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10 Aug

The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Episode 7 Review – Last Exit to Brooklyn

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This The Alienist: Angel of Darkness review contains spoilers. The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Episode 7 It’s hard to believe, but we’ve already reached the penultimate hour of The Alienist: Angel of Darkness. It’s unclear as to why TNT wanted to burn through the series with two episodes a night; perhaps the network knows the show will do better on streaming platforms and is just speeding up that arrival. Regardless, we’re at the end of the line for this season and though there’s been some missteps along the way, solid performances, immaculate production design, and a dash of campiness has…

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10 Aug

The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Episode 8 Review – Better Angels

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This The Alienist: Angel of Darkness review contains spoilers. The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Episode 8 If the penultimate episode of The Alienist: Angel of Darkness kept up a spirited pace with a heavy tone, then the season finale “Better Angels” doubles down, providing more thrills, heartbreak and another clean, definitive ending for our characters. Though Kreizler’s arc felt rushed due to his uneven placement this season, John, Sara, and even side characters like Lucius and Byrnes see satisfying conclusions to their stories. The episode is also carried on the backs of Emmy-worthy performances by Dakota Fanning and Rosy McEwen,…

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03 Aug

The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Episode 5 Review: Belly of the Beast

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This THE ALIENIST review contains spoilers. The Alienist Season 2 Episode 5 After the best episode of the season, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness mainly plays their criminal pursuit of Libby straight, adhering close to the procedural structure that works, but doesn’t necessarily excite. Though a spooky atmosphere is built, which helps create some palpable tension, this episode mainly focuses on Sara in Super Detective mode. When “Belly of the Beast” does take some bold creative swings, digging into the character work that often elevates the show, some of the season’s cracks begin to appear. The episode opens on Libby…

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03 Aug

The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Episode 6 Review: Memento Mori

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This THE ALIENIST review contains spoilers. The Alienist Season 2 Episode 6 The Alienist: Angel of Darkness has a problem. The problem isn’t the fact that, just like the season prior, the series revealed the identity of the killer at the halfway point of the season, although it definitely zaps the mystery out of the proceedings. No, the issue with this current season is the fact that the titular character, Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, no longer fits into the story. Maybe they should have just called the season Angel of Darkness.   At a certain point in “Memento Mori,” Sara emphatically…

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27 Jul

The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Episode 4 Review: Gilded Cage

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This THE ALIENIST review contains spoilers. The Alienist Season 2 Episode 4 After two weeks, we’re already at the halfway point with The Alienist: Angel of Darkness. It’s still a mystery as to why TNT is blowing through original programing when every content provider is about to be facing a drought in the months ahead. However, what IS NOT a mystery is who murdered Martha Napp’s baby. As predicted during the previous episode, there was something off about nurse Libby, and she proved it in “Gilded Cage” by attempting to murder an undercover Bitsy and by successfully offing the matron.…

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27 Jul

The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Episode 3 Review: Labyrinth

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This THE ALIENIST review contains spoilers. The Alienist Season 2 Episode 3 Rarely does a crime show build to a satisfying reveal if the series settles in on its first suspect, then reveals that suspect to be the killer. That’s why despite the circumstantial evidence pointing at the matron, Dr. Markoe’s right hand woman at the Lying In Hospital, it seems almost too obvious that she’s the culprit. However, the episode certainly wants you to think that the barren, slightly crazy-eyed matron has kidnapped the Linares baby, with a lot of “Labyrinth” dedicated to investigation and plot. However, the final…

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20 Jul

The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Episode 1 Review: Ex Ore Infantium

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This THE ALIENIST review contains spoilers. The Alienist Season 2 Episode 1 Times have certainly changed. I’m not comparing today’s world to that of 1897; the scenes in the premiere of The Alienist: Angel of Darkness featuring police brutalizing innocent protesters highlights that society hasn’t evolved that much. No, I’m talking about the world in which The Alienist’s first “event” season arrived in compared to the TV landscape that the second outing arrives in today. The Alienist’s first good, not quite great, season was dinged for arriving in a crowded pack of shows with similar subject matter or period settings.…

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20 Jul

The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Episode 2 Review: Something Wicked

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This THE ALIENIST review contains spoilers. The Alienist Season 2 Episode 2 “Get in good trouble. Necessary trouble,” is a famous quote from the late civil rights leader and United States politician John Lewis. Since his passing this week, the quote has been on my mind, for a variety of reasons, and I thought about it again watching “Something Wicked.” Sara, John, and Laszlo are experts at creating necessary trouble, but it certainly attracts attention and enemies. We know that former police chief Thomas Burns isn’t fond of our central trio, but now they’re attracting the ire of the infamous…

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13 Jul

The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Release Date, Trailer, Cast, Story, and News

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TNT‘s The Alienist was one of the best TV shows of 2018. An adaptation of Caleb Carr’s crime novel of the same name, the first season followed Daniel Brühl‘s psychologist protagonist Laszlo Kreizler as he investigated an ongoing string of child murders in New York City circa 1896 with the help of Luke Evans‘ illustrator character John Schuyler Moore and Dakota Fanning‘s police secretary character Sara Moore. In August of 2018, TNT announced they would be making a second season of the drama, based on Carr’s second novel in the series: The Angel of Darkness, meaning The Alienist season 2 is…

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