Season 2 • Episode 10
LatestThe road to freedom is paved in blood.
A group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back, dead or alive.
Acting
Smollett's transformation from house slave to warrior? Chills.
Direction
Green makes history feel dangerously immediate.
Score
Modern trap meets spirituals? Revolutionary.
Creators
Joe Pokaski, Misha Green
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The anachronistic soundtrack featuring Kanye and The Weeknd was deliberately chosen to make viewers feel the urgency rather than safe historical distance.
Misha Green later created Lovecraft Country; Underground was her proving ground for reclaiming Black horror/history genres.
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