Season 1

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  7.7/10126 votes

  Breaking Chains

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/11/2015

  After four centuries of Spanish colonial rule, Cubans win their independence, but U.S. intervention at the eleventh hour comes with a price.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.7/10108 votes

  War and Sugar

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/11/2015

  Cuba flourishes thanks to sugar production, but relations with the U.S. deteriorate, leading to the rise of military strongman Fulgencio Batista.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/10101 votes

  Ganster's Paradise

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/11/2015

  A source of illegal rum during Prohibition, Cuba becomes a haven for the Mafia, which seizes control of the country's popular gambling industry.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.3/1096 votes

  A Ragtag Revolution

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/11/2015

  On New Year's Day 1959, rebel guerillas led by the Castro brothers and Che Guevara succeed in toppling the corrupt, dictatorial rule of Batista.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.0/1091 votes

  Making Heroes

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/11/2016

  Heroes of the revolution include the Castros, Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, but Fidel Castro's brutality and radical leftist reforms divide them.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.2/1091 votes

  Of Soviets and Saviors

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/2016

  When Fidel Castro expropriates U.S. businesses and pursues support from the Soviet Union, the CIA sends assassins, saboteurs and invaders to Cuba.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.7/1085 votes

  Secrets and Sacrifices

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/11/2016

  Challenges mount in the '80s as Cubans desert their restrictive homeland, cocaine infiltrates the government, and European socialism collapses.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.3/1082 votes

  Moments of Transition

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/11/2016

  In the post-Soviet world, the Castros find mutual support in Venezuela, but the Cold War's conclusion brings the country's isolationism to an end.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown