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Feb 21, 2020 · The Jewish Question: Directed by Michael Uppendahl. With Logan Lerman, Jerrika Hinton, Lena Olin, Saul Rubinek. And there was a thick darkness in all the land. As The Hunters wallowed in the valley of the shadow of death, they turned to the stars to point them on their path.
- Episode 1: “In The Belly of The Whale”
- Episode 2: “The Mourner’s Kaddish”
- Episode 3: “While Visions of Safta Danced in His Head”
- Episode 4: “The Pious Thieves”
- Episode 5: “At Night, All Birds Are Black”
- Episode 6: “Ruth 1:16”
- Episode 7: "Shalom Motherf---Er"
- Episode 8: “The Jewish Question”
- Episode 9: “The Great Ol’ Nazi Cookout of ’77”
- Episode 10: “Eilu V’ Eilu”
In June 1977, a barbeque at the Maryland home of Under Secretary of State Biff Simpson (Dylan Baker) is ruined when a Jewish guest identifies Biff as the Nazi who killed her family during the Holocaust. His cover blown, Biff murders everyone—including his own wife and kids, whom he derisively refers to as "swine"—although before executing his accus...
We see Jewish resilience, even in the face of Nazi monstrousness, illustrated by a concentration camp flashback in which a group of prisoners, forced by a guard to play Wagner, instead defiantly break into "Hava Nagila." They're then executed for their insubordination. In Richter's possessions, Meyer and company find a note about Karl Holstedder (J...
Jonah reads one of his grandmother's letters, initiating a flashback to young Ruth's (Annie Hägg) arrival at Auschwitz. She undergoes a dehumanizing entrance process and encounters Meyer (Zack Schor), who tattoos a number on her forearm—an example of Jews being forced to carry out their own persecution. He gives her hope by promising to enjoy a sun...
In 1938, Berlin resident Jakob Schneider (A.J. Shively) receives a family heirloom ring from his dying mother. In 1942, Jakob is sent to Auschwitz, where he hides the ring by swallowing it. He falls in love with seamstress Helen (Anna Ewelina) and includes her in his escape plans. On the night of their departure, Jakob—before he can finish asking H...
In 1976 Paraguay, Katarina Löw—wearing a doctor's coat—inspects a room full of local children and is disappointed to find them alive. She's much happier with another room littered with kids' corpses since it indicates that her nefarious experiment has worked. In 1977 Harlem, Roxy leaves her daughter with the girl's father, Darnell Williams (Moise M...
In the aftermath of the last episode's shootout, Roxy quits the team and returns home. Meyer assures Mindy and Murray that their daughter Amy's (Hannah Reid Rubinek) wedding to Ben (Steven Kaplan) will proceed as planned, with security from the Jewish mafia. Joe is furious about "traitor" Harriet, and Lonny tells Meyer about Tilda's journal—and the...
Millie receives an envelope from an anonymous source (Travis) containing Meyer's file on Richter. She takes this evidence to Grimsby, who asks her if she's willing to break the rules (and "get comfortable with being uncomfortable with your conscience") to get the job done. Speaking of ethical dilemmas, Murry and Mindy struggle with executing Moritz...
To the sounds of the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black," Jonah wanders through the chaotic blackout, seeing visions of Ruth, Murray, and Arthur who blame him for their deaths. Realizing Meyer was being honest about the Nazi conspiracy, Millie frees him and joins his crusade on a temporary basis. Everyone reconvenes at Meyer's candlelit base of operat...
A black-and-white TV show features American officials debating, and ultimately justifying, the Operation Paperclip policy. Harriet learns from Patricia—who references a past Vienna incident and claims Harriet has more heart than she shows—that the pathogen can be destroyed at 500 degrees. Lonny informs Harriet that Millie has found a factory in New...
The season finale begins with a one-year-earlier flashback to Ruth spotting Hans Fischer at the local market. She visits Meyer for the first time in 30 years and, in his grand study, talks about growing old and how they've changed, Meyer's abandonment, and their grandson Jonah. According to Ruth, Jonah has "the light that you once had. And I won't ...
Feb 21, 2020 · This handy character guide will help you keep up with all the major players in Amazon's Nazi-hunting drama Hunters.
Feb 28, 2020 · Amazon’s Hunters — the new series starring Al Pacino as the Jewish head of a group of Nazi hunters in 1970s America — is drawing both zealous love from viewers and heated criticism from TV critics and historians about the way it plays fast and loose with facts.
Jan 12, 2023 · In season two of Hunters, the question of what form Jewish defense should take is given further scrutiny. Meyer Offerman, whose message of revenge as “mitzvah,” is dead.
Feb 28, 2020 · For dramatic purposes, the fusion of facts and fiction builds to a Hunters season 1 finale that wisely (and conveniently) incorporates a real-life Nazi leader. During the 10-episode Hunters season 1, the titular squad tracks Nazis across the eastern United States and hopes to prevent the rise of the Fourth Reich.
As The Hunters wallowed in the valley of the shadow of death, they turned to the stars to point them on their path. Still, darkness trespassed upon the heart of Jonah, which did tempt him toward sin; and the shepherd Meyer petitioned Millie to join their flock.
