Amazon Prime viewers spent all weekend bingeing ‘incredible’ historical drama series
Fans have called the show 'clever.'
Amazon Prime Video viewers cancelled their social plans over the weekend to binge-watch a ‘captivating’ historical drama series.
Subscribers to the streaming platform can now watch both seasons of Manhattan which told the story of Oppenheimer long before Christopher Nolan’s film.
The TV show follows the scientists and their families living at a commune in Los Alamos, New Mexico while Project Y – the creation of the first atomic bomb – was rolled out.
Manhattan was inspired by history – and does not claim to be historically accurate – but did feature real-life figures including head scientist Robert Oppenheimer played by Daniel London.
Other cast members include Rachel Brosnahan, who played Abby, the wife of fictional rising star scientist Dr Charlie Isaacs (Ashley Zukerman), Olivia Williams as botanist Dr Liza Winter and David Harbour as fictional bomb design scientist Dr Reed Akley.
On Google, viewers have been raving about Manhattan – which they said had flown woefully under the radar since its debut more than a decade ago in 2014.
Manhattan charts the creation of the first atomic bomb (Picture: Lionsgate)Among them was, Klayton Von Kluge who wrote: ‘I think this is a well done & entertaining series, (Dare I say, captivating?) Actors are well cast, very high quality acting and well written dialogue. Well worth a watch, clever situations and entertaining.’
Mike Dellamaria comment: ‘Dripping with WWII atmosphere, this drama encapsulates the polarities of war: espionage and friendship, love and murder, honour and disgrace. Underappreciated and worth every minute.’
Echoing their sentiment, Elly Ramzy proclaimed: ‘One of the best shows I have seen. Too bad it was cancelled.’
Rex Duffy also commented: ‘I found the series helpful before watching Chris Nolan’s Oppenheimer.’
It featured a blend of fictional and real-life characters (Picture: Lionsgate) Manhattan told the story of Oppenheimer before Nolan’s film (Picture: Lionsgate)Anoush Voskanian added: ‘The most incredible series I have ever seen. True story that should be told.’
Manhattan’s second season aired on WGN America in 2016 before it was cancelled due to inadequate ratings – it was, however, a critical success throughout its run.
On Rotten Tomatoes, both seasons have an average score of 91% on its reviews aggregator the Tomatometer.
TV fans are also now just days away from being able to stream another major historical drama.
TV viewers have hailed the series as ‘captivating’ (Picture: Lionsgate)A Thousand Blows, a new series written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, is coming to Disney Plus on Friday.
Starring the likes of Stephen Graham, the drama is set in the 1880s era of Victorian London against a backdrop of illegal underground boxing and masterful criminal plans.
When asked about parallels between A Thousand Blows and Peaky Blinders, Steven, 65, previously told Metro: ‘There are similarities and differences.
‘I try to make everything that I do stand alone and be itself.’
Teasing more about the plot of A Thousand Blows, the screenwriter added: ‘It’s about men and women who are outside of convention, but who ultimately want to be respectable in the end. They want to get there, but the way they get there is by doing things, bad things.’
Manhattan is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
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