The Alienist

Castle in the Sky

Everyone ended up in a better place in this likely series finale. Maybe even the killer. The investigation of the child killer by Kreizler's team came to a successful but melancholy end on The Alienist Season 1 Episode 10. That's an appropriate feeling for those viewers who have come to relish these characters and their lives in 1896 New York City. If this is indeed the end, at least the series went out on a high note. Much like those the soprano was hitting in Don Giovanni. ... more

Requiem

Close, oh, so close. The team minus Kreizler closed in on child killer John Beecham on The Alienist Season 1 Episode 9, but not before another nameless, boy prostitute was killed on another obscure religious holiday. As usual, Kreizler was emotionally unavailable, but he was physically unavailable as well this time, as he processed his grief after Mary's murder. So Sara took over heading the investigation, not out of ambition as Moore intimated, but out of an... more

Psychopathia Sexualis

Damn. I didn't see that coming. The person who was becoming closest to Kreizler got killed protecting him on The Alienist Season 1 Episode 8. Of the three people on Kreizler's home staff, Mary said the most while saying nothing at all. It finally got through Kreizler's thick skull how they felt about each other on The Alienist Season 1 Episode 7. And then she was gone, taken by the forces of ignorance that opposed Kriezler's effort to catch the child killer.... more

THE ALIENIST Season 1 Episode 3 Photos Silver Smile

Episode 103: “Silver Smile” – Monday, Feb. 5, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) Innovative evidence leads the team to discover a crucial element in the case has gone missing. Kreizler (Daniel Brühl) and Moore (Luke Evans) interview a witness to find out what happened to Moore at the Brothel. Sara (Dakota Fanning) attempts to live in a world outside the investigation. Kreizler challenges them to look within themselves. THE ALIENIST Season 1 Episode 3 Photos Silver Smile In Th... more

THE ALIENIST Season 1 Episode 2 Photos A Fruitful Partnership

Episode 102: “A Fruitful Partnership” – Monday, Jan. 29, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) The investigation heats up as Sara (Dakota Fanning) gets her hands on a clue and Kreizler (Daniel Brühl) tries to connect the evidence left behind by the serial killer. Tensions rise within the police department. Kreizler takes Moore (Luke Evans), Sara, Marcus (Douglas Smith) and Lucius (Matthew Shear) to Delmonico’s in New York and informs them they are going to be working together as a team to catch the killer. THE ALIENIST Season 1 Episode 2 Photos A Fruit... more