Genius

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Episode Guide

Season 1

• Episode 1: Einstein: Chapter One
  Aired: Apr 23, 2017

  The life of the 20th century's most brilliant icon, Albert Einstein, was full of passionate, volatile relationships.

• Episode 2: Einstein: Chapter Two
  Aired: Apr 30, 2017

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

• Episode 3: Einstein: Chapter Three
  Aired: May 7, 2017

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

• Episode 4: Einstein: Chapter Four
  Aired: May 14, 2017

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

• Episode 5: Einstein: Chapter Five
  Aired: May 21, 2017

  Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.

• Episode 6: Einstein: Chapter Six
  Aired: May 28, 2017

  Einstein moves his family to Berlin 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. World War I begins.

• Episode 7: Einstein: Chapter Seven
  Aired: Jun 4, 2017

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

• Episode 8: Einstein: Chapter Eight
  Aired: Jun 11, 2017

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

• Episode 9: Einstein: Chapter Nine
  Aired: Jun 18, 2017

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

• Episode 10: Einstein: Chapter Ten
  Aired: Jun 25, 2017

  After the atomic bomb detonates and World War II draws to a close, Einstein assumes the role of world citizen in his twilight years.

Season 2

• Episode 1: Picasso: Chapter One
  Aired: Apr 23, 2018

  Pablo Picasso confronts the threat of fascism in Spain, and Young Pablo rejects traditional painting to search for his own voice.

• Episode 2: Picasso: Chapter Two
  Aired: Apr 23, 2018

  Picasso's relationship with Dora Maar is strained by war. Young Pablo succeeds by imitating the masters, but struggles to be original.

• Episode 3: Picasso: Chapter Three
  Aired: Apr 30, 2018

  Picasso meets his great love Franoise Gilot. Young Pablo begins his Blue Period after the suicide of his friend.

• Episode 4: Picasso: Chapter Four
  Aired: May 7, 2018

  As older Picasso juggles two love affairs, Young Pablo strives to create a masterpiece that will signal his arrival as a great artist.

• Episode 5: Picasso: Chapter Five
  Aired: May 14, 2018

  Picasso tries to convince Franoise to move in with him, while Young Pablo is challenged by the radical genius of Matisse.

• Episode 6: Picasso: Chapter Six
  Aired: May 21, 2018

  Picasso takes Franoise Gilot on vacation. Young Pablo starts cubism with Georges Braque, but is accused of stealing the Mona Lisa.

• Episode 7: Picasso: Chapter Seven
  Aired: May 28, 2018

  After WWII, Picasso joins the Communist Party. He is haunted by a tragic love affair.

• Episode 8: Picasso: Chapter Eight
  Aired: Jun 4, 2018

  Pablo meets his first wife, a ballerina, while designing a ballet. Older Picasso (Antonio Banderas) struggles to manage his complex family.

• Episode 9: Picasso: Chapter Nine
  Aired: Jun 11, 2018

  Franoise Gilot defies Picasso (Antonio Banderas) and pursues her artistic goals. Meanwhile a young Dora Maar strives to meet Picasso.

• Episode 10: Picasso: Chapter Ten
  Aired: Jun 18, 2018

  After Franoise leaves him, Picasso withdraws from society to create the perfect painting.

Season 3

• Episode 1: Respect
  Aired: Mar 21, 2021

  Desperate for a hit, Aretha travels to Muscle Shoals in 1967 to record her first album with Atlantic Records. After suffering the loss of her surrogate mother, Little Re braves her first solo in 1953, in her father's, C.L. Franklin, church.

• Episode 2: Until the Real Thing Comes Along
  Aired: Mar 21, 2021

  Struggling to find her sound, Aretha catches the attention of Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Records in 1966. Meanwhile, Little Re has her first touring experience on the Gospel Circuit in 1954 with C.L. Franklin and meets her idol, Clara Ward.

