Parents' Guide to John Adams

This outstanding seven-part miniseries offers an insightful and mostly accurate portrayal of John Adams' political activism and leadership during the difficult birth and early years of the United States of America. The long and intricate political maneuvering that led to the American Revolution and the successful creation of a new and stable republic is seen from John Adams' deeply moral, enlightened, and sometimes flawed point of view. He, along with Abigail Adams and other cast members are complicated and three-dimensional, revealing the human cost of the revolution while allowing for various dramatic narratives to unfold. Meanwhile, it is through this lens that we are able to get to know John Adams as a loving and committed husband, father, and friend, the latter which is highlighted by his correspondence with Thomas Jefferson during the last fourteen years of their lives. Granted, it's a long series, and not one that's easy to binge watch. But John Adams offers a detailed and well-told story that is visually impressive and dramatically entertaining, which makes it well worth the watch.