Like episode 1, episode 2 seems to suffer a bit when it comes to an analysis of the early American silent films. While it talks some about the film industry in New Jersey (the biggest in America in the early part of the 20th century), it skips through this important period VERY quickly--too quickly for my taste. So, the works of the Edison Company and others are barely mentioned at all. It makes it seem like until Hollywood was incorporated, there was almost no American film industry. However, apart from this mistaken impression it gives, the show is top- notch. As always, it was great interviews and clips. It also gives a lot of interesting material about the early king and queen of silents, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford and the impact they had on the world. And, it explains how the American films surpassed the output of the rest of the world and soon were the leading exporter of culture to the world. Well worth seeing.