The BEST episodes of The Knick season 1

Every episode of The Knick season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Knick season 1!

Set in downtown New York in 1900, 'The Knick' is a Cinemax drama series from Academy Award and Emmy-winning director Steven Soderbergh. It is centered on the Knickerbocker Hospital and the groundbreaking surgeons, nurses and staff who work there, pushing the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics.

Last Updated: 9/24/2024Network: CinemaxStatus: Ended
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Get the Rope
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8.21
1220 votes

#1 - Get the Rope

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/26/2014

The stabbing of a cop by a black man stirs up racial tension on the street and in the Knick, forcing Thackery and Edwards to take action. Everett returns to work and a changed OR. Barrow fears for Junia’s safety. Cornelia is impressed with Edwards’ ingenuity. Lucy is escorted home.

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Crutchfield
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8.16
1165 votes

#2 - Crutchfield

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/17/2014

Refusing to collaborate with Dr. Zinberg on blood-transfusion research, an increasingly paranoid Thackery pushes himself to the limit, and beyond, in an effort to “solve the riddle” and beat his rival. Cornelia and Edwards arrive at a crossroads. Barrow trades one creditor for another. Lucy requests Bertie’s help. With the Knick in the midst of yet another crisis, Robertson calls for a vote.

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Start Calling Me Dad
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8.03
1300 votes

#3 - Start Calling Me Dad

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/19/2014

After testing out a new procedure, Thackery and Bertie vow to reverse a series of failures in the operating theatre. Euphoric after helping Speight, Cornelia finds herself less than enthusiastic about her status as the future Mrs. Phillip Showalter. Thackery entertains a salesman’s pitch. Everett considers how to help Eleanor with her grief; Barrow haggles over used merchandise. Edwards finds his clinic and his career in jeopardy after a surprise encounter.

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Working Late a Lot
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7.81
1062 votes

#4 - Working Late a Lot

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/3/2014

Already on edge due to a city-wide run on cocaine, Thackery worries that Dr. Levi Zinberg, a Jewish surgeon and inventor, will steal his spotlight at the next New York Surgical Society presentation. Bertie continues his courtship of Lucy while staving off his father’s persistent demands that he leave the Knick. Cornelia, Speight and Bertie go to court in an attempt to keep 'Typhoid Mary' Mallon quarantined. Gallinger tries to get Eleanor to move past her grief.

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Method and Madness
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7.81
2165 votes

#5 - Method and Madness

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/8/2014

In New York City hospital, accomplished Dr. John W. Thackery is named chief surgeon and is pressured by a major benefactor to hire a black doctor as his top assistant.

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The Busy Flea
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7.78
1474 votes

#6 - The Busy Flea

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/22/2014

Thackery weighs performing surgery on a former flame, and orders Gallinger and Chickering to experiment on pigs. Barrow goes to extremes in order to pay off a debt and recover a missing tooth. After a bad day at work, Edwards takes out his frustrations at a local bar. Robertson is relieved when her pleas about treating a patient with typhoid fever are finally heard.

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Mr. Paris Shoes
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7.78
1685 votes

#7 - Mr. Paris Shoes

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/15/2014

Already fuming over the hospital's faulty new electrical system, Thackery tasks Herman Barrow, the Knick's crooked superintendent, to deliver more cadavers so that he and his team can test out novel surgical procedures. With more patients dying, Edwards offers to share a procedure he learned in France, but is rebuffed by Thackery and Gallinger. Robertson addresses a typhoid-fever outbreak. Elkins is taken into Thackery's confidence. Sister Harriet breaks a taboo. Edwards finds an alternative way to perform his duties.

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They Capture the Heat
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7.76
1353 votes

#8 - They Capture the Heat

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/12/2014

Barrow looks to pay down a debt by treating one of Collier’s wounded men at the Knick, and tries to convince Captain Robertson to invest in a new Edison invention. Still marginalized by Thackery, Edwards attempts to improve on a hernia surgery. Everett and Eleanor fear for their baby’s health. Cleary and Sister Harriet visit Chinatown.

Writer: Steven Katz
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Where's the Dignity?
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7.75
1311 votes

#9 - Where's the Dignity