Viewers of The Big Cigar Season 1 are wondering how many episodes are in the series and when each new episode comes out. The biographical thriller-drama series introduces viewers to the multi-layered story of Huey P. Newton, a notorious African-American revolutionist who founded the Black Panther Party. His party came under the radar of the American police in the mid-19th Century for an increased list of insurgencies against the U.S. administration.
Here’s how many episodes are in The Big Cigar Season 1 and on what day new episodes come out.
How many episodes are in The Big Cigar Season 1?
The Big Cigar Season 1 has 6 episodes.
The episode list is as follows:
- Episode 1: Panther/Producer
- Episode 2: The Cuban
- Episode 3: Guns and Matzah
- Episode 4: What Are Friends For?
- Episode 5: Lost Paradise
- Episode 6: The Pirate
In Season 1, Huey Percy Newton is the daring and headstrong founder of the notorious black power political organization, Black Panther Party, in Oakland, California. Despite the warnings from American governance and police, his party continuously revolts against white supremacy and challenges them at each turn. However, Newton’s life becomes miserable when the FBI locks horns with him. What follows next is a pulse-pounding chase from Oakland to Cuba amid him and the FBI.
The series has been helmed by Don Cheadle, Damon Thomas, and Tiffany Johnson. The first two episodes premiered on May 17, 2024, while the series is slated to conclude on June 14, 2024.
The cast of The Big Cigar includes André Holland as Huey P. Newton, Tiffany Boone as Gwen Fontaine, Alessandro Nivola as Bert Schneider, Marc Menchaca as Sydney Clark, and P. J. Byrne as Stephen Blauner.
When do new The Big Cigar Season 1 episodes come out?
New episodes of The Big Cigar Season 1 typically come out every Friday on Apple TV Plus.
The Big Cigar official synopsis reads:
“Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton enlists an unlikely ally—Hollywood producer Bert Schneider—to elude an FBI manhunt and escape to Cuba.”
