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Episode Guide
Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons
Series: Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Series Progress: Episode 8 of 6213% Completed
Synopsis
Actor Samuel L Jackson, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Brown University President Ruth Simmons have each climbed to the pinnacle of their professions, yet each started life as a second-class citizen in the Jim Crow south. Using DNA to investigate family mysteries, the programme explores where they come from in Africa, and who are the white men in their family trees?.
📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 58 hours 22 minutes (62 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Epic Binge - A massive saga. Set aside dedicated weekends for this run.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 62 days
3 episodes/day: 21 days
5 episodes/day: 13 days
Episodes (62)
- S01E01 - Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis
- S01E10 - Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier and Linda Chavez
- S01E02 - Cory Booker and John Lewis
- S01E03 - Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada
- S01E04 - Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick
- S01E05 - Angela Buchdahl, Rick Warren and Yasir Qadhi
- S01E06 - Robert Downey Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal
- S01E07 - Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons Viewing
- S01E08 - Sanjay Gupta, Margaret Cho and Martha Stewart
- S01E09 - John Legend, Wanda Sykes and Margarett Cooper
- S02E01 - In Search of Our Fathers
- S02E10 - Decoding Our Past Through DNA
- S02E02 - Born Champions
- S02E03 - Our American Storytellers
- S02E04 - Roots of Freedom
- S02E05 - The Melting Pot
- S02E06 - We Come From People
- S02E07 - Our People, Our Traditions
- S02E08 - The British Invasion
- S02E09 - Ancient Roots
- S03E01 - The Stories We Tell
- S03E10 - Maps of Stars
- S03E02 - The Irish Factor
- S03E03 - In Search of Freedom
- S03E04 - Tragedy + Time = Comedy
- S03E05 - Visionaries
- S03E06 - War Stories
- S03E07 - Family Reunions
- S03E08 - The Pioneers
- S03E09 - The Long Way Home
- S04E01 - The Impression
- S04E10 - Funny Business
- S04E02 - Unfamiliar Kin
- S04E03 - Puritans and Pioneers
- S04E04 - The Vanguard
- S04E05 - Immigrant Nation
- S04E06 - Black Like Me
- S04E07 - Children of the Revolution
- S04E08 - Relatives We Never Knew We Had
- S04E09 - Southern Roots
- S05E01 - Grandparents and Other Strangers
- S05E10 - All in the Family
- S05E02 - Mystery Men
- S05E03 - Reporting on the Reporters
- S05E04 - Dreaming of a New Land
- S05E05 - Freedom Tales
- S05E06 - Roots in Politics
- S05E07 - No Laughing Matter
- S05E08 - Hard Times
- S05E09 - The Eye of the Beholder
- S06E01 - Hollywood Royalty
- S06E10 - Italian Roots
- S06E11 - Criminal Kind
- S06E13 - DNA Mysteries
- S06E15 - War Stories
- S06E02 - Off the Farm
- S06E04 - Homecomings
- S06E05 - This Land is My Land
- S06E06 - Beyond the Pale
- S06E07 - Secrets & Lies
- S06E08 - Science Pioneers
- S06E09 - Slave Trade