Season 1
8 episodes · first aired 2015-12-11
| Still | # | Title | Overview | Air date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 01 | Breaking Chains 2015-12-11 | After four centuries of Spanish colonial rule, Cubans win their independence, but U.S. intervention at the eleventh hour comes with a price. | 2015-12-11 | 5.0 |
![]() | 02 | War and Sugar 2015-12-11 | Cuba flourishes thanks to sugar production, but relations with the U.S. deteriorate, leading to the rise of military strongman Fulgencio Batista. | 2015-12-11 | 5.0 |
![]() | 03 | Ganster's Paradise 2015-12-11 | A source of illegal rum during Prohibition, Cuba becomes a haven for the Mafia, which seizes control of the country's popular gambling industry. | 2015-12-11 | 5.0 |
![]() | 04 | A Ragtag Revolution 2015-12-11 | On New Year's Day 1959, rebel guerillas led by the Castro brothers and Che Guevara succeed in toppling the corrupt, dictatorial rule of Batista. | 2015-12-11 | 5.0 |
![]() | 05 | Making Heroes 2016-03-11 | Heroes of the revolution include the Castros, Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, but Fidel Castro's brutality and radical leftist reforms divide them. | 2016-03-11 | 5.0 |
![]() | 06 | Of Soviets and Saviors 2016-03-11 | When Fidel Castro expropriates U.S. businesses and pursues support from the Soviet Union, the CIA sends assassins, saboteurs and invaders to Cuba. | 2016-03-11 | 5.0 |
![]() | 07 | Secrets and Sacrifices 2016-03-11 | Challenges mount in the '80s as Cubans desert their restrictive homeland, cocaine infiltrates the government, and European socialism collapses. | 2016-03-11 | 5.0 |
![]() | 08 | Moments of Transition 2016-03-11 | In the post-Soviet world, the Castros find mutual support in Venezuela, but the Cold War's conclusion brings the country's isolationism to an end. | 2016-03-11 | 5.0 |
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