It's watchable, but fails in telling the story it claims to be telling, like, they need to tell us repeatedly how Martha was right, but all we've ever heard Martha say, is that Nixon's wife had a beef with her, and that she was kept locked up for a day or two, unclear, by a guy who looks like a young Michael York
Additionally, too much of the story about how Martha was right, is for some reason about Gordon Liddy, who is completely uncharismatic and unpleasant to watch, and had no relationship with Martha herself. I've read that after the fact, he became a tv celebrity, probably for the same reason ppl can't stop looking at the car crash, so they probably put such an accent on whitewashed f-st, thinking it would please the audience, but the guy is horrible in every way, totally unpleasant, I skipped through most of his scenes, some of which drag to no end
Additionally large portion of the story is dedicated to. John and Mo Dean, who met Martha once, played absolutely no role in gaslighting her, and I can only assume got so much screen time cause they managed to get two attractive youngish actors to play them
So, yeah, it could work as a story about watergate itself, but, you know, you can watch "whitehouse plumbers" where they did cast a charismatic actor as Liddy, making it easier to watch his unhinged scenes, but it keeps pretending to be a story about Martha, and that, it just ain't.
Additionally, too much of the story about how Martha was right, is for some reason about Gordon Liddy, who is completely uncharismatic and unpleasant to watch, and had no relationship with Martha herself. I've read that after the fact, he became a tv celebrity, probably for the same reason ppl can't stop looking at the car crash, so they probably put such an accent on whitewashed f-st, thinking it would please the audience, but the guy is horrible in every way, totally unpleasant, I skipped through most of his scenes, some of which drag to no end
Additionally large portion of the story is dedicated to. John and Mo Dean, who met Martha once, played absolutely no role in gaslighting her, and I can only assume got so much screen time cause they managed to get two attractive youngish actors to play them
So, yeah, it could work as a story about watergate itself, but, you know, you can watch "whitehouse plumbers" where they did cast a charismatic actor as Liddy, making it easier to watch his unhinged scenes, but it keeps pretending to be a story about Martha, and that, it just ain't.