The slowest burn in espionage history — 10 episodes to betray a president.
Season 1 • Episode 10
LatestIn 1960s South Vietnam, an undercover agent slowly works his way up through the ranks of Ngô Đình Diệm's administration to become one of its most prominent advisors
Acting
Vũ Đình Thân's face holds secrets you'll only decode in episode 8.
Production
Recreated 1960s Saigon bureaucracy so authentic you'll smell the cigarettes.
Writing
Dialogue where every compliment is a threat, every silence loaded.
Creators
Hà Phạm Phú, Lê Dân
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nguyễn Bá Lộc, who plays Ngô Đình Nhu, is actually the historical figure's nephew — family tension reportedly shaped several improvised confrontations.
Banned in Vietnam until 2019; the 23-year wait created an underground bootleg culture that treated episodes like samizdat literature.
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