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The Knick (TV Series)

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TV Series. Drama TV Series (2014-2015). 2 Seasons. 20 Episodes. A look at the professional and personal lives of the staff at New York's Knickerbocker Hospital during the early part of the twentieth century. Every day they must deal with lack of funding, personal conflicts, egotism, racial tensions, personal vices, drug addiction, affairs, closed minds, dated nigh-medieval medical techniques and them and their experimental new techniques being ... [+]
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Variety
Variety
"[2nd Season Review]: One of television’s most vital and thrilling dramas, and it builds on last year’s strengths capably in season two"  POS
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
"[2nd Season Review]: [It] is more than just a visual tour de force. The writing continues to stand out, and the characters evolve, while the acting remains top-notch."  POS
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Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
"[2nd Season Review]: The way Soderbergh films (...) lends the series a vital immediacy (...) 'The Knick' is a strange tonic. But it gets results."  POS
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Den of Geek
Den of Geek
"[2nd Season Review]: In the age of subtlety, 'The Knick' continues to be able to tell a compelling story in exciting, broad strokes (...) Gross, excessive and primed to pop. I love it. (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"  POS
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The Guardian
The Guardian
"[2nd Season Review]: 'The Knick' has the authored cogency of a classy British costume drama (...) Big themes such as race, religion, pestilence and death are addressed with gallows humour"  POS
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"'The Knick' is unusual and very good. It’s a great leap backward in time, yet another ambitious examination of at an important but often overlooked epoch in history."  POS
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USA Today
USA Today
"Aided by (...) a driving, anachronistic techno-beat score, 'The Knick' avoids the worst trap of a period piece: It isn't quaint. It's also never dull. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"  POS
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
"A risky, rewarding walk on the dark side of medicine in early 20th century New York."  POS
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Denver Post
Denver Post
"Overall, 'The Knick' is a sublimely addictive ride."  POS
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Variety
Variety
"The resulting episodes, however, are a bit like an impressionistic painting: intriguing to look at, perhaps, but not always clear in conveying what the actual intent is."  NEU
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker
"In a few plots, 'The Knick' is so spooky that it’s practically a horror show (...) The surgical battles scared and excited me"  POS
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IndieWire
IndieWire
"Even the most straightforward scene is given a slight twist (...) It really is something to behold, each and every episode."  POS
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