Einstein (2017)
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.”
Episodes: 10
Star Cast: Geoffrey Rush , Johnny Flynn , Samantha Colley , Emily Watson ,
Episodes List
Ep.1 Chapter One
Air Date: 2017-04-25
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.
Ep.2 Chapter Two
Air Date: 2017-05-02
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
Ep.3 Chapter Three
Air Date: 2017-05-09
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
Ep.4 Chapter Four
Air Date: 2017-05-16
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
Ep.5 Chapter Five
Air Date: 2017-05-23
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
Ep.6 Chapter Six
Air Date: 2017-05-30
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.
Ep.7 Chapter Seven
Air Date: 2017-06-06
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
Ep.8 Chapter Eight
Air Date: 2017-06-13
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
Ep.9 Chapter Nine
Air Date: 2017-06-20
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
Ep.10 Chapter Ten
Air Date: 2017-06-27
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.
