If this needed to be made at all it should have been a mini-series 3 parter or even a 90 minute movie. Obviously low-budget with just a passing nod to history, this show is waaaaaaay to slow and plodding. Other than Menzies, the cast is pretty lacklustre, mostly out of work extras from the look if it, and the casting is really terrible. There's clearly a fair bit of equally low budget CGI and the script, my word, it's just dire, did anyone not bother to research how people spoke back in the day, or the likely mannerisms and behaviours? Clearly not. The portrayal of Lincoln as essentially a bumbling idiot is pretty tragic and I don't think anyone bothered to read a history book with regards to Stanton, or anyone else for that matter. One of the most annoying things about it is the CONSTANT jumping back and forth in time with often no indication to the viewer that it's happened. It's not like it's obvious, going between older and younger characters, here its just a few weeks or even days, but why? A lot of movies / series use the time jumps to good effect and for good reason, 90% of the time this just jumps back and forth for the sake of it, no discernible reason and it certainly doesn't add to the story. I'll likely persevere to the end in a "I've started so I'll finish" kind of way (about half way through now) but I expected so much more. My gut feeling is it's going to get a LOT worse. Will they throw the history book completely out the window? Not sure, the problem is, you really need to have such book before you can throw it out! Passable at best.

Extremely well made drama. Production is very good. Some great acting. Bravo to all concerned

The trouble with making these historic miniseries is that people believe it’s all true, and why wouldn’t we. Why would the producers create something that isn’t true? But the reality is that a lot of this series is made up so that it’s better television which is very misleading – especially in today’s culture.

Ich habe mir von der Serie sehr viel versprochen aber leider konnten die Erwartungen nicht erfüllt werden. Die Serie dreht sich um die Jagd nach dem Mörder von Abraham Lincoln. Dabei ist sie immer wieder mit Rückblenden vor dem Attentat gespickt. Das Schauspiel ist solide, die Storyumsetzung okay aber leider gibt es immer wieder langatmige Hänger, die viel an Spannung aus der Serie nehmen. Man kann die Serie mal gucken, muss man aber nicht. Einen rewatch würde ich nicht nochmal machen.