White House Plumbers is the latest HBO series to conclude its run on Binge. As it closed out the latest controversial series, The Idol starts today...
Described as an American satirical political drama television miniseries, the White House Plumbers was a brief 5 part miniseries.
Created and written by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck and directed by David Mandel, White House Plumbers is based on the 2007 book Integrity by Egil Krogh and Matthew Krogh.
With an all star cast Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, Domhnall Gleeson, Kiernan Shipka, and Lena Headey along with a small role by the legend Kathleen Turner. The five episodes kicked off early May, so it was a very brief affair on Tuesday nights for this political drama.
So what's it about you ask? Watergate masterminds and President Richard Nixon's political operatives E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy are part of the "White House Plumbers". Charged with plugging press leaks by any means necessary, they accidentally overturned the Presidency they were trying to protect.
Looks its nowhere near as funny as Veep was, while also not being as show stopping as previous HBO titles in 2023. Think The Last of Us, Succession and Barry. Or even my favourite Somebody Somewhere.
I wasn't that engaged with this five parter. However it looked slick however in this totally politically charged climate, do we need reminders of political missteps from the past?
Now that The Idol has started, HBO is really pulling no punches amidst the ongoing writers strike. They are ahead of their former solo competition Showtime by a few miles. While Your Honour's second series was surprisingly good, I'm worries Yellowjackets is Lost part two. A lot of questions and theories for the viewers, just no answers. Or at least meaningful ones. Its back to the cinema tomorrow folks.
Until then. Night x
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