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High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam

Drama, Thriller, History · 2026 · Rated 6/10

Next: S1 E8, Debriefing the President · 2026-10-04

High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam is the story about a man's relentless quest for truth, a nation's complicated campaign for justice, and the bonds between fathers and sons. It tells, for the first time, the intimate story of two men at the heart of one of the 21st Century's most formative conflicts. In 2003, John Nixon, a CIA analyst became the first American to positively identify and interrogate Saddam Hussein. During their time together, Nixon began to understand the potential consequences of the invasion, the humanitarian horrors and geopolitical turbulences that would follow Saddam's deposing.

Cast

Lena Góra Polly Stevens

Joel Kinnaman John Nixon

Waleed Zuaiter Saddam Hussein

Ewan Miller Jerry Munro

Mohamed Mahmoud Gomaa Mohammed Yusuf

Ahmed Talaat Najaf Man 2

Dar Salim Samir

Tom Berenger Charles Nixon Sr.

Talia Balsam Angela Jenkins

Christopher McDonald Gabe Vardakas

Matt Barr Major Cal Atkins

Season 1

E1 Baghdad Burns 2026-09-13 · 63 min America invades Iraq, and Saddam Hussein vanishes. CIA analyst John Nixon mobilizes a task force to find him. On the embattled streets of Baghdad, Captain Samir hunts door to door for High Value Target No. 1.

E2 Into the Red Zone 2026-09-13 · 62 min Six months into the war, and still no sign of Saddam Hussein. John talks his way to Baghdad, with Samir assigned as his translator. John identifies a target with answers, leading him into the Red Zone.

E3 Blood Ties 2026-09-14 · 60 min Inside Abu Ghraib, John presses Saddam Hussein's cousin for the dictator's whereabouts. Unprepared, John gets drafted onto the chopper headed for operation Red Dawn.

E4 The Ace of Spades 2026-09-20 · 61 min John comes face-to-face with Saddam Hussein. All the while, the insurgents remount their attacks, and Baghdad burns.

E5 Enemy of My Enemy 2026-09-21 · 61 min In defiance of orders, John forges his way into hostile territory and ends up in a chase for his life.

E6 The Devil You Know 2026-09-27 · 61 min After following Saddam's warning, John returns from Najaf with the unwavering conviction that the real threat is Iran. Now he must convince the most powerful leaders in the United States Government to believe him.

E7 The Reckoning 2026-09-28 · 61 min After two years and no WMDs, Iraq is in chaos and the White House is under political siege. With Saddam on trial, and John Nixon convinced the ousted tyrant holds the key to peace in the region, Nixon struggles to persuade the CIA to intervene and save Hussein's life.

E8 Debriefing the President 2026-10-04 · 61 min John becomes a pariah in Washington by trying to save Saddam and warning about the coming threat of Iran. A meeting in the White House gives John one last chance to convince President Bush to alter the course of the Middle East.

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