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| HBO | Season Premiere Date: March 16, 2020 |
Summary:
The six-part miniseries based on novel of the same name by Philip Roth is set in an alternate universe where a President Charles Lindbergh favors anti-Semitism and fascism is experienced by a working-class Jewish-American family (Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector and Winona Ryder).
Creator:
David Simon
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series
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Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E6. Part 6
Air Date: April 20, 2020
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S1:E5. Part 5
Air Date: April 13, 2020
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S1:E4. Part 4
Air Date: April 6, 2020
The Independent
Jul 14, 2020
The Plot Against America is a gripping vision of the dangers of populism and bigotry, which avoids preachiness by focusing on domestic minutiae. This is not the extreme vision of The Man in the High Castle, with its seas of swastikas, but a more nuanced exploration of political upheaval.
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Mar 12, 2020
Superb. ... To their credit, Simon and Burns, each of whom either wrote or co-wrote every episode, never get too heavy-handed in their attempts to make connections between the story they are telling and the Trump era. ... The cast of The Plot Against America does committed, convincing work across the board.
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Mar 12, 2020
RogerEbert.com
Mar 23, 2020
The Guardian
Jul 14, 2020
Over The Plot Against America’s six-hour course, Simon and Burns do their usual exceptional work in delicately fitting pieces of a larger and larger puzzle together to reveal a bigger and more complicated picture at every step. If the beginning seems a bit stagey [...] it finds its feet quickly thereafter.
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Mar 9, 2020
Mar 5, 2020
This is a show that, even as it depicts a precarious moment and exists in one, cannot bear uncertainty. That’s a tendency that makes it both a fairly unpleasant watch, and a sacrificed opportunity to depict something smaller, more tender, and more ultimately human than the end of the world.
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Apr 4, 2020
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Mar 17, 2020
Winona Ryder is looking great, she is the highlight of the show. No wonder why her name is the first one to appear in the opening! Future Emmy winner, I said what I said!
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Mar 18, 2020
More engaging than the novel on which it's based, this showcases the dangers of fascism in America and the fact that "it can happen here" - and currently is.
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Mar 17, 2020
AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING. The cast is superior. Cannot wait for award season.
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Mar 17, 2020
Amazing show with an amazing cast and director. Winona Ryder as Evelyn is perfect.
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Mar 31, 2020
Excellent drama about an alternate period during WWII time. I'd highly recommend.
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Apr 21, 2020
The slow but tense set up of “The Plot Against America” evolves beautifully over the course of six episodes, and overall culminates in a series that is riveting, thought-provoking, and haunting.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: March 16, 2020
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S1:E6. Part 6
Air Date: April 20, 2020
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S1:E5. Part 5
Air Date: April 13, 2020
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S1:E4. Part 4
Air Date: April 6, 2020
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S1:E3. Part 3
Air Date: March 30, 2020
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S1:E2. Part 2
Air Date: March 23, 2020
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S1:E1. Part 1
Air Date: March 16, 2020
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Season 1 Overview