The Alienist

Tonight’s finale, Castle In The Sky, was very bittersweet. After ten weeks of following the clues and bringing us to the suspect, we must say goodbye to The Alienist and our Monday night suspense, love, and intriguing story. These characters have grown and become a part of our conscience, not unlike Beecham has to our […] More

Here we are at the penultimate episode of The Alienist.  An exciting and somber episode.  I found myself thinking throughout watching: ” I can’t believe there won’t be any more Alienist after next week!”  Then I started to get sad, but then it started and I did not have time to feel sad anymore because […] More

I am going to start needing a Xanax if the last two episodes are anything like this one. “Psychopathia Sexualis” was a mix of laughter, shock, and awe-inducing moments, climaxing with another unexpected finish. Let me just have it on the record: if karma doesn’t come and envelop our Captain Connor, I do not know what […] More

This episode had me feeling many things.  It was not quite paced like the prior episode, but I did feel angst, disgust, and, again, some anxiousness.  The Alienist has continually moved in a forward motion, not stopping to take a breather.  This week we did receive one, as did many of the characters, only to […] More

You could feel the tension from the very beginning of tonight’s episode of The Alienist.  It began by the panning of a dead white horse in the middle of the street, with everyone around going about their business except for a young boy who takes a minute to acknowledge the horse’s death with a quick […] More

If you read my recap of last week’s episode, I say at the end that we may have seen the killer’s face. I would like to retract that statement upon starting this week’s recap. Though yes, Willem Van Bergen has a silver-toothed smile, and is as creepy as ivy running up and down the brick walls of […] More

What would cause you to have the capacity to kill? Sheer anger? Blind rage? Premeditated thoughts? This week’s episode touched on the many ways that our human psyche could exist in a grey area when it comes to committing the ultimate crime of murder.  I myself while writing this felt compelled to commit a small act of finality […] More