Season 1

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  8.1/10834 votes

  Chapter 1: Georgia

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/13/2021

  When Caesar convinces Cora to escape from Randall plantation in Georgia their lives are irrevocably changed. They discover the impossible in an underground railroad which takes them on an unexpected journey and reveals the true face of America.

  Director: Barry Jenkins

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/10699 votes

  Chapter 2: South Carolina

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/13/2021

  Griffin, South Carolina – a seeming paradise of progress and racial harmony that hides dark secrets, especially the secrets of “Bessie" and "Christian." Meanwhile, bounty hunter Arnold Ridgeway begins his pursuit of Cora.

  Director: Barry Jenkins

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/10624 votes

  Chapter 3: North Carolina

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/13/2021

  Cora reaches a dangerous small town in North Carolina where she must secret away in an abolitionist’s attic while putting everyone’s lives in danger.

  Director: Barry Jenkins

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.3/10603 votes

  Chapter 4: The Great Spirit

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/13/2021

  A young Arnold Ridgeway comes of age while testing his belief in The Great Spirit.

  Director: Barry Jenkins

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/10559 votes

  Chapter 5: Tennessee - Exodus

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/13/2021

  Captured by Ridgeway, Cora is forced to travel across the barren inferno of Tennessee. She shares the perilous journey with Jasper, a noble runaway filled with inner-strength.

  Director: Barry Jenkins

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/10526 votes

  Chapter 6: Tennessee - Proverbs

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/13/2021

  For Arnold Ridgeway, a journey home reveals that "the past is not past." And a chance encounter with a freedman named Royal gives Cora new hope.

  Director: Barry Jenkins

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.4/10515 votes

  Chapter 7: Fanny Briggs

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/2021

  Let the fire burn.

  Director: Barry Jenkins

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.7/10495 votes

  Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/13/2021

  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 in this new home.

  Director: Barry Jenkins

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.9/10556 votes

  Chapter 9: Indiana Winter

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/13/2021

  Cora’s presence as a fugitive ignites tensions amongst the Valentine community. Just as she was beginning to make this her home, chaos reigns.

  Director: Barry Jenkins

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/10464 votes

  Chapter 10: Mabel

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/13/2021

  In this tale of motherhood, the beginning is the end is the beginning... for both mother and daughter.

  Director: Barry Jenkins

  Writer: Unknown