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You are right. However, even then the political manipulation is there. I understand -though I don't agree with it- that they focus on the sex and family life, and on the personal aspects of the conflict between heroic men. But what I was pointing to is that if one watches the film carefully, one can see that Robespierre is always shown as a "plotting politician", meanwhiles Danton as the "people's man" participating in riots, mass demonstrations...which in France, when "People" and their mass action are so mytified (as they are vilified in the British interpretation of the Fr.Rev) has clear implication in the interpretation of the characters. That is actually a feature of the series I find more dangerous and manipulative that Robespierre's speech moved to 9th Thermidor