John Adams Episode 5

Unfortunately John was not happy in his post as Vice President and found the position entirely mind numbing. Thus this episode as well I found slow moving and less than engaging. John found himself on the outside looking in through most of this episode and the only rush of excitement I got as a viewer was when Alexander Hamilton was introduced as a character because I knew I was going to see a duel at some point. Of course Alexander will not find himself dueling until after Adams leaves office, here’s hoping we still get to see it.

In truth the only character that really gets my attention every time he is on screen is Thomas Jefferson. In fact throughout this mini-series I keep thinking to myself; “I wish they made the Thomas Jefferson mini-series instead. As a student of history I have always identified much readily with Jefferson and like him as a person. While I can appreciate the impact that John Adams had on our early government I never really connected with him as a person. This mini-series is not helping my opinion of or relationship with him as of yet.