These Bloody Thoughts

These Bloody Thoughts
"The team investigates another murder; the killer pens a harrowing letter."
Episode	4
Air date	February 12, 2018
Writer	Gina Gionfriddo and Cary Fukunaga (teleplay by) Caleb Carr (based on the book by)
Director	James Hawes
Episode guide
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These Bloody Thoughts is the fourth episode of ‘The Alienist.’ It premiered on Monday, February 12, 2018, at 9 p.m. ET/PT across TNT platforms.

Synopsis

Kreizler (Daniel Brühl) and Sara (Dakota Fanning) discuss the capacity to kill. Moore (Luke Evans) goes on a date. Byrnes (Ted Levine) and Captain Connor (David Wilmot) keep an eye on a potential suspect. Roosevelt (Brian Geraghty) finds himself under public scrutiny.

Cast

Starring Daniel Brühl as Dr. Laszlo Kreizler Luke Evans as John Schuyler Moore Dakota Fanning as Sara Howard Douglas Smith as Marcus Isaacson Matthew Shear as Lucius Isaacson Brian Geraghty as Theodore Roosevelt Robert Wisdom as Cyrus Montrose Q'orianka Kilcher as Mary Palmer Matt Lintz as Stevie Taggert (credit only) Guest Starring David Wilmot as Captain Connor Sean Young as Mrs. Van Bergen Daisy Bevan as Esther Josef Altin as Silver Smile Gentleman Jackson Gann as Joseph / Bernadette Jefferson White as Lincoln Steffens Nicolas Bro as Jacob Riis Freddie Stewart as Nick Oldham Ted Levine as Thomas Byrnes

Co-Starring Oliver Cater as Rosie Eugenia Caruso as Mrs. Santorelli Giovanni Scotti as Enzo Santorelli Laurel Lefkow as Mrs. Isaacson Kate Dickie as Scotch Ann Max Fincham as Thomas Amanda Hadingue as Mrs. Gorenko Katherine Kingsley as Mrs. Williams Ash Matthews as Charles Blythe Roland Miskey as Ezra Mills Tommy Rodger as Peter Philip Rosch as Cahill Klári Tolnai as Ruth Fernanda Dorogi as Mother in Park Francis McBurney as O'Rourke Bartender Helena Albright as Young Park Girl #1 Heather Clementson as Young Park Girl #2 Peter Schueller as Crank Operator Gábor Urmai as Dentis Patient Béla Gados as Counter Clerk Owen Good as Operator / Male Harvey Weedon as Paresis Hall Boy #1 Gergely Káli as Flirty Young Man David Z. Miller as Handsome Young Man

Quotes

Lincoln Steffens: "Is it true that the dead boy was dressed as a girl, Commissioner Rosevelt?!"

Dr. Kreizler (to John Moore): "What we are missing, John, is not how he kills, but why and most importantly, when will he kill again?"

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 These Bloody Thoughts - Season 1, Ep. 4 PROMO TNT

The Alienist The Expectation Society Bestows on Women - Season 1, Ep. 4 SNEAK PEEK TNT

The Alienist I Have Something to Show You - Season 1, Ep. 4 CLIP TNT

The Alienist It's Remarkable, Isn't It? - Season 1, Ep. 4 CLIP TNT

The Alienist These Bloody Thoughts - Season 1, Ep. 4 INSIDE THE EPISODE TNT

Notes

• The episode covers from Chapter Sixteen to Chapter Twenty of Part II of Caleb Carr's novel, with several changes and additions of few original scenes.
• The letter sent to Mrs. Santorelli by the killer is based on the letter that serial killer Albert Fish sent to his victim's mother. Fish was a child rapist and cannibal active in New York and neighbouring states between 1890 and 1930.