The First Lady – Episode 1.01 – That White House

After Franklin’s sudden polio analysis, Eleanor Roosevelt commits to enabling his political future regardless of stress from her mother-in-law, Sara. Because the Watergate scandal unfolds, Betty Ford unexpectedly turns into Second Girl upon Jerry’s nomination as Vice President and she or he clashes together with his employees over her newly public function. Following the historic 2008 election, Michelle Obama wrestles with the expectations and risks that Barack and their youngsters face as the primary Black household to reside within the White Home. Sequence premiere.