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EPISODE
SEASON
The Knick - Season 1 Episode 03: The Busy Flea
Comedy continues in the drama series. Events begin with Dr. Thackerie, head of the Department of Medicine at Kickerbocker Hospital in New York in 1900. It fights cocaine addiction, high mortality and bureaucratic corruption. All to save lives in a pre-antibiotic and blood transfusion world. He does the impossible to help others, and save them from drowning.
17 October 1945, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
May1967, USA
October 07, 2015
Focus, sweat, speed, pain, control. At the end he checks his pulse, looking dazed but cool. It's amazing what The Knick can do without dialogue.October 01, 2015
A villain is slowly being introduced to the world of The Knick: As typhoid fever makes the rounds, Cornelia Robertson-notably, not a doctor-calls it out as a matter of real concern.September 30, 2015
I think that the The Busy Flea, the third episode of Cinemax's The Knick, quite conspicuously fits this pattern, thanks in large part to its fascinating opening and closing scenes,October 07, 2015
The Knick remains one hell of a panoramic contraption, and Clive Owen's starring turn as Dr. John Thackery is one of the show's major draws.October 01, 2015
It's completely different then everything that came before, and it's this sequence, after all's said and done, that sticks with you the most. Well, that, and the syphilis.October 01, 2015
These scenes of the compassionate, arrogant Edwards's clandestine efforts continued to be the best and most interesting part of the show, benefiting from Mr. Holland's vibrant performance.October 08, 2015
Episode 3 may be the most compelling so far, but in many ways, it is also the most self-aware.October 07, 2015
We're only three episodes into this series, and there's enough beauty and darkness baked into even the most overwrought scenes to give the The Knick a mulligan this week.October 07, 2015
Doctor Thackery's ex-girlfriend Abby, who shows up at the hospital with a raging case of got-your-nose. It seems her husband has been sleeping with a girl in his office who was secretly syphilitic, and now-infected Abby has gone all Voldemort.October 07, 2015
With tone and vibe to spare as usual, The Knick continues to impress as Dr. Edwards' banishment to the basement is finally beginning to wear thin on his nerves.