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Social tensions simmer in the initial episodes. In "The Flood" they explode with Martin Luther King's assassination.

Despite the film being 45 years old, viewers were amused to see the final minutes of the classic Charlton Heston movie spoiled on Sunday night, especially considering "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner is an outspoken spoiler hater.

Would watching characters sit glued to their TV screens in the wake of a national tragedy - as many of us were following the chaos in Boston - hit too close to home? Or is the best way to deal with horrors like these to escape them, to experience them through the lens of a fictional character, like little Bobby Draper wrapping his mind around the ... (more)

Dressed to kill a Charlton Heston as Rodrigo DA az in El Cid , directed by Anthony Mann.

PBS' longest-running public affairs series features Washington's top journalists analyzing the week's top news stories and their effect on the lives of all Americans.