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''Manhunt'' (not to be confused with the similarly named TrueCrime show that debuted in 2017) is a seven-episode 2024 Creator/AppleTVPlus PoliceProcedural historical thriller BasedOnATrueStory: The manhunt for UsefulNotes/JohnWilkesBooth following his assassination of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln.

!!Tropes in the Show:
* AnachronicOrder: The first episode keeps cutting back and forth between various points a few days, hours, or minutes before the assassination of President Lincoln, as well as the arrests and interrogations of people rightly or wrongful suspected of helping him, and the government's reaction to the crisis.
* AttentionWhore: Booth's white supremacy and other politics are major driving forces in his assassination plot, but he also revels in the idea of how famous it will make him and resents not being as well known as his father and brother.
* BattleButler: Secretary Seward's doorman and maid are both injured fighting the assassin who comes to invade the house.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Stanton gives orders to stop feeding prisoners he suspects of withholding information.
* DumbMuscle: The burly Lewis isn't the brightest of Booth's conspirators; he briefly forgets who the man he's trying to assassinate is, then, when told it's the (U.S.) Secretary of State, he asks, "Which state?"
* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Stanton grabs Mrs. Lincoln, while letting her know how unbalanced and hysterical he is finding her is she wails about our husband has been shot and she wishes she was dead. He apologizes for this at the end of episode 2, admitting it was insensitive AngerBornOfWorry.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Right before going to assassinate Lincoln, Booth is amused to learn that the man he's having a drink and talking about his career with is one of Lincoln's off-duty bodyguards.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Dr. Mudd and John Suratt certainly had pro-Confederacy views and suspicious ties to Booth's circle in real-life, but the miniseries has John recruit David Herold a year before the assassination, try to break into Stanton's house and then meet with Mudd to discuss the plot when John was nowhere near the area at that point in real-life and there is no evidence that John ever met or plotted with either Mudd or Herold.
* ItsAllMyFault: Stanton is constantly tormented by his failure to assign Lincoln better security and encouraging him to take positions that made him unpopular with his future assassin.
* MeanBoss: Dr. Mudd is willing to rebuke his nurse and carpenter (who were his slaves until the Emancipation Proclamation) and is implied to be willing to instill discipline with beatings.
* ProperlyParanoid: When Secretary of War Stanton hears about the attempt on Secretary Seward's life, he is concerned enough to ask if they have men on duty guarding President Lincoln (they think they do but are wrong), but Lincoln was assassinated mere minutes earlier.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** David Herold decides not to stick around waiting for Lewis Powell to finish killing Secretary of State Seward after being unnerved by how loud the struggle is.
** Peanuts Burroughs, the UnwittingPawn theater worker who is holding Booth's horse outside the theater, is quick to flee down the alley after learning that he has unknowingly assisted in the getaway of a political assassin (although his explanation about what happened is quickly believed the next day).
* WellDoneSonGuy: Stanton's son and assistant is hurt by any signs of disapproval from him throughout the investigation.

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A television series titled ''Manhunt'' (not to be confused with may refer to:

* ''Series/Manhunt2019''
* ''Series/Manhunt2024''

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the similarly named TrueCrime show link so that debuted in 2017) is a seven-episode 2024 Creator/AppleTVPlus PoliceProcedural historical thriller BasedOnATrueStory: The manhunt for UsefulNotes/JohnWilkesBooth following his assassination of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln.

!!Tropes in the Show:
* AnachronicOrder: The first episode keeps cutting back and forth between various
it points a few days, hours, or minutes before the assassination of President Lincoln, as well as the arrests and interrogations of people rightly or wrongful suspected of helping him, and the government's reaction to the crisis.
* AttentionWhore: Booth's white supremacy and other politics are major driving forces in his assassination plot, but he also revels in the idea of how famous it will make him and resents not being as well known as his father and brother.
* BattleButler: Secretary Seward's doorman and maid are both injured fighting the assassin who comes to invade the house.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Stanton gives orders to stop feeding prisoners he suspects of withholding information.
* DumbMuscle: The burly Lewis isn't the brightest of Booth's conspirators; he briefly forgets who the man he's trying to assassinate is, then, when told it's the (U.S.) Secretary of State, he asks, "Which state?"
* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Stanton grabs Mrs. Lincoln, while letting her know how unbalanced and hysterical he is finding her is she wails about our husband has been shot and she wishes she was dead. He apologizes for this at the end of episode 2, admitting it was insensitive AngerBornOfWorry.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Right before going to assassinate Lincoln, Booth is amused to learn that the man he's having a drink and talking about his career with is one of Lincoln's off-duty bodyguards.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Dr. Mudd and John Suratt certainly had pro-Confederacy views and suspicious ties to Booth's circle in real-life, but the miniseries has John recruit David Herold a year before the assassination, try to break into Stanton's house and then meet with Mudd to discuss the plot when John was nowhere near the area at that point in real-life and there is no evidence that John ever met or plotted with either Mudd or Herold.
* ItsAllMyFault: Stanton is constantly tormented by his failure to assign Lincoln better security and encouraging him to take positions that made him unpopular with his future assassin.
* MeanBoss: Dr. Mudd is willing to rebuke his nurse and carpenter (who were his slaves until the Emancipation Proclamation) and is implied to be willing to instill discipline with beatings.
* ProperlyParanoid: When Secretary of War Stanton hears about the attempt on Secretary Seward's life, he is concerned enough to ask if they have men on duty guarding President Lincoln (they think they do but are wrong), but Lincoln was assassinated mere minutes earlier.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** David Herold decides not to stick around waiting for Lewis Powell to finish killing Secretary of State Seward after being unnerved by how loud the struggle is.
** Peanuts Burroughs, the UnwittingPawn theater worker who is holding Booth's horse outside the theater, is quick to flee down the alley after learning that he has unknowingly assisted in the getaway of a political assassin (although his explanation about what happened is quickly believed the next day).
* WellDoneSonGuy: Stanton's son and assistant is hurt by any signs of disapproval from him throughout the investigation.
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''Manhunt''(not to be confused with the similarly named TrueCrime show that debuted in 2017) is a seven-episode 2024 Creator/AppleTVPlus PoliceProcedural historical thriller BasedOnATrueStory: The manhunt for UsefulNotes/JohnWilkesBooth following his assassination of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln.

