By accounts, it sounds fairly strong, though there was at least one reviewer (a political history teacher and self-identified Wyatt Earp hobbiest) who noted:
I've retitled this topic to make it clear it's more about the nuts and bolts that led up to the episode's inspiration, than the episode itself.
I find this a 5 star docudrama IF you ignore its historical omissions and some minor mistakes. Failure to mention Wyatt Earp's and his posse's U.S. marshal appointments while he was pursuing the Cowboys and vice versa, with much of the media at the time branding them as murdererous outlaws, is a big booboo with no explanation. Casting Johnny Behan, the Tombstone sheriff, as an arch- villain also mischaracterizes how historians have treated him. The same with mischaracterizing Chester Alan Arthur as one of America's worst President's, seen by historians as honest at a time of rampant corruption, capable, and reasonably effective for his era despite chronic health problems.-Source
I've retitled this topic to make it clear it's more about the nuts and bolts that led up to the episode's inspiration, than the episode itself.
Statistics: Posted by Kingpin — August 29th, 2024, 4:27 pm