Favorite Episodes of "MRS. AMERICA" (2020)

Aug 11, 2021 18:38



Below is a list of my favorite episodes from the FX/HULU limited series, "MRS. AMERICA". Created by Dahvi Waller, the series starred Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Emmy winner Uzo Aduba and Sarah Paulson:

FAVORITE EPISODES OF "MRS. AMERICA" (2020)



1. (1.08) "Houston" - Conservative housewives and activists Alice Macray, Rosemary Thomson and their young companion Pamela cross into enemy territory at the National Women's Conference in Houston, where they come face-to-face with feminist leaders.



2. (1.03) "Shirley" - Shirley Chisholm makes a historic run for United States President in the 1972 presidential elections, while fellow activist Gloria Steinem struggles to play politics at the Democratic National Convention in Miami. Conservative activist leader Phyllis Schlafly takes her new anti-ERA organization national.



3. (1.09) "Reagan" - Gloria, along with fellow feminist activists Bella Abzug and Jill Ruckelshaus put pressure on the White House to act on their proposals from the National Women's Conference. Phyllis prepares to leverage her political victories as the 1980 presidential election draws near.



4. (1.04) "Betty" - Author and mother of the modern feminist movement Betty Freidan makes it her personal mission to take down Phyllis in a public debate against the advice of her colleagues.



5. (1.05) "Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc" - Married liberal activists Brenda and Marc Feigen-Fasteau come to terms with her pregnancy and experimentation with another woman, while debating traditional couple Fred and Phyllis Schlafly on television. The Schlaflys come to terms with Phyllis’s campaign and return to law school.

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