EPISODE
SEASON
Genius - Season 1
Secrets of the universe are unfolded by a patent clerk, who initially in his life wasn’t able to get a job in teaching and a doctorate.
1 September 1966, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
19 February 1988, Vantaa, Finland
30 September 1967, Beckley, West Virginia, USA
8 October 1981, Loreto, Marche, Italy
September1980, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
April 26, 2017
Rush may own the premiere -- as well as have further opportunities to win the audience back -- but it's Flynn who best captures Einstein's rebellious nature early on in the series.April 25, 2017
Although there are some inspired moments-namely when we see how science and theory come alive in Einstein's mind-the series is not nearly as brilliant or as special as its subject matter.April 26, 2017
Genius is, overall, handsome and reasonably compelling, but it doesn't necessarily grab the viewer in a way that makes one anxious to immediately see episode three.April 24, 2017
Genius is idiotic.April 25, 2017
It feels like the producers didn't trust that we would pay attention to Genius without some blood and nudity thrown in. But we would, actually, thanks to the stellar performances from Rush and Flynn.April 25, 2017
The series' heart, like its hero's brain, is in the right place.April 26, 2017
Despite some paint-by-numbers production values and its flashback within a historical narrative structure, Genius finds a way to be more than serviceable at times, thanks in large part to the performance of Geoffrey Rush,April 26, 2017
Though the beginning episodes of Genius only foreshadow the heart of Einstein's story, enough is provided to encourage you to view on.April 24, 2017
Getting inside of Einstein's head is quite a daunting undertaking. And National Geo passes the early exams.April 25, 2017
Genius is most compelling as the origins of a man who would achieve greatness, rather than an attempt to wedge that greatness into an otherwise-normal young adulthood.