In actuality, it was a serious event the full implications of which we will not know for many years. As such, without the before (Bear Sterns, Fannie and Freddie) and the after (AIG, Wachovia, Morgan Stanley), the story is about one rich dude with a bad attitude trying to get a number of "suits" to help him out of a jam. Again, insiders would not have cared but, the casual observer, the people who need to watch this, would not have understood the references to Bear Sterns, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac without some introduction or "ramping up" to tie the threads together and put the event into perspective. In fact, we enter the story well into the crisis. There was a brief voiced-over introduction by an irrelevant character but, nothing nearly in depth enough to initiate the casual observer as to the historic nature of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. It was also a great story told very poorly. Only Dick Fuld was identified and had I not read something about the period I would not have known who was being portrayed. Not many casual viewers would have known that "Tim" was Tim Geithner "Hank" was Hank Paulson, etc. Unfortunately, only insiders would know the players without a score card. It was, I believe, intended for outsiders.
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