The Alienist
About The Alienist
New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr.
TNT's The Alienist is a crime and mystery series. Its 2 seasons and 18 episodes were broadcast from January 2018 to August 2020.
The series is filed under criminal investigation, private detective, mental illness, and detective agency. The series began as a novel. Daniel Brühl leads the cast as Laszlo Kreizler, Luke Evans as John Moore, Dakota Fanning as Sara Howard, and Matthew Shear as Lucius Isaacson.
It was produced by Anonymous Content and Paramount Television Studios. In the United States it streams on TNT and YouTube TV.
Alias Grace, Eye Candy, and Anne with an E make useful companions to The Alienist, all filed under 19th century, historical fiction, and period drama. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 735 votes and it carries a TV-MA rating.