Geoffrey Rush
Albert Einstein
Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes2017
Genius
Einstein
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
Each episode has its own detail page.
Episode 165 min2017-04-25
Chapter One
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.
Episode 251 min2017-05-02
Chapter Two
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
Episode 351 min2017-05-09
Chapter Three
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
Episode 451 min2017-05-16
Chapter Four
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
Episode 551 min2017-05-23
Chapter Five
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
Episode 651 min2017-05-30
Chapter Six
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.
Episode 751 min2017-06-06
Chapter Seven
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
Episode 851 min2017-06-13
Chapter Eight
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
Episode 952 min2017-06-20
Chapter Nine
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
Episode 1055 min2017-06-27
Chapter Ten
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.