‘The Alienist’ Season 2 Trailer: The 19th Century Detectives Are Back To Investigate Mysterious Kidnappings
ThoughThe Alienistwas a minor summer sensation in 2017, the TNT 19th century psychological thriller remains a criminally underrated treat. A 19th century detective drama starringDakota Fanning, Daniel Bruhl,andLuke Evans,The Alienistfollowed the unlikely trio as they resolved to find the culprit behind a series of child murders in 19th century New York using early methods of criminal profiling. It was macabre, creepy, and just a touch camp, which was just the right kind of combination for fans ofHannibalandTrue Detectivelooking for a new series. ButThe Alienistwas intended as a one-season thing, until TNT renewed it for an unexpected second season that finally comes out this July. WatchThe Alienistseason 2 trailer below.
The Alienist Season 2 Trailer
The gang is back together for the second season ofThe Alienist, titledThe Alienist: Angel of Darkness, which adapts Caleb Carr’s second novel in hisKreizlerseries, following the adventures of the titular alienist (played in the series by Daniel Bruhl) — an early term for a psychologist — as he tracks down serial killers in 19th century New York. But the trailer forAngel of Darknessgives more of the spotlight toDakota Fanning’s character Sara Howard, the aspiring policewoman who has, since the events of the first season, opened up her own detective agency. It seems that it’s Sara’s investigations into a string of baby kidnappings that gets the gang back together, after suffering tragedy and loss at the end of season 1.
The trailer forThe Alienistseason 2 brings back everything that made the first season so good: the macabre stylings, the grimy cityscape of turn-of-the-century New York City, the soapy romances between Sara Howard and permanently perplexed newspaper man John Schuyler Moore (Luke Evans). And of course, a horrifying string of child murders, beginning with a mother who is falsely convicted and killed for her baby’s disappearance. I’m only mildly disappointed we don’t get a glimpse of Fanning saying “h-what” with that distinct 19th century pronunciation, but otherwise, this trailer hits all the right spots.
