Z: The Beginning of Everything (2015)

Biography · Drama · History

A biography series based on the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the brilliant, beautiful and talented Southern Belle who becomes the original flapper and icon of the wild, flamboyant Jazz Age in the 20s. Z starts before Zelda Fitzgerald meets the unpublished writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and moves through their passionate, turbulent love affair and their marriage-made in heaven, lived out in hell as the celebrity couple of their time.

IMDb rating: 7.0 (5,189 votes)
Episode average: 7.0 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2015)

7.03 avg 10 episodes 7.2 → 7.0 27 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.2	279
2	Just Humans	6.9	211
3	The Right Side of Paradise	6.8	186
4	You, Me and Us	7.2	179
5	The It Girl	7.2	163
6	Lights! Camera! Fitzgerald!	6.8	154
7	Where There Are Friends, There Are Riches	6.9	146
8	Playing House	7.1	146
9	Quicksand	7.2	143
10	Best of All	7.0	152