The Underground Railroad

📊 Series Specifications

Network Prime Video
Episode Runtime ~ min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 10
Original Language EN
Creator Barry Jenkins

The Underground Railroad (2021)

Created by Barry Jenkins
⭐ 3.6 / 5 (155 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 10 Episodes 🏷️ Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Chapter 1: Georgia

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.

E2 Chapter 2: South Carolina

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.

E3 Chapter 3: North Carolina

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.

E4 Chapter 4: The Great Spirit

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

E5 Chapter 5: Tennessee - Exodus

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.

E6 Chapter 6: Tennessee - Proverbs

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.

E7 Chapter 7: Fanny Briggs

Let the fire burn.

E8 Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn

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.

E9 Chapter 9: Indiana Winter

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

E10 Chapter 10: Mabel

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