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HBO's new miniseries, White House Plumbers, retells the Watergate scandal from the perspective of G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, the men who orchestrated it. The show's director, David Mandel, describes it as "a tragedy that makes you laugh." The series draws parallels between the political climate of the Nixon era and today's politics, with Liddy's character paving the way for right-wing extremism. The show premieres on May 1.
"White House Plumbers" is a five-episode series on HBO that follows the story of G. Gordon Liddy and Howard Hunt, the two agents who led the Watergate scandal. The series initially gets momentum from the weirdness of the two lead performances by Justin Theroux and Woody Harrelson, but eventually flattens out into a bland historical reenactment. The show's earlier savviness is stretched thin, and it can't decide on a firm tone. The series recruits a wealth of funny supporting people, but then minimizes what they can offer. The show's fleeting entertainment becomes more about the events, and "White House Plumbers" loses its edge when it gets to the aftermath of Watergate and underwhelms its supporting performances.