Lincoln: Divided We Stand - Season 1 (2021)

Episode 104 delves into the mind of and pressures on the leader of a country at war. While the Lincolns face personal tragedy at home, men die by the thousand on the battlefield, and Lincoln is forced to make an unprecedented decision while wrestling with his own mental health. Episode 104 examines Lincoln's journey to the Emancipation Proclamation and questions if Lincoln's motive was moral integrity or military necessity.

In episode 105, Lincoln's evolution on issues of slavery and equality begin to come full circle. As the war wraps up, the lessons he's learned and experiences he's had come to fruition as he delivers the most iconic speech and piece of legislation of his career. But the successes he sees in the Oval office and on the battlefield come at the cost of his marriage and family.

In the wake of his assassination, Lincoln transforms from a controversial figure at the helm of America's largest crisis to a martyred hero. After his brutal murder, episode 106 follows the epic manhunt for his killer as well as the unraveling of the wife and country he left behind. America is rife with racial conflict, and his assassination sets the stage for the next 100 years of Civil Rights struggles from Jim Crow through Black Lives Matter. Lincoln has been canonized and mythologized as a savior and a hero, but his reality is far more complex. If we must believe ...