Five Favorite Episodes of "MANHATTAN" Season Two (2015)
Below is a list of my five favorite episodes from Season Two of the WGN series, "MANHATTAN". Created by Sam Shaw, the series starred John Benjamin Hickey:
FIVE FAVORITE EPISODES OF "MANHATTAN" SEASON TWO (2015)
1. (2.07) "Behold the Lord High Executioner" - In this episode, the Los Alamos base's commander, Colonel Emmett Darrow, engages in the hunt for a possible spy after the son of a Native American cleaning woman stumbles across a can filled with equations.
2. (2.10) "Jupiter" - While the countdown to the first nuclear weapon test commences, Dr. Frank Winter races to apprehend a Soviet spy who intends to sabotage the gadget.
3. (2.02) "Fatherland" - Frank endures a brutal interrogation at the hands of the U.S. government at an undisclosed location, before he discovers the real reason behind his imprisonment.
4. (2.06) "33" - When Frank and the other scientists begin to harbor ethical doubts over the construction of the Bomb, they engage in a moral battle with the U.S. Army over how the Bomb will be used.
5. (2.03) "The Threshold" - Worried over Frank's disappearance, his wife Dr. Liza Winter wages a battle against Colonel Darrow to find his whereabouts and facilitate his return to the base. Meanwhile, Rachel Isaacs, the wife of scientist Dr. Charlie Isaacs, stumbles across a secret about Dr. Robert Oppenheimer's private life.