I avoided this series at Netflix because of the name. "The Alienist" is maybe not a selling title for those liking serious criminal thrillers with great actors...
But after now having watched the first episode, man, was I wrong!
This is an intriguing and gruesome Jack the Ripper-style thriller in a turn of the century New York, it's main character the brilliant Daniel Brühl as an "Alienist" - an early title of a Psychologist. No aliens here. He gets involved in solving a series of horrible gruesome murders on young runaway boys, which the often bribed police are not so inclined to really solve.
This is a high class production from top to bottom, and I can't wait to see the rest of the series, but you'll probably as I did get hooked from the first minutes. One of few really good series on Netflix now.
But after now having watched the first episode, man, was I wrong!
This is an intriguing and gruesome Jack the Ripper-style thriller in a turn of the century New York, it's main character the brilliant Daniel Brühl as an "Alienist" - an early title of a Psychologist. No aliens here. He gets involved in solving a series of horrible gruesome murders on young runaway boys, which the often bribed police are not so inclined to really solve.
This is a high class production from top to bottom, and I can't wait to see the rest of the series, but you'll probably as I did get hooked from the first minutes. One of few really good series on Netflix now.