Watergate
Patient compendium drawing from 3400 hours of audio tapes, archival footage, declassified documents, et al, weaves a rich texture of understanding, particularly effective in flashbacks from their current day selves to their Watergate-era roles for such stalwarts as Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward and John Dean. Numerous current day parallels are elegantly understated.
- Metascore77
- 2018-2019
- 1 season
- History Channel
- Documentary
Patient compendium drawing from 3400 hours of audio tapes, archival footage, declassified documents, et al, weaves a rich texture of understanding, particularly effective in flashbacks from their current day selves to their Watergate-era roles for such stalwarts as Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward and John Dean. Numerous current day parallels are elegantly understated.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2019
Episode 1
The Burglary
44 mins
On June 17, 1972, police arrest five men who break into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., setting off the most explosive scandal in American history.
Episode 2
Coverup
44 mins
The Watergate arrests lead to a vast coverup; but after Nixon's landslide re-election in 1972, the coverup starts to unravel, leaving the presidency exposed. In the summer of 1974, Congressional impeachment votes, Supreme Court rulings, and further revelations seal Richard Nixon's fate, leading to his resignation.
Episode 3
Things Fall Apart
51 mins
As the coverup cracks, White House counsel John Dean turns on President Richard Nixon, a Senate committee is formed, and a special prosecutor is appointed.
Episode 4
U.S. v. Nixon
44 mins
In 1974, the Senate Watergate Committee and the Watergate Special Prosecutor confront Nixon in a deepening Constitutional crisis.
Episode 5
Blowback
44 mins
The Watergate arrests lead to a vast coverup; but after Nixon's landslide re-election in 1972, the coverup starts to unravel, leaving the presidency exposed.
Episode 6
Endgame
44 mins
Impeachment votes, Supreme Court rulings, and further revelations seal Richard Nixon's fate.