Lessons in Chemistry

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Lessons in Chemistry
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Genre Historical drama
Based on Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus
Developed by Lee Eisenberg
Starring
Theme music composer Carlos Rafael Rivera [1]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
Cinematography
  • Zachary Galler
  • Jason Oldak
Editors
  • Matthew James Barbato
  • Jack Cunningham
  • Geraud Brisson
  • Daniel Martens
  • Laura Zempel
  • Lily Wild
Running time41–50 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Apple TV+
ReleaseOctober 13 (2023-10-13) 
November 22, 2023 (2023-11-22)

Lessons in Chemistry is an American historical drama miniseries developed 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 1960s America.

Contents

The series began streaming on Apple TV+ on October 13, 2023 and ended November 22, 2023. [2] 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. [3] 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 episode "Her and Him" from Lessons in Chemistry. [4]

Premise

After being fired from her job as a lab tech, chemist Elizabeth Zott uses her new job hosting a 1960s television cooking show titled Supper at Six to educate housewives on scientific topics.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

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  22. "Nominees Announced for 5th Annual SCL Awards". The Society of Composers & Lyricists . December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
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No.TitleDirected byTeleplay byOriginal release date
1"Little Miss Hastings" Sarah Adina Smith Lee Eisenberg October 13, 2023 (2023-10-13)
Elizabeth Zott, a lab technician at the Hastings Research Institute, is disallowed by her superiors from developing her own research projects due to her gender and lack of a PhD. Elizabeth also applies her passion for chemistry to her cooking. After being forced to enter a workplace beauty pageant, she befriends Dr. Calvin Evans, the institute's star researcher. He agrees to transfer her to his laboratory so she can conduct her abiogenesis research independently, but she shuns him when he inadvertently reminds her of a past assault. Seven years later, Elizabeth has become the famous host of a chemistry-based cooking show, Supper at Six.
2"Her and Him"Sarah Adina SmithElissa KarasikOctober 13, 2023 (2023-10-13)
Flashbacks reveal that Elizabeth's thesis adviser had raped her during her doctoral candidacy exams. Elizabeth adopts a dog and names him Six Thirty. Their supervisor, Dr. Donatti, threatens Elizabeth with layoffs if Calvin's research does not qualify for a prestigious grant. Calvin's neighbor Harriet invites him to a meeting to try and stop the Santa Monica Freeway from being built through Sugar Hill. However, Calvin is distracted by his reconciliation, research progress, and developing romance with Elizabeth, who agrees to move in with him. Though the Hastings higher-ups (who believe amino acids, not DNA, are the foundations of life) reject their grant proposal, Calvin and Elizabeth decide to submit on their own. While on a run with Six Thirty, Calvin is fatally hit by a bus.