Miniseries · HBO
The Plot Against America
Freedom is never completely won. But it can be lost.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Winona Ryder
Evelyn Finkel
6 eps
John Turturro
Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf
6 eps
Zoe Kazan
Bess Finkel
6 eps
Morgan Spector
Herman Levin
6 eps
Anthony Boyle
Alvin Levin
6 eps
Azhy Robertson
Philip Levin
6 eps
Caleb Malis
Sandy Levin
6 eps
Jacob Laval
Seldon Wishnow
1 eps
Ned Eisenberg
Abe Steinheim
1 eps
Russell Posner
1 eps
Clyde Baldo
1 eps
Walker Hare
1 eps
Michael Cerveris
Mr. Taylor
1 eps
Eleanor Reissa
Mrs. Finkel
2 eps
Leslie Fray
June
1 eps
Seth Barrish
1 eps
Tom Martin
Consulate Clerk
1 eps
Dan Bittner
1 eps
Holly Horner
Gloria
1 eps
Michael Sean McGuinness
1 eps
Josh Lissauer
1 eps
Teisha Friedgut
Wife #1
1 eps
David Pittu
2 eps
Stephanie Weppler
Wife #2
1 eps
Steve Cirbus
1 eps
Cameron Moir
1 eps
Andrew Kober
1 eps
Fiona Horrigan
1 eps
Kristen Sieh
Selma Wishnow
4 eps
Billy Carter
2 eps
Lee Tergesen
Agent Don McCorkle
2 eps
Josh Pais
Maurice Silverman
1 eps
Yuval Boim
Sy Hershberg
1 eps
Ed Moran
Henry Ford
2 eps
Randall McNeal
1 eps
Matt Golden
1 eps
Ben Cole
Charles Lindbergh
5 eps
Steven Maier
Shushy Margulis
4 eps
Caroline Kaplan
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
3 eps
Keilly McQuail
Minna Schapp
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Plot Against America actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Plot Against America reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
An alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E06
Part 6
The familial ties in the Levin family reach a breaking point as violence, conspiracies and chaos run rampant.
- Directed by Thomas Schlamme
S01E02
Part 2
Bengelsdorf, with Evelyn as his assistant, becomes a fundamental asset in the Lindbergh camp.
- Directed by Minkie Spiro
S01E05
Part 5
Herman, Bess and Philip each struggle to accept the family's selection for the Homestead Act and imminent relocation to Kentucky.
- Directed by Thomas Schlamme
S01E01
Part 1
Herman looks to move the family to a new neighborhood, as Bess worries about leaving their tight-knit Jewish community.
- Directed by Minkie Spiro
S01E04
Part 4
Evelyn makes Sandy the face of the "Just Folks" program, despite Bess' and Herman's objections.
- Directed by Thomas Schlamme
S01E03
Part 3
The family endures a trip to D.C., despite Bess' desire to visit Canada, where many frightened Jewish families are moving.
- Directed by Minkie Spiro
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Sue NaegleExecutive Producer
- Claire ShanleyProducer
- Ed BurnsExecutive Producer
- Joe RothExecutive Producer
- Susan GoldbergExecutive Producer
- Jeff KirschenbaumExecutive Producer
Direction
- Thomas SchlammeDirector
- Minkie SpiroDirector
Cinematography
- Martin AhlgrenDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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