Long before a Kennedy lived in the White House, Joe Sr., his wife Rose, and their nine children begin to capture the attention of a nation in the 1930s. Follow the titular brood through the romances and rivalries that molded them — and American culture's very DNA.

Michael Fassbender
Joe Kennedy Sr.

Laura Donnelly
Rose Kennedy

Nick Robinson
Joe Kennedy Jr.

Joshuah Melnick
Jack Kennedy
Beginning in the 1930s, season 1 charts the improbable ascent of Joe and Rose Kennedy and their nine children, including the rebellious second son, Jack, who struggles to escape the shadow of his golden-boy older brother.
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