A retelling of the Watergate scandal, as seen through a kaleidoscope of its colorful perpetrators and investigators.

Includes in-depth interviews of U.S. President Richard Nixon by Sir David Frost in May, 1977 regarding the infamous Watergate scandal, followed by a segment, "Behind the scenes." That final segment features footage from 2007 of Frost discussing "clinching the interviews, Nixon's advisors, ground rules, on location, Nixon's reaction, and the final meeting" he had with Nixon at San Clemente.

Watergate hearings begin in the Senate.

Watergate hearings: Jeb Magruder describes how his CRP counsel G. Gordon Liddy was neglecting his duties to pursue crackpot spy schemes and then threatened to kill Magruder when Magruder asked him to take care of business

Watergate hearings: Montoya/Dean; Dean discusses "Character Assassination" attempts against him by the White House after his decision to testify to the government

Watergate hearings: Howard Baker questions Bernard Barker about what possessed him to take part in the Watergate Burglary; Barker, a Cuban-American exile, was willing out of hatred for Castro

Watergate hearings/reflections: 1980s footage of Fred Thompson, says that he expected the Ervin Committee to quickly and quietly take care of its investigation, he didn't expect the television drama or the impact

Watergate hearings: Exchange between Ehrlichman and Ervin; Ehrlichman insists that Nixon's inherent constitutional powers allowed the burglarization of Ellsberg's psychiatrist in the Pentagon Papers affair; laughter and applause for Ervin

Watergate hearings: Weicker/Dean; political intelligence practices of FBI information being improperly used by the White House; Daniel Schorr incident