The Knick
Season 1 Episode Guide
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10
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Episode Directory
Season 1 episodes
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Episode
1
Method and Madness
Aug 8, 2014
In 1900, John W. Thackery, a brilliant yet tortured doctor working at the Knickerbocker Hospital in New York, ascends to the role of chief surgeon...
Episode
2
Mr. Paris Shoes
Aug 15, 2014
Already fuming over the hospital's faulty new electrical system, Thackery tasks Herman Barrow, the Knick's crooked superintendent, to deliver more...
Episode
3
The Busy Flea
Aug 22, 2014
Thackery weighs performing surgery on a former flame, and orders Gallinger and Chickering to experiment on pigs. Barrow goes to extremes in order t...
Episode
4
Where's the Dignity
Sep 5, 2014
Edwards forces Thackery's hand during surgery, angering Eleanor. In recovery, Abigail regrets her past choices involving Thackery. Cleary and Siste...
Episode
5
They Capture the Heat
Sep 12, 2014
Barrow looks to pay down a debt by treating one of Collier's wounded men at the Knick, and tries to convince Captain Robertson to invest in a new E...
Episode
6
Start Calling Me Dad
Sep 19, 2014
After testing out a new procedure, Thackery and Bertie vow to reverse a series of failures in the operating theatre. Euphoric after helping Speight...
Episode
7
Get the Rope
Sep 26, 2014
The stabbing of a cop by a black man stirs up racial tension on the street and in the Knick, forcing Thackery and Edwards to take action. Everett r...
Episode
8
Working Late a Lot
Oct 3, 2014
Already on edge due to a city-wide run on cocaine, Thackery worries that Dr. Levi Zinberg a Jewish surgeon and inventor, will steal his spotlight a...
Episode
9
The Golden Lotus
Oct 10, 2014
A late-night crime sheds unfavorable light on the Knick, forcing Robertson to come up with hush money. Lucy goes to extremes to get drugs for an in...
Episode
10
Crutchfield
Oct 17, 2014
Refusing to collaborate with Dr. Zinberg on blood-transfusion research, an increasingly paranoid Thackery pushes himself to the limit, and beyond,...