
High Value Target
讲述了中情局分析师约翰·尼克松的故事,他在2003年伊拉克战争(入侵伊拉克)爆发后,成为首位确认并审讯萨达姆·侯赛因的美国人。剧集深入探讨了尼克松在应对任务复杂性时的个人历程。通过与萨达姆的接触,尼克松对这位伊拉克独裁者有了更深刻的认识,同时也更清楚地意识到这场入侵可能带来的后果,以及由此引发的人道主义和地缘政治动荡

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

With Saddam on trial, John Nixon tries to convince the CIA that saving Saddam is the only road to peace.
John becomes a pariah in Washington by trying to save Saddam and warning about the coming threat of Iran.