Obsessed With ‘Oppenheimer’? Then Stream ‘Manhattan’ Right Now

Oppenheimer roared to a $82.5 million box office this weekend, proving nothing says “summer fun” like examining the moral character of one of the scientific geniuses behind the creation of the atomic bomb. Want more Oppy? Desperate to see another take on how the erotic relationship between J. Robert Oppenheimer and Jean Tatlock affected national security? Want even more brilliant scientists struggling to balance their messy personal lives with the stress of creating nuclear weapons? Then you need to watch the brilliant series Manhattan stat.

Manhattan premiered back in 2014 on the short-lived WGN America network and soon became the best show no one was watching. The series followed the tense lives of the scientists working in Project Y, aka the Manhattan Project, and their befuddled families, stuck in the secret town of Los Alamos. While Oppenheimer does show up in the series, mostly in the second season, the bulk of the show focuses on Dr. Frank Winter (John Benjamin Hickey) and the talented young scientists on his team.

Manhattan only ran for two seasons, but its legacy is in launching the careers of a whole slew of stars. Tune into Manhattan and you’ll see Ashley Zukerman (aka Shiv’s ex Nate on Succession), Katja Herbers (who is now the star of CBS’s Evil), Michael Chernus (of Severence, Orange is the New Black, Dead Ringers, and Easy), Harry Lloyd (a mainstay of British TV and infamously the original Viserys Targaryen), and Christopher Denham (who is also in Oppenheimer) supporting Dr. Frank Winter in the lab. David Harbor has a recurring gig as a rival scientist at Los Alamos and Rachel Brosnahan often steals the show as Abby Isaacs, a stay-at-home wife who discovers she might not like being a stay-at-home wife at a top secret military base.

Manhattan might not boast the visual fireworks of Nolan’s brain-melter, but its acting and writing are on the level with the Oscar-bait film. Better yet, you don’t have to leave your house or even spend a dime to binge this cult classic. Manhattan is currently streaming for free on both Tubi and Freevee.

So if you’re dying for more discussions about how one guy has become death, destroyer of worlds, queue up Manhattan.