This dramatization depicts the life -- and loves -- of Venezuelan Gen. Simón Bolívar, who helped liberate several Latin American countries from Spain.

1. Episode 1 58m In 1819, Gen. Simón Bolívar leads a ragtag army under harsh conditions. Flashbacks reveal his wedding day and his privileged boyhood alongside slaves.

2. Episode 2 50m Simón gets an unconventional tutor, who proves to be a kindred spirit. Carlos uses slave Matea as a bargaining chip to get ownership of family property.

3. Episode 3 48m Simón is sent to live in Rodríguez's home, where his mind is opened to new ideas. Yearning for freedom, Dionisio plans to escape from the hacienda.

4. Episode 4 49m After losing his students and attracting suspicion, Rodríguez realizes he must flee. The other members of the cause attempt their heist of the garrison.

5. Episode 5 44m Joaquín learns what his fate will be. While learning about his family's cacao production business, Simón makes a strategic bet on a card game.

6. Episode 6 45m Simón begins his training at the military academy and meets his instructors, while the rest of his family realize their limits without a Spanish title.

7. Episode 7 44m Juan Vicente declares his love for Josefa. The marquess advises Simón on what he must do to secure María Teresa's hand in marriage.

8. Episode 8 43m Between María Antonia's and Matea's childbirths, only one ends well. Simón catches Lorenzo de Ulloa in a lie, and unexpectedly meets the queen of Spain.

9. Episode 9 45m Simón reveals his intentions toward María Teresa to her father. When Lorenzo damages the Marquess's reputation, Simón challenges him to a sword fight.

10. Episode 10 47m Simón decides to follow María Teresa to La Sierra. But when Delfina tells lies to get him arrested for hurting Lorenzo, he must first evade the police.

11. Episode 11 47m Despite Bernardo's misgivings, Simón and María Teresa are married a year later, and set off for Venezuela. On the ship, they meet Caracas's new judge.

12. Episode 12 48m After arriving in Venezuela, Simón discovers the disastrous mismanagement of the haciendas, forcing him and his sister to ask the new judge for a loan.

13. Episode 13 46m While rescuing Matea from the violent slaveowner she was sold to, María Teresa contracts a tropical fever. María Antonia finds herself falling in love.

14. Episode 14 45m Simón begs Dr. O'Neil to cure María Teresa. Determined to visit his wife in Caracas, Pablo Clemente hops on a horse-and-wagon and takes off.

15. Episode 15 47m Simón travels to Madrid, and then on to Paris, where he runs into his old tutor, Rodríguez. Carlos learns of María Antonia and Felipe's romance.

16. Episode 16 50m Simón's political views begin to rub his Parisian friends the wrong way, and Rodríguez gives him some frank advice. María Antonia becomes pregnant.

17. Episode 17 47m María Antonia is forced to say a difficult goodbye. Manuelita is allowed to leave the convent. Simón realizes what his true calling is and returns home.

18. Episode 18 46m Simón asks Gen. Miranda to lead an army. María Antonia must decide whether run off with Felipe. Manuelita is sent to live with her uncle, a priest.

19. Episode 19 47m Simón forms the Patriotic Society to show the junta the public's demand for independence. Manuelita finds out the stories of those she saw executed.

20. Episode 20 60m After the victory in Valencia, Simón and Gen. Miranda disagree over what their next move should be. Bad news arrives from overseas. Dionisio returns.

21. Episode 21 53m His assets seized by the Spanish, Simón arrives penniless in Cartagena and joins the New Granada Army. A royalist soldier tries to seduce Manuelita.

22. Episode 22 58m Determined to return to Venezuela and face Gen. Monteverde, Simón leads his army on a bloody journey back to Caracas. A husband is found for Manuelita.

23. Episode 23 57m Simón sends Dionisio and Sgt. Luciano D'Elhuyar to Monteverde's camp to propose a prisoner exchange. Manuelita is reunited with painter Rafael.

24. Episode 24 54m When a Cartegena colonel refuses to give him weapons, Simón resigns and goes to Jamaica. Manuelita devises a plan to free a prominent prisoner of war.

25. Episode 25 54m Gen. Morillo learns Simón is in Jamaica and puts a price on his head. Manuelita receives an unexpected visit from Fausto, the royalist who seduced her.

26. Episode 26 52m Simón tries to convince Gen. Páez, from Venezuela's unfamiliar plains region, to unite their complementary armies. An old flame tracks down Simón.

27. Episode 27 57m As soldiers desert during the plains crossing, Gen. Santander begins to question Simón's decisions. Right before the wedding, Manuelita gets cold feet.

28. Episode 28 49m Pepita forces Simón to take a hard look at the condition of his soldiers. Santander and Felisa grow closer, to her father's great displeasure.

29. Episode 29 52m Simón anxiously waits for Santander to return with much-needed recruits. Felisa's dad spies on Simón's men as they discuss the next route they'll take.

