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It is an extremely exciting day at Whom You Know when we find a new television series to brag to the world about, and The Knick which puts together the genius of HBO and the talent of Clive Owen together is a total winner that confirmed all our hopes! At first we thought it might be Downton-esque given the time period, however, the edginess and grit of both New York and the medical field make it absolutely unique and stellar in its own right. And, as Downton is ending soon, this is something to channel your television desires towards. It has all the class and glamour but The Knick is distinctly American. So, we'd recommend it to everyone except maybe the Dowager Countess who is not so hot on Americans. (and if she is available to meet with, we'd like to try to change her mind...) We did not see Series 1 of The Knick but it is now on our wish list.
The gravity and despair is even something to be enjoyed in The Knick as the characters immediately draw you in: Clive Owen exudes madness and intensity in keeping with his high caliber ability to be in character. The casting is perfect and equally talented. Clive was the only actor we were familiar with prior and the most impressive newcomer is without a doubt Eve Hewson who plays Nurse Lucy. Her screen presence and superb execution is highly laudable.
Aside from the people, the architecture is glorious and deserving of a curtain call. In furnishings in particular, we loved the chandeliers and you know there is a column here called Chandelier Peachy. In cinematography, the smoky muted hues of yesteryear evoke a style and reminiscence with undeniable charm that you will love.
You'll time travel during The Knick back 100 years in New York. All that is antique to you today is cutting edge and thoroughly modern to them.
In terms of the script, it is pure brilliance but we expect nothing less from the network that dominates the Emmys. If you have ever experienced Catholic guilt you will find something to relate to in these stories. If you are in the medical field, this is up your ally in a big way. The eye exams are horrifying to us especially the part about the detached retina which is an entirely different thing from a scratched cornea. The clandestine eye experiments at night when the hospital was closed truly gave us the chills. Strangely, you will like it when this series scares you.
You'll see that office politics are timeless and that there was a time that getting the subway up to 145th street was a goal (so the second avenue subway saga is another timeless problem). Social stigmas are addressed and you'll find some indelicate word choices, but the real low point is the goriness for us.
Suggestion: do not eat your dinner during the surgery parts and possibly look away from all of those. They aren't too long and you should just refill your wine glass if you are also someone that was excused from biology class during certain segments.
The Irish slang gets huge, huge points from Whom You Know and you all should put slagging and fair play into your vocabulary prior to watching The Knick.
For our sportier readers you will be enthused to see a bit of wrestling, and the sailors will appreciate the fine art of learning how to tie ten knots, which can be therapeutic. Our fashionable readers will enjoy Cornelia's hats (and if you want one for yourself go see our friend Ellen Christine). Poor Cornelia needs those hats to cheer herself up from her stifling life and women everywhere today should be glad not to be caged up like she sadly is.
We love the bending of the rules and no one has perfect behavior here which makes it even more fun to watch from the gravedigging to the scandal which is found in all kinds for the glorification of the plots. Fire, pig experiments and creepy old doctors all add to the entertainment that you can watch others make their way through...and for the lawyers - know that you also have representation in this show.
Finally, you'll really emerge with an appreciation of what medicine is today when you see how far it has come. We like how they celebrate with pie also!
The Knick is Highly Recommended by Whom You Know!
We can't wait for Episode Five.
New York City, 1901: The Knick faces an upheaval, as Dr. John Thackery’s absence (due to his hospitalization for cocaine addiction), a dearth of affluent patients, and financial missteps have led to the board’s decision to shutter The Knickerbocker Hospital in favor of a new building uptown. In this world of corruption, invention and progress, everyone is searching for the new path that will help him or her survive. Whether it’s a path toward justice, freedom, love or just plain survival, nothing comes easy.
As relocation plans proceed, the gifted but under-appreciated Dr. Algernon Edwards jockeys to become Thackery’s successor as chief of surgery, while fellow doctors, nurses, nuns and administrators grapple with challenges at work and in their private lives.
Starring Clive Owen (Emmy® nominee for HBO’s “Hemingway & Gellhorn”; Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe winner for “Closer”), André Holland (“Selma,” “42”), Eve Hewson (“Enough Said“) and Juliet Rylance (“Frances Ha”), THE KNICK kicks off its ten-episode second season FRIDAY, OCT. 16 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on CINEMAX, followed by other episodes debuting subsequent Fridays at the same time. Steven Soderbergh (Oscar® winner for “Traffic”; Emmy® winner for HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra”; Emmy® nominee for season one) directs the entire season of the show, which recently received an Emmy® in the category of Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More).
