Manhunt Episode 3 Ending Explained: Why John Wilkes Booth Wants To Get To Richmond
After John Wilkes Booth's post-assassination escape from Washington, he fled with a specific destination in mind for a misguided reason.
Warning! This article contains major spoilers for Manhunt episode 3.Manhunt episode 3 continues to follow John Wilkes Booth's journey south after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln along with Secretary of War Edwin Stanton's pursuit of him. In doing so, episode 3 provides more insight into not only Booth's intentions, but also the sociopolitical climate of America in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War. Episode 3 also adds some color to the personalities of the two men involved in the cat-and-mouse game at the heart of Manhunt. Booth is depicted as an egotistical, borderline delusional white supremacist, while Edwin Stanton is presented as his direct opposite.
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