The Alienist

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Season 2
  • Network: TNT
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 22, 2018
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 10 out of 22
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  1. damckaig
    Jul 28, 2020
    1
    Wow what a huge failing. Angel of Darkness is a rich textured story. Carr switches and uses Stevie Taggart as the book's narrator and we don't even see Stevie other than a cameo. The plot has been destroyed. I have never seen a worse adaptation. 1 point for the sets and CGI of old New York.
  2. Lottiesychantha
    Jul 30, 2020
    10
    I'm enjoying this season even more then last! There's excitement every twist & turn. The show has me on the edge o seat. If you haven't been watching, your missing out! This show has what others shows lack. At the same time giving us a history lesson on how things played out in the past. I learned people use to photograph dead children. Like they were alive. But still its a part ofI'm enjoying this season even more then last! There's excitement every twist & turn. The show has me on the edge o seat. If you haven't been watching, your missing out! This show has what others shows lack. At the same time giving us a history lesson on how things played out in the past. I learned people use to photograph dead children. Like they were alive. But still its a part of history. Brilliantly written. Excellent acting. I'm only on 4 can't wait on the rest. Your still think after you walk away from a show, tell me what show has made you do that in a while.… Expand
  3. adverb
    Dec 28, 2020
    3
    Season 2 was really disappointing. It felt like the producers awarded the task of writing the script to the winners of a high-school writing contest. Also, and unlike Season 1, it dragged. They could have told the story in at least 2 fewer episodes.
  4. geewah
    Jan 6, 2021
    6
    SLightly disappointing second season. While the characters have evolved it's a shame the story hasn't.
  5. jbragg
    Mar 4, 2021
    0
    After how gripping and exciting season 1 was I couldn’t wait until season 2, the characters along with the costumes and set design were fantastic, it was extremely disappointing when all of this was ruined in season 2, I can only assume they hate having viewers and want the series cancelled because no sane person would have changed the whole formula of the show which attracted so manyAfter how gripping and exciting season 1 was I couldn’t wait until season 2, the characters along with the costumes and set design were fantastic, it was extremely disappointing when all of this was ruined in season 2, I can only assume they hate having viewers and want the series cancelled because no sane person would have changed the whole formula of the show which attracted so many people to begin with, the show Alienist was no longer about the Alienist but about Sara Howard and her detective agency, I can only hope that if there is to be a season 3 they return to the formula which was so popular in the first sffifirsto.season.formula which was so popular… Expand
  6. JWind
    Aug 22, 2021
    2
    Started to have a descent storyline then it took a twisted dive with the breast milk. I expected more......

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Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Jul 20, 2020
    40
    If Fanning's relative stiffness was excusable in "The Alienist" owing to the idea that Sara's confidence in her intellect was new and constantly being assaulted in this man's world, here she's calcified her emotions. Brühl's Kreizler feels even stiffer, to the point of making Ted Levine's still-crooked Thomas Byrnes, the former police chief, achieve Snidely Whiplash levels of hamminess. He's only one character among a bevy of side players who come off as cartoonishly two-dimensional which is good news for Evans, who comes off OK in the midst of this.
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  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    Jul 20, 2020
    60
    While “Angel of Darkness” has its blaringly anachronistic moments — “sounds like a plan,” Sarah says at one point — it’s well-tooled and visually detailed enough to keep you coming back for more genteel punishment.
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  3. Collider
    Reviewed by: Adam Chitwood
    Jul 20, 2020
    67
    The Alienist never quite joined the ranks of The Americans or even Boardwalk Empire as a “great” period drama series, and Angel of Darkness doesn’t really see the show making that leap in quality. But sometimes all you want is a really compelling murder mystery with high production value and compelling characters, and in that way The Alienist: Angel of Darkness delivers.
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