Alias Grace
In 19th-century Canada, a psychiatrist weighs whether a murderess should be pardoned due to insanity. Based on Margaret Atwood's award-winning novel.
- Metascore81
- 2017-2017
- 1 season
- Fifth Season
- Documentary, Suspense, Drama
- TV-MA
In 19th-century Canada, a psychiatrist weighs whether a murderess should be pardoned due to insanity. Based on Margaret Atwood's award-winning novel.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2017
Episode 1
Part 1
Fri, Nov 3, 2017 45 mins
Grace Marks, incarcerated for 15 years in Kingston Penitentiary for her part in a grisly double murder, is interviewed by a mental specialist hired by a group trying to secure her release. She tells him the story of her emigration to Canada from Ireland with her family, and of her mother's death on board ship.
Episode 2
Part 2
Fri, Nov 3, 2017 46 mins
Grace, forced out onto the streets of Toronto by her father to search for work, secures a position as a maid in the Parkinson household. She forms a friendship with another servant, the free-spirited Mary Whitney.
Episode 3
Part 3
Fri, Nov 3, 2017 43 mins
Mary Whitney, pregnant by the elder Parkinson son, dies after a botched abortion. Grace accepts a new position at the Kinnear household in Richmond Hill.
Episode 4
Part 4
Fri, Nov 3, 2017 43 mins
Tensions rise at Richmond Hill, sparked by the surly and rebellious handyman McDermott. Grace realises that the housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, is the mistress of the charming but imperious Kinnear, and is showing all the signs of being pregnant.
Episode 5
Part 5
Fri, Nov 3, 2017 45 mins
Dr. Jordan brings Grace's account to the day of the murder. Although there are gaps in her memory, she describes how McDermott kills Nancy Montgomery and dismembers her body, then shoots Kinnear, presuming that Grace will fall into the role of his accomplice.
Episode 6
Part 6
Fri, Nov 3, 2017 44 mins
In 1859, Simon joins the Union Army; Grace gets some unexpected news in 1872.
