
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,…
TV-MA • Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Series • 2021 • 1 season
Starring: Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon, Joel Edgerton
Created by: Barry Jenkins

S1 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.
May 13, 2021 • 1h 9m

S1 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.
May 13, 2021 • 1h 6m

S1 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.
May 13, 2021 • 1h 10m

S1 E4 - Chapter 4: The Great Spirit
A young Arnold Ridgeway comes of age while testing his belief in The Great Spirit.
May 13, 2021 • 40m

S1 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.
May 13, 2021 • 1h 1m

S1 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.
May 13, 2021 • 59m

S1 E7 - Chapter 7: Fanny Briggs
Let the fire burn.
May 13, 2021 • 20m

S1 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.
May 13, 2021 • 1h 7m

S1 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.
May 13, 2021 • 1h 18m

S1 E10 - Chapter 10: Mabel
In this tale of motherhood, the beginning is the end is the beginning... for both mother and daughter.
May 13, 2021 • 58m
The Underground Railroad
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.
TV-MA • Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • TV Series • 2021