Sex, Grime, and Gore Can’t Save ‘The Alienist’ From TV’s Serial-Killer Fatigue
ALIENATING
TNT’s lavish new period drama hopes its grisly crimes and stellar cast will distract from a nagging sense of déjà vu. Haven’t we seen this show before?
As it turns out, “alienist” is a term for psychiatrists in the early days of the profession who believed that the mentally ill were “alienated” from their minds.
