Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.6 |
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"A scientist's quiet revolution against 1950s sexism"
Set in 1950s-60s America, this follows a brilliant chemist whose research career is derailed by rampant sexism, and who reinvents herself as an unlikely, wildly popular TV cooking show host who slips real science into her segments. Adapted from Bonnie Garmus's novel, it's a handsomely mounted period drama that balances righteous anger at institutional misogyny with warmth, dry humor, and a steady emotional undertow of grief. It moves at a deliberate, novelistic pace, carried almost entirely by its lead performance, and it's more interested in character and atmosphere than plot momentum.
the lead performance anchoring a story about defying rigid gender expectations through intellect.
you want brisk plotting rather than a slow-building, mood-driven character study.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Little Miss Hastings | 8.0 | 2K | 46 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Her and Him | 8.3 | 2K | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Living Dead Things | 8.0 | 2K | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Primitive Instinct | 8.0 | 1K | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | CH3COOH | 8.4 | 1K | 43 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Poirot | 8.1 | 1K | 42 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Book of Calvin | 8.2 | 1K | 45 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Introduction to Chemistry | 8.6 | 2K | 41 min |