The Knick 

A look at the professional and personal lives of the staff at New York's Knickerbocker Hospital during the early part of the twentieth century.

Creators:

Jack Amiel, Michael Begler

Stars:

Clive Owen, André Holland, Jeremy Bobb

Top Rated TV #214 | Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 8 wins & 29 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Clive Owen	...	Dr. John W. Thackery 20 episodes, 2014-2015
André Holland	...	Dr. Algernon Edwards 20 episodes, 2014-2015
Jeremy Bobb	...	Herman Barrow 20 episodes, 2014-2015
Juliet Rylance	...	Cornelia Robertson 20 episodes, 2014-2015
Eve Hewson	...	Lucy Elkins 20 episodes, 2014-2015
Michael Angarano	...	Dr. Bertie Chickering Jr. 20 episodes, 2014-2015
Cara Seymour	...	Sister Harriet / ... 20 episodes, 2014-2015
Eric Johnson	...	Dr. Everett Gallinger 20 episodes, 2014-2015
Chris Sullivan	...	Tom Cleary 19 episodes, 2014-2015
Grainger Hines	...	Captain August Robertson 15 episodes, 2014-2015
Zuzanna Szadkowski	...	Nurse Pell 15 episodes, 2014-2015
Maya Kazan	...	Eleanor 13 episodes, 2014-2015
Ylfa Edelstein	...	Nurse Baker 13 episodes, 2014-2015
Lucas Papaelias	...	Eldon Pouncey 12 episodes, 2014-2015
Leon Addison Brown	...	Jesse Edwards 11 episodes, 2014-2015
Charles Aitken	...	Henry Robertson 11 episodes, 2014-2015
Tom Lipinski	...	Phillip Showalter 11 episodes, 2014-2015
Jennifer Ferrin	...	Abigail Alford 10 episodes, 2014-2015
Happy Anderson	...	Jimmy 10 episodes, 2014-2015
Perry Yung	...	Ping Wu 10 episodes, 2014-2015
Frank Wood	...	Mr. Havershorn 10 episodes, 2014-2015
Ying Ying Li	...	Lin-Lin 9 episodes, 2014-2015
Suzanne Savoy	...	Victoria Robertson 9 episodes, 2014-2015
Richard James Porter	...	Monsignor Joseph Mills Lawlor 9 episodes, 2014-2015

Storyline

A look at the professional and personal lives of the staff at New York's Knickerbocker Hospital during the early part of the twentieth century. Every day they must deal with lack of funding, personal conflicts, egotism, racial tensions, personal vices, drug addiction, affairs, closed minds, dated nigh-medieval medical techniques and them and their experimental new techniques being misunderstood by most, in order to keep the hospital going and give the ill the help they need. The pressure is enormous and leaves its mark on the souls of most of them.

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Plot Keywords:

1900s | surgeon | doctor | new york city | hospital | 

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Taglines:

Modern medicine had to start somewhere. (Season 1)

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Latvian Mandarin Cantonese Hebrew Greek Italian Polish Spanish

Release Date:

8 August 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kirurg

Filming Locations:

Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anonymous Content

Technical Specs

Runtime:

58 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During a one on one conversation with an un-named co-producer, Clive Owen mentioned he was considering a plan to take a leaf from both the famous Dr.William Halstead (on whom his character is supposedly based) and his own character from the series, Dr John Thackey and sample a dose of heroin as a means to better understand the effects of the drug, so as to improve his performance in the forthcoming 2nd season, which deals largely with Thackery's burgeoning heroin addiction, resulting, ironically, from the drugs use in his treatment to overcome cocaine addiction. The co-producer was so alarmed by Owen's statement (and apparent plan) he contacted senior and executive producers who staged an "intervention" in which Owen was confronted about the statement.

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Connections

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User Reviews

Can't get enough!

I cannot get enough of this show, it is extraordinary in so many ways and I am restlessly awaiting the start of season 2. As a long time health care professional, I especially enjoy all of the "modern technology" of the era, that today we just take for granted. The Knick really does have something for everyone - sex, drugs and a rock star chief of staff, to name a few. I like to describe this show as a health care history lesson, on a massive dose of steroids. The peak into the medical and clinical protocols of the day are just as intriguing as the systemic administrative practices that are questionable at best. I only wish more people knew about The Knick so I could discuss each week's episode over and over again. Hurry up with season 2!