Family Tree (2013–2013)

TV ShowEndedHBODrama, Comedy1 season, 8 episodes
Family Tree posterReview score: 61%

Plot

Down on his luck in love and life, having recently lost his job and girlfriend, 30-year-old Tom Chadwick has an unsure sense of his own identity. But when he inherits a mysterious box, Tom starts investigating his lineage and uncovers a world of unusual stories and characters, acquiring a growing sense of who he and his entire family are.

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  1. 01Family Tree S01E03The Austerity GamesS01E03 · 9.0After discovering grandfather William was on the GB team in the cash-poor 1948 Olympics, Tom hears about his and Victoria's athletic feats from a close friend she bequeathed her flat to; he learns that William and Victoria had a brother, Brian. Bea and Monkey try performing. His great-great-grandfather Charles, Tom finds, was born in the USA.
  2. 02Family Tree S01E04Country LifeS01E04 · 9.0Along with Bea, his father, and Luba, Tom visits his cousins in rural Derbyshire and learns why they have red hair. His American cousins in California invite him to visit.
  3. 03Family Tree S01E05Welcome to AmericaS01E05 · 9.0Tom stays in Glendale with his American cousins Al and Kitty Chadwick, who host an extended-family BBQ. Dave Chadwick, visiting from North Carolina, reveals a record of Charles Chadwick's departure for England on April 16, 1865.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2013Aired 8.6Season avg
  1. S01E01Family Tree S01E01The BoxMay 12, 2013 7.0Tom Chadwick and his sister Bea find out from their father that a great-aunt, Victoria, has died. An old picture in the box of things that s
  2. S01E02Family Tree S01E02Treading the BoardsMay 19, 2013 8.0Tom learns that his great-grandfather, Harry Chadwick, was an actor and visits Hove, where he performed. He and Pete decide to run a kind of
  3. S01E03Family Tree S01E03Season's bestThe Austerity GamesJune 2, 2013 9.0After discovering grandfather William was on the GB team in the cash-poor 1948 Olympics, Tom hears about his and Victoria's athletic feats f
  4. S01E04Family Tree S01E04Country LifeJune 9, 2013 9.0Along with Bea, his father, and Luba, Tom visits his cousins in rural Derbyshire and learns why they have red hair. His American cousins in
  5. S01E05Family Tree S01E05Welcome to AmericaJune 16, 2013 9.0Tom stays in Glendale with his American cousins Al and Kitty Chadwick, who host an extended-family BBQ. Dave Chadwick, visiting from North C
  6. S01E06Family Tree S01E06Civil WarJune 23, 2013 9.0After learning that Charles had both Union and Confederate uniforms, Tom gets into some petty skirmishes during a Civil War re-enactment.
  7. S01E07Family Tree S01E07IndiansJune 30, 2013 9.0Tom, Bea, and Pete drive to Barstow, where they find that great-great-grandmother Rebecca was not Native American, as Tom had thought.
  8. S01E08Family Tree S01E08CowboysJuly 7, 2013 9.0Tom learns more about his Jewish ancestor, Bea has a breakdown on the beach when she loses Monkey, and Tom has to say goodbye to Ally as his

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Cast

Chris O'DowdChris O'DowdTom ChadwickTom BennettTom BennettPete StupplesNina ContiNina ContiBea ChadwickMichael McKeanMichael McKeanKeith ChadwickJim PiddockJim PiddockGlenn PfisterChristopher FairbankChristopher FairbankNeville St. Aubrey

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