S01.E01: Death Wish

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With the fall of Saigon imminent, the Captain juggles the communist party, the South Vietnamese army, his CIA handler and his conscience.

 

So the main character doesn't have a name, just known as The Captain, a Vietcong mole who managed to ingratiate himself to one of the top generals of South Vietnam.

But they humanized him.  He had gone to college in America so his English is flawless and he loves American culture, especially popular music, which also gets him close to Claude, a CIA honcho.

He seems to have genuine affection for some of these people, at least Bon, a South Vietnamese paratrooper.  The Captain is not only a drinking buddy but also the godfather to Doc, Bon's toddler.

Turns out him and Bon, as well as Man, who's also Vietcong, were all close growing up, saw themselves as The Three Musketeers.

He's trying to get names of all the South Vietnamese secret police and The General gives him the assignment of choosing which ones get some of the limited seats on the escape plane for America.  The Captain makes sure to keep the worse ones in Vietnam, so that they will face trial and reeducation when the Vietcong takes Saigon.

He doesn't even want to escape to America but Man, who's his handler, tells him to go to America with The General, to keep tabs on him.

The Captain seems to believe in the Vietcong cause but also seems to have nostalgia for Vietnam before the war.

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This is a good show.