The Boy on the Bridge

The Boy on the Bridge
"The grotesque homicide of a young boy initiates Dr. Kreizler's journey to stop a ritualistic killer."
Episode	1
Air date	January 22, 2018
Writer	Hossein Amini (teleplay by) Caleb Carr (based on the book by)
Director	Jakob Verbruggen
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The Boy on the Bridge is the first episode of ‘The Alienist.’ It premiered on Monday, January 22, 2018, at 9 p.m. ET/PT across TNT platforms.

Synopsis

New York City. 1896. The heart of America’s Gilded Age. When a young boy prostitute is found butchered on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge, an alienist named Laszlo Kreizler (Daniel Brühl), a newspaper illustrator by the name of John Moore, (Luke Evans), a secretary, Sara Howard (Dakota Fanning) and a police commissioner named Theodore Roosevelt (Brian Geraghty) begin an investigation outside the law to find the serial killer.

Cast

Starring Daniel Brühl as Dr. Laszlo Kreizler Luke Evans as John Moore Dakota Fanning as Sara Howard Robert Wisdom as Cyrus Montrose Douglas Smith as Marcus Isaacson Matthew Shear as Lucius Isaacson Matt Lintz as Stevie Taggert Brian Geraghty as Theodore Roosevelt Q'orianka Kilcher as Mary Palmer Guest Starring David Wilmot as Captain Connor Falk Hentschel as Biff Ellison Jack Kesy as Henry Wolff Antonio Magro as Paul Kelly Martin McCreadie as Sergeant Doyle Emanuela Postacchini as Flora Jefferson White as Lincoln Steffens Ted Levine as Thomas Byrnes Nicolas Bro as Jacob Riis Freddie Stewart as Nick Oldham

Co-Starring Clare Calbraith as Mrs. Zweig Oliver Cater as Rosie John Connors as Roundsman Gillory Mariateresa Creasey as Mrs. Mills / Ezra's Mother Jaqueline Deffrerary as Tessie Isabelle De Hertogh as Two-Ton Annie Andy Garthergood as Mr. Mills / Ezra's Father Michael Jibson as Dr. Fuller Lewin Lloyd as Beansie Jamie Kaye as Sally Roland Miskey as Ezra Mills Jed O'Hagan as Razor Riley Tate Pitchie-Cooper as Fatima Extras Jacob James Beswick as Young Roundsman Joe Bone as Police Clerk Nicolo Borgatti as Giorgio Santorelli / Gloria Dominic Boyle as Maxie / Bath House Boy Eugenia Carus as Mrs. Santorelli Harvey Weedon as Paresis Hall Boy #1 Aldo Maland as Paresis Hall Boy #2 Luke Walker as Paresis Hall Boy #7

Memorable Quotes

Dr. Kreizler: "As an alienist, I treat mental and emotional disorders in my patients, and I try to alleviate their condition. I do not presume to cure them."

John Moore: "My God, Laszlo, sometimes you can be as subtle as a blowtorch."

Sara Howard: "You will please accord me the respect that my position demands."

John Moore: "I'm afraid once seen, those images will remain forever in my head."

Dr. Kreizler: "I'm certain cold-blooded killers walk among us."

Dr. Kreizler: "I must follow this wherever it goes. Even if it leads me to the darkest pit of Hell."

Gallery

• Promotional Stills
• Episode Stills
• Screencaps

Photo by Kata Vermes and Jesse Giddings. [Courtesy of TNT Pressroom]

Photo by Kata Vermes and Jesse Giddings. [Courtesy of TNT Pressroom]

Videos

The Alienist It's All Right There - Season 1, Ep. 1 CLIP TNT

The Alienist The Respect My Position Demands - Season 1, Ep. 1 CLIP TNT

The Alienist The Boy on the Bridge - Season 1, Ep. 1 BEHIND THE SCENES TNT

Notes

• The episode covers the first seven chapters of Part One of Caleb Carr's novel, with some changes.