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Season 1 Episode 1
After Franklin’s sudden polio diagnosis, Eleanor Roosevelt commits to enabling his political future despite pressure from her mother-in-law, Sara. As the Watergate scandal unfolds, Betty Ford unexpectedly becomes Second Lady upon Jerry’s nomination as Vice President and she clashes with his staff over her newly public role. Following the historic 2008 election, Michelle Obama wrestles with the expectations and dangers that Barack and their children face as the first Black family to live in the White House.
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Directed by: Susanne Bier
Written by: Ellen Fairey, Aaron Cooley, Jennifer Westfeldt, Hunt Baldwin, Abby Ajayi, Zora Bikangaga, Aaron Cooley, Azia Squire,
Guest stars41
Jackie Earle Haley
Louis Howe
Kate Mulgrew
Susan Sher
Clea DuVall
Tommy
Jayme Lawson
Young Michelle Obama
Derek Cecil
Donald Rumsfeld
Michael Potts
Fraser Robinson
Rhys Wakefield
Dick Cheney
Ellen Burstyn
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Donna Lynne Champlin
Mel Winter
Raphael Luce
Young James Roosevelt
Jordyn McIntosh
Young Sasha Obama
Vivien Lyra Blair
Little Eleanor Roosevelt
Jeremy Bobb
Theodore Roosevelt
Tristan Borders
John Roosevelt
Olivia Cannon
Young Anna Roosevelt
Tordy Clark
Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
John Patrick Connor
Radio Operator
Chuck Cooper
Martin Luther King Sr.
Kelvin John Davis
Wilson Roosevelt Jerman
Eric Esquer
Day Drinker
Tom Galantich
Michael Riordan
Kathleen Garrett
Laura Bush
Chelsea Hayes
East Room Aide
Tiffany Denise Hobbs
Amy Sherald
Wyatt Hunt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.
Martha King
Rumsfeld Secretary
Darius Ledbetter
Craig Robinson
Judy McDowell
Pat Nixon
Boris McGiver
Morley Safer
Susan Macke Miller
Congressional Club President
Mark Moses
George W. Bush
Evan Parke
Secret Service Agent Allen Taylor
Max Ragone
Elliot Roosevelt Jr.
Michael Shenefelt
James Roosevelt
Lancer Dean Shull
Steve Early
Zane Stephens
Elliot Roosevelt
Story Walker
Young Malia Obama
Paul Wilson
Richard Nixon
Jay D. Kacho
FDR Advisor (uncredited)
Matt Skollar
Felix de Cassio (uncredited)
Jamie Snowden
Christian Evans (uncredited)
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