Season 1

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  7.7/1068 votes

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  Kingdom of the Kims

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/11/2018

  For decades, Korea and its people labor under Japanese imperialist rule. But in 1912, in a small town outside Pyongyang, a child is born, Kim Il Sung, coinciding with an omen of imperialism’s doom.

  Director: Nick Holt

  Writer: N/A

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  7.9/1055 votes

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  The Son of God

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2018

  Unpacking the unique Kim father-son relationship further, “Son of God” tracks the decline of Kim Il Sung and the rise of his son, Kim Jong Il.

  Director: Simon Draper

  Writer: N/A

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  7.7/1051 votes

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  Nuclear Family

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/2018

  “A Nuclear Family” begins as the Cold War ends — and North Korea has lost Soviet patronage, and with it, the security it guarantees and the economic support that has sustained the country for nearly half a century.

  Director: Dan Clifton

  Writer: N/A

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  7.8/1050 votes

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  Rocket Man

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/2018

  The final episode starts with the death of Kim Jong Il and the rise of the new leader of North Korea — his son, Kim Jong Un, taking power at the age of 28.

  Director: Ben Finney

  Writer: N/A