The Boy On The Bridge | [s1e1]
: Kreizler enlists his college friend, newspaper illustrator John Moore, and Sara Howard—the first woman hired by the NYPD and secretary to Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt. Cast and Key Characters
(Daniel Brühl): A brilliant but intense psychologist dedicated to understanding the "alienated" minds of criminals. [S1E1] The Boy on the Bridge
(Douglas Smith & Matthew Shear): Detective brothers skilled in the new science of forensics who join the team. : Kreizler enlists his college friend, newspaper illustrator
The episode establishes the series' dark atmosphere, blending early forensic thinking with the grit of late 19th-century New York. The Alienist Episode 1 Review: The Boy on the Bridge The victim was found dressed as a girl,
(Dakota Fanning): A strong-willed NYPD secretary who becomes a vital asset to the team.
: The mutilated body of a young boy prostitute is discovered on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge. The victim was found dressed as a girl, a detail that reminds psychologist Laszlo Kreizler of a previous unsolved murder of one of his former patients.
(Brian Geraghty): The police commissioner who provides covert support for the investigation while trying to clean up police corruption.