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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
This week my recap is not going to be the standard play-by-play recap that I have done for the first two episodes. I was drawn into this week's episode because of an underlying theme that I see coming out of The Alienist. Who do we become because of the trauma in our lives? The decisions …
The anticipation of tonight’s episode was maddening. Especially when your four year-old is holding out for another story and won’t go to bed. Luckily, I was just in time to see the beginning of what I knew would be another edge-of-your-seat episode. I also love that the episodes starts with the explanation of what an …
It’s been 24 years since Caleb Carr first published The Alienist. We Twin Peaks fans know a thing or two about waiting to see something we’ve anticipated happening for many, many years. Well tonight was the night, The Alienist premiered on TNT. I had no real expectations going in. I’m ashamed to admit that the lovely …