Four friends finish college together and make their way in the world beginning in 1970 at Kent State. Guess what happens next? You won't strain your brain trying to figure it out.
Get on the History Train, boys and girls. It's a magical trip through the 70s! The creators wanted to cram in every major event of the 70s and involve every character along with as many classic hits as humanly possible while still leaving space for some dialogue and hackneyed stereotypes, especially when it comes to Republicans, the military, and The Man.
One guy joins Nixon's staff and eventually becomes disillusioned with his own Republican-ness. Another joins the Black Panthers after his disgust with himself at being a National Guardsman at Kent State and is racked with PTSD and guilt. One gal starts hanging out with a bunch of disapproving feminists and sues the daylights out of her company for sexual discrimination and the other gal, her polar opposite is a shallow, wild-living disco queen who, deprived of her misogynistic daddy's approval, joins a cult.
Needless to say, in 1979, there's a big finish that brings everyone together. Now we've spanned the entire decade.
The show tried to ride on the coat tails of Forrest Gump popularity. It tried too hard.
Get on the History Train, boys and girls. It's a magical trip through the 70s! The creators wanted to cram in every major event of the 70s and involve every character along with as many classic hits as humanly possible while still leaving space for some dialogue and hackneyed stereotypes, especially when it comes to Republicans, the military, and The Man.
One guy joins Nixon's staff and eventually becomes disillusioned with his own Republican-ness. Another joins the Black Panthers after his disgust with himself at being a National Guardsman at Kent State and is racked with PTSD and guilt. One gal starts hanging out with a bunch of disapproving feminists and sues the daylights out of her company for sexual discrimination and the other gal, her polar opposite is a shallow, wild-living disco queen who, deprived of her misogynistic daddy's approval, joins a cult.
Needless to say, in 1979, there's a big finish that brings everyone together. Now we've spanned the entire decade.
The show tried to ride on the coat tails of Forrest Gump popularity. It tried too hard.