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Genius.

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

7.5 / 1020174 seasons36 episodesCanceled

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.

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Created by Kenneth Biller, Noah Pink, Suzan-Lori Parks, Jeff Stetson

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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.”

Chapter One

2017-04-25 · 1h 5m7.7

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

2017-05-02 · 51m7.8

After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.

Chapter Three

2017-05-09 · 51m7.6

Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.

Chapter Four

2017-05-16 · 51m7.7

Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.

Chapter Five

2017-05-23 · 51m7.4

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

2017-05-30 · 51m7.6

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

2017-06-06 · 51m6.8

In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.

Chapter Eight

2017-06-13 · 51m7.8

Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.

Chapter Nine

2017-06-20 · 52m8.3

Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.

Chapter Ten

2017-06-27 · 55m8.4

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.

Cast.

Aaron Pierre

Aaron Pierre

Malcolm X

Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Jayme Lawson

Jayme Lawson

Betty Shabazz

Weruche Opia

Weruche Opia

Coretta Scott King

Gary Carr

Gary Carr

Clyde X

Hubert Point-Du Jour

Hubert Point-Du Jour

Ralph Abernathy

Ron Cephas Jones

Ron Cephas Jones

Elijah Muhammad

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