Pan Am Season 1

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, Pan Am Season 1 is available on and right now. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 138 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Christina Ricci's performance alone is worth the time investment. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Pan Am Season 1 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Pan Am Season 1 takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Season 1 of Pan Am includes 14 episodes. It aired from September 2011 to February 2012. This season stars Christina Ricci, Margot Robbie and Karine Vanasse. Christina Ricci and Margot Robbie lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2011. The performances in Pan Am Season 1 do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in Pan Am Season 1. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Christina Ricci's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

🎬 Pan Am Season 1 — Episode Guide

Pilot

2011-09-25

Dean takes on his first assignment since his promotion, piloting the Clipper Majestic on its inaugural New York to London flight. Bridget is supposed to be his lead stewardess, until she's a no-show for the flight. Grounded purser Maggie is called in to fill in for her. On the same fateful flight, K...

We'll Always Have Paris

2011-10-02

On a trip to Paris, Kate and Laura have a surprise passenger—their mom—who has come to settle some unfinished business with Laura; Maggie faces the unwanted attentions of an aggressive passenger, and Dean and Colette share a momentary flirtation as he tries to track down some leads on Bridget.

Ich Bin Ein Berliner

2011-10-09

When the crew gets a flight taking journalists to Berlin to cover an important speech by President Kennedy, Maggie, who campaigned for him, is determined to meet JFK no matter what. Meanwhile, when her contact's safety is compromised, Kate tries to help the young woman escape East Germany; and painf...

Eastern Exposure

2011-10-16

After a last minute change sends the crew on a flight to Rangoon, a routine courier mission for Kate turns harrowing as she struggles to make a drop by the deadline. Meanwhile, Maggie takes naive Laura under her wing and shows her the wilder side of the city; and news of a space mission leads Ted to...

One Coin in a Fountain

2011-10-23

The Pan Am crew rolls the dice in more ways than one in glamorous Monte Carlo: Kate and Maggie square off for the attentions of a handsome passenger, but things get more complicated when Kate learns the sexy stranger is involved in her next covert mission; and Dean gambles with his career when an at...

The Genuine Article

2011-10-30

Maggie is perilously close to losing her job for insubordination, but still manages to maneuver her way onto the flight down to Rio de Janeiro. She reflects back on the rocky path she took to land her dream job, but it's her decision to do whatever it takes to keep it that surprises even her. Meanwh...

Truth or Dare

2011-11-06

Sparks fly between Laura and a sailor on a special – and unusually wild -- Pan Am flight bringing servicemen home, leading Laura to realize what she’s really looking for in a man, as well as opening her eyes to the malicious racial climate in the country. Meanwhile Kate’s complicated mission to turn...

Unscheduled Departure

2011-11-13

A wealthy passenger charms the stewardesses on a flight to Caracas; when a passenger has a heart attack, the only hope of saving him is to land in turmoil-stricken Haiti.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

2011-12-04

Ted asks Laura to help him make a woman from his past jealous; a dangerous mission puts Kate and Anderson in jeopardy; Maggie clashes with a congressman; Colette meets Dean's parents.

E10

Secrets and Lies

2012-01-08

Fate deals a blow to Dean and Colette's budding romance. Maggie writes a critical story for the Village Voice against her congressman's politics but doesn't count on falling for him after she submits it; though she wants to resist, the physical attraction between them is undeniable. Kate finds it ha...

E11

Diplomatic Relations

2012-01-15

Dean is tapped to fly the first-ever commercial flight to Moscow, but the day of departure, a blowhard veteran pilot, Broyles, takes the controls and makes Dean co-pilot. While in Russia, Kate tries to pull off an important mission, but when Laura and another Pan Am stewardess are mistaken for spies...

E12

New Frontiers

2012-01-22

Maggie tells Ted why she has reservations about Amanda, and Dean pines for Colette, who reveals she's asked for a transfer to the Hong Kong hub. On a flight to Rome, Colette befriends a handsome, mysterious man, Omar, and agrees to show him the city. Meanwhile, Dean is accosted by the local customs ...

E13

Romance Languages

2012-02-12

Dean is surprised by the ramifications of his fling with Ginny when she stalks him to Rome with, frightening consequences; Colette takes a precocious unescorted minor, Charlie, under her wing, who promptly develops a major case of puppy love; Kate struggles with the dangerous fallout of her strong c...

E14

1964

2012-02-19

Ted becomes increasingly nervous as wedding plans race forward; Kate wrestles with suspicions about those around her; Laura receives a startling offer from Amanda; Maggie is placed is a perilous position.

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