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Mrs. America

Season 1

9 listed hours · 2020 · FX

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Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality

Cate Blanchett's Phyllis Schlafly versus the feminist wave, mapped onto the ERA fight that still scripts American culture war. FX ensemble prestige: Uzo Aduba, Rose Byrne, Tracey Ullman, and the open question of who the protagonist even is. Watch for craft that refuses a simple villain, and for 1970s politics that never really ended.

TV Flash files Season 1 of Mrs. America (2020) on FX as the only listed season — 9 listed hours, 2020-04-15–2020-05-27 from “Phyllis” (S01E01) to “Reagan” (S01E09). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S01E01 Phyllis

    Phyllis as the FX contract: Cate Blanchett's Schlafly versus the feminist wave, ERA fight still scripting culture war, already the open question of who the protagonist is.

  2. S01E09 Reagan

    Reagan as the nine-episode close: the titled victory, Uzo Aduba, Rose Byrne, Tracey Ullman still in the frame, still craft that refuses a simple villain diagram.

  3. S01E03 Shirley

    Shirley as the Chisholm hour: ensemble prestige naming a second center, still ERA combat, still a series that will not pick a single heroine for you.

  4. S01E05 Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc

    Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc as the ampersand hour: marriages as politics, still Blanchett, still the culture-war script the decade keeps restaging.

  5. S01E07 Bella

    Bella as the Abzug hour: another name as episode, still the wave versus the STOP, still FX prestige that treats the fight as unfinished on purpose.

  1. S01E01

    Phyllis

    Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly considers another run for Congress, amid the women's movement's push for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.

  2. S01E02

    Gloria

    While Phyllis mobilizes grassroots support in her fight against the ERA, Gloria Steinem fends off Bella Abzug's attempts to drag her further into the political game.

  3. S01E03

    Shirley

    Shirley Chisholm makes a historic run for president, while Gloria struggles to play politics at the DNC. Phyllis takes her new anti-ERA organization national.

  4. S01E04

    Betty

    As Stop ERA grows and gains media attention, Betty Friedan, the mother of the Feminist movement, makes it her mission to take down Phyllis.

  5. S01E05

    Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc

    Phyllis and Fred Schlafly debate superstar Feminist couple Brenda and Marc Feigan-Fasteau on television.

  6. S01E06

    Jill

    With a pro-ERA Republican in the White House, Phyllis protests her own party, which puts her in conflict with Republican Feminist leader, Jill Ruckelshaus.

  7. S01E07

    Bella

    Bella is put in charge of the first ever government-funded National Women's Conference. Phyllis and her women clash over how to best disrupt the conference.

  8. S01E08

    Houston

    Alice, Rosemary and Pamela cross into enemy territory at the National Women's Conference in Houston, where they come face-to-face with Feminist leaders.

  9. S01E09

    Reagan

    Gloria, Bella and Jill put pressure on the White House to act on their proposals from the National Women's Conference. Phyllis prepares to leverage her political victories as the 1980 presidential election draws near.

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