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The Alienist

Drama, Crime, Thriller · 2018 · Rated 7.4/10

Last aired: S2 E8, Better Angels · 2020-08-09

The Alienist, based on the Anthony Award-winning New York Times bestseller by Caleb Carr, is a fast-paced and atmospheric psychological thriller set in the fascinating and gritty world of Gilded Age New York City. After a series of haunting and gruesome murders, psychiatrist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper reporter John Moore and police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt come together employing emerging disciplines of psychology and early crime investigation techniques to track down one of New York City's first serial killers.

Cast

Daniel Brühl Dr. Laszlo Kreizler

Luke Evans John Moore

Dakota Fanning Sara Howard

Douglas Smith DS Marcus Isaacson

Matthew Shear DS Lucius Isaacson

Robert Wisdom Cyrus Montrose

Matt Lintz Stevie Taggert

Brian Geraghty Theodore Roosevelt

Q'Orianka Kilcher Mary Palmer

Rosy McEwen Libby Hatch

Melanie Field Bitsy Sussman

Season 2

Season 1 Season 2

E1 Ex Ore Infantium 2020-07-19 · 60 min Sara Howard has opened a pioneering private detective agency. She reunites with formidable alienist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler and New York Times journalist John Moore to find the kidnapped infant daughter of a Spanish dignitary.

E2 Something Wicked 2020-07-19 · 60 min Sara uncovers a clue at the Siegel Cooper Department Store that leads her into dangerous territory. Moore struggles to balance his personal and professional life as he investigates a link to New York's criminal underworld.

E3 Labyrinth 2020-07-26 · 60 min All is not what it seems at the Lying-In Hospital as Sara persuades a young nurse to disclose what happens behind closed doors. Kreizler is convinced that hypnosis might unlock the traumatic memories of Senora Linares.

E4 Gilded Cage 2020-07-26 · 60 min The clock is ticking for the team to locate baby Ana. Sara worries about her young undercover detective Bitsy Sussman. William Randolph Hearst hosts a lavish ball celebrating his goddaughter Violet's engagement to Moore.

E5 Belly of the Beast 2020-08-02 · 60 min After the horrific murder of a Lying-In Hospital employee, the team are now hot on the heels of the murderer. Sara enlists the help of Joanna to tail their prime suspect. Sara, Kreizler and Moore try and put the pieces together, but they find that not even Sara's office is out of the killer's reach.

E6 Memento Mori 2020-08-02 · 60 min Sara and Moore return to the killer's abandoned house in search of new information about their suspect. Kreizler faces ruin after a tragic incident at the Institute. Sara and the team are enlisted to rescue another missing child, but this time they must work with their adversary, former Commissioner Thomas Byrnes.

E7 Last Exit to Brooklyn 2020-08-09 · 60 min Sara, Kreizler and Moore travel to Brooklyn in search of clues hidden in the killer's dark past. Thomas Byrnes plans to double-cross the team as the killer's behavior becomes more and more unhinged. Sara and Moore's feelings for each other force them to confront difficult choices.

E8 Better Angels 2020-08-09 · 60 min While Sara, Moore and Kreizler struggle with decisions about their future paths, New York is in the grips of an all-out manhunt for the killer, and the team must overcome the wrath of the police and an underworld gang on the rampage while they race to save innocent lives.

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