Lovers Forever

This episode details Frank and Ava's lives leading up to their first real date in 1948/1949. She's flying high as a newly minted movie star, a twice-divorced party girl who believes love has led her astray. At the same time, Frank's on the outs--his records aren't selling, the FBI may be watching him, and the American public has started to turn on him. Then they meet in Palm Springs, and drive off into the desert together, beneath the stars. After this night together, their lives will never be the same again. 

Welcome to the first episode of Lovers Forever! This season tells the story of Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra. Theirs was a Romance Of The Century--but before we get to that, we have to learn a little bit about their lives before they met, so that we have a strong sense of who each of these people were when they fell in love.