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Previously, Episodes 1-4 were covered:
and then Episodes 5-8:
As you know, we are entirely impressed with this series and the final two episodes only made that super impressed. Clive Owen is pure genius and twists and turns that you will not anticipate occur, and how often does that happen! We enjoyed the flashback which provided clarity, and the characters continue to be among the strongest components of this series, even when they are separated. Literally.
From poor bowels to eugenics to The Met Club, everything medical and everything New York finds a way into this series. Another friendly reminder, if medical anything makes you sick know you can still enjoy this series if you look away during the bad parts because the drama that surrounds it is just that stellar.
Eve Hewson continues to kill it with acting that will melt you - like the scene with her father. Her honest vulnerability is hauntingly poignant, and yes, Bono you should be proud and your daughter deserves high ratings. Hewson delivers her lines in a commanding whisper that will leave you in a trance.
The Knick confronts moral questions, for all of you in discussion groups that like to discuss. And it's seasonally appropriate, as it is getting darker and colder on this show too. Devious characters will turn your stomach. But there is also happy, like Harriet's and Cleary's dinner which is one of the highest points ever.
The Knick is cutting, real and gripping. It is literally fiery. No anesthesia??!?!? Being awake during THAT?!!?!? The Knick has gravity. Not for the faint of heart, The Knick is the Lion of the television shows today.
BRAVO CLIVE, EVE and HBO!!!
Our hats off to you.
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 #19 (season 2, episode 9): “Do You Remember Moon Flower?”
Debut: FRIDAY, DEC. 11 (10:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other CINEMAX playdates: Dec. 11 (11:00 p.m., midnight), 12 (9:00 p.m., 11:40 p.m.), 13 (5:35 p.m.), 14 (8:00 p.m., 10:50 p.m.), 15 (10:00 p.m.), 16 (9:00 p.m.) and 26 (11:00 p.m.)
Thackery’s (Clive Owen) connection to Captain Robertson(Grainger Hines), and how the doctor arrived at The Knick, is revealed. The conflict between Edwards (André Holland) and Gallinger (Eric Johnson)comes to a head after a medical-board hearing regarding Gallinger’s vasectomies. Cleary (Chris Sullivan) and Harriet (Cara Seymour) launch a joint business venture; Lucy (Eve Hewson) shares memories with her father; Barrow (Jeremy Bobb) confronts the rising costs of living well; Cornelia (Juliet Rylance) and Henry (Charles Aitken) weigh the cost of a family crisis.
Written by Jack Amiel & Michael Begler; directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Episode #20 (season 2, episode 10): “This Is All We Are” (season finale)
Debut: FRIDAY, DEC. 18 (10:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.)
Other CINEMAX playdates: Dec. 18 (11:00 p.m., midnight), 19 (9:00 p.m., 11:45 p.m.), 20 (5:45 p.m.), 21 (8:00 p.m., 10:35 p.m.), 22 (10:00 p.m.), 23 (9:00 p.m.) and 26 (midnight)
Thackery eschews Zinberg’s (Michael Nathanson) advice at Mt. Sinai and opts for a dramatic, and risky, alternative course of action. Cornelia confronts Henry about his role in the family business; Barrow defends his actions at the hospital construction site; Gallinger considers a job opportunity; Cleary refuses to give up on Harriet.
Written by Jack Amiel & Michael Begler; directed by Steven Soderbergh.
THE KNICK was created by Jack Amiel & Michael Begler; directed by Steven Soderbergh; executive producers, Gregory Jacobs, Steven Soderbergh, Jack Amiel, Michael Begler and Michael Sugar; co-executive producer, Steven Katz; produced by Michael Polaire.
