Lessons in Chemistry (2023)

Genre

drama television series, historical drama

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 389 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the 1950s, a brilliant chemist is pushed out of her lab job and starts a cooking show where she teaches science and challenges traditional gender roles. The series follows her struggle to be taken seriously in a world that dismisses her intelligence.

slow-burnpoignantinspiringdryly humorousdeterminedunderstatedvisually polishedcerebral

What happens

Lessons in Chemistry is an American period drama miniseries created by Lee Eisenberg, based on the novel of the same name by Bonnie Garmus. It stars Brie Larson as chemist Elizabeth Zott who begins hosting her own feminist cooking show in 1950s America. The series began streaming on Apple TV on October 13, 2023, and ended November 22, 2023. It received positive reviews from critics, and received nominations for two Golden Globe Awards, Best Limited or Anthology Series and Best Actress – Miniseries for Larson. In 2024 Sarah Adina Smith won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series for directing the second episode "Her and Him". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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