Lessons in Chemistry

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2023-11-04 03:14 PM by Khushi Patel

When your male colleagues aren’t calling you “sweetie” or mistaking you for a secretary, they’re suggesting you drop your life’s work to enter a beauty pageant. But scientist Elizabeth Zott has another future in store – one in which she’ll use her knowledge of amino acids and the Maillard reaction to helm a TV-cooking show, …

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2023-10-27 08:05 AM by Khushi Patel

Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+) is not too concerned with arcane theories involving enzymes, proteins and molecules. The most notable, if unlikely, chemical reactions take place between stern, uncompromising, socially awkward Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson) and driven-but-dreamy, socially awkward Dr Calvin Evans (Lewis Pullman). Zott is an unappreciated technician and spare-time chemist at a Los …