S1E1 - American Hostage - Season 1 - Episode 1 - My Town Indy - Breakdown | Recap & Review
Published: September 20, 2026
Duration: 26:49
In 1977 Indianapolis radio news reporter Fred Heckman (JonHamm) gets pulled into an intense hostage situation when a man named Tony Kiritsis (Giovanni Ribisi) takes mortgage broker Dick Hall (Kristoffer Polaha) hostage and will only share the reason why with Fred live on the radio. This miniseries is based on the first season of the scripted podcast American Hostage which is inspired by the real-life event. We do a full breakdown of the episode so jump in the comments and let’s talk American Hostage!