Home > The Knick > Season 1 « TV Series Page The Knick: Season 1 (2014) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 87% Average Rating: 8.31/10 Season Reviews: 66 Fresh: 58 Rotten: 8 Critics Consensus: The Knick is sincere, emotional period television that takes a down-to-earth, no-holds-barred approach to vital topics. 87% Average Rating: 8.33/10 Season Reviews: 31 Fresh: 27 Rotten: 4 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: The Knick is sincere, emotional period television that takes a down-to-earth, no-holds-barred approach to vital topics. AUDIENCE SCORE 96% liked it Average Rating: 4.5/5 User Ratings: 971 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 90% Episode 1 Air date: Aug 8, 2014 Steven Soderbergh directs Clive Owen in this new medical drama set in 1900. Strong language, nudity and scenes of surgery from the outset. More 2 90% Mr. Paris Shoes Air date: Aug 15, 2014 Thackery orders Barrow to deliver more cadavers, while Edwards opens a covert basement clinic. Strong language, violence & distressing scenes. More 3 90% The Busy Flea Air date: Aug 22, 2014 An old flame needs Thackery's expertise and Algernon sets up a secret surgery. Cornelia grows anxious as typhoid spreads to the city's elite. More 4 90% Where's the Dignity? Air date: Sep 5, 2014 Algernon makes a risky move to get on the surgical team and nurse Lucy follows Thackery into Chinatown to find out about his secret life. More 5 80% They Capture the Heat Air date: Sep 12, 2014 Thackery is forced to operate on a thug from Collier's gang and Algernon tries a new surgery. Very strong language and distressing scenes. More 6 80% Start Calling Me Dad Air date: Sep 19, 2014 Thackery and Bertie try to perfect a caesarean procedure and Cornelia questions her future. Strong language, nudity and distressing scenes. More 7 91% Get the Rope Air date: Sep 26, 2014 New York shakes with racial tension when a police officer is stabbed. Contains violence, very strong language, racial themes & distressing scenes. More 8 91% Working Late a Lot Air date: Oct 3, 2014 A drug-deprived Thackery fears that a prominent inventor-surgeon will overshadow his accomplishments at the upcoming New York Surgical Society event. Meanwhile, Bertie courts Lucy as he fends off his father's demands that he leave the Knick; and staff members go to court to keep Typhoid Mary in quarantine. More 9 80% The Golden Lotus Air date: Oct 10, 2014 Robertson must come up with hush money to cover up a late-night crime at the Knick; a desperate Thackery looks to Lucy to obtain his drugs; and Eleanor's erratic behavior concerns Gallinger. More 10 82% Crutchfield Air date: Oct 17, 2014 In the Season Finale, Thackery becomes increasingly more paranoid and pushes himself to the limit while continuing the blood-transfusion research; and Edwards and Cornelia reach a crossroads. Meanwhile, Barrow gets in deeper with creditors; Lucy seeks help from Bertie; and, with the hospital in the middle of a crisis, Robertson orders a vote. More The Knick: Season 1 Videos 0:30 The Knick: Season 1 Trailer View All Videos (1) The Knick: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (97) Tv Season Info This medical drama set in the 1900s charts the exploits of the staff and patients at Knickerbocker Hospital in New York City, where they try to maintain their reputation for quality care while struggling to keep the doors open. In the first episode, accomplished but cocaine-addicted Dr. John W. Thackery (Clive Owen) is named chief surgeon and is pressured by a major benefactor to hire Dr. Algernon Edwards (Andre Holland), a black man, as his top assistant. Other principals introduced include Thackery's protege Dr. Everett Gallinger (Eric Johnson); young Dr. Bertie Chickering Jr. (Michael Angarano); Cornelia Robertson (Juliet Rylance), the well-meaning daughter of the facility's major benefactor; Lucy Elkins (Eve Hewson), neophyte nurse from the country; Tom Cleary (Chris Sullivan), a brutal, opportunistic ambulance driver; Herman Barrow (Jeremy Bobb), the underhanded, duplicitous hospital administrator; and Sister Harriet (Cara Seymour), a brash, outspoken nun who's not afraid to mix it up. Genre: Drama Network: Cinemax Premiere Date: Aug 8, 2014 Creators: Jack Amiel, Michael Begler Exec. Producers: Jack Amiel, Michael Begler, Steven Soderbergh, Clive Owen, Michael Sugar, Gregory Jacobs Cast Clive Owen as Dr. John W. Thackery André Holland as Dr. Algernon Edwards Eve Hewson as Lucy Elkins Jeremy Bobb as Herman Barrow Juliet Rylance as Cornelia Robertson Michael Angarano as Dr. Bertram "Bertie" Chickering Jr. Chris Sullivan (XII) as Tom Cleary Cara Seymour as Sister Harriet Eric Johnson as Dr. Everett Gallinger David Fierro as Jacob Speight Maya Kazan as Eleanor Gallinger Grainger Hines as Capt. August Robertson Matt Frewer as Dr. J.M. Christiansen Leon Addison Brown as Jesse Edwards Michael Nathanson as Dr. Zinberg Melissa McMeekin as Typhoid Mary Mallon Show More Cast News & Interviews for The Knick: Season 1 TV Premieres Countdown for September 30, 2016 2016 Emmy Winners Announced: Game of Thrones and Veep Win Top Awards 2016 Emmy Award Nominations View All The Knick: Season 1 News Episodes 1 90% Episode 1 Air date: Aug 8, 2014 Steven Soderbergh directs Clive Owen in this new medical drama set in 1900. Strong language, nudity and scenes of surgery from the outset. More 2 90% Mr. Paris Shoes Air date: Aug 15, 2014 Thackery orders Barrow to deliver more cadavers, while Edwards opens a covert basement clinic. Strong language, violence & distressing scenes. More 3 90% The Busy Flea Air date: Aug 22, 2014 An old flame needs Thackery's expertise and Algernon sets up a secret surgery. Cornelia grows anxious as typhoid spreads to the city's elite. More 4 90% Where's the Dignity? Air date: Sep 5, 2014 Algernon makes a risky move to get on the surgical team and nurse Lucy follows Thackery into Chinatown to find out about his secret life. More 5 80% They Capture the Heat Air date: Sep 12, 2014 Thackery is forced to operate on a thug from Collier's gang and Algernon tries a new surgery. Very strong language and distressing scenes. More 6 80% Start Calling Me Dad Air date: Sep 19, 2014 Thackery and Bertie try to perfect a caesarean procedure and Cornelia questions her future. Strong language, nudity and distressing scenes. More 7 91% Get the Rope Air date: Sep 26, 2014 New York shakes with racial tension when a police officer is stabbed. Contains violence, very strong language, racial themes & distressing scenes. More 8 91% Working Late a Lot Air date: Oct 3, 2014 A drug-deprived Thackery fears that a prominent inventor-surgeon will overshadow his accomplishments at the upcoming New York Surgical Society event. Meanwhile, Bertie courts Lucy as he fends off his father's demands that he leave the Knick; and staff members go to court to keep Typhoid Mary in quarantine. More 9 80% The Golden Lotus Air date: Oct 10, 2014 Robertson must come up with hush money to cover up a late-night crime at the Knick; a desperate Thackery looks to Lucy to obtain his drugs; and Eleanor's erratic behavior concerns Gallinger. More 10 82% Crutchfield Air date: Oct 17, 2014 In the Season Finale, Thackery becomes increasingly more paranoid and pushes himself to the limit while continuing the blood-transfusion research; and Edwards and Cornelia reach a crossroads. Meanwhile, Barrow gets in deeper with creditors; Lucy seeks help from Bertie; and, with the hospital in the middle of a crisis, Robertson orders a vote. More Critic Reviews for The Knick Season 1 All Critics (66) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (58) | Rotten (8) The Knick isn't merely good -- but clinically, historically (even sociologically) interesting. Aug 8, 2014 | Rating: A | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic Overall, The Knick is a sublimely addictive ride for which viewers will want to scrub up. Aug 8, 2014 | Full Review… Joanne Ostrow Denver Post Top Critic The Knick is an astonishing new medical drama that has the potential to be one of the year's best and most talked-about shows. Aug 8, 2014 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic Getting into The Knick ...will take two or three episodes. But once you check into this particular TV hospital, and stick around for a while, you'll care about the characters, their stories and their amazing new inventions. Aug 7, 2014 | Full Review… David Bianculli NPR Top Critic Though the series boasts fine acting, a fluent script and a star director, it's not much more involving than the average broadcast hospital drama. It's watchable but not must-watchable. Aug 7, 2014 | Full Review… Tom Conroy Media Life Top Critic It is, as an aesthetic object, outstanding; as a medical drama, satisfying; and, as a piece of art, totally disappointing. Aug 7, 2014 | Full Review… Willa Paskin Slate Top Critic The Knick quickly becomes something of an outré procedural drama that remembers that well-paced storytelling is best served by consistently raw intensity. Apr 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Edward Frost CineVue Stylish, dark, gory and twisted, Cinemax's The Knick is exactly the show you've been waiting for, if you're the type of person who thinks Downton Abbey needs more viscera. Jun 8, 2018 | Full Review… Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez Tom & Lorenzo ...Soderbergh and the production designers recreate turn of the century street scenes in painstaking detail.And perhaps that's the biggest thrill in watching The Knick: It's like travelling backward in time and landing in the middle of Central Park Nov 29, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Katherine Monk Ex-Press.com The product - through Soderbergh's eye - is a sight to behold. 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