The Alienist Season 1 (2018) is released on Apr 19, 2018 and the latest season 2 of The Alienist is released in 2020. Watch The Alienist online - the English Crime TV series from United States. The Alienist is directed by David Caffrey,Jakob Verbruggen,Clare Kilner,Paco Cabezas and created by Hossein Amini with Daniel Brühl and Luke Evans. The Alienist is available online on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.
The Alienist opens when a series of haunting, gruesome murders of boy prostitutes grips New York City. Newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt (Geraghty) calls upon criminal psychologist (aka alienist) Dr. Laszlo Kreizler (Brühl) and newspaper illustrator John Moore (Evans) to conduct the investigation in secret. They are joined by Sara Howard (Fanning), a headstrong secretary determined to become the city's first female police detective. Using the emerging disciplines of psychology and early forensic investigation techniques, this band of social outsiders set out to find and apprehend one of New York City's first serial killers.