• Episode 3: Do Right Woman
  Aired: Mar 22, 2021

  Aretha juggles her music career and her commitment to the civil rights movement, led by Martin Luther King Jr., in 1967 and 1968. Meanwhile, Little Re leaves behind her newborn child to return to the Gospel Circuit in 1955, meeting with music legends James Cleveland and Little Sammie Bryant.

• Episode 4: Unforgettable
  Aired: Mar 22, 2021

  Aretha is featured on the cover of Time Magazine in 1968, but she's devastated when the article focuses on the scandalous details of her personal life. Barbara Franklin and Young C.L. Franklin struggle to establish themselves in Memphis in 1941, before Little Re is born.

• Episode 5: Young, Gifted and Black
  Aired: Mar 23, 2021

  Aretha, inspired by Angela Davis and the Soledad Brothers, records her protest album "Young, Gifted and Black" in 1970. Despite Jerry Wexler's uncertainty, the album is a success. Barbara Franklin makes a decision that has a devastating effect on Little Re in 1951.

• Episode 6: Amazing Grace
  Aired: Mar 23, 2021

  Aretha records her best-selling live Gospel album "Amazing Grace" in 1972 at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, ignoring her sibling's pleas to record instead at New Bethel with their father, C.L. Franklin. Little Re discovers that she's pregnant with her second child, forcing her to leave school. While pregnant, she records her first album at New Bethel in 1956.

• Episode 7: Chain of Fools
  Aired: Mar 24, 2021

  As the Queen of Soul enters the age of disco, Aretha will do anything to remain relevant - including stealing an opportunity from her sister Carolyn. She receives a GRAMMY nomination but is ultimately snubbed from winning the award. While at the ceremony, she meets with Arista founder Clive Davis. Meanwhile, Jerry Wexler leaves Atlantic Records, and he and Aretha part ways.

• Episode 8: No One Sleeps
  Aired: Mar 24, 2021

  Despite significant emotional losses, including a second divorce and the death of her father in 1984, Aretha pushes herself artistically and triumphs. She begins a successful career at Arista, with the help of Clive Davis, and in an unforgettable GRAMMY performance in 1998, she solidifies her eternal reign as the Queen of Soul.

Season 4

• Episode 1: Graduation
  Aired: Feb 1, 2024

  Young Martin is influenced by his family and the Jim Crow-era South; he gains community and leadership skills at Boston University; Young Malcolm is taught racial pride, economic self-sufficiency and loss; after incarceration he has a new purpose.

• Episode 2: Who We Are
  Aired: Feb 1, 2024

  Martin and Malcolm each work to shape their identities and become the change they wish to see in the world.

• Episode 3: Protect Us
  Aired: Feb 8, 2024

  As the Bus Boycott intensifies, Martin and his new family face safety concerns; Malcolm builds space for Muslims in the Harlem community, meeting new member Betty Saunders.

• Episode 4: Watch the Throne
  Aired: Feb 8, 2024

  After an attack leaves Martin grappling with his mortality, he must confront his ability to lead; Malcolm sees an opportunity to grow the profile of the NOI. 

• Episode 5: Matriarchs
  Aired: Feb 15, 2024

  Pressures and expectations take a toll on Coretta and Betty; they each question their resolve and decisions as they navigate the rigors of a public persona and private life.

• Episode 6: The American Promise
  Aired: Feb 15, 2024

  Two monumental 1963 events - the March on Washington and the Kennedy assassination - have lasting effects on both men; Martin becomes the moral leader of the movement, while Malcolm is suspended from the NOI.

• Episode 7: The Sword and the Shield
  Aired: Feb 22, 2024

  The two leaders meet briefly in D.C. while supporting the passage of the Civil Rights Act; Martin wins the Nobel Peace Prize; Malcolm forms two new organizations; both men are under scrutiny and surveillance.

• Episode 8: Can You Imagine
  Aired: Feb 22, 2024

  Malcolm's fate is sealed after he criticizes the NOI; Martin's political views lead to his ultimate sacrifice for the movement; the two leaders are assassinated, but their legacies continue to inspire.