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Genius Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2021 - 2021
Episode 1
Aretha: Respect
Sun, Mar 21, 202157 mins
Aretha Louise Franklin's relationship with her preacher father C.L. Franklin from a young girl through to adulthood, her marriage to her agent/husband Ted White, as well as her introduction to music producer Jerry Wexler are portrayed.
Episode 2
Aretha: Until the Real Thing Comes Along
Sun, Mar 21, 202147 mins
Aretha politely tells her father she doesn't need financial support, nor to sing at his engagements. Ted White and her father both try to usurp control over her which leaves Aretha with difficult but necessary choices she needs to make.
Episode 3
Aretha: Do Right Woman
Mon, Mar 22, 202150 mins
Aretha juggles her music career and her commitment to the civil rights movement; Little Re leaves behind her newborn child to return to the Gospel Circuit in 1955, meeting with music legends James Cleveland and Little Sammie Bryant.
Episode 4
Aretha: Unforgettable
Mon, Mar 22, 202144 mins
Aretha is featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1968, but she's devastated when the article focuses on the scandalous details of her personal life; Barbara Franklin and Young C.L. Franklin struggle to establish themselves in Memphis.
Episode 5
Aretha: Young, Gifted and Black
Tue, Mar 23, 202148 mins
Aretha Franklin records her protest album "Young, Gifted and Black," while Little Re loses her mother.
Episode 6
Aretha: Amazing Grace
Tue, Mar 23, 202151 mins
Aretha records her album "Amazing Grace" in an older James Cleveland's church; while Little Re discovers that she's pregnant with her second child.
Episode 7
Aretha: Chain of Fools
Wed, Mar 24, 202150 mins
Aretha steals an opportunity from her sister Carolyn. She receives a Grammy nomination but is ultimately snubbed from winning the award. She meets with Arista founder, Clive Davis. Jerry Wexler leaves Atlantic records, and he and Aretha part ways.
Episode 8
Aretha: No One Sleeps
Wed, Mar 24, 202145 mins
Despite significant emotional losses, Aretha pushes herself artistically and triumphs; she begins a career at Arista with the help of Clive Davis, and in a Grammy performance in 1998, she solidifies her eternal reign as the Queen of Soul.
