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Limited Series – The Underground Railroad

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After escaping a Georgia plantation, Cora boards a train embarking on a harrowing trip as she seeks true freedom while being hunted by a notorious slave catcher.
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Critics Consensus

With a superb ensemble and Barry Jenkins' singular eye, The Underground Railroad delicately translates its source material into a powerfully humane series that is as challenging as it is necessary.

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Eric Deggans NPR 12/09/2021
An emotional journey that touched every nerve of what it feels like to be a person of color striving to matter in America. Go to Full Review
Benji Wilson Daily Telegraph (UK) 12/09/2021
5/5
This is momentous, rhapsodic film-making that pushes television to places it has never been before. Get on board. Go to Full Review
Lorraine Ali Los Angeles Times 12/09/2021
The brutal reality of slavery, the fantastical storytelling of a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the cinematic poetry of an Oscar-winning director meet in Amazon Prime Video's "The Underground Railroad." Go to Full Review
Julian Singleton Cinapse Jul 11
The Underground Railroad...captures and dramatizes so many other aspects of America’s unending conversations about race, hate, and our human capacities for both compassion and evil. Go to Full Review
Chris Robe PopMatters 06/28/2024
In addition to offering spaces for beauty and intimacy, The Underground Railroad series also deeply respects its Black characters’ varying points of view. Go to Full Review
Jeff Beck The Blu Spot 06/24/2024
3.5/5
The narrative may stray every now and again, but it doesn't stop this ten-hour epic from being a riveting experience that's easily worth the extensive time investment. Go to Full Review
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rsderek81 @rsderek81 07/14/2024 Top Notch Acting Performances from Thuso, Chase, and of course Edgerton!! Stunning cinematography, set design, and filming. You’re bound to feel deeply throughout each episode. Hopefully productions like these can help process ancestral trauma & dissolve hate. See more Brett W 03/07/2024 Holy smokes... it was an excruciatingly painful, nerve-shreddingly tense, hopeful, heartbreaking, hypnotic, thought-provoking, nauseating, sometimes beautiful, and ultimately human story that puts a fantastical, surrealist spin on our bloody history. That haunting score from Nicholas Britell is unforgettable, truly one of the most powerful I've ever experienced in the medium of television. Defying even my highest expectations, Barry Jenkins has crafted another glorious masterwork that's difficult to watch but absolutely pivotal viewing. See more Gareth v @geewah 06/23/2023 Brutal, moving and at times beautiful, this adaption by Barry Jenkins is a must see. At times this show was that powerful that I found it difficult to binge watch and needed a break from it's sheer intensity. The acting and direction are superb and if there is any criticism it is that it is long and could of been an episode or two shorter. See more 04/11/2022 A remarkable book im told, this series is akin to watching a chinese movie without subtitles to an English only speaking audience, incoherent at best, disjointed, all the gear no idea. See more tom m 01/08/2022 Well done. I think I've become saturated with the stories of the incredible injustice, racism and general heinous behavior of that period of our history. See more 12/15/2021 Like the book, a revelation, but a thing of great beauty itself. See more Read all reviews
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Episode 1 Aired May 14, 2021 Chapter 1: Georgia When Caesar convinces Cora to escape from Randall plantation, their lives are irrevocably changed; the underground railroad takes Caesar and Cora on an unexpected journey. Details Episode 2 Aired May 14, 2021 Chapter 2: South Carolina A seemingly paradise of progress and racial harmony hides dark secrets; the secrets of "Bessie" and "Christian"; bounty hunter Arnold Ridgeway begins his pursuit of Cora. Details Episode 3 Aired May 14, 2021 Chapter 3: North Carolina After arriving to a dangerous small town in North Carolina, Cora must hide in an abolitionist's attic while putting everyone's lives in danger. Details Episode 4 Aired May 14, 2021 Chapter 4: The Great Spirit A young Arnold Ridgeway comes of age while testing his belief in The Great Spirit. Details Episode 5 Aired May 14, 2021 Chapter 5: Tennessee - Exodus Captured by Ridgeway, Cora is forced to travel across the barren inferno of Tennessee. Furthermore, Cora shares the perilous journey with Jasper, a noble runaway filled with inner-strength. Details Episode 6 Aired May 14, 2021 Chapter 6: Tennessee - Proverbs For Arnold Ridgeway, a journey home reveals that "the past is not past"; a chance encounter with a freedman named Royal gives Cora new hope. Details Episode 7 Aired May 14, 2021 Chapter 7: Fanny Briggs The fire burns. Details Episode 8 Aired May 14, 2021 Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn Royal brings Cora to Valentine Farm, a thriving Black community and vineyard on the bountiful Indiana frontier; carrying the scars of her journey, Cora struggles to find peace. Details Episode 9 Aired May 14, 2021 Chapter 9: Indiana Winter Cora's presence ignites tensions amongst the Valentine community; just as Cora was beginning to feel at home, chaos reigns. Details Episode 10 Aired May 14, 2021 Chapter 10: Mabel A tale of motherhood; the beginning is the end is the beginning for both mother and daughter. Details
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Season Info

Executive Producer
Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt, Richard Heus, Jacqueline Hoyt, Colson Whitehead
Network
Prime Video
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Drama, History
Original Language
English
Release Date
May 14, 2021