The returning ensemble cast includes Jeremy Bobb (“The Wolf of Wall Street,” “House of Cards”), Michael Angarano (“The Stanford Prison Experiment,” “Empire State”), Chris Sullivan (“The Drop,” HBO’s “The Normal Heart”), Cara Seymour (“I Origins,” “An Education”), Eric Johnson (“Rookie Blues”), David Fierro (“Birdman : Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”), Maya Kazan (“Frances Ha,” HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”), Grainger Hines (“Lincoln”), Leon Addison Brown (“Lincoln: A Walk Among the Tombstones”), Tom Lipinski (“Sometimes I Lie”), Charles Aitken (“The Girl on the Train”), Jennifer Ferrin (“Falling Skies”), Perry Yung (“Royal Pains”), Rachel Korine (“Spring Breakers”) and Michael Nathanson (“Side Effects”). Cast newcomers include Andrew Rannells (HBO’s “Girls”), Zaraah Abrahams (“Da Sweet Blood of Jesus”), Annabelle Attanasio (“Anchovies”), Arielle Goldman (“The Zebra Room”) and Emily Kinney (“The Walking Dead”).
Gregory Jacobs (HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra”; “Magic Mike XXL”), Steven Soderbergh, Michael Sugar (“The Fifth Estate,” “Rendition”) and Clive Owen executive produce. The writing team of Jack Amiel & Michael Begler (“Raising Helen,” “Big Miracle”) writes and executive produces. Michael Polaire (HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra”) produces. Steven Katz is the writer of season two episodes five and eight, and is co-executive producer.
The production designer is two-time Emmy®-winner Howard Cummings (HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra”); the costume designer is Emmy®-winner Ellen Mirojnick (HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra”); and the casting director is Emmy®-winner Carmen Cuba (HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra”). Composer Cliff Martinez (“Drive”) is responsible for THE KNICK’s critically acclaimed score. Emmy®-winner Justin Raleigh (“American Horror Story: Freak Show,” Emmy® nominee for season one) designed the special effects makeup and prostheses for the series.
ABOUT THE CHARACTERS
Dr. John Thackery (Clive Owen), the Knickerbocker’s chief of surgery, is a brilliant but drug-addled surgeon who pushes the boundaries of medicine, morality and race while battling personal demons.
Dr. Algernon Edwards (André Holland) is a gifted, Harvard-trained surgeon, whose determination to be recognized for his abilities is put to the test as he faces opposition and bigotry among his peers, despite his considerable talents.
Lucy Elkins (Eve Hewson), once a naïve young nurse from West Virginia, has seen her personal and professional veneer hardened by heartbreak and her abilities challenged as she struggles to find her way.
Cornelia Robertson (Juliet Rylance), formerly head of the hospital’s social welfare office and chair of the hospital’s board of trustees, must deal with her new married life and her husband’s expectations to forego her job, as well as the community activism and moral responsibility she has come to embrace.
Herman Barrow (Jeremy Bobb) is an obsequious, deceptively greedy hospital administrator whose seizes the opportunity of the new Knick’s construction to line his pockets and pay off his debts.
Dr. Bertram “Bertie” Chickering, Jr. (Michael Angarano) has grown from an eager surgeon-in-training to a talented doctor whose allegiance to The Knick comes into question.
Tom Cleary (Chris Sullivan) is a jovial Irish ambulance driver whose crude, opportunistic behavior takes a turn to help a friend in need.
Sister Harriet (Cara Seymour) is an Irish Catholic nun who ran the orphanage affiliated with The Knick, until it was discovered she was compassionately terminating pregnancies for the wealthy and the poor.
Dr. Everett Gallinger (Eric Johnson) is an aspiring, disgruntled surgeon on Thackery’s staff, whose personal problems, innate bigotry and hatred for Dr. Edwards affect his career.
Jacob Speight (David Fierro) is a health department inspector.
Eleanor Gallinger (Maya Kazan), the troubled wife of Dr. Gallinger, returns to her home following a brutal stay in the sanatorium, where she was placed after the death of her infant daughter.
Captain August Robertson (Grainger Hines) is Cornelia’s father and the leading benefactor of The Knick.
Philip Showalter (Tom Lipinski) is Cornelia’s husband.
Henry Robertson (Charles Aitken) is Cornelia’s brother.
Dr. Levi Zinberg (Michael Nathanson), chief surgeon at Mt. Sinai, is Thackery’s rival.
Opal (Zaraah Abrahams) is a woman from the past.
Ping Wu (Perry Yung) is a Chinatown druglord.
Genevieve Everidge (Arielle Goldman) is a fiery young journalist.
Dorothy Walcott (Annabelle Attanasio) is Eleanor Gallinger’s sister.
Frazier H. Wingo (Andrew Rannells) is the architect of the new Knickerbocker Hospital.
Junia (Rachel Korine) is Barrow’s mistress
Nurse Daisy Ryan (Emily Kinney) works at The Knick.
