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John Adams :: Part 2 - Independence (01x02)

Episode Information

Title:

Part 2 - Independence

Episode #:

01x02

Original Airdate:

Sunday March 16th, 2008

Special Airtime:

09:00 pm

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Country:	Aired On:

UK (More4)	Oct 04, 2008

Episode Crew
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Episode Summary

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Debates are spurred among the Continental Congress after the British attacks on Lexington and Concord in 1775, but Adams is met with skepticism by some of his colleagues for his arguments for Massachusetts and for independence.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Brennan Brown	played	Robert Treat Paine	Recurring (second appearance)
•Clancy O'connor	played	Edward Rutledge	Recurring (second appearance)
•Del Pentecost	played	General Henry Knox	Recurring (second appearance)
•Ed Jewett	played	James Duane	Recurring (second appearance)
•John Dossett (1)	played	Benjamin Rush	Recurring (second appearance)
•Justin Theroux	played	John Hancock	Recurring (second appearance)
•Madeline Taylor	played	Young Nabby Adams	Recurring (second appearance)
•Zeljko Ivanek	played	John Dickinson	Recurring (second appearance)

Main Cast

•Paul Giamatti	played	John Adams
•Laura Linney	played	Abigail Adams
•Stephen Dillane	played	Thomas Jefferson
•David Morse (1)	played	George Washington
•Tom Wilkinson	played	Benjamin Franklin
•Danny Huston	played	Samuel Adams