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''Manhunt''(not ''Manhunt'' (not to be confused with the similarly named TrueCrime show that debuted in 2017) is a seven-episode 2024 Creator/AppleTVPlus PoliceProcedural historical thriller BasedOnATrueStory: The manhunt for UsefulNotes/JohnWilkesBooth following his assassination of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln.
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''Manhunt'' is a seven-episode 2024 Creator/AppleTVPlus PoliceProcedural historical thriller BasedOnATrueStory: The manhunt for UsefulNotes/JohnWilkesBooth following his assassination of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln.

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''Manhunt'' ''Manhunt''(not to be confused with the similarly named TrueCrime show that debuted in 2017) is a seven-episode 2024 Creator/AppleTVPlus PoliceProcedural historical thriller BasedOnATrueStory: The manhunt for UsefulNotes/JohnWilkesBooth following his assassination of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln.
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** Peanuts, the UnwittingPawn theater worker who is holding Booth's horse outside the theater, is quick to flee down the alley after learning that he has unknowingly assisted in the getaway of a political assassin (although his explanation about what happened is quickly believed the next day).

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** Peanuts, Peanuts Burroughs, the UnwittingPawn theater worker who is holding Booth's horse outside the theater, is quick to flee down the alley after learning that he has unknowingly assisted in the getaway of a political assassin (although his explanation about what happened is quickly believed the next day).
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Creating a work page for a new show, although I don't have time to crosswick the tropes.

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''Manhunt'' is a seven-episode 2024 Creator/AppleTVPlus PoliceProcedural historical thriller BasedOnATrueStory: The manhunt for UsefulNotes/JohnWilkesBooth following his assassination of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln.

!!Tropes in the Show:
* AnachronicOrder: The first episode keeps cutting back and forth between various points a few days, hours, or minutes before the assassination of President Lincoln, as well as the arrests and interrogations of people rightly or wrongful suspected of helping him, and the government's reaction to the crisis.
* AttentionWhore: Booth's white supremacy and other politics are major driving forces in his assassination plot, but he also revels in the idea of how famous it will make him and resents not being as well known as his father and brother.
* BattleButler: Secretary Seward's doorman and maid are both injured fighting the assassin who comes to invade the house.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Stanton gives orders to stop feeding prisoners he suspects of withholding information.
* DumbMuscle: The burly Lewis isn't the brightest of Booth's conspirators; he briefly forgets who the man he's trying to assassinate is, then, when told it's the (U.S.) Secretary of State, he asks, "Which state?"
* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Stanton grabs Mrs. Lincoln, while letting her know how unbalanced and hysterical he is finding her is she wails about our husband has been shot and she wishes she was dead. He apologizes for this at the end of episode 2, admitting it was insensitive AngerBornOfWorry.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Right before going to assassinate Lincoln, Booth is amused to learn that the man he's having a drink and talking about his career with is one of Lincoln's off-duty bodyguards.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Dr. Mudd and John Suratt certainly had pro-Confederacy views and suspicious ties to Booth's circle in real-life, but the miniseries has John recruit David Herold a year before the assassination, try to break into Stanton's house and then meet with Mudd to discuss the plot when John was nowhere near the area at that point in real-life and there is no evidence that John ever met or plotted with either Mudd or Herold.
* ItsAllMyFault: Stanton is constantly tormented by his failure to assign Lincoln better security and encouraging him to take positions that made him unpopular with his future assassin.
* MeanBoss: Dr. Mudd is willing to rebuke his nurse and carpenter (who were his slaves until the Emancipation Proclamation) and is implied to be willing to instill discipline with beatings.
* ProperlyParanoid: When Secretary of War Stanton hears about the attempt on Secretary Seward's life, he is concerned enough to ask if they have men on duty guarding President Lincoln (they think they do but are wrong), but Lincoln was assassinated mere minutes earlier.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** David Herold decides not to stick around waiting for Lewis Powell to finish killing Secretary of State Seward after being unnerved by how loud the struggle is.
** Peanuts, the UnwittingPawn theater worker who is holding Booth's horse outside the theater, is quick to flee down the alley after learning that he has unknowingly assisted in the getaway of a political assassin (although his explanation about what happened is quickly believed the next day).
* WellDoneSonGuy: Stanton's son and assistant is hurt by any signs of disapproval from him throughout the investigation.

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