“One poignant thread in a larger narrative” … Lewis Pullman and Brie Larson in Lessons in Chemistry Michael Becker
Apple TV+
In TV, as in life, women scientists have been served poorly. Too often, they have been the butt of the joke, a sexy sidekick or a token face in a crowd of men (see The Big Bang Theory for examples of all three). Thank God for outliers like Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson), the brusque, brilliant scientist at the heart of .
This eight-part Apple TV+ series begins in 1951, when Elizabeth is working…
