Apple TV+ just released the official trailer for its upcoming series Lessons in Chemistry, which stars Academy Award winner Brie Larson as a female scientist who, after being fired from her lab, becomes the star of a cooking show called Supper At Six where she sets out to educate housewives on scientific topics as well as helpful recipes.
The series is based on the 2022 novel of the same name by Bonnie Garmus.
The description reads: "Set in the early 1950s, Lessons in Chemistry follows Elizabeth Zott (played by Larson), whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in a patriarchal society. When Elizabeth finds herself fired from her lab, she accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives — and the men who are suddenly listening — a lot more than recipes."
The trailer shows Zott, with a deadpan delivery, rattling off scathing takedowns of the patriarchy to a shocked audience — some delighted, others horrified. "I stand proudly with the overlooked workhorse of the kitchen," she says, "Women, and baked potatoes."
Starring alongside Larson are Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick, Outer Range), NAACP Image Award-winner Aja Naomi King (How to Get Away with Murder, The Birth of a Nation), Stephanie Koenig (The Flight Attendant, The Offer), Kevin Sussman (The Big Bang Theory, The Dropout), Patrick Walker (Gaslit, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey), and Thomas Mann (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl).
Lessons in Chemistry is produced for Apple TV+ by Apple Studios. Seven-time Emmy Award-nominee Lee Eisenberg (WeCrashed, Little America) serves as showrunner. Academy Award-nominee Susannah Grant (Unbelievable, Erin Brockovich) executive produces alongside Larson. Sarah Adina Smith (Hanna, Looking for Alaska) serves as director and executive producer of the first two episodes. Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan (Ozark, A Teacher) executive produce for Aggregate Films. Natalie Sandy executive produces through Piece of Work Entertainment alongside Eisenberg. Louise Shore also serves as executive producer.
The novel upon which the series is based is the debut work of Garmus, 66, who received 100 rejection letters for previous works before getting Lessons in Chemistry published. Lessons in Chemistry was named Barnes & Noble's book of the year in 2022.
