I studied history in school but I admit (i probably spent more time watching history movies or documentaries, who knows how factual either are). but so interesting she's stretched to somehow be an exact expert on this and that. I get that it's a tv series. But could we see an episode soon where she admits she has no clue at all about this period (maybe say the 1890s) for example.
shareThere are people out there who are experts on the histories of countries who are 7-8 times as old as America...
Arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhBWDzkqEPY
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Yes, it's entirely unrealistic.
Just think of her spouting facts as representing that she goes to the Internet to research several things first, but that would be boring for the viewers to watch so they leave that part out.
I agree, and what is most unrealistic is her knowledge of dates. They could ask her, foe example. "What happned at March 13th 1948 in New York City?" and she can almost always answer. She would be not only a historian, but also a savant.
But sometimes she fails, but fortunately, some of the others then know the answer, such as in the episode in the second season where she didn't know that the blues singer Robert Johnson would record some songs in San Antonio, Texas, in 1936. This time, it was instead Connor Mason who knew everything of Robert Johnson.
Wow.
I've watched this show twice now all the way through.
And I hate it every time.