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Gaslit

★ 7.3 9K votes 2022–2022 1 season · 8 episodes Ended STARZ
Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 9/10Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 9/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10Event miniseriesPrestige limited television built as an event.This show: 8/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10CynicalDeeply distrustful of institutions and human motives.This show: 7/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 7/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Julia RobertsSean PennDan StevensBetty GilpinShea WhighamDarby Camp
Written by
Robbie Pickering
Starring
Julia RobertsSean PennDan StevensBetty GilpinShea WhighamDarby Camp
Written by
Robbie Pickering
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"Watergate retold through its forgotten casualties"

Gaslit retells the Watergate scandal from its margins, centering on Martha Mitchell, the Attorney General's outspoken wife, and the lower-level operatives who got swept into Nixon's cover-up. Rather than another West Wing procedural, it plays like a darkly comic tragedy about complicity, marriage, and how ordinary people get chewed up by powerful men protecting themselves. Julia Roberts and Sean Penn (nearly unrecognizable under makeup) anchor a strong ensemble. Tone shifts between satire and genuine heartbreak, and pacing is deliberate, character-driven rather than plot-twisty, since everyone already knows how Watergate ends.

Watch it for

Julia Roberts' fierce, tragicomic performance as the woman Nixon's team tried to silence.

Maybe skip if

you want a fast-moving political thriller rather than a slow character study.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

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7.53K87h 45m
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Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Julia Roberts Martha Mitchell
Sean Penn John Mitchell
Dan Stevens John Dean
Betty Gilpin Mo Dean
Shea Whigham G. Gordon Liddy
Darby Camp Marty Mitchell
Hamish Linklater Jeb Magruder
Allison Tolman Winnie McLendon
Chris Bauer James McCord
J.C. MacKenzie Howard Hunt

Crew

Robbie Pickering

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