceIt’s the first novel that’s won both a major literary award and a major genre award in the same year.
    By Adam Sternbergh