The Alienist 2018
Created by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Drama, Crime, Mystery
- 48 min episodes
- 2 seasons
- 18 episodes
- Ended
- TV-MA
Madness lies within.
New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.
- Body horror
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and bleak.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Daniel BrühlLaszlo Kreizler
- Luke EvansJohn Moore
- Dakota FanningSara Howard
- Matthew ShearLucius Isaacson
- Douglas SmithMarcus Isaacson
- Robert WisdomCyrus Montrose
- Rosy McEwenLibby Hatch
- Melanie FieldBitsy Sussman
Crew
- Cary Joji FukunagaCreator
- Bobby KrlicOriginal Music Composer
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Seasons
- Season 110 eps · 2018
- Angel of Darkness8 eps · 2020
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