30. Episode 30 49m Dr. Thorne tries to keep Manuelita on a short leash, and gets in trouble with a loan shark. Simón's army suffers greatly while crossing the mountains.

31. Episode 31 52m When the soldiers from the plains are ambushed, Simón realizes he must stop and gather reinforcements. Manuelita meets the like-minded Rosita Campuzano.

32. Episode 32 55m Felisa and her father come face to face on opposite sides of the battlefield. Manuelita and Rosita attend Gen. de la Mar's party, ready to gather intel.

33. Episode 33 54m Simón plans to sneak his soldiers past the Spanish army's camp at night. Pepita and José are taken hostage. Manuelita hears a rumor about her husband.

34. Episode 34 50m Simón's soldiers fight the last battle that stands in their way of seizing Santafé de Bogotá. Manuelita forces her husband to reveal what he's hiding.

35. Episode 35 55m Simón returns to Venezuela, where he gets a message from Spanish Gen. Morillo. Manuelita tries to persuade brother José María to switch sides.

36. Episode 36 52m In Quito, Manuelita nurses injured soldiers while hiding her parents. When Simón arrives to a hero's welcome, she tosses a wreath to catch his eye.

37. Episode 37 56m Sparks fly when Manuelita is introduced to Simón at a party. Dr. Thorne unexpectedly arrives. Santander reads alarming news about a much-needed loan.

38. Episode 38 52m Santander is pressured to bend the law in order to fund the army and help a veteran. To stake his claim on Manuelita, Dr. Thorne extends an invitation.

39. Episode 39 58m Tensions run high at Dr. Thorne's dinner party. A lawyer defends Humberto in court. A midwife examines Manuelita and gives her professional opinion.

40. Episode 40 62m To secretly join Simón in Guayaquil, Manuelita tells Dr. Thorne she's going to Lima. When the counterfeit money scheme fails, Santander issues a decree.

41. Episode 41 57m Gen. San Martín makes a decision. Dr. Thorne finds the house where Simón is staying at and spies on the property. The public resists obeying the decree.

42. Episode 42 59m Manuelita writes Dr. Thorne a letter that leads him to turn to Elsa. Simón and his army return to Pasto to fight an outbreak of insurgents there.

43. Episode 43 57m As his health worsens, Simón asks Manuelita to come with him to Peru. Santander tries to get congress to vote against approving the Peru campaign.

44. Episode 44 56m When the president of Peru learns how small Bolívar's army is, he switches sides. Simón realizes he must build up his army without congressional help.

45. Episode 45 57m Simón receives intel about a window of opportunity that the royalist army has inadvertently given him. Dr. Thorne pays Simón a private visit.

46. Episode 46 57m Economic woes stoke anti-Bolívar sentiment in Lima and endanger Manuelita, who feels abandoned by Simón and agrees to move to England with Dr. Thorne.

47. Episode 47 52m Simón returns to Bogotá. Elsa's sister and her husband scheme to get rid of Manuelita from Lima permanently so Elsa can return as Dr. Thorne's wife.

48. Episode 48 52m Simón runs into Humberto, who's laboring as a prisoner, and is reunited with sister María Antonia, who tells him about the dire situation in Venezuela.

49. Episode 49 50m Simón meets with Gen. Paéz, and later learns of Bustamante's betrayal. Berta and Saldarriaga try to gather proof of Gervasio's past profession.

50. Episode 50 49m Now back in Bogotá, Simón reunites with Manuelita, who gives seamstress Marcela a secret mission. Julio turns Berta into a prisoner in her own home.

51. Episode 51 53m At the party for the British consul, Simón and Manuelita steal the show. With some help, Berta escapes to the church, where she witnesses a murder.

52. Episode 52 53m One of the thieves is caught and made to reveal his accomplices. Manuelita asks Marcela to spy on Simón's detractors while at gatherings with Sotomayor.

53. Episode 53 58m The upcoming execution divides Bogotá. Manuelita and Dionisio try to change Simón's mind. Gervasio makes a decision about the job he's been asked to do.

54. Episode 54 58m Manuelita learns Madame Rocha is intercepting and reading Bolívar's mail. O'Leary reports to Simón how Santander is manipulating the delegates.

55. Episode 55 55m Simón returns to Bogotá, where the government council announces what his position and powers will be. Alarming news arrives from Peru and Bolivia.

56. Episode 56 57m Simón learns what Manuelita did at the party. Marcela overhears Madame Rocha's circle plotting an uprising. Julio catches Saldarriaga visiting Berta.

57. Episode 57 57m Fernando gives Madame Rocha new perspective on her friends. Just as a masquerade ball begins, Manuelita learns of the assassination plot against Simón.

58. Episode 58 60m Simón receives a new diagnosis. Those who tried to assassinate Simón recruit more members to their cause and plan a siege on the Presidential House.

59. Episode 59 59m Simón decides what Santander's fate will be. A false but rampant rumor that Simón wants to install a monarchy brings devastating consequences.