Home > The Alienist > Season 1 « TV Series Page The Alienist: Season 1 (2018) Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 65% Average Rating: 6.92/10 Season Reviews: 72 Fresh: 47 Rotten: 25 Critics Consensus: The Alienist boats an impressive cast and superb production design, but a sluggish pace and too many tropes keep it from truly standing out in an overcrowded genre. 56% Average Rating: 6.11/10 Season Reviews: 25 Fresh: 14 Rotten: 11 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: The Alienist boats an impressive cast and superb production design, but a sluggish pace and too many tropes keep it from truly standing out in an overcrowded genre. AUDIENCE SCORE 77% liked it Average Rating: 3.9/5 User Ratings: 864 ADD YOUR RATING - NOT INTERESTED + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Not Interested Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Not Interested Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 The Boy on the Bridge Air date: Jan 22, 2018 The series premiere. A young boy prostitute is found butchered on an unfinished bridge, spurring an alienist, newspaper illustrator, secretary and police commissioner to begin an investigation outside the law to find the serial killer. More 2 A Fruitful Partnership Air date: Jan 29, 2018 The investigation heats up as Sara gets her hands on a clue and Kreizler tries to connect the evidence left behind by the serial killer. Tensions rise within the police department. Kreizler takes Moore, Sara, Marcus and Lucius to Delmonico's in New York and informs them they are going to be working together as a team to catch the killer. More 3 Silver Smile Air date: Feb 5, 2018 Innovative evidence leads the team to discover a crucial element in the case has gone missing. Kreizler and Moore interview a witness to find out what happened to Moore at the Brothel. Sara attempts to live in a world outside the investigation. Kreizler challenges them to look within themselves. More 4 These Bloody Thoughts Air date: Feb 12, 2018 Kreizler and Sara discuss the capacity to kill. Moore goes on a date. Byrnes and Capt. Connor keep an eye on a potential suspect. More 5 Hildebrandt's Starling Air date: Feb 19, 2018 The team learns more about the killer. Moore and Sara share an intimate moment. Kreizler seeks advice from an old mentor. Roosevelt takes action. More 6 Ascension Air date: Feb 26, 2018 The team hatches a plan to catch the killer. Moore checks in on a friend. Kreizler faces his own self-doubt about the investigation. Roosevelt attends an event with the city's elite. Sara looks into Kreizler's past. Connor acts on impulse. More 7 Many Sainted Men Air date: Mar 5, 2018 Kreizler and Moore follow a lead. Sara visits a hospital and is forced to confront her past. Cyrus, Kreizler's carriage driver, recovers from his injuries. More 8 Psychopathia Sexualis Air date: Mar 12, 2018 Kreizler and Moore travel to Washington, D.C. Sara goes rogue in pursuit of the truth. Lucius tells Marcus a secret. Byrnes and Connor tighten their grip on the investigation. More 9 Requiem Air date: Mar 19, 2018 Kreizler mourns the loss of a friend. Sara pushes the team to forge ahead. Moore warns his friend the killer will strike again. Cyrus seeks revenge. More 10 Castle in the Sky Air date: Mar 26, 2018 Kreizler confronts the demons of his past. Moore tells Sara the truth. Connor takes matters into his own hands. The team closes in on the killer as time is running out. 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They are joined by Sara Howard (Fanning), a headstrong secretary determined to become the city's first female police detective. Using the emerging disciplines of psychology and early forensic investigation techniques, this band of social outsiders set out to find and apprehend one of New York City's first serial killers. Genre: Drama Network: TNT Premiere Date: Jan 22, 2018 Exec. Producers: Cary Joji Fukunaga, Eric Roth, Hossein Amini, Jakob Verbruggen, Steve Golin, Rosalie Swedlin, E. Max Frye, Chris Symes Cast Daniel Brühl as Dr. Laszlo Kreizler Luke Evans as John Moore Dakota Fanning as Sara Howard Brian Geraghty as Theodore Roosevelt Douglas Smith as Marcus Isaacson Robert Wisdom as Cyrus Q'Orianka Kilcher as Mary Matthew Lintz as Stevie Taggert Matthew Shear as Lucius Isaacson Show More Cast News & Interviews for The Alienist: Season 1 The Best and Worst Reviewed Television Series of 2018 by Network and Streaming Service The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2019 Golden Globe Nominations 2018 TV Premiere Dates Calendar View All The Alienist: Season 1 News Episodes 1 The Boy on the Bridge Air date: Jan 22, 2018 The series premiere. A young boy prostitute is found butchered on an unfinished bridge, spurring an alienist, newspaper illustrator, secretary and police commissioner to begin an investigation outside the law to find the serial killer. More 2 A Fruitful Partnership Air date: Jan 29, 2018 The investigation heats up as Sara gets her hands on a clue and Kreizler tries to connect the evidence left behind by the serial killer. Tensions rise within the police department. Kreizler takes Moore, Sara, Marcus and Lucius to Delmonico's in New York and informs them they are going to be working together as a team to catch