Brian and Maggie

Is Brian and Maggie a cautionary tale about the dangers of getting too close to your subject? A round of applause for a reporter who stuck to his guns even at the cost of a dear friendship? A wistful sigh for bygone days when a politician might actually feel obligated to subject herself to such an ordeal? I suspect the answer to all of those questions is yes. I also suspect all of those themes would have landed more forcefully had the show borrowed a bit of Brian’s doggedness, and interrogated its own intentions with a bit more rigor.