TV series
The Underground Railroad
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 2021-05-13
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 10 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Network
- Prime Video
- Production
- Plan B Entertainment, Amazon Studios, PASTEL, Big Indie Pictures
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Thuso Mbedu as Cora Randall
- Chase W. Dillon as Homer
- Joel Edgerton as Arnold Ridgeway
- Sheila Atim as Mabel
- Kylee D. Allen as Molly
- Aaron Pierre as Caesar
- Ryan James as Red
- Lucius Baston as Prideful
- Jeff Pope as Connelly
- William Jackson Harper as Royal
- Peter Mullan as Ridgeway Senior
- Benjamin Walker as Terrance Randall
Creators and crew
- Barry Jenkins - Creator
- Jacqueline Hoyt - Executive Producer
- Dede Gardner - Executive Producer
- Richard Heus - Executive Producer
- Jeremy Kleiner - Executive Producer
- Colson Whitehead - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: 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.
Episode 2: 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.
Episode 3: 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.
Episode 4: Chapter 4: The Great Spirit
A young Arnold Ridgeway comes of age while testing his belief in The Great Spirit.
Episode 5: 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.
Episode 6: 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.
Episode 7: Chapter 7: Fanny Briggs
Let the fire burn.
Episode 8: 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.
Episode 9: 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.
Episode 10: Chapter 10: Mabel
In this tale of motherhood, the beginning is the end is the beginning... for both mother and daughter.
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