History Series / Gaslit

* TheGhost: Nixon himself only appears in silhouette and never directly as a character.

** A few scenes make Martha Mitchell seem more progressive than she actually was. The depiction of the [[http://comcast.rayconniff.info/media/nixon.html Carole Feraci incident]] in particular: whereas Martha silently but sympathetically watches her hustled off the stage after her protest, in reality Martha was leading the hecklers herself while demanding that Feraci be "torn limb from limb." In general Mitchell was known for her outspoken ''conservative'' opinions and generally supported Nixon and her husband's policies, despite disliking John's political work.

* MissionBriefing: Liddy gives an extravagant one to Mitchell, Dean and Magruder wherein he outlines his "Operation Gemstone" plan of political sabotage against the Democrats. He's infuriated when Mitchell instructs him to come back with something less expensive.

* WomenAreWiser: A consistent theme of the series is how women in the Nixon Administration react to the pressures of political life, often more reasonably and ethically than their husbands. Martha most obviously, who is unwilling to keep her opinions to herself or to share her husband's self-sacrificing loyalty to the President despite the White House's attempts to smear and silence her. Maureen Dean constantly calls John out on his self-serving attempts to exculpate himself from the cover-up and helps coach him for his Senat etestimony. It extends even to minor characters like Jeb Magruder's wife, who convinces him to testify because it's the only way he'll avoid a long prison sentence.

* WomenAreWiser: A consistent theme of the series is how women in the Nixon Administration react to the pressures of political life, often more reasonably and ethically than their husbands. Martha most obviously, who is unwilling to keep her opinions to herself or to share her husband's self-sacrificing loyalty to the President despite the White House's attempts to smear and silence her. Maureen Dean constantly calls John out on his self-serving attempts to exculpate himself from the cover-up. It extends even to minor characters like Jeb Magruder's wife, who convinces him to testify because it's the only way he'll avoid a long prison sentence.

* WomenAreWiser: A consistent theme of the series is how women in the Nixon Administration react to the pressures of political life, often more reasonably than their husbands. Martha most obviously, who is unwilling to keep her opinions to herself or to share her husband's self-sacrificing loyalty to the President. Maureen Dean is constantly calling John out on his self-serving attempts to exculpate himself from the cover-up. And even with minor characters like Jeb Magruder's wife, who convinces him to testify because it's the only way he'll avoid a long prison sentence.

* AnachronismStew: One episode shows a clip from a ''Series/SesameStreet'' episode where Cookie Monster is interrogated by journalist Robert [=McNeil=] about stealing cookies (dubbed "Cookiegate") and responding to questions with variations of "I don't recall." This episode actually aired in 1988, well after the events of the series, though it was clearly parodying [=McNeil=]'s coverage of Watergate for PBS.

* HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee: Unsurprisingly, the Ervin Committee's hearings on Watergate play a central role in the series, with Dean called as a witness and Nixon and Mitchell attempting to manipulate them behind the scenes. Martha Mitchell, however, was never called before the committee as depicted in the series.

** A few scenes make Martha Mitchell seem more progressive than she actually was. The depiction of the [[http://comcast.rayconniff.info/media/nixon.html Carole Feraci incident]] in particular: whereas Martha silently but sympathetically watches her hustled off the stage after her protest, in reality Martha was leading the hecklers herself while demanding that Feraci be "torn limb from limb." In general Mitchell was known for her outspoken ''conservative'' opinions and generally supported Nixon and her husband's policies, despite privately disliking John's political work.

* HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee: Unsurprisingly, the Ervin Committee's hearings on Watergate play a central role in the series, with Nixon and Mitchell attempting to manipulate them behind the scenes. Martha Mitchell, however, was never called before the committee as depicted in the series.

** A few scenes make Martha Mitchell seem more progressive than she actually was. The depiction of the [[http://comcast.rayconniff.info/media/nixon.html Carole Feraci incident]] in particular: whereas Martha silently but sympathetically watches her hustled off the stage after her protest, in reality Martha was leading the hecklers herself while demanding that Feraci be "torn limb from limb."

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: One episode features Frank Wills meeting several political activists, including a young Elijah Cummings and a character implied to be UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton at a bar, who praise him for his exposure of Nixon's corruption.

* AmbitionIsEvil: John Dean's arc centers around him being drawn into Nixon's inner circle through his involvement in the break-in and cover-up. It strains his relationship with Maureen and eventually lands him in prison. He admits in the final episode that hearing .

* HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee: Unsurprisingly, the Ervin Committee's hearings on Watergate play a central role in the series, with Nixon and Mitchell attempting to manipulate them behind the scenes. Martha Mitchell, however, was never called before the committee as depicted in the series.

* PunchClockVillain: A few of the more sympathetic Nixon staffers like burglar James McCord, who is guilty at worst of blind loyalty to Mitchell, and arguably Dean and Jeb Magruder, fall under this category.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: A few scenes make Martha Mitchell seem more progressive than she actually was. The depiction of the [[http://comcast.rayconniff.info/media/nixon.html Carole Feraci incident]] in particular: whereas Martha silently but sympathetically watches her hustled off the stage after her protest, in reality Martha was leading the hecklers herself while demanding that Feraci be "torn limb from limb."

** ''Tuffy''.

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The series also stars Creator/DanStevens, Creator/BettyGilpin, Creator/SheaWhigham, Creator/DarbyCamp, Creator/AlisonTolman, Creator/JCMackenzie, Creator/ChrisBauer, Creator/ChrisMessina, Creator/CarlosValdes, among many others.