Genius - Season 1

Season 1
Einstein
The premiere season of Nat Geo's first scripted anthology series will focus on Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein. GENIUS follows the brilliant scientist through the ups and downs of his life, from failing to get his doctorate to developing the general theory of relativity.
Genius tells Albert Einstein's story beyond the halls of academia to explore his struggles to be a good husband and father, and a man of principle during a period of global unrest. His daringly creative mind often landed him in trouble with his loved ones and peers, but also helped him to usher in groundbreaking discoveries that reshaped modern science.
Episodes

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

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

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

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

Einstein: 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.

Einstein: Chapter Six
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.

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

Einstein: Chapter Eight
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.

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

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