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All Episodes of Mussolini: Son of the Century

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Season 1

7.8/10513 votes
Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2025
Mussolini had just founded the Fasci di Combattimento when D'Annunzio took Fiume. Mussolini hoped to capitalize on the poet's achievement in the electoral arena.
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: Stefano Bises, Davide Serino, Antonio Scurati
7.7/10423 votes
Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/2025
The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
7.9/10384 votes
Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/2025
Upon entering parliament, Mussolini wanted to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the Blackshirts rebelled.
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
8.4/10387 votes
Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/17/2025
Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
8.0/10333 votes
Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/24/2025
Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
7.7/10314 votes
Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/24/2025
Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
8.2/10302 votes
Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/31/2025
Mussolini wins the elections by a landslide, but Matteotti, a socialist, demands their annulment, denouncing the Blackshirts' violence. Mussolini decides to teach him a lesson.
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
8.4/10326 votes
Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/31/2025
With the discovery of Matteotti's body and the arrest of his assassins, Mussolini is cornered. Will he be able to save himself and fascism?
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: Stefano Bises, Davide Serino