UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 10 (Crutchfield)

It’s a good job that The Knick was renewed for a second season before the first episode even aired, because ‘Crutchfield’ would suck as a finale to the show. Despite being crammed full of plot points and character details, there’s … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 9 (The Golden Lotus)

Last week, we jumped from an oppressively hot summer to a bitter winter, and it’s proving to be one full of discontent for the cast of The Knick. We see just about every character at their lowest point over the … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 8 (Working Late a Lot)

After the frantic brilliance of ‘Get the Rope’, and the myriad of intrigue and character development it raised, the eighth episode of The Knick was always going to feel like coming down from a high. But while it can’t match … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 7

Watching The Knick has, until now, been a pleasure tinged with frustration. From the start the show has been fascinating, its weird mix of contemporary aesthetic and turn-of-the-century world building elevating what could have been just another better-than-average drama. But … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 6

Episode 6 of The Knick opens with Bertie Chickering getting a call late at night. He rushes to the pathology lab of the hospital to find Dr Thackery, obviously coked out of his mind, performing experiments on two ladies of … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 5

We’ve reached the halfway point of The Knick and it feels like a turning point. After four episodes of heavy exposition, it feels like Steven Soderbergh is finally letting the reins out with his characters – he’s letting their actions … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 4 (Where’s the Dignity?)

As Edmund Blackadder once told his faithful dogsbody Baldrick, it’s the way of the world that the abused always kick downwards. And so it is with The Knick.

As we open in a bar in the rough end of … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 3

Up until now, the most interesting thing about The Knick has been its complete lack of decorum in showing the messy side of medicine at the turn of the century. Vials full of coagulated blood, scalpels sticking out of patients’ … Read More

Sky TV review: The Knick Episode 2

The first episode of The Knick ended with shots of the newly electrified hospital bathed in artificial light; a sure (and somewhat obvious) sign of turn-of-the-century optimism if ever there was one. But as the second episode, “Mr Paris Shoes”, … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 1 (Method and Madness) – spoiler-free

Just as Netflix brought in David Fincher to kick-start House of Cards, now Cinemax brings another acclaimed director – Steven Soderbergh – to oversee their new original series, The Knick. And, just as Fincher and Frank Underwood were a match … Read More