This is a spoiler-free review of The Alienist episode 1: "The Boy on the Bridge." The Alienist has been a long time coming -- maybe that's why it feels so dated. Based on the Caleb Carr bestseller ...

In “The Alienist,” the 1994 best-selling historical thriller by Caleb Carr, a group of unlikely sleuths kept a running tally of a serial killer’s known traits, the better to get inside his head to ...