Episode
The Politician: October Surprise
Overview
While Payton plays hardball with Harvard admissions, shocking betrayals and a scandalous videotape take the election to a new level of ruthlessness.
Details
- Series
- The Politician
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2019-09-27
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
October Surprise is Episode 3 in Season 1 of The Politician. It aired on 2019-09-27. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 2: The Harrington Commode
Amid escalating concerns about his vice presidential pick, Payton gets plunged into a family crisis that stokes long-seething resentments.
Episode 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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.