I won't repeat my criticisms mentioned in other reviews of this series here but they pertain...what I will say is that, again, you have a cleansed and shallow presentation of the life of a complex man whose status as a hero is a highly controversial stand to take - especially given his anti-Indian campaigns. O'Reilly and crew, for instance, apologize for Carson's inhumane siege against the Navajos at Canyon De Chelley by quoting historians saying Carson "had to" do what he did. (One even claims the siege was done in "the most humane" way possible. Not a single Navajo was interviewed for their side of the story! Doesn't O'Reilly claim to be "fair" and "balanced"? Not so here.) Shallow, to say the least. The perpetuation of lies at worst. Sanitized history. Another inconvenient truth: Carson's involvement in the Civil War was not successful nor proud. In fact, he was so ineffective and his loyalties to the Union cause so suspect that he was relieved of duties shortly after being pressed into duty in the Union Army in New Mexico. None of this was presented here. To the contrary, O'Reilly and crew seem totally unaware of Carson's suspicious war record while claiming he served admirably and successfully. Dig into this yourself. It's not hard to discover the truth - although it was not presented here. Why? Carson and his family were said to be cursed, in fact, by Carson's questionable deeds as an Indian fighter. Most died tragically and while fairly young. None of this was brought out. Why? This is something considered so important that it was presented at the Kit Carson home museum in Taos, New Mexico. Any researcher should have gone there and gotten up to speed. Not so here, apparently. Duty first? Duty to who? O'Reilly has chosen a strange man to make a hero. Carson, to be kind, had a checkered past - as the Taos museum admits. In addition, I don't believe one should tackle a subject like Carson if one is not serious about doing the proper amount of research and the intent to present the unvarnished truth, from all sides of the story.