The Alienist
Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 8/10Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 7/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 7/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Daniel BrühlDakota FanningLuke EvansRobert WisdomDouglas SmithMatthew Shear
Starring
Daniel BrühlDakota FanningLuke EvansRobert WisdomDouglas SmithMatthew Shear
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The Alienist Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 7.9 | |
| S2 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.0 |
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Set in 1890s New York, a psychologist, a newspaper illustrator, and a police secretary team up to hunt a killer preying on young male prostitutes, using early criminal-profiling methods that scandalize polite society. The show trades on moody, lavish period atmosphere as much as its mystery, with grim Gilded Age tenements and gaslit mansions rendered in loving detail. Pacing is deliberate, favoring character dynamics and social critique over twisty plotting, so patience is rewarded more than adrenaline. It's handsome, well-acted, and often bleak, more melancholy procedural than pulse-pounding thriller.</summary>{
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Season 12018
7.920K107h 47m
A psychological thriller set in 1896 about the hunt for a serial killer responsible for the gruesome murders of boy prostitutes that have gripped New York City.
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Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Daniel Brühl Laszlo Kreizler
Dakota Fanning Sara Howard
Luke Evans John Moore
Robert Wisdom Cyrus Montrose
Douglas Smith Marcus Isaacson
Matthew Shear Lucius Isaacson
Ted Levine Chief Thomas Byrnes, Thomas Byrnes
Martin McCreadie Sergeant Doyle, Captain Doyle, Sgt. Doyle
Brian Geraghty Theodore Roosevelt
Q'orianka Kilcher Mary Palmer
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Stuart Carolan
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