Psychopathia Sexualis

Psychopathia Sexualis
"The team follow up on multiple leads outside New York City, leaving Cyrus and Mary vulnerable to an attack."
Episode	8
Air date	March 12, 2018
Writer	John Sayles (teleplay by) Caleb Carr (based on the book by)
Director	David Petrarca
Episode guide
Previous	Many Sainted Men
Next	Requiem

Psychopathia Sexualis is the eighth episode of ‘The Alienist.’ It premiered on Monday, March 12, 2018, at 9 p.m. ET/PT across TNT platforms.

Synopsis

Kreizler (Daniel Brühl) and Moore (Luke Evans) travel to Washington, D.C., Sara (Dakota Fanning) goes rogue in pursuit of the truth. Lucius (Matthew Shear) tells Marcus (Douglas Smith) a secret. Byrnes (Ted Levine) and Connor (David Wilmot) tighten their grip on the investigation.

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 Michael Ironside as J.P. Morgan Daisy Bevan as Esther Martin McCreadie as Sergeant Doyle Cassi Thomson as Eliza David Meunier as Adam Dury Sean Bridgers as Sheriff Early Eric Johnson as Captain Miller Ted Levine as Thomas Byrnes

Co-Starring Art Burnett as Thomas Connor Roderick Hill as Fishmonger Corey Johnson as Hobart Weaver Zeb Moore as Carriage Driver Michael Glenn Murphy as Mr. Freewater Christopher Naylor as Dr. Dillman Jake Samuels as Horse Soldier Nicola Stephenson as Maebh Connor Jo Stone-Fewings as Ignatius Blunt Ty Carter as Native American #1 Will Strongheart as Native American #2 Owen Good as Operator / Male Skye Hallam as Prostitute Roman Vasilyev as Missionary

Quotes

Sara Howard: "Kreizler is on his way to Washington. He believes there may be some connection between our killer and the West."

John Moore: "We've found something. There was a massacre in New Paltz. Be careful."

Sara Howard: "Do you think it was an accident?"
Eliza: "His throat was cut from ear to ear."

Captain Miller: "you must be half-crazy to do what he did that day."
Marcus Isaacson: "What exactly did he do?"

Gallery

• Promotional Stills
• Episode Stills
• Screencaps

Photo by Kata Vermes. [Courtesy of TNT Pressroom]

Photo by Kata Vermes. [Courtesy of TNT Pressroom]

Videos

The Alienist Psychopathia Sexualis - Season 1, Ep. 8 PROMO TNT

The Alienist Psychopathia Sexualis - Season 1, Ep. 8 SNEAK PEEK TNT

The Alienist There Was A Massacre In New Paltz - Season 1, Ep. 8 CLIP TNT

The Alienist Psychopathia Sexualis - Season 1, Ep. 8 INSIDE THE EPISODE TNT

Trivia

• Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor is playing on the gramophone at Dr. Kreizler's house. As revealed by Sara Howard in Ascension, this was the Piano Concerto he played as a child before getting injured.

Notes

• The episode takes its name from Psychopathia Sexualis by Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing. It is one of the first texts about sexual pathology, particularly noted for being one of the earliest studies on homosexuality, sadism, and masochism.
  • A copy of the book is featured in the third episode, Silver Smile, as one of Dr. Kreizler's textbooks.
• The episode covers from Chapter Thirty-one to Chapter Thirty-five of Part III of Caleb Carr's novel, with some changes and additional original scenes.