Z: The Beginning of Everything

6.9
201527m

A biography series based on the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the brilliant, beautiful and talented Southern Belle who becomes the original flapper and icon of the wild, flamboyant Jazz Age in the 20s. Z starts before Zelda Fitzgerald meets the unpublished writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and moves through their passionate, turbulent love affair and their marriage-made in heaven, lived out in hell as the celebrity couple of their time.

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Z: The Beginning of Everything Season 1 - Official Trailer | Prime Video

Seasons

10 Episodes • Premiered 2015

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1. Pilot

5.7

Zelda Sayre yearns to break free from the monotony of Montgomery. She sees her chance when she meets a young soldier named Scott Fitzgerald.

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2. Just Humans

10.0

As Scott pursues Zelda in Montgomery, she must decide what she can sacrifice to be with him.

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3. The Right Side of Paradise

10.0

Despite living worlds apart, Scott and Zelda grow closer. Zelda tries to decide if she loves him enough to uproot her whole life.

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4. You, Me and Us

4.0

Zelda arrives in NYC to marry Scott. They celebrate their new life with all his Big City friends.

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5. The It Girl

10.0

Zelda changes her look and finds her new identity as she tries to fit in with her new high-life in New York City.

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6. Lights! Camera! Fitzgerald!

4.0

Zelda flirts with Hollywood when she does a screen test for a big director.

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7. Where There Are Friends, There Are Riches

4.0

Scott and Zelda go to Princeton for a reunion filled with emotion.

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8. Playing House

1.0

Scott and Zelda get away to a Westport vacation house so Scott can write. They have New York friends over for a party.

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9. Quicksand

10.0

Scott and Zelda work through rising marital tensions at their Westport house.

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10. Best of All

10.0

Scott and Zelda take a road trip back to Montgomery in an attempt to mend their marriage.

Cast

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Christina Ricci

Zelda Fitzgerald

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David Hoflin

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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David Strathairn

Anthony Sayre

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