..because I expected some preachy piece that did not show the people involved as they were. But it worked and it keeps the tension up even though we all know what happened. And the vices and virtues of everyone are shown, warts and all.
After Comey makes what is a very difficult decision - to report to Congress the continuation of the Clinton email investigation though he knows somebody will probably leak it to the press - he is called out in public by people who both support what he did and denigrate what he did, but they all pick the wrong reasons as to Comey's motivation.
Very good acting by the entire cast. Nobody really looks like who they are portraying. Let's face it, Jeff Daniels looks nothing like Comey, yet he is quite believable.
There was one what might have been accidental piece of realism though. Comey's wife and daughters are portrayed as over the top Hillary supporters. It's not that they seem to like Hillary so much, but that they really want a first woman president and they act like they really don't care who that woman is. Normally I would roll my eyes at such shrill histrionics, but I live near Loudoun County and this is exactly how Loudoun county women of privilege behave.
I shall now prepare to be pelted by tar and feathers for my criticism of Loudoun county women. Or will it be fondue and feathers?
