This episode is really about bad faith, partisanship and some deep, long lasting divisions the country still hasn't reconciled. It is really hard to avoid the hypocrisy of the Jefferson and the Republicans charging Adams-a man of New England moderation-as monarchist and elitist when Jefferson literally retreated to a private mountain on and off through out his career. You see the divisions of urban vs rural, North vs South and Americans' inability to take fellow citizens at their word. The realpolitik of this episode is just great.
Review of Unnecessary War
