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Chapter One

Episode number: 1

Overview: 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.

Chapter Two

Episode number: 2

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

Chapter Three

Episode number: 3

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

Chapter Four

Episode number: 4

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

Chapter Five

Episode number: 5

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

Chapter Six

Episode number: 6

Overview: 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.

Chapter Seven

Episode number: 7

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

Chapter Eight

Episode number: 8

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

Chapter Nine

Episode number: 9

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

Chapter Ten

Episode number: 10

Overview: 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.