My final impressions after watching the last two episodes of The Alienist last night.
Strangely, the second last episode was really good (with a very unpleasant sense of what it would be like to be hiding while a gory murder goes on next to you) and hinted at a thrilling final episode - but it was not to be. The last instalment was somewhat confusing, poorly explained and no where near the highlight of the series - did something get lost in the editing?
That said, I never got tired of the expensive, high quality production values: from costumes to extras, it was about as far as you can get from the underpopulated, cheap feel of any Australian movie or series, whether it be set in modern or historic period. I also think it fair to say that I grew to like all of the characters in the crime fighting team. Dakota Fanning (the screaming girl in Spielberg's War of the Worlds) was good, but so were all of the men, really.
It wasn't perfect, as I have explained in past posts, but enjoyable nonetheless. I'm pleased to see a sequel is being made with the same cast.
Update: I agree with a lot of what is said in this review of the last episode, or series, and particularly with the comment that lists all of the unexplained things that happened the episode. I'm glad it wasn't just me - it genuinely was a case of a terrible lack of explanation of what was going on. Nonetheless, I still feel more generous towards the show than perhaps it deserves.
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