the killer. More 3 Silver Smile Air date: Feb 5, 2018 Innovative evidence leads the team to discover a crucial element in the case has gone missing. Kreizler and Moore interview a witness to find out what happened to Moore at the Brothel. Sara attempts to live in a world outside the investigation. Kreizler challenges them to look within themselves. More 4 These Bloody Thoughts Air date: Feb 12, 2018 Kreizler and Sara discuss the capacity to kill. Moore goes on a date. Byrnes and Capt. Connor keep an eye on a potential suspect. More 5 Hildebrandt's Starling Air date: Feb 19, 2018 The team learns more about the killer. Moore and Sara share an intimate moment. Kreizler seeks advice from an old mentor. Roosevelt takes action. More 6 Ascension Air date: Feb 26, 2018 The team hatches a plan to catch the killer. Moore checks in on a friend. Kreizler faces his own self-doubt about the investigation. Roosevelt attends an event with the city's elite. Sara looks into Kreizler's past. Connor acts on impulse. More 7 Many Sainted Men Air date: Mar 5, 2018 Kreizler and Moore follow a lead. Sara visits a hospital and is forced to confront her past. Cyrus, Kreizler's carriage driver, recovers from his injuries. More 8 Psychopathia Sexualis Air date: Mar 12, 2018 Kreizler and Moore travel to Washington, D.C. Sara goes rogue in pursuit of the truth. Lucius tells Marcus a secret. Byrnes and Connor tighten their grip on the investigation. More 9 Requiem Air date: Mar 19, 2018 Kreizler mourns the loss of a friend. Sara pushes the team to forge ahead. Moore warns his friend the killer will strike again. Cyrus seeks revenge. More 10 Castle in the Sky Air date: Mar 26, 2018 Kreizler confronts the demons of his past. Moore tells Sara the truth. Connor takes matters into his own hands. The team closes in on the killer as time is running out. More Critic Reviews for The Alienist Season 1 All Critics (72) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (25) Squalor and sleuthing are blended with sadistic verve. Apr 20, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Ed Power Daily Telegraph (UK) Top Critic Fanning is strikingly good as Sara, her face radiating an innocent glow as it lifts like a sunflower towards the Doctor. Apr 18, 2018 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Suzi Feay Financial Times Top Critic I found it hugely enjoyable, a quite unexpected treat, a beguiling amalgam of truthfully felt family drama and an exciting sci-fi survival adventure series. Apr 13, 2018 | Full Review… Graeme Blundell The Australian Top Critic The Alienist spends more time telling you what's going on beneath the surface than allowing for any real depth to emerge. Jan 18, 2018 | Full Review… Allison Shoemaker RogerEbert.com Top Critic The result is a series that has all of the brooding intensity of Fukunaga's HBO show, but little of the necessary narrative energy to pull it off. Jan 23, 2018 | Full Review… Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic Top Critic What must have come to life in the pages of the book struggles to find so much as a spark on the screen -- difficult, admittedly, through the pall of smoke and shadows that tend to choke it. Jan 22, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic I was hoping that, because it was a period piece, it would do something different... But I felt like they basically took a recycled procedural drama format and threw it in 1896. Sep 7, 2018 | Full Review… Funmi Sunmonu Add This To Your List The Alienist is lush without being ostentatious, every detail feels perfect for the time and setting. It's creepy without needing to have us in a dark corner every two seconds. Aug 26, 2018 | Full Review… Terence Johnson Le Noir Auteur It's a familiar set-up for an interesting if not terribly original mystery, with the usual blind alleys and official obstructions. Aug 24, 2018 | Full Review… Sean Axmaker Noir City The Alienist is an intelligent demonstration of the first and valuable steps of the incipient psychological techniques and the importance of fingerprints in criminal investigation. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 8, 2018 | Full Review… Ángel S. Harguindey El Pais (Spain) View All Critic Reviews (72) Audience Reviews for The Alienist: Season 1 ½ From TNT comes the period crime drama The Alienist, a limited series based on a best-selling novel. The story follows a psychologist who puts together a team to investigate a serial killer who's targeting boy prostitutes; meanwhile Commissioner Roosevelt attempts to weed out corruption in the police force, which is trying to cover-up the murders. Starring Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning, and Ted Levine, the show has a pretty impressive cast. And the production values are incredibly well-done; the costumes, sets, score, etc. However, the tone is a little too gritty and dark in depicting child prostitution and violence. Also, the murder investigations get rather convoluted and are hard to follow at times. One of TNT's most disturbing series, The Alienist seems more interested in pushing the envelope than telling a good story. DannM Super Reviewer View All News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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