The essential episodes of Genius
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Genius — each pick states its reason.
- 01
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.
- 02
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
- 03
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
- 04
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
- 05
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.
- 06
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
- 07
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
- 08
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.
- 09
Picasso meets his great love Franoise Gilot. Young Pablo begins his Blue Period after the suicide of his friend.
- 10
As older Picasso juggles two love affairs, Young Pablo strives to create a masterpiece that will signal his arrival as a great artist.
- 11
Picasso tries to convince Françoise to move in with him, while Young Pablo is challenged by the radical genius of Matisse.
- 12
Picasso takes Françoise Gilot on vacation. Young Pablo starts cubism with Georges Braque, but is accused of stealing the Mona Lisa.
- 13
After Françoise Gilot leaves him, Pablo finds companionship with a new woman. In near seclusion, Pablo obsesses over creating the perfect painting. Meanwhile, Françoise struggles to escape Picasso's shadow even after remarrying and moving to the US.
- 14
Desperate for a hit, Aretha travels to Muscle Shoals in 1967 to record her first album with Atlantic Records. After suffering the loss of her surrogate mother, Little Re braves her first solo in 1953, in her father’s, C.L. Franklin, church.
- 15
Malcolm, knowing his death is likely imminent, works hard to care for his family, reconcile with his siblings, and speak truth to power about the Nation and the best way forward, up until his final moments. In the aftermath of Malcom’s death, Martin, feeling his own mortality, decides that he can no longer remain silent on the Vietnam War. A horrifying day in Memphis shocks the world.
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