7.060 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestIn the final days of the Nixon administration, Martha struggles to keep her family together in the midst of her decline. Dean and Mo ready for their own future as G. Gordon Liddy gives Dean a parting gift.
A modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten characters of the time.
Acting
Julia Roberts' wig and fury deserve separate billing.
Production
Seventies aesthetic so authentic you can smell the cigarettes.
Writing
Makes bureaucratic evil weirdly, horribly fun.
Creator
Robbie Pickering
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Martha Mitchell really did call a reporter from her supposedly 'secure' hotel room; the 'Martha Mitchell effect' is now psychological terminology for when someone is diagnosed as delusional but is actually telling the truth.
Based on the 'Slow Burn' podcast, this was one of multiple 2022 projects about forgotten Watergate women—Hollywood finally asking who got erased from the history they wrote.
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