Genius: Season 1

2017 · 10 episodes · ★ 7.7

Einstein

What Season 1 of Genius

Season one charts how Albert Einstein—an imaginative, rebellious patent clerk, who couldn’t get a teaching job or a doctorate—unlocked the mysteries of the atom and the universe. Based on Walter Isaacson’s critically acclaimed book “Einstein: His Life and Universe.”

10episodes

Apr 25, 2017premiered

Jun 27, 2017latest episode

8.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Chapter One
Apr 25, 2017 · 65 min · ★ 7.7
The story of Albert Einstein, seen through glimpses of his twilight years and flashbacks to his time as a student in Munich and Zürich in the 1890s.
Starring: Alicia von Rittberg, George Lenz, Martin Umbach, Taylor Frost
1x02 Chapter Two
May 2, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 7.8
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
Starring: Alicia von Rittberg, Nikki Hahn, Taylor Frost, Joshua Hogan
1x03 Chapter Three
May 9, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 7.6
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
Starring: Helen Monks, Alistair Petrie, Alexander Vlahos, Robert Lindsay
1x04 Chapter Four
May 16, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 7.7
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
Starring: Alicia von Rittberg, Shannon Tarbet, Nicholas Rowe, Predrag Bjelac
1x05 Chapter Five
May 23, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 7.4
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
Starring: Rod Hallett, Klára Issová, Catherine McCormack, Claire Rushbrook
1x06 Chapter Six
May 30, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 7.6
Einstein moves his family for work, and to be closer to his new love, Elsa. He sets out to prove his theory as his marriage reaches a breaking point.
Directing: James Hawes · Starring: Luke Allen-Gale, Radivoje Bukvić, Katharina Sporrer, Jon Fletcher
1x07 Chapter Seven
Jun 6, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 6.8
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
Directing: James Hawes · Starring: Alicia von Rittberg, Gwendolyn Ellis, Zoe Telford, Seth Gabel
1x08 Chapter Eight
Jun 13, 2017 · 51 min · ★ 7.8
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
Starring: Peter Jacobson, Eugene Simon, Charity Wakefield, Henry Goodman
1x09 Chapter Nine
Jun 20, 2017 · 52 min · ★ 8.3
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
Starring: Adam Garcia, Christian Rubeck, Ania Bukstein, Rob LaBelle
1x10 Chapter Ten Season Finale
Jun 27, 2017 · 55 min · ★ 8.4
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.
Starring: T. R. Knight, Dixie Egerickx, Jodhi May, Ed Stoppard