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8 episodes

High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam - Miniseries

First aired Sep 13, 2026Season 1

Browse all 8 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Baghdad Burns

NR
Sep 13, 202644 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.

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Episode 2

Into the Red Zone

NR
Sep 13, 202642 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.

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Episode 3

Blood Ties

NR
Sep 14, 202640 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.

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Episode 4

The Ace of Spades

NR
Sep 20, 202642 min

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

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Episode 5

Enemy of My Enemy

NR
Sep 21, 2026

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

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Episode 6

The Devil You Know

NR
Sep 27, 202641 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.

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Episode 7

The Reckoning

NR
Sep 28, 202642 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 only road to peace.

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Episode 8

Debriefing the President

NR
Oct 4, 202642 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.