- 8.4/101,794 votesLoading...
#1 - Requiem
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/19/2018
Kreizler mourns the loss of a friend. Sara pushes the team to forge ahead. Moore warns his friend the killer will strike again. Cyrus seeks revenge.
Director: Jamie Payne
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/101,850 votesLoading...
#2 - Psychopathia Sexualis
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/12/2018
Kreizler and Moore travel to Washington D.C., Sara goes rogue in pursuit of the truth. Lucius tells Marcus a secret. Byrnes and Connor tighten their grip on the investigation.
Director: David Petrarca
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/101,252 votesLoading...
#3 - Gilded Cage
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/26/2020
The clock is ticking for the team to locate baby Ana. Sara worries about her young undercover detective Bitsy Sussman. William Randolph Hearst hosts a lavish ball celebrating his goddaughter Violet's engagement to Moore.
Director: Clare Kilner
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/101,858 votesLoading...
#4 - Ascension
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/26/2018
The team hatches a plan to catch the killer. Moore checks in on a friend. Kreizler faces his own self-doubt about the investigation. Roosevelt attends an event with the city’s elite. Sara looks into Kreizler’s past. Connor acts on impulse.
Director: Paco Cabezas
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/101,106 votesLoading...
#5 - Last Exit to Brooklyn
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 8/9/2020
Sara, Kreizler and Moore travel to Brooklyn in search of clues. Byrnes plans to double-cross the team as the killer's behavior becomes unhinged. Sara and Moore's feelings for each other force them to confront difficult choices.
Director: David Caffrey
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/101,155 votesLoading...
#6 - Belly of the Beast
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/2/2020
After the horrific murder of a Lying-In Hospital employee, the team are now hot on the heels of the murderer. Sara enlists the help of Joanna to tail their prime suspect. Sara, Kreizler and Moore try and put the pieces together.
Director: Clare Kilner
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/101,220 votesLoading...
#7 - Better Angels
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/9/2020
While Sara, Moore and Kreizler struggle with decisions about their future paths, New York is in the grips of an all-out manhunt for the killer, and the team must overcome the wrath of the police and an underworld gang on the rampage.
Director: David Caffrey
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/101,925 votesLoading...
#8 - These Bloody Thoughts
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/12/2018
Kreizler and Sara discuss the capacity to kill. Moore goes on a date. Byrnes and Captain Connor keep an eye on a potential suspect. Roosevelt finds himself under public scrutiny.
Director: James Hawes
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/101,813 votesLoading...
#9 - Castle in the Sky
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/26/2018
Kreizler confronts the demons of his past. Moore tells Sara the truth. Connor takes matters into his own hands. The team closes in on the killer as time is running out.
Director: Jamie Payne
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/101,990 votesLoading...
#10 - Silver Smile
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/5/2018
Innovative evidence leads the team to discover a crucial element in the case is missing. Kreizler and Moore interview a witness to find out what happened to Moore at the Brothel. Sara attempts to live in a world outside the investigation. Kreizler challenges them to look within themselves.
Director: Jakob Verbruggen
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/101,828 votesLoading...
#11 - Hildebrandt's Starling
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/19/2018
The team learns more about the killer. Moore and Sara share an intimate moment. Kreizler seeks advice from an old mentor. Roosevelt takes action.
Director: James Hawes
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/101,467 votesLoading...
#12 - Ex Ore Infantium
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/19/2020
New York City. 1897. Sara Howard has opened a pioneering private detective agency. She reunites with formidable alienist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler and New York Times journalist John Moore to find the kidnapped infant daughter of a Spanish dignitary.
Director: David Caffrey
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/101,264 votesLoading...
#13 - Something Wicked
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/19/2020
Sara uncovers a clue at the Siegel Cooper Department Store that leads her into dangerous territory. Moore struggles to balance his personal and professional life as he investigates a link to New York's criminal underworld.
Director: David Caffrey
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/101,093 votesLoading...
#14 - Memento Mori
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/2/2020
Sara and Moore return to the killer's abandoned house in search of new information about their suspect. Kreizler faces ruin after a tragic incident at the Institute. Sara and the team are enlisted to rescue another missing child.
Director: David Caffrey
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/102,196 votesLoading...
#15 - A Fruitful Partnership
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/29/2018
Sara finds a clue and Kreizler tries to connect the evidence left behind by the serial killer. Kreizler takes Moore, Sara, Marcus and Lucius to Delmonico's in New York and informs them they're working together to catch the killer.
Director: Jakob Verbruggen
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/101,747 votesLoading...
#16 - Many Sainted Men
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/5/2018
Kreizler and Moore follow a lead. Sara visits a hospital and is forced to confront her past. Cyrus, Kreizler’s carriage driver, recovers from his injuries. Byrnes and Connor plot against the team.
Director: Paco Cabezas
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/101,192 votesLoading...
#17 - Labyrinth
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/26/2020
All is not what it seems at the Lying-In Hospital as Sara persuades a young nurse to disclose what happens behind closed doors. Kreizler is convinced that hypnosis might unlock the traumatic memories of Senora Linares.
Director: Clare Kilner
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/102,695 votesLoading...
#18 - The Boy on the Bridge
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/22/2018
A young boy prostitute is butchered on the Williamsburg Bridge, alienist Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore, secretary Sara Howard & police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt investigate outside the law to find a serial killer.
Director: Jakob Verbruggen
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Alienist
Every episode of The Alienist ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Alienist!
New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several...
Genres:DramaCrimeMystery
Network:TNT
Best Episodes Summary
"Requiem" is the best rated episode of "The Alienist". It scored 8.4/10 based on 1794 votes. Directed by Jamie Payne and written by N/A, it aired on 3/19/2018. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Psychopathia Sexualis".