Roots - Season 1 Episode 3

Seasons & Episodes

Episode 1

Roots – S01E01 – Part 1

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Episode 2

Roots – S01E02 – Part 2

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Episode 3 Current

Roots – S01E03 – Part 3

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Episode 4

Roots – S01E04 – Part 4

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Episode Overview

George becomes an accomplished trainer of gamecocks and earns the nickname of Chicken George; George marries Matilda, a preacher's daughter, and fathers many children; Tom Lea loses a wager with an Englishman and sells George to save his farm.

Episode Details

Airdate: 2016-06-01

Episode Title: Part 3

Runtime: 104

Director: Thomas Carter

Genre: Drama, History, War

Cast: Anika Noni Rose, Brett Baker, Brett Rice, Chad L. Coleman, Erica Tazel, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Mark Rolston, Michael James Shaw, Regé-Jean Page, Shannon Lucio

Episode Rating: 8.1 (392 votes)

Country: USA

Release Year: 2016

Rotten Tomatoes: 96

Episode Runtime: 97 min

Rated: TV-MA

First Air Date: 2016-05-30

Seasons: 1

Status: Ended

Creators: Bruce Beresford, Thomas Carter, Alex Haley, Lawrence Konner

Awards: Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys, 5 wins & 52 nominations total

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