Oppenheimer
Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Cast:Sam Waterston , John Carson , Christopher Muncke , Jana Shelden , Edward Hardwicke , David Suchet , Manning Redwood , Peter Whitman , Matthew Guinness , Bob Sherman , John Morton , Garrick Hagon , Barry Dennen , Ron Berglas , Liza Ross , Blain Fairman , Kate Harper , Erica Stevens
S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1
Robert Oppenheimer meets and decides to marry the hard-drinking, much-divorced Kitty, although his friends and relatives dislike her.
S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2
Oppenheimer is now in charge of the top-secret Manhattan Project, but his left-wing politics mean that he is constantly watched by the FBI and others.
S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3
Oppenheimer's extra-marital relationship with the neurotic Jean Tatlock comes to a tragic end.
S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4
With the death of President Roosevelt, the future of the Manhattan Project seems doubtful. Oppenheimer finds himself more and more at loggerheads with Teller.
S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5
The dropping of the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki bring the war to an end, but Oppenheimer's new status as a national hero is short-lived.
S1.E6 ∙ Episode #1.6
A few years after the war, Oppenheimer finds himself regarded as a security risk, and must face a committee.
S1.E7 ∙ Episode #1.7
Oppenheimer's examination by the committee proves disastrous and his career with the A.E.C. is finished, whilst that of his rival Teller flourishes.