Rich in period detail, THE KNICK captures the era’s unique zeitgeist, when huge strides in technology transformed medicine and treatments that were once thought impossible became commonplace. The series also addresses slowly changing social norms at a time when the gulf between rich and poor was profound, and the idea of racial equality a distant dream.
Creating 1901 New York was left to production designer Howard Cummings, who recently received his second Emmy® for season one of THE KNICK. Exteriors were recreated in and around Brooklyn and in downtown Manhattan, while interiors of the Knickerbocker Hospital, along with additional sets, were filmed at Cine Magic East River Studio soundstages. The streets of Yonkers, NY were used to recreate Chinatown in San Francisco.
Season two’s eye-catching costumes were created by Emmy®-winning costume designer Ellen Mirojnick. From period hospital uniforms to men’s impeccably tailored suits, from women’s ornate ball gowns to provocative dance-hall attire, she definitively captures the disparity in the clothing of the haves and the have-nots in the turn-of-the-century New York.
Upcoming episodes:
Episode #11 (season 2, episode 1)
Debut: FRIDAY, OCT. 16 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other CINEMAX playdates: Oct. 16 (11:00 p.m., midnight), 17 (9:00 p.m., 12:10 a.m.), 18 (5:30 p.m.), 19 (8:00 p.m., 10:50 p.m.), 20 (10:00 p.m.) and 21 (9:00 p.m.), and Nov. 4 (7:00 p.m.)
As Barrow (Jeremy Bobb) and The Knick prepare to move uptown, Dr. Edwards (André Holland) lobbies the hospital board to be appointed permanent chief of surgery in Dr. Thackery’s (Clive Owen) absence. Though his suspension has been lifted, Dr. Gallinger (Eric Johnson) refuses to return as Edwards’ subordinate, so he heads to Cromartie Hospital in hopes of getting Thackery to return to work.
Lucy’s (Eve Hewson) attempts to make amends with Bertie (Michael Angarano) are rebuffed; Cleary (Chris Sullivan) schemes to make extra money; Ping Wu (Perry Yung) demands regular medical checkups for his prostitutes; Speight (David Fierro) attempts to trace the origins of a new plague; Cornelia (Juliet Rylance) nourishes a quarantined neighborhood in San Francisco.
Written by Jack Amiel & Michael Begler; directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Episode #12 (season 2, episode 2)
Debut: FRIDAY, OCT. 23 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Other CINEMAX playdates: Oct. 23 (11:00 p.m., midnight), 24 (9:00 p.m., 11:35 p.m.), 25 (4:45 p.m.), 26 (8:00 p.m., 11:10 p.m.), 27 (10:00 p.m.) and 28 (9:00 p.m.), and Nov. 4 (8:00 p.m.)
Dr. Thackery sets his sights on a return to The Knick – a request that doesn’t sit well with the board. After a shocking discovery, Cornelia enlists Cleary to do a dirty job, for a price. Bertie makes a change; Robertson (Grainger Hines) pushes a new subway initiative; Barrow drives up construction costs; Lucy is surprised by an unexpected visitor from home.
Written by Jack Amiel & Michael Begler; directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Episode #13 (season 2, episode 3)
Debut: FRIDAY, OCT. 30 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Other CINEMAX playdates: Oct. 30 (11:00 p.m., midnight) and 31 (9:00 p.m., 11:35 p.m.), and Nov. 1 (5:25 p.m.), 2 (8:00 p.m., 10:50 p.m.), 3 (10:00 p.m.) and 4 (9:00 p.m.)
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 (Arielle Goldman) works on a story about one of Thackery’s rivals. Cornelia is dismayed by the limits of her husband’s (Tom Lipinksi) 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.
Written by Jack Amiel & Michael Begler; directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Episode #14 (season 2, episode 4)
Debut: FRIDAY, NOV. 6 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Other CINEMAX playdates: Nov. 6 (11:00 p.m., midnight), 7 (9:00 p.m., 12:15 a.m.), 8 (5:30 p.m.), 9 (8:00 p.m., 10:45 p.m.), 10 (10:00 p.m.), 11 (9:00 p.m.) and 25 (7:00 p.m.)
Abby’s (Jennifer Ferrin) worsening condition persuades Thackery to test out his novel syphilis treatment. Edwards comes clean to Opal (Zaraah Abrahams), but does not get the response he expects. Cleary makes a last-ditch effort to raise funds for Harriet (Cara Seymour) as her date in court arrives. Bertie undergoes physical training; Barrow loses a sponsor; Gallinger’s prejudices are reinforced; Cornelia probes a suspicious death; Lucy laments her lot in life.
Written by Jack Amiel & Michael Begler; directed by Steven Soderbergh.
