Genius (Season 1)

Martin Luther King Jr / Malcolm X. Two minds, one movement.

The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws and genius.

Chapter One 7.6
Air date: 2017-04-25
Runtime: 65 min
Overview: 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.
Chapter Two 7.5
Air date: 2017-05-02
Runtime: 51 min
Overview: After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
Chapter Three 7.2
Air date: 2017-05-09
Runtime: 51 min
Overview: Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
Chapter Four 7.3
Air date: 2017-05-16
Runtime: 51 min
Overview: Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
Chapter Five 7.0
Air date: 2017-05-23
Runtime: 51 min
Overview: Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
Chapter Six 6.9
Air date: 2017-05-30
Runtime: 51 min
Overview: 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.
Chapter Seven 7.1
Air date: 2017-06-06
Runtime: 51 min
Overview: In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
Chapter Eight 7.8
Air date: 2017-06-13
Runtime: 51 min
Overview: Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
Chapter Nine 8.0
Air date: 2017-06-20
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
Chapter Ten 8.6
Air date: 2017-06-27
Runtime: 55 min
Overview: 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.