This four part mini-series did an excellent job portraying the awful year of 1968 in our country's history. The historical footage of Bobby Kennedy's late entry and ultimately tragic run for the Democratic presidential was riveting, especially for those of us who lived through it. Just watching the footage you got a real feeling how Kennedy was connecting with a large portion of the electorate, especially minority groups. Certainly we had seen nothing like this before on the presidential level. Would it have been enough to win the nomination and the presidency? Of course, we'll never know. The first three one-hour episodes were excellent in showing all this. Unfortunately the fourth-and-final hour spoils much of what went before. Tendentious and polemical, it is filled with far-left personages applying 21st century themes and conjecture to a man who has been dead for over 50 years. A second gunman? Please... All bullets fired came from Sirhan's gun. Period. No conspiracy. Etc. And the last hour might have been called The Paul Schade Hour. A labor leader who was close to Bobby Kennedy, the last hour is filled with his opinions, gripes and views. Inconsequential and definitely not why you watch the series. So, in the end, flawed. But do watch the first three hours for some excellent footage about a key time in our nation's history, and a special man, Bobby Kennedy.
