Series synopsis
The Knick is an American drama television series that premiered on Cinemax on August 8, 2014. It ended on December 18, 2015. It was created by Jack Amiel, Michael Begler. It stars Clive Owen, André Holland, Jeremy Bobb and Juliet Rylance.
Set in downtown New York in 1900, 'The Knick' is centered on the Knickerbocker Hospital and its staff, notably Dr. John Thackery, the hospital's brilliant chief surgeon who pushes medicine's boundaries, pioneering new procedures despite a severe drug addiction.
Premise
Set in downtown New York in 1900, 'The Knick' is centered on the Knickerbocker Hospital and its staff, notably Dr. John Thackery, the hospital's brilliant chief surgeon who pushes medicine's boundaries, pioneering new procedures despite a severe drug addiction.
Premise: Modern medicine had to start somewhere.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Clive Owen as Dr. John Thackery
- André Holland as Dr. Algernon Edwards
- Jeremy Bobb as Herman Barrow
- Juliet Rylance as Cornelia Robertson
- Eve Hewson as Lucy Elkins
- Eric Johnson as Dr. Everett Gallinger
- Michael Angarano as Dr. Bertram “Bertie" Chickering, Jr.
- Cara Seymour as Sister Harriet
Supporting cast
- Chris Sullivan as Tom Cleary
Guest cast
- Charles Aitken as Henry Robertson
- Tom Papa as Luff
- Rachel Izen as Nurse Braun
- Danny Hoch as Bunky Collier
- Grainger Hines as Captain August Robertson
- Michael Nathanson as Dr. Levi Zinberg
- Perry Yung as Ping Wu
- Reg Rogers as Dr. Bertram Chickering, Sr.
- Rachel Anna Simon as Junia
- LaTonya Borsay as Mrs. Edwards
- Leon Addison Brown as Jesse Edwards
- John Hodgman as Doctor Entrusted with Eleanor
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 20 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | August 8, 2014 | October 17, 2014 |
| Season 2 | 10 | October 16, 2015 | December 18, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Method and Madness In the series premiere of this medical drama set in a 1900s New York City hospital, accomplished Dr. John W. Thackery is named chief surgeon and is pressured by a major benefactor to hire a black doctor as his top assistant. |
August 8, 2014 |
| 2 |
Mr. Paris Shoes Already fuming over the hospital's faulty new electrical system, Thackery tasks Herman Barrow, the Knick's crooked superintendent, to deliver more cadavers so that he and his team can test out novel surgical procedures. With more patients dying, Edwards offers to share a procedure he learned in France, but is rebuffed by Thackery and Gallinger. Robertson addresses a typhoid-fever outbreak, Elkins is taken into Thackery's confidence and Sister Harriet breaks a taboo. Edwards finds an alternative way to perform his duties. |
August 15, 2014 |
| 3 |
The Busy Flea Thackery weighs performing surgery on a former flame, and orders Gallinger and Chickering to experiment on pigs. Barrow goes the extra yard to square a debt. After a bad day at work, Edwards takes out his frustrations at a local bar. Robertson is relieved when her pleas about treating a patient with typhoid fever are finally heard. |
August 22, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ten Knots The hospital readies for its move uptown, while Dr. Edwards makes a play to be named permanent chief of surgery and Dr. Gallinger heads over to Cromartie Hospital in hopes of getting Dr. Thackery to come back to work. Bertie rebuffs Lucy's attempt to make amends. Ping Wu demands his prostitutes be given regular medical checkups. Speight tracks a new plague. Cornelia ministers to a quarantined San Francisco neighborhood. |
October 16, 2015 |
| 2 |
You're No Rose Dr. Thackery makes a move to return to The Knick, which the board frowns upon. Cornelia gets Cleary to do a dirty job, but it comes with a cost. Robertson makes a push for a new subway initiative. Barrow drives up construction costs. Lucy receives a surprise visitor from home. |
October 23, 2015 |
| 3 |
The Best with the Best to Get the Best Thackery enlists Edwards to help him test a new hypothesis. After rejecting Robertson’s advances at The Knick, Lucy learns that confession isn’t always good for the soul. Young journalist Genevieve Everidge works on a story about one of Thackery’s rivals. Cornelia is dismayed by the limits of her husband’s sympathies. Barrow faces a new adversary at Tammany Hall. Gallinger is intrigued by a discussion of eugenics at a class reunion. Edwards deals with a surprise visitor. |
October 30, 2015 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Cinemax |
|---|---|
| First aired | August 8, 2014 |
| Last aired | December 18, 2015 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | Canceled |
| Schedule | Friday at 22:00:00 |