A young boy prostitute is butchered on the Williamsburg Bridge, alienist Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore, secretary Sara Howard & police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt investigate outside the law to find a serial killer.
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Sara finds a clue and Kreizler tries to connect the evidence left behind by the serial killer. Kreizler takes Moore, Sara, Marcus and Lucius to Delmonico's in New York and informs them they're working together to catch the killer.
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Innovative evidence leads the team to discover a crucial element in the case is 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.
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Kreizler and Sara discuss the capacity to kill. Moore goes on a date. Byrnes and Captain Connor keep an eye on a potential suspect. Roosevelt finds himself under public scrutiny.
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The team learns more about the killer. Moore and Sara share an intimate moment. Kreizler seeks advice from an old mentor. Roosevelt takes action.
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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.
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Kreizler and Moore follow a lead. Sara visits a hospital and is forced to confront her past. Cyrus recovers from his injuries. Byrnes and Connor plot against the team. Detectives Marcus and Lucius Isaacson work on a clue.
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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.
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Kreizler (Daniel Bruhl) mourns the loss of a friend. Sara (Dakota Fanning) pushes the team to forge ahead. Moore (Luke Evans) warns his friend the killer will strike again. Cyrus (Robert Ray Wisdom) seeks revenge.
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Kreizler (Daniel Bruhl) confronts the demons of his past. Moore (Luke Evans) tells Sara (Dakota Fanning) the truth. Connor (David Wilmot) takes matters into his own hands. The team closes in on the killer as time is running out.
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Dive deeper into the characters of The Alienist with cast interviews that reveal personal insights and historic details from the actors who portray them.
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Luke Evans gives an insider tour of the immense sets built for The Alienist and the immersive details that brought New York’s Gilded Age to life.
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Take a closer look at the artistry that brings the grit and glamour of the Gilded Age to life through costumes, props and set design in The Alienist.
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Daniel Brühl (Dr. Kreizler) and an expert in forensic psychology take a harrowing look back at some of the most notorious serial killers in an attempt to understand their violent motives.
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Enter the morgue with an autopsy pathologist and actors Douglas Smith and Matthew Shear (Marcus and Lucius Isaacson) to witness a modern-day autopsy and all that a corpse reveals to the trained eye.
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Join Dakota Fanning (Sara Howard) and a real-world NYPD detective as they explore the long road of women in police work beginning with the legendary first woman of the NYPD Isabella Goodwin.
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What happened to the bodies of the outcast and forgotten in 1896 New York and what happens today? Join Luke Evans (John Moore) on a trip across a foggy Long Island Sound to Hart Island, where over 1 million unclaimed bodies are buried.
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Daniel Brühl (Dr. Kreizler) and a psychology expert explore the darker side of mental treatment in the 19th century – as told through mesmerizing augmented-reality sound waves.
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ABOUT
The Alienist is 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. Based on the novel by Caleb Carr.
