
High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam
2026 · TNT · 60 min · 1 season
S01E08 · Debriefing the President
Mon, 5 Oct, 12:00 pm
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.
About
High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam is the story about a man's relentless quest for truth, a nation's complicated campaign for justice, and the bonds between fathers and sons. It tells, for the first time, the intimate story of two men at the heart of one of the 21st Century's most formative conflicts. In 2003, John Nixon, a CIA analyst became the first American to positively identify and interrogate Saddam Hussein. During their time together, Nixon began to understand the potential consequences of the invasion, the humanitarian horrors and geopolitical turbulences that would follow Saddam's deposing.
Episodes
- E01
Baghdad Burns
Mon, 14 Sept· 63 minAmerica 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.
- E02
Into the Red Zone
Mon, 14 Sept· 62 minSix 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.
- E03
Blood Ties
Tue, 15 Sept· 60 minInside 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.
- E04
The Ace of Spades
Mon, 21 Sept· 61 minJohn comes face-to-face with Saddam Hussein. All the while, the insurgents remount their attacks, and Baghdad burns.
- E05
Enemy of My Enemy
Tue, 22 Sept· 61 minIn defiance of orders, John forges his way into hostile territory and ends up in a chase for his life.
- E06
The Devil You Know
Mon, 28 Sept· 61 minAfter following Saddam's warning, John returns from Najaf with the unwavering conviction that the real threat is Iran. Now he must convince the most powerful leaders in the United States Government to believe him.
- E07
The Reckoning
Tue, 29 Sept· 61 minAfter two years and no WMDs, Iraq is in chaos and the White House is under political siege. With Saddam on trial, and John Nixon convinced the ousted tyrant holds the key to peace in the region, Nixon struggles to persuade the CIA to intervene and save Hussein's life.
- E08
Debriefing the President
Mon, 5 Oct· 61 minJohn 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.
Cast

Lena Góra
Polly Stevens

Joel Kinnaman
John Nixon

Waleed Zuaiter
Saddam Hussein

Talia Balsam
Angela Jenkins

Ewan Miller
Jerry Munro

Mohamed Mahmoud Gomaa
Mohammed Yusuf

Ahmed Talaat
Najaf Man 2











