Synopsis: Starring Henry Ian Cusick (Lost) and Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park) - Darwin's Darkest Hour depicts the professional and personal trauma Charles Darwin endured the year before the publication of On The Origin Of Species.
Darwin's life's work, what he called "his abominable volume," is in danger of being scooped by Alfred Wallace; at the same time, one of his children is stricken by scarlet fever and one with diphtheria. His wife, Emma, is his rock, helping him through the turmoil even though his work challenges her deep Christian faith.