Set against the backdrop of the greatest race against time in the history of science; the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The series follows the project's brilliant but flawed scientists and their families as they attempt to coexist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives.

Special features include: Ground Zero: Bringing the Bomb to Screen ; P.O. Box 1663: Creating a City that Didn't Exist ; "Now I Am Become Death": J.Robert Oppenheimer ; Recreating an Era: "Manhattan" Costume Design ; Commentaries with Cast and Crew. Title from container.

You always hurt the one you love -- The prisoner's dilemma -- The hive -- Last reasoning of kings -- A new approach to nuclear cosmology -- Acceptable limits -- The new world -- The second coming -- Spooky action at a distance -- The understudy -- Tangier -- The gun model -- Perestroika.