The Knick
Place in downtown nyc in 1900,'The' Knick' relies on the surgeons and the Knickerbocker Hospital, physicians and staff that work there, pushing the bounds of medicine in a time of anti antibiotics and also substantial mortality rates.
John Thackery can be an excellent surgeon pioneering methods in the field, despite his secret obsession with cocaine. He also leads a group of doctors including his protégé Dr. Everett Gallinger. The young Dr. Bertie Chickering Jr. and Dr. Algernon Edwards, a promising surgeon who has been recently thrust upon him. The lively cast of characters at a healthcare facility also includes Captain August Robertson, Cornelia Robertson, the daughter of its benefactor. Creek driver Tom Cleary. Lucy Elkins. A nurse against the country. The hospital secretary Herman Barrow. And Sister Harriet, a nun who's not afraid to speak her head.
Released: 2014-08-08
Genre:
Drama