
7.0
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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1Episode 1Pilot
62 min
After a charismatic candidate joins the race for student body president, Payton searches for a running mate who will make him seem more authentic.
2Episode 2The Harrington Commode
47 min
Amid escalating concerns about his vice presidential pick, Payton gets plunged into a family crisis that stokes long-seething resentments.
3Episode 3October Surprise
42 min
While Payton plays hardball with Harvard admissions, shocking betrayals and a scandalous videotape take the election to a new level of ruthlessness.
4Episode 4Gone Girl
42 min
With the election just days away, Payton faces tough questions about just how far he's willing to go to defeat his opponent.
5Episode 5The Voter
28 min
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.
6Episode 6The Assassination of Payton Hobart
56 min
As Payton confronts hard truths about his ambition following an election day bombshell, he reconnects with a former ally -- and becomes a target.
7Episode 7The Assassination of Payton Hobart: Part 2
40 min
Payton faces his darkest hour and the fight of his life as transgressions are revealed, backs stabbed and confessions made.
8Episode 8Vienna
56 min
Payton reevaluates his life after a reckoning, but when a window of opportunity opens, he grapples with a big decision about his political aspirations.

Ben Platt
Payton Hobart

Judith Light
Dede Standish

Lucy Boynton
Astrid Sloan

Zoey Deutch
Infinity Jackson

Julia Schlaepfer
Alice Charles

Laura Dreyfuss
McAfee Westbrook

Theo Germaine
James Sullivan

Rahne Jones
Skye Leighton

Bette Midler
Hadassah Gold

Gwyneth Paltrow
Georgina Hobart

Brandon Win
Connor
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