About this season
Surviving power struggles, betrayals and plots, Hitler's inner circle of Nazi leaders seizes control of Germany and designs its disastrous future.
Episodes (10)
1. Heroes & Misfits
6.8Aired 30 January 2018 • 52 min
War heroes, disaffected workers, a wealthy playwright and an enigmatic veteran named Adolf Hitler create a movement fueled by mythology and racism.
2. Regrouping
6.8Aired 30 January 2018 • 52 min
Imprisoned and his followers scattered, Hitler in 1923 seems to be finished, until he and Rudolf Hess devise a new strategy and a new path to power.
3. Fall of Röhm
4.8Aired 30 January 2018 • 52 min
The stock market crash in the U.S. makes the Nazis seem prescient, but newfound respect means the party must be purged of rivalrous elements.
4. The Rise of Antisemitism
4.8Aired 30 January 2018 • 52 min
Himmler, Goebbels and Goering jockey for position while the Nazis rise to control Germany and plot to launch their vicious antisemitic programs.
5. The Berghof Set
6.0Aired 13 April 2018 • 52 min
As the country's economy falters, the Nazis plan invasions and a racial purge while the leaders of the inner circle fight to win Hitler's favor.
6. The Madness of Rudolf Hess
6.0Aired 13 April 2018 • 52 min
As Germany invades Poland and sparks World War II, loyal Deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess tries to reclaim his once lofty status among Hitler's senior staff.
7. The Fall and Rise of Reinhard
6.0Aired 13 April 2018 • 52 min
SS head Heinrich Himmler orders his deputy Reinhard Heydrich to enact a plan of ethnic cleansing that becomes a blueprint for the Holocaust.
8. Rise of the Sychophants
6.0Aired 12 August 2018 • 51 min
At a critical juncture of the war in 1942, Germany's manufacturing capacity is strained and Hitler turns not to a general but architect Albert Speer.
9. Beginning of the End
6.0Aired 12 August 2018 • 52 min
As the war fails, the inner circle responds with strategies to save itself, from plotting the Führer's assassination to negotiating with the allies.
10. Meltdown
6.0Aired 12 August 2018 • 52 min
Exit strategies are put into action by the members of the inner circle when the Allies surround the capitol and Hitler perishes by his own hand.