This is the one episode of the series that I find just a tad to much romance about the men and times. The series really tries to position the Founders as mere men and a lot of the series is devoted to drawing contemporary parallels. The episode does not make enough of slavery or for that matter the economic interests of the various factions. The political fight is just too ideological. With that said, the episode does introduce both Jefferson and Franklin which are some of the strongest characterizations in the series. Franklin has been greatly de-mythicized-he comes across as manipulative-while Jefferson's thin skin is utterly captured. Both Dillane and Wilkinson are some of the strongest performance in the series.
Review of Independence
