# Gaslit (2022)

> A miniseries reframing the Watergate scandal through the overlooked women and aides who saw the cover-up up close.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/89695

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 8
- Episode runtime: 58 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, history
- Created by: Robbie Pickering
- Network: STARZ
- Cast: Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Dan Stevens, Betty Gilpin, Shea Whigham, Darby Camp, Chris Bauer, Nat Faxon
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11834592/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: mild
- Tone: tense, paranoid, sober, indignant

## What critics say

Audiences rate the miniseries positively, praising its focus on overlooked figures in the Watergate story and its strong lead performances.

## Synopsis

Gaslit (2022) is a American limited series created by Robbie Pickering for STARZ. Told in eight hour long episodes, it reframes the Watergate scandal of the early 1970s through the people who were pushed aside while the men in power built their cover-up. Julia Roberts plays Martha Mitchell, the outspoken wife of Attorney General John Mitchell, played by Sean Penn, whose warnings about the administration are dismissed as hysteria. Dan Stevens plays John Dean, a young White House counsel, and Betty Gilpin plays his wife Mo Dean, who watches the political machinery close around her household. Shea Whigham plays G. Gordon Liddy, the hardline operative whose schemes escalate from bungled break-ins to elaborate sabotage. Each episode moves through the paranoia of Nixon-era Washington, with hotel rooms, committee hearings, and kitchen-table arguments carrying the tension. The tone is sober and pointed, blending period drama with a sharp indictment of power and of who gets believed. Fans of All the President's Men, The Good Wife and Scandal will find resonance in its political intrigue and its focus on the people standing just outside the spotlight.

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