Jesse Dollemore and Ian Brinksman bring you episode 1 of this limited series podcast, reviewing the 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams starring Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Danny Huston, Justin Theroux, Stephen Dillane, David Morse, Tom Wilkinson, among others. In the first episode, Samuel Adams attempts to persuade his cousin, John Adams, not to defend the redcoats in the Boston Massacre. Later on, John changes his mind and joins the revolutionary cause. Jesse and Ian discuss what the episode got wrong as well as the things that the show creators nailed!