The new HBO miniseries stars Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux as the Watergate burglars.
It’s the second prestige show about the infamous scandal in as many years.
Harrelson, by contrast, plays Hunt as a more tragic figure.

Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux in ‘White House Plumbers’.Phil Caruso/HBO
That’s not to say thatWhite House Plumbersis devoid of contemporary resonance.