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Genius Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
Einstein: Chapter One
Tue, Apr 25, 201775 mins
As Antisemitism reaches a fever pitch in 1920s Germany, physicist Albert Einstein finds himself forced to choose between emigrating to the United States or staying in solidarity with his fellow academics. The struggle evokes memories of his days as a student at Zürich Polytechnic and his first encounter with Mileva Maric, the woman who would become his first wife.
Episode 2
Einstein: Chapter Two
Tue, May 2, 201750 mins
After butting heads with Mileva Maric (Samantha Colley), the only girl in his class at Zurich Polytechnic, Albert Einstein (Johnny Flynn) falls in love with this determined fellow student. While the passionate affair fans the flames of their mutual curiosity and love of science, their reckless abandon doesn't go unnoticed by Einstein's strict physics teacher, Professor Weber.
Episode 3
Einstein: Chapter Three
Tue, May 9, 201750 mins
Recent university graduate Albert Einstein (Johnny Flynn) struggles to make ends meet while trying to land an academic post in a scientific world rigid with tradition and protocol. After finally securing various tutoring jobs, he moves one step closer to being able to provide for his pregnant wife, Mileva (Samantha Colley), when tragedy strikes.
Episode 4
Einstein: Chapter Four
Tue, May 16, 201750 mins
Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a family with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
Episode 5
Einstein: Chapter Five
Tue, May 23, 201750 mins
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
Episode 6
Einstein: Chapter Six
Tue, May 30, 201750 mins
To prove his ideas of light combined with gravity, Einstein wants to send a scientific team to Russia. The timing is bad, since World War I is about to happen. Besides, he is so occupied by this idea, that his relationship with Mileva reaches rock bottom.
Episode 7
Einstein: Chapter Seven
Tue, Jun 6, 201750 mins
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein's closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
Episode 8
Einstein: Chapter Eight
Tue, Jun 13, 201750 mins
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
Episode 9
Einstein: Chapter Nine
Tue, Jun 20, 201751 mins
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
Episode 10
Einstein: Chapter Ten
Tue, Jun 20, 201754 mins
After the atomic bomb is dropped and World War II draws to a close, Einstein assumes the role of world citizen in his twilight years.
