Dec 18 2015
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It’s not right to say the horror story is over in the season two finale of The Knick, only that it’s relinquished…
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Dec 11 2015
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“Finally a good outcome,” Bertie says just before finding out Gallinger’s been “sterilizing idiots” and Thackery’s…
Dec 4 2015
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The horror continues in the latest installment of Dr. Soderbergh’s Tales Of Madness. “Not Well At All” takes its…
Nov 27 2015
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The “Get The Rope” of season two, “Williams And Walker” weaves every story and thematic throughline of the season…
Nov 20 2015
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That’s how you open an episode. You wave a disembodied eye in our face. Not an eyeball, mind. This is the facade of…
Nov 13 2015
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Halfway through The Knick’s handsome second season, I’m wondering if this is going anywhere. Where’s the drama?…
Nov 6 2015
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Despite the fact that this episode contains a man accidentally setting himself on fire, Cornelia’s new secret…
Oct 30 2015
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It’s hard to tell whether our beloved Dr. Gallinger is uncomfortable or insecure in the company of eugenicists. Is…
Oct 23 2015
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In a way “Ten Knots” was easy. Almost all of the main characters were sequestered in separate storylines, give or…
Oct 16 2015
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A detached retina, a bowl of teeth, a nose peeled back—the human body has been beaten down by 1901 on The Knick.…
Oct 17 2014
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“Crutchfield” makes sawing the lady in half look like the entire trick. As the cast bows, there is no more Knick, it…
Oct 10 2014
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Right on cue, this being the penultimate episode of the season, the big problems come to a head. We’ve known about…
Oct 3 2014
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“Working Late A Lot” is shot through with a sacred-profane contrast that itself has both snarky and sincere uses. It…
Sep 26 2014
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“Get The Rope” is a giant bucket of popcorn kind of episode, a ‘90s television event kicked back a century. The riot…
Sep 19 2014
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Why does “Start Calling Me Dad” end with that scene? It’s such a funny, exciting, sad hour—the most I’ve felt…
Sep 12 2014
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“They Capture The Heat” takes its title from a meme, a little packet of information that passes through Edwards to…
Sep 5 2014
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“Where’s The Dignity” is the first time I feel the whirlwind of innovation that Thack talked about in the first…
Aug 22 2014
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The thing about television is that returns tend to diminish on all but the best shows. So it’s not a great sign that…
Aug 15 2014
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Every time I read or hear about The Knick my bile tube backs up again. Which is a personal problem but a cultural…
Aug 8 2014
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Check it: The drugged-out muffle of gas and giggles plays our welcome to The Knick. A blink of an iris lets the…