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High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam: Miniseries

8 episodes Premiered Sep 13, 2026 Updated Oct 17, 2026
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S1·E1 Mytharc

Baghdad Burns

Sep 13, 2026 · 44 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

S1·E2 Core

Into the Red Zone

Sep 13, 2026 · 42 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 h

S1·E3 Core

Blood Ties

Sep 14, 2026 · 40 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.

S1·E4 Core

The Ace of Spades

Sep 20, 2026 · 42 min

John comes face-to-face with Saddam Hussein. All the while, the insurgents remount their attacks, and Baghdad burns.

S1·E5 Core

Enemy of My Enemy

Sep 21, 2026

In defiance of orders, John forges his way into hostile territory, and ends up in a chase for his life.

S1·E6 Core

The Devil You Know

Sep 27, 2026 · 41 min

After following Saddam's warning, John returns from Najaf with the realization that the real threat is Iran. Now he must convince The White House.

S1·E7 Mytharc

The Reckoning

Sep 28, 2026 · 42 min

After two years and no WMDs, Iraq is in chaos and the White House is under political siege. With Saddam on trial, John Nixon tries to convince the CIA that saving Saddam is the onl

S1·E8 Mytharc

Debriefing the President

Oct 4, 2026 · 42 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 Presid

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