The Alienist: Ascension

April 7, 2018 8:46 PM - Season 1, Episode 6

The team hatches a plan to catch the killer; John checks in on a friend; Laszlo faces his own self-doubt about the investigation; Roosevelt attends an event with the city's elite; Sara looks into Laszlo's past; Captain Connor acts on impulse.
posted by orange swan (1 comment total)

J.P. Morgan to Roosevelt: You'll have no job, no friends, and no goddamn future.
Viewers of the show: Oh ha ha ha ha.

Stevie's sullen reaction to being forced to dress up like a girl and listen to Laszlo tell him he looks lovely is everything. But even though he really does make a terrible girl, he's at least doing his best to do his job, which is more than can be said of John, Marcus, and Laszlo, who let the killer escape with poor Rosie because their attention is elsewhere.

For someone so fond of analyzing others, Laszlo sure can't stand being analyzed.

Awesome investigative work, Sara. Do my ears deceive me, or is that Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (the piece that young Laszlo played at his parents' party) playing in the closing credits?
posted by orange swan at 7:16 PM on April 11, 2018