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S1 · E1Chapter One 2017-04-25 · 65 min

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.

S1 · E2Chapter Two 2017-05-02 · 51 min

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

S1 · E3Chapter Three 2017-05-09 · 51 min

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

S1 · E4Chapter Four 2017-05-16 · 51 min

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

S1 · E5Chapter Five 2017-05-23 · 51 min

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

S1 · E6Chapter Six 2017-05-30 · 51 min

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.

S1 · E7Chapter Seven 2017-06-06 · 51 min

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

S1 · E8Chapter Eight 2017-06-13 · 51 min

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

S1 · E9Chapter Nine 2017-06-20 · 52 min

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

S1 · E10Chapter Ten 2017-06-27 · 55 min

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.

S2 · E1Chapter One 2018-04-24 · 51 min

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

S2 · E2Chapter Two 2018-04-24 · 50 min

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

S2 · E3Chapter Three 2018-05-01 · 52 min

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

S2 · E4Chapter Four 2018-05-08 · 50 min

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

S2 · E5Chapter Five 2018-05-15 · 51 min

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

S2 · E6Chapter Six 2018-05-22 · 48 min

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

S2 · E7Chapter Seven 2018-05-29 · 52 min

After WWII, Picasso joins the Communist Party but struggles to align his artwork with his own political beliefs. Affected by a tragic love affair from his past, Picasso falters in his responsibilities to Françoise.

S2 · E8Chapter Eight 2018-06-05 · 51 min

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

S2 · E9Chapter Nine 2018-06-12 · 51 min

Younger Picasso finds respite from his strained marriage with Olga in the arms of his newest muse: Marie-Thérèse Walter. However, their romance is short-lived, cause soon he crosses paths with Dora Maar. Meanwhile, Françoise Gilot defies Older Picasso and pursues her artistic goals.

S2 · E10Chapter Ten 2018-06-19 · 51 min

After Françoise Gilot leaves him, Pablo finds companionship with a new woman. In near seclusion, Pablo obsesses over creating the perfect painting. Meanwhile, Françoise struggles to escape Picasso's shadow even after remarrying and moving to the US.

S3 · E1Respect 2021-03-21 · 58 min

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.

S3 · E2Until the Real Thing Comes Along 2021-03-21 · 48 min

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.

S3 · E3Do Right Woman 2021-03-22 · 51 min

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.

S3 · E4Unforgettable 2021-03-22 · 44 min

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.

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