Genius

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2017-04-25

Last Air Date: 2024-02-22

Number of Seasons: 4

Number of Episodes: 36

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

Networks: National Geographic

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Top Cast

Samantha Colley as Dora Maar
Johnny Flynn as Albert Einstein
Michael McElhatton as Philipp Lenard
Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein
Antonio Banderas as Pablo Picasso
Clémence Poésy as Françoise Gilot
Alex Rich as Pablo Picasso
Emily Watson as Elsa Einstein
Ralph Brown as Max Planck
Richard Topol as Fritz Haber

Seasons

Einstein (2017) - (10 Episodes)

Picasso (2018) - (10 Episodes)

Aretha (2021) - (8 Episodes)

MLK/X (2024) - (8 Episodes)

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:

Ep. 1: Chapter One (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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.