The time jumps early in the first episode of "Manhunt" are a little confusing unless you're paying very close attention, but those are gone about two thirds of the way into the episode, which moves at warp speed in dealing with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre by actor John Wilkes Booth, and the attempted assassinations of the Secretary of State and the Vice President.
Caught in the middle, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, has to piece all the events together and begin the hunt for Booth, who escapes Washington D. C. in the chaos after his country-altering act.
Even though you know what's ultimately going to happen (well, parts of it, anyway) "Pilot" is a tense episode that sets up the rest of the miniseries perfectly.
I thought Hamish Linklater did a great job as Lincoln, and Tobias Menzies as Stanton was also good. He'll work his way further into the role as the episodes go by, I'm sure.
(I don't get the hate for this episode - I was enthralled from the very beginning.)
Caught in the middle, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, has to piece all the events together and begin the hunt for Booth, who escapes Washington D. C. in the chaos after his country-altering act.
Even though you know what's ultimately going to happen (well, parts of it, anyway) "Pilot" is a tense episode that sets up the rest of the miniseries perfectly.
I thought Hamish Linklater did a great job as Lincoln, and Tobias Menzies as Stanton was also good. He'll work his way further into the role as the episodes go by, I'm sure.
(I don't get the hate for this episode - I was enthralled from the very beginning.)