I watched the first episode yesterday….i really like the show but the writing for the wife and daughter are brutal….just beyond stupid and last nights episode was worse than normal in that regard.
There is a scene where the daughter is in the admissions office at TCU….and then a scene with the wife at home at the dinner table….so
Over the top dumb it ruined the episode IMO.
If it continues I am going to bow out from watching….just my opinion.
How does it end?
The South loses.
Damn!
Wrong War
Though Burns has called the Revolution a Civil War
I’m aware……I was giving a silly answer based on @coachv silly question……
Gosh @Cougardue , I’m
Hurt you think I’m that dumb. 
I thought you meant the Vietnam War 
Ooop, were you born without a sense of humor or did you have it surgically removed?
As i tell my students, just because I respond doesn’t mean I’m taking you seriously.
And I heard the laugh of thousands while performing in the Lucille Ball theater.
Who are you then? I vote the cranky Japanese lady.
Sure, Carol.
One thing they pointed out in tonight’s episode.
The Continental Army was the last integrated Army that the United States would field until the Korean War.
Episode 2 seemed more detailed. The maps for the battles are helpful. Brutal stuff, Canadian campaigns always went so horribly. Its really painting a strong picture of the character of Americans.
Watching this latest episode was interesting.
Horatio Gates was a general with a very MIXED record.
On the one hand, thanks mostly to Benedict Arnold, he forced the surrender of an entire British Army at Saratoga, triggering French entry into the war.
OTOH (and I assume they will cover this in the next episode), he later absolutely DISGRACED himself at Camden, where almost an entire Continental Army was destroyed, with Gates, observing his Army getting routed, turned around on his horse and fled, completely abandoning his command and running away. Obviously, he never commanded again.
Benedict Arnold’s story, of course, is strange as well. The hero of Saratoga would later go turncoat, side with the British, and attempt to turn over a US garrison to the British. Friggin’ TRAITOR!!!
Glad both men were at least on the right side and at the top of their games at Saratoga.
I am glad to see that the role of American privateers in securing victory was covered.
I read an article a few years ago entitled something to the effect of “How the Royal Nay Lost the Revolutionary War.”
It discussed how the Royal Navy’s failure to adequately protect Merchant shipping from the scourge of American privateers caused insurance rates for British seaborne shipments to run so high that a lot of British commerce nearly ground to a halt.
Interestingly, Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 gives Congress the power to Commission privateers and grant letters of marque and reprisal.
The USA has never signed on to any international treaty banning privateering.
Ya know. I heard that there is going to be an “Eragon” TV series. Hey listen. I never read the book. But years ago, I made the hottible mistake of having paying to see original Eragon movie in the theaters, and it was a TOTAL…STINKBOMB!!! I wonder how any remake could be good.
If anyone here has read the book, and thinks that it is good, then what did the original get wrong?
I too watched Black Rabbit a couple of weeks ago and thought it was good. It felt like it had little Ozark vibe then I saw Laura Linney directed several episodes, so with Bateman staring that explained it. The ending was way different.
I’m half way through Netflix’s Death By Lightning. Its only 4 parts. Its about the assassination of President Garfield. Actung is excellent. Nick Offerman as Chester Arthur and the guy from Succession stand oit in their roles. Nails the time period and is a part of American history not portrayed often.
Man politics has always been dirty, and people have always been crazy
Finished
Excellent show. As much as things change things are the same
I agree.
It was really good….informative on something I knew nothing about.
Politics are filthy.
The next TV series from the “Game of Thrones” universe starts this weekend.
Based upon reading the book on which it’s based, I expect a lighter tone to this one.
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