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A series which explores how patent clerk Einstein could not get a teaching job or doctorate in his early life, yet managed to go on to solve the secrets of the universe.
Although there are some inspired moments-namely when we see how science and theory come alive in Einstein's mind-the series is not nearly as brilliant or as special as its subject matter.
Genius is most compelling as the origins of a man who would achieve greatness, rather than an attempt to wedge that greatness into an otherwise-normal young adulthood.
Genius is, overall, handsome and reasonably compelling, but it doesn't necessarily grab the viewer in a way that makes one anxious to immediately see episode three.
Rush may own the premiere -- as well as have further opportunities to win the audience back -- but it's Flynn who best captures Einstein's rebellious nature early on in the series.
Despite some paint-by-numbers production values and its flashback within a historical narrative structure, Genius finds a way to be more than serviceable at times, thanks in large part to the performance of Geoffrey Rush,
It feels like the producers didn't trust that we would pay attention to Genius without some blood and nudity thrown in. But we would, actually, thanks to the stellar performances from Rush and Flynn.