The Sympathizer Season 1 is a historical black-satirical drama series. Directed by Park Chan-wook, Fernando Meirelles, and Marc Munden, the series focuses on a North Vietnamese official’s challenging journey as an undercover agent in the South Vietnam army. The series is based on the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Here’s how you can watch and stream The Sympathizer Season 1 via streaming services such as HBO Max.
Is The Sympathizer Season 1 available to watch via streaming?
Yes, The Sympathizer Season 1 is available to watch via streaming on HBO Max.
Captain is an adept and competent North Vietnamese army official. Due to certain tumultuous events, he is forced to escape the United States. Sometime later, he starts living in a peaceful neighborhood of South Vietnamese refugees. But, is he genuinely living a contented life after the war, or is it something more than what is visible on the surface level?
The series boasts a stacked lineup of esteemed actors like Hoa Xuande as the Captain, Fred Nguyen Khan as Bon, Sandra Oh as Ms. Sofia Mori, and Robert Downey Jr. as Claude/Niko/Prof. Hammer and the Congressman.
Watch The Sympathizer Season 1 streaming via HBO Max
The Sympathizer Season 1 is available to watch on HBO Max. HBO Max features an assorted palette of original content in the form of TV shows and movies in multiple dialects for you to access across the globe via an active subscription plan.
You can watch via Max, formerly known as HBO Max, by following these steps:
- Go to HBOMax.com/subscribe
- Click ‘Sign Up Now’
- Choose your plan:
- $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year (with ads)
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- Enter your personal information and password
- Select ‘Create Account’
Max With Ads provides the service’s streaming library at a Full HD resolution, allowing users to stream on up to two supported devices at once. Max Ad-Free removes the service’s commercials and allows streaming on two devices at once in Full HD. It also allows for 30 downloads at a time to allow users to watch content offline. On the other hand, Max Ultimate Ad-Free allows users to stream on four devices at once in a 4K Ultra HD resolution and provides Dolby Atmos audio and 100 downloads.
The synopsis of The Sympathizer Season 1 is as follows:
“An espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States.”
NOTE: The streaming services listed above are subject to change. The information provided was correct at the time of writing.
