The BEST episodes of Genius (2017)
Every episode of Genius (2017) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Genius (2017)!
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.
#1 - Einstein: Chapter Ten
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/20/2017
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.
#2 - Einstein: Chapter Four
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/16/2017
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
#3 - Einstein: Chapter Eight
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/13/2017
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
#4 - Einstein: Chapter Nine
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/20/2017
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
#5 - Einstein: Chapter Seven
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/6/2017
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
#6 - Einstein: Chapter One
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/25/2017
The life of the 20th century’s most brilliant icon, Albert Einstein, was full of passionate, volatile relationships.
#7 - Einstein: Chapter Two
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/2/2017
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
#8 - Einstein: Chapter Five
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/23/2017
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
#9 - Einstein: Chapter Six
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/30/2017
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.
#10 - Picasso: Chapter Ten
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/19/2018
After leaving Picasso Françoise Gilot struggles to escape his shadow and make it on her own. Picasso finds companionship with Jacqueline Roque, but secludes himself from the world, determined to paint the perfect painting.
#11 - Einstein: Chapter Three
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/9/2017
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
#12 - Aretha: Respect
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/21/2021
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.
#13 - Picasso: Chapter One
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/24/2018
Pablo Picasso confronts the threat of fascism in Spain, and Young Pablo rejects traditional painting to search for his own voice.
#16 - Aretha: Do Right Woman
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/22/2021
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.
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#20 - Aretha: Until the Real Thing Comes Along
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/21/2021
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.
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#22 - Aretha: Young, Gifted and Black
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2021
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.
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#23 - Picasso: Chapter Six
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/22/2018
Picasso takes Franoise Gilot on vacation. Young Pablo starts cubism with Georges Braque, but is accused of stealing the Mona Lisa.
#25 - Picasso: Chapter Nine
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/12/2018
Fransoise Gilot defies Picasso and pursues her artistic goals. Meanwhile a young Dora Maar strives to meet Picasso.