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The Burglary

Episode number: 1

Overview: President Richard Nixon is reelected in 1972, but attacks from the media and the antiwar movement goad him to take the dark path to the Watergate burglary.

Coverup

Episode number: 2

Overview: The arrests lead to a cover-up, but it starts to unravel after Nixon's landslide re-election.

Things Fall Apart

Episode number: 3

Overview: As the cover-up cracks, White House counsel John Dean turns on Nixon, a Senate committee is formed and a special prosecutor is appointed.

U.S. v. Nixon

Episode number: 4

Overview: The Senate Watergate Committee and the Watergate Special Prosecutor confront Nixon in a deepening Constitutional crisis.

Blowback

Episode number: 5

Overview: The Saturday Night Massacre prompts impeachment proceedings and a Supreme Court confrontation.

Endgame

Episode number: 6

Overview: Impeachment votes, Supreme Court rulings and further revelations seal Richard Nixon's fate.