A drama about the clandestine race to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, N.M., centers on a self-destructive professor who is commissioned to help lead the Manhattan Project in the series opener.

Frank attempts to save his team, and pays the price; at the same time, the wives get creative trying to make life on the Hill more interesting.

Frank is offered a life-changing opportunity. At the same time, the U.S. Army put Charlie on the hot seat.

Charlie is forced into a new leadership role in the race to build the world’s first atomic bomb.

A new era is ushered in with the first test of an atomic weapon.