The Politician70%
TV
2019-09-27
1h 0m
Comedy
Ratings
Combined
69.5
%
7 sources
IMDb
7.4
/10
26,240 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
50
%
116 votes
Metacritic
62
%
41 votes
Trakt
71
%
1,313 votes
TMDB
70
%
233 votes
Metacritic Users
7.2
/10
118 votes
RT Audience
80
%
Payton has known since childhood that he's going to be president. First he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape: high school.
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Status
Ended
Runtime
1h 0m
Seasons
2
Episodes
15
Network
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Created by
Cast
Ben Platt
Payton Hobart
Lucy Boynton
Astrid Sloan
Zoey Deutch
Infinity Jackson
Julia Schlaepfer
Alice Charles
Laura Dreyfuss
McAfee Westbrook
Theo Germaine
James Sullivan
Rahne Jones
Skye Leighton
Gwyneth Paltrow
Georgina Hobart
David Corenswet
River Barkley
Benjamin Barrett
Ricardo
Ryan J. Haddad
Andrew Cashman
Judith Light
Dede Standish
Season 1
- 1 Pilot After a charismatic candidate joins the race for student body president, Payton searches for a running mate who will make him seem more authentic.
- 2 The Harrington Commode Amid escalating concerns about his vice presidential pick, Payton gets plunged into a family crisis that stokes long-seething resentments.
- 3 October Surprise While Payton plays hardball with Harvard admissions, shocking betrayals and a scandalous videotape take the election to a new level of ruthlessness.
- 4 Gone Girl With the election just days away, Payton faces tough questions about just how far he's willing to go to defeat his opponent.
- 5 The Voter Payton makes an eleventh-hour push to lock down the school's undecided voters, including one student who has other things on his mind besides politics.
- 6 The Assassination of Payton Hobart As Payton confronts hard truths about his ambition following an election day bombshell, he reconnects with a former ally -- and becomes a target.
- 7 The Assassination of Payton Hobart: Part 2 Payton faces his darkest hour and the fight of his life as transgressions are revealed, backs stabbed and confessions made.
- 8 Vienna Payton reevaluates his life after a reckoning, but when a window of opportunity opens, he grapples with a big decision about his political aspirations.
Season 2
- 1 New York State of Mind Frustrated with his polling numbers, Payton goes to Georgina for help as he weighs using his opponent's hush-hush love life to score political points.
- 2 Conscious Unthroupling As Astrid pumps Payton for details about their long-ago dalliance, Hadassah hatches a cover-up for Dede, and McAfee seeks a healthier work-life balance.
- 3 Cancel Culture Payton scrambles to salvage his campaign when he suffers a credibility crisis over a compromising photo and his commitment to fixing climate change.
- 4 Hail Mary McAfee's prurient sleuthing uncovers an explosive secret, Payton's tangled affairs turn fruitful, and Georgina's link to Tino proves problematic.
- 5 The Voters On Election Day, a mother and daughter argue over whether Payton or Dede is the better pick, motivating each to spend time with her chosen candidate.
- 6 What's in the Box? A shocking ballot-box twist positions Payton at a moral and ethical crossroads that could define the rest of his political career — and life.
- 7 Election Day With the senate race up for grabs, Payton and Dede prepare for an unconventional showdown, but a last-minute decision suddenly changes everything.
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