Apple TV Benjamin Franklin Episode 3: Ben Franklin teaches his grandson a lesson about transphobia and stochastic terrorism

Ben Franklin and his grandson are sitting in a theater preparing to watch a special performance in honor of the King's favorite having been freed from exile. "Me and my French bro are making bets about whether this guy in a dress actually thinks he's a woman - what do you think?"

"You're WHAT?" says the older Franklin. His grandson shuts up embarrassed.

Soon the train is on stage and is boldly proclaiming xerself to be the first French person to openly support arming the American revolution, and says xhe's going to do it whether the king agrees or not or something. (Americans should thank s for the winning the American revolution.) Franklin stands up and tries to thank xer in French but stumbles around phrases about "taking her sword" and the entire theater starts laughing at the and xe tears up.

Dinner party scene, Franklin is sulking sitting on the loser side of the table away from potential benefactors and the that everybody loves now. His grandson says, "Maybe you should have worn a dress." Franklin scoffs at his grandson's insensitive language.

The next scene is Franklin taking a piss in the garden and noticing the train is also taking a piss standing up, hiking up his dress, kind of looks like he's humping the wall, now grinning at Franklin - staring at each other while they piss.

"What are you?" says Benjamin Franklin in awe.

"I am a fact without a name" spouts the , and Franklin nods like that means something.

Later Franklin' grandson and his French bro are giggling showing Ben this printed cartoon of the showing off her peepee. Franklin harumphs, "THAT'S not very well printed." French bro tries to explain these cartoons are always edgy, kek, there's even one of the Queen lesbianing it up. Franklin sternly says, "In this country vice and oddity are thought nothing of but being meanly funny can be DEADLY."

The episode ends with Franklin's grandson being introduced to the greatest, most elegant whore in all of France, which I was hoping was a , but was actually the first black character on the show, which wasn't weirdly done, but felt amusingly like chud bait.

I also like how this show is going to painful lengths to make clear that Franklin is only going to start banging a French woman because his own wife is dead and the French woman's husband is cheating on her, not because Franklin a lecherous old pervert.