Alright, let’s talk about this Franklin show, episode seven, you know? I watched it, and I’ll tell ya what I saw, no fancy words, just plain talk.
So, this episode, they call it “Begin by Creeping,” it’s all about after that big fight, the one in Yorktown, Virginia. Them Americans, they won, beat the British. Everyone’s all excited, thinkin’ the war’s over, but hold your horses, it ain’t that simple.
- First off, this fella John Jay shows up from America. He’s come to help old Ben Franklin and that other fella, John Adams, make peace with the British.
- Now, you gotta understand, Ben Franklin, he’s been over in France this whole time, tryin’ to get the French to help the Americans. He’s the main man there, been doin’ all the talkin’ and negotiatin’.
- This John Jay guy, I guess he’s important too, but he wasn’t in France the whole time like Franklin. He comes in later to lend a hand.
The thing is, even though the Americans won that battle, makin’ peace ain’t easy. The British, they ain’t just gonna roll over and give up. There’s still a lot of talkin’ and arguin’ to do. They gotta figure out what the terms of peace are gonna be.
This episode, it shows you all that back and forth. It ain’t all guns and fightin’ no more, it’s more about sittin’ around tables and tryin’ to get the best deal. It’s kinda like when you’re hagglin’ at the market, you know? Tryin’ to get the price you want.
And let me tell ya, these fellas, they argue a lot. They all got different ideas about what’s best for America. Franklin, he wants one thing, Adams wants another, and this new guy, Jay, he’s got his own opinions too. It’s a real mess, but I guess that’s how these things go.
This episode, it’s a lot of talkin’, but it’s important talk. They’re decidin’ the future of America, you know? Whether it’s gonna be a real country or just a bunch of colonies still under British rule. That’s big stuff, even if it ain’t as exciting as a battlefield.
I heard some folks say this John Jay fella, he wasn’t always workin’ right alongside Franklin in France. Franklin, he was the main guy over there, doin’ most of the heavy lifting. But this episode, Jay, he comes in to help out, especially with makin’ peace with them British.
They gotta make this treaty, see? The Treaty of Paris, they call it. That’s what’s gonna officially make America a new nation. And that ain’t easy. You got all these different countries involved, all these different interests. It’s like tryin’ to herd cats, I tell ya.
And let’s not forget them British. They lost the war, but they still got some power. They ain’t just gonna give up everything. They want something in return, and that’s where the negotiatin’ comes in. It’s all about givin’ a little, gettin’ a little, tryin’ to find a middle ground.
This episode, it really shows you how complicated this whole peace process was. It wasn’t just, “Oh, we won the war, let’s all go home.” It was a long, drawn-out affair, with lots of arguin’ and compromisin’. And honestly, it kinda dragged on a bit, made me wanna nod off a few times, but I stuck with it.
But in the end, that’s what they gotta do if they wanna make this new country work. They gotta put aside their differences and work together. And that’s the main thing this episode is about, I think. It’s about the hard work of makin’ peace, not just the glory of winnin’ a war.
So yeah, that’s what I got from episode seven of Franklin. It ain’t all fireworks and action, but it’s important stuff. It’s about the slow, sometimes borin’, but always necessary work of buildin’ a nation. And that’s somethin’ worth thinkin’ about, even if you ain’t a fancy historian or nothin’. It’s just common sense, when you get right down to it.
