The Alienist is a historical crime novel by Caleb Carr.It’s the first book in the Dr Laszlo Kreizler series and it was published in 1994.The Alienist follows a newspaper reporter and a doctor who undertake revolutionary criminology work in New York City.The book spent six months on the New York Times bestseller list and won the 1995 Anthony Award for Best First Novel. The Alienist is an American period drama television series based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Caleb Carr. The series incorporates fact with fiction by including the … He enlists the help of his college friend, a newspaper illustrator, to gather evidence in the case. The ten-episode limited series first aired on TNT as a sneak peek on January 21, 2018, before its official premiere on January 22, 2018, and ended on March 26, 2018. A recap of season 1, episode 1, ‘The Boy on the Bridge’. The series stars Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans, and Dakota Fanningas an ad hoc team assembled in mid-1890s New York City to investigate a serial killer who is murdering street children. Set in New York City at the end of the Gilded Age, The Alienist is Sherlock Holmes by way of Hannibal. Turner’s TNT will take viewers into the darkest corners of New York City during the Gilded Age with the eagerly anticipated series ‘The Alienist’ based on the Anthony Award-winning international bestseller by Caleb Carr. THE ALIENIST season 1 aired back in 2018 and proved to be a big hit with audiences. The Alienist: Season 1 Episode 2 Sneak Peek - A Toast to the Beginning. Track The Alienist season 1 episodes. Season 1 guide for The Alienist TV series - see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. The discovery of the mutilated corpse of a boy prostitute leads a psychologist to link the crime to the earlier murder of a child patient. 0:20 The Alienist: Season 1 Episode 3 Preview.