Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television — Season 1
The Complete Epic
About this season
A seven-hour chronological edit of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, expanded with over an hour of restored scenes to trace the Corleone family’s rise from Vito’s youth in Sicily to Michael’s reign in 1950s America.
Episodes (4)
1. Part 1
10.0Aired 12 November 1977 • 74 min
A young Vito Corlenone rises up the mafia hierarchy.
2. Part 2
Aired 13 November 1977 • 106 min
Hitman Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo is hired by the Tattaglia and Barzini families to kill off Don Vito Corleone, the most powerful mafia Don in New York. Vito survives the assassination, and his youngest son, Michael, launches a vendetta to kill the other four families and The Turk, and gets involved in the mafia family business which he was so hesitant to join in earlier years.
3. Part 3
Aired 14 November 1977 • 90 min
Michael Corleone adapts to a life of solitude, Sonny grapples with his sister's abuse, and Vito seeks council.
4. Part 4
Aired 15 November 1977 • 153 min
Michael manages the responsibilities of being a mafia don. Kay grows complacent with her husband's tightening of the crime syndicate, and danger looms due to a mysterious traitor.