WGN America 'Undeground' Spoilers: Twitter Reacts Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aldis Hodge Premiere!

WGN America aired the highly anticipated premiere of their original pilot, Underground. In Episode 1, Twitter had lots to say about Noah (Aldis Hodge)and Rosalee (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) planning to risk for lives for a chance to be free.

As we previously mentioned, the period drama takes place in the antebellum South as a band of plantation slaves attempt to make a perilous escape. During this time period, the slaves at the plantation risk everything for a chance at freedom. They all want to head on over to the North and escape to the Underground Railroad. Underground will also examine the lives of slaveholders, slave hunters, and abolitionists.

In our recent recap, Noah discovered a map that could lead to the North. Even though he has a team of slaves aching to be free and ready to run, Noah has to reluctantly work with Cato (Alano Miller), who could ruin the plan at any moment. Help though may come along the way from abolitionist lawyer John Hawkes (Marc Blucas) and his wife, Elizabeth (Jessica De Gouw).

In our MStars News interview, Hodge describes Noan's escape to freedom, "99.9 percent, you're not going to make it. Nature will kill you along the way. You're caught, you get killed back at the plantation. Or you're going to get tortured even further. Anybody you have connection with, family or whatever, there are going to be consequences. The idea of it is, we're facing a fight. Going into the honest of it, the show's very honest. We tell an honest narrative."

Check out what Twitter had to say:

@kimmy6904 writes, "Outstanding!!! And JAW DROPPING!!! The whole cast is so enormously talented #UndergroundWGN @UndergroundWGN #addictedtounderground"

@MarieUrlima adds, "30 seconds into #UndergroundWGN and I'm hooked."

@StartdWitASmile states, "Is a phenomenal actress and I can only thank you for these tears. @jurneesmollett #UndergroundWGN"

@NedraWashington mentions, "This show really moved me I so appreciate who I am and the legacy left behind #UndergroundWGN"

@BKLYN_soup tweets, "I was impressed with the premiere episode of Undergound on WGN. Smart production of important content. I will be tuning in #UndergroundWGN"

@Mea_B87 had the feels, "#UndergroundWGN was EXCELLEN @johnlegend yea man..I cried like a baby when #RosaLee was being whipped!! My <3 @jurneesmollett"

Underground continues on WGN America Wednesdays at 10pm.

Readers, what did you think of the pilot?