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The Knick – Season 1, Episode 1 Method and Madness

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The Knick – Season 1, Episode 1

Method and Madness

Aired Aug 8, 2014

Drama

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Dr. John Thackery ascends to the role of chief surgeon and is pressured by hospital benefactors to hire a black assistant chief, Algernon Edwards.

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Thanks largely to Steven Soderbergh's confident directorial hand, The Knick's series premiere is a polished piece of period entertainment, even if it isn't groundbreaking television.

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Debbie Day

Entertainment Weekly

06/05/2018

After seeing the mad doctor at work, Edwards refuses to resign, saying "I'm not leaving this circus until I learn everything you have to teach." He might as well be speaking for the viewers.

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Noam Cohen

Observer

10/07/2015

So right away we've got hookers and drug use, and as this a medical show set in the year 1900 in New York City, we now know that this man is basically going to be Dr. House with worse instruments and nicer outfits. And ether.

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Steve Macfarlane

Slant Magazine

10/07/2015

Edwards-who, after the being chided by Thackery during his first operation, chooses to stay at the Knick-pretty much sums it up: "I'm not leaving this circus until I learn everything you have to teach."

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Kevin Yeoman

Screen Rant

10/07/2015

The series' overwhelming sense of purpose is matched by the sense of discovery and advancement seen later in the episode.

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Robert Ham

Paste Magazine

10/07/2015

9.6/10

You're in the assured hands of some of the best storytellers in the business. Trust in them, and you'll have much to applaud at the end of this first hour.

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Matt Fowler

IGN Movies

10/07/2015

8/10

With Soderbergh at the wheel, The Knick is gorgeously crafted.

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Synopsis

Dr. John Thackery ascends to the role of chief surgeon and is pressured by hospital benefactors to hire a black assistant chief, Algernon Edwards.

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Executive Producer: Steven Soderbergh, Jack Amiel, Michael Begler, Gregory Jacobs, Michael Sugar, Clive Owen
Network: HBO Max
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Aug 8, 2014