Brie Larson stars in new series Lessons in Chemistry

Lessons in Chemistry

Apple TV+

In TV, as in life, girls scientists have been served poorly. Too usually, they’ve been the butt of the joke, a horny sidekick or a token face in a crowd of males (see The Huge Bang Idea for examples of all three). Thank God for outliers like Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson), the brusque, good scientist on the coronary heart of Lessons in Chemistry.

This eight-part Apple TV+ collection …