Franklin
Franklin Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.7 |
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About
"Diplomacy as slow-burn political theater"
Franklin follows Benjamin Franklin's years in Paris during the American Revolution, where the aging statesman must charm, flatter, and maneuver the French court into backing a fledgling nation's war against Britain. Michael Douglas anchors the show with a wry, weathered performance, and the pace is deliberate, more concerned with drawing rooms and diplomatic chess than battlefield spectacle. It is handsome, talky, and often quietly funny, rewarding patience with a portrait of political persuasion as a slow, exhausting art rather than a triumphant one.
Michael Douglas's sly, world-weary take on Franklin as a master manipulator in decline.
you want action or fast plotting rather than drawn-out courtly negotiation.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Sauce for Prayers | 7.2 | 410 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Welcome, Mischief | 7.2 | 325 | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Pride and Gout | 7.3 | 300 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Small Revenge | 7.5 | 276 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Natural State of Man | 7.4 | 246 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Beauty and Folly | 7.2 | 227 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Begin by Creeping | 7.3 | 222 | 55 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Think of Three Things | 7.7 | 215 | 64 min |