Gaslit

Watergate was wrong. Martha was right.

Rating

4.5 (1)

Release Date

4/24/2022

Runtime

8 eps, 463 mins

Genres

Drama

Overview

A modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten characters of the time.

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Budget

Revenue

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A raw, character-driven excavation of Watergate that finds fury and humanity in the stories of those manipulated and silenced by the scandal. This is political drama that grips through intimate suffering rather than spectacle.

Mood

AngryTenseDefiant

Themes

PowerCorruptionJusticeIdentity

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Ensemble

Julia Roberts

Martha Mitchell

Sean Penn

John Mitchell

Dan Stevens

John Dean

Betty Gilpin

Mo Dean

Shea Whigham

G. Gordon Liddy

Darby Camp

Marty Mitchell

Chris Bauer

James McCord

Nat Faxon

Bob Haldeman

Hamish Linklater

Jeb Magruder

Allison Tolman

Winnie McLendon

Chris Conner

John Ehrlichman

Adam Ray

Ron Ziegler

Reviews

stormaciousd

Mar 21, 2026

I was so locked in. I didn't think there could be Watergate content as enjoyable as Dick, the Kirsten Dunst movie, but this is even better, but a little less fun. I am obsessed with Shea Whigham as Gordon Liddy. I was captivated by him in every scene, every little crazy, scary, weirdo scene. This looks like it would be kind of dry and serious by the cover, but it is surprisingly funny.