Member Review Copper, the TV Series

[TerryB]

I just re-watched it this week and forgot how many gaffes there are in it. The worst is how badly they treated Robert Cobb Kennedy. Yes, he was one of the Confederates who set fire to parts of New York City in 1864, and yes, he was hanged for his trouble. He was in fact the last Confederate officer to be hanged in the war. He'd made his escape to Canada, then for some reason decided to re-enter the USA at Detroit. Someone ratted him out and he was arrested and sent back to New York for trial. I've read what transcripts there are of the trial and he seems pretty apologetic, saying it was never their intention to cause any loss of life. "Copper" makes him out to be a raving lunatic of a terrorist. I won't detail any more of the gaffes, they being too numerous, but welcome any comments on the series, whether good, bad or ugly.

 

[Tennessee Union Gal]

I enjoyed it. Was a tad farfetched, but good entertainment. I didn't take it as history.

 

[TerryB]

I enjoyed it. Was a tad farfetched, but good entertainment. I didn't take it as history.

True, but you had a doctor doing blood transfusions and looking under a microscope at what he called bacteria. The list goes on. That said, I watched the whole series in about a week, more or less glued to the tube.

 

[7thWisconsin]

¨Ever since aa copper offered me an egg, I have learned to have good days.¨ One of the most beautiful lines I have ever heard delivered in a TV series. It came at a time when I needed to learn what good days looked like too.

 

[TallTallMan]

I've always wanted to see it.

Separately I've always thought a Victorian Noir story would be cool.