Independence
- Episode aired Mar 16, 2008
- TV-MA
- 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
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After the Battles of Lexington and Concord, John Adams becomes the voice for independence at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.After the Battles of Lexington and Concord, John Adams becomes the voice for independence at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.After the Battles of Lexington and Concord, John Adams becomes the voice for independence at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
Robert Randolph Caton
- Maryland Delegate
- (as Rob Caton)
- Director
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Did you know
- TriviaA despondent Thomas Jefferson laments that every word of his Declaration of Independence was carefully chosen. Jefferson in fact later complained that the other members of the assembly had butchered his original creation.
- GoofsIn one scene Abigail is scrubbing the wooden floors in an effort to avoid the pox. The microbial theory of diseases was not postulated until the 19th. century. However, in the 16th century, King Henry VIII was famously having the walls of his children's (especially his son, Edward's) dwellings washed down once or twice a day to prevent disease. It is not impossible that although not widespread, this practice was also followed by others down through history.
- Quotes
Edward Rutledge: Must you be so extreme, Dr. Franklin?
Benjamin Franklin: [Wryly] I'm an extreme moderate, Mr. Rutledge. I believe anybody not in favor of moderation and compromise ought to be castrated and that all this should be sent down to the... the Parliament for they seem to need - how should I put it? - stones.
[He smiles broadly]
- ConnectionsVersion of 1776 (1972)
- SoundtracksSea Shanty
Written and performed by John Bull
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Kind of lacking
This episode shows the struggles of John Adams as he tries to convince all 13 colonies to approve independence of America from the British rule.
The problem I have with this episode was that it didn't really show how several colonies had a change of heart towards the end. The episode goes on for 1 hour 20 minutes where several states are strongly and adamantly against a full independence and in the last 10 minutes they all suddenly change their mind and decide to vote "yes" out of blue even though none of the conditions or situations have changed. The show could have handled that part much better than it did.
There were several colonies (states) that said they would never vote yes and they all voted yes at the end and this episode didn't really explain why they suddenly decided to vote yes after being so against the idea. The episode was 94 minutes long so they had plenty of time to show the details of the most important aspect of the episode but they chose to waste time on other trivial stuff instead.
This episode could have been a 9/10 but it fails to deliver so falls to 7/10 at best.
The problem I have with this episode was that it didn't really show how several colonies had a change of heart towards the end. The episode goes on for 1 hour 20 minutes where several states are strongly and adamantly against a full independence and in the last 10 minutes they all suddenly change their mind and decide to vote "yes" out of blue even though none of the conditions or situations have changed. The show could have handled that part much better than it did.
There were several colonies (states) that said they would never vote yes and they all voted yes at the end and this episode didn't really explain why they suddenly decided to vote yes after being so against the idea. The episode was 94 minutes long so they had plenty of time to show the details of the most important aspect of the episode but they chose to waste time on other trivial stuff instead.
This episode could have been a 9/10 but it fails to deliver so falls to 7/10 at best.
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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