TV series

Blind Ambition

1979 · 1 season

A slow, serious plunge into political scandal, watching a man's world unravel through testimony and memory.

Tagline: HE WANTED OFFICE, THEY WANTED MORE...
Overview: The Watergate crisis as viewed by John Dean and his wife Maureen, based on their personal accounts -- his best-seller, her book on how it affected their marriage -- and distilled into an eight-hour drama with all of the political figures of the day parading by as Dean relates his story to his attorney when his world, based on blind ambition, begins crashing down on him.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Power, corruption, betrayal, guilt
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
corruption
betrayal
guilt
politics
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild