S01E01 Episode 1
1938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.
Oppenheimer
S01E05: Episode 5
May 1945: The European war is over but the war with Japan continues. Oppenheimer discusses the use of the almost completed atomic bomb with the secretary of War. His colleagues have misgivings.
Overview
This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he develops the Atomic bomb.
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
1942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.
S01E03 Episode 3
1943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.
S01E04 Episode 4
Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.
S01E05 Episode 5
May 1945: The European war is over but the war with Japan continues. Oppenheimer discusses the use of the almost completed atomic bomb with the secretary of War. His colleagues have misgivings.
Cast
Sam Waterston
Robert Oppenheimer
John Carson
Narrator
Shane Rimmer
Ed Condon
Alexander Knox
Henry Stimson
Jana Shelden
Kitty Oppenheimer
Phil Brown
Lewis Strauss
Edward Hardwicke
Enrico Fermi
David Suchet
Edward Teller
James Maxwell
Lloyd Garrison
Milton Johns
George Kistiakowsky
Barry Dennen
Isidor Rabi
Bob Sherman
Ernest Lawrence
