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Genius

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4 Seasons · 36 Episodes · Premiered April 23, 2017

Genius dramatizes the fascinating stories of the world's most brilliant innovators, exploring their extraordinary achievements along with their volatile, passionate and complex personal relationships.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

10 episodes
E01
Einstein: Chapter One
Sun, Apr 23 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
The life of the 20th century's most brilliant icon, Albert Einstein, was full of passionate, volatile relationships.
E02
Einstein: Chapter Two
Sun, Apr 30 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
E03
Einstein: Chapter Three
Sun, May 7 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
E04
Einstein: Chapter Four
Sun, May 14 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
E05
Einstein: Chapter Five
Sun, May 21 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
E06
Einstein: Chapter Six
Sun, May 28 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Einstein moves his family to Berlin 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. World War I begins.
E07
Einstein: Chapter Seven
Sun, Jun 4 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein's closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
E08
Einstein: Chapter Eight
Sun, Jun 11 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks trying to immigrate to America.
E09
Einstein: Chapter Nine
Sun, Jun 18 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
E10
Einstein: Chapter Ten
Sun, Jun 25 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
After the atomic bomb detonates and World War II draws to a close, Einstein assumes the role of world citizen in his twilight years.

Season 2

10 episodes

Season 3

8 episodes

Season 4

8 episodes

Cast

Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas as Pablo Picasso
Clémence Poésy
Clémence Poésy as Francoise Gilot
Alex Rich
Alex Rich as Young Pablo Picasso
Michael McElhatton
Michael McElhatton as Dr. Philipp Lenard
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn as Young Albert Einstein
Samantha Colley
Samantha Colley as Mileva Maric
Cynthia Erivo
Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin
Rebecca Naomi Jones
Rebecca Naomi Jones as Carolyn Franklin
Courtney B. Vance
Courtney B. Vance as C.L. Franklin
Aaron Pierre
Aaron Pierre as Malcolm X
Weruche Opia
Weruche Opia as Coretta Scott King
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