Lizzy Caplan, 42, stars as Alexandra Mullen, President Mullens’ daughter and a current congresswoman. Alexandra is often publicly at odds with her father and is named as the head of the Congressional Oversight Committee formed to keep an eye on her father’s investigation.

Ripped out of the underbelly of modern America as much as the headline, the Robert De Niro-starring Zero Day will show it can happen here.

The limited series, which premieres Feb. 20, comes from co-creators Eric Newman ("Griselda") and Noah Oppenheim ("Jackie"). Lesli Linka Glatter ("Homeland," "Mad Men" and "Love & Death") is an executive producer and director of all six episodes.

As former U.S. president turned special commission investigator George Mullen ( Robert De Niro) delivers a climactic closing speech in the final scene of Netflix's new political thriller Zero Day, it's this admission that gets to the heart of the show's message about the importance of truth in today's world.