The story of the Watergate storming and the controversy surrounding it will be told from a whole new perspective in the new trailer for the HBO series White House Plumbers.
HBO released a final trailer for the series on Thursday, which also revealed that the five-episode series will premiere on Monday, May 1 at 9 PM ET.
The series stars Woody Harrelson — who hosted Saturday Night Live late last month — as E. Howard Hunt and Justin Theroux as J. Gordon Liddy, the political saboteurs responsible for the Watergate storming and ultimately the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
The series is based on the 2007 book Integrity by Egil Krogh and Matthew Krogh from creators Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck (Veep, What Men Want).
Harrelson and Tiro serve as executive producers on the series along with David Mandel, who directed all five episodes, along with Frank Rich, David Bernad, Greg Fienberg, Lynn Amato, and Ruben Fleischer.
Watergate: The storming of Watergate and the controversy surrounding it will be told from a whole new perspective in the new trailer for the HBO series White House Plumbers.
The Nixon: The Series stars Woody Harrelson — who hosted Saturday Night Live late last month — as E. Howard Hunt and Justin Theroux as J. Gordon Liddy, the political saboteurs responsible for the Watergate storming and ultimately the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
The trailer begins with Howard napping and is woken up by his wife, Dorothy (Lena Headey), who tells him the phone call is for him from the White House.
On the other side is Egil Krogh (Rich Sommer) – who was the head of the White House Special Investigations Unit tracking down leaks to the press from inside the Nixon administration… with his agents known as “The Plumbers” to stop the leaks.
Krug tells him, “Howard, the President asked for a real son of a b***h to handle this Pentagon leak,” referring to the infamous Pentagon Papers.
‘what do you need?’ Says Howard, as he is next seen walking with Krug, who tells him, “I want you to meet Gordon Liddy, the toughest guy I know.” He will hold his hand in the candle flame.
The trailer shows Lady performing the feat in a restaurant, telling his diners, “I don’t bend. I don’t break.”
Howard asks, “What’s the trick?” Krug replies: There isn’t one. He gets third degree burns every time.
John Dean (Domnall Gleason) tells Howard and Gordon, “You work on the Committee to Re-elect the President now,” during which Howard and Gordon are seen embracing.
Your new task is to make sure he wins this election. We’re going to intercept classified information on the radical left,” Dean tells them.
The White House: The trailer begins with Howard napping and being woken up by his wife, Dorothy (Lena Headey), who tells him the phone call is for him from the White House
Howard and Jill: What do you need? Says Howard, as he is next seen walking with Krug, who tells him, “I want you to meet Gordon Liddy, the toughest guy I know.” He will hold his hand in the flame of the candle’
Don’t Be Broken: The trailer shows Lady performing this feat in a restaurant, telling his dinner companions, ‘I don’t bend. I am not broken
Back at the house, Howard’s wife Dorothy asks, “What’s the plan?” Howard replies, “We’re going to hit the DNC at Watergate.”
“Howard, that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard,” Dorothy replied before leaving the room.
They are seen storming Watergate but their plan is immediately hit with a snag because they have the wrong tools to break into it.
“Someone needs to clean up this mess,” says Jeb Magruder (Ike Barinholtz), as Gordon asks, “Do you want us to break in the fourth time?”
“Wait, what do you mean a fourth time?” Jeb asks, while Gordon shrugs it off, saying, “Nothing, spy talk.”
Gordon comes home and finds his wife, Fran, in bed, and asks him how his day was, he says, “There’s a chance I’m going to jail.”
She sits in bed and says, “Wait what?!” As we see Dean telling Gordon, “I really hope you understand the scope and scale of this thing.”
Dorothy says to her husband, ‘You’re telling these weak politicians that loyalty is a two-way street.
Watergate: Back home, Howard’s wife Dorothy asked, “What’s the plan?” Howard replies, “We’re going to hit the DNC at Watergate.”
Wrong Tools: They are seen breaking into Watergate but their plan is immediately hit with a snag because they have the wrong tools to break into it.
Clean: “Someone needs to clean up this mess,” Jeb Magruder (Ike Barinholtz) says, as Gordon asks, “Do you want us to break for the fourth time?”
Another shot shows Gordon’s daughter Grace (Amarillis Miller) asking from the back of the family car, “Did you just use a fun family outing to cover up some spy a**t?”
Gordon is seen sending stacks of cash through the shredder while feisty Jeb asks, “Why are you shredding money?”
Howard says, “We’re not bulls. We’re patriots acting in the best interest of this country,” though his daughter Kevan (Kiernan Shipka) replies, “What about your family’s best interests?”
The trailer shows shots of all the aforementioned characters along with Kathleen Turner as DC lobbyist Dita Bird.
Gordon is seen saying, “They’re trying to break us” while Gordon and Howard are seen at a bar, where Gordon shares some thoughts on the Chief.
“The Chief is a good man. Between you and me, I worry about some of the people he surrounds himself with,” Howard nodded in agreement.
The final shot shows a small sign saying “The Plumbers” pinned up in front of their office, Howard explains, “We fix the leaks.”
White House Plumbers debuts May 1, which will be available to stream on HBO Max.
Shredder: Gordon is seen sending stacks of cash through the shredder as a stunned Jeb asks, “Why are you shredding money?”
Good man: The president is a good man. Between you and me, I worry about some of the people he surrounds himself with, Howard nods in agreement
Leaks: The final shot shows a small sign that says “Plumbers” pinned up in front of their desk, Howard explains, “We fix the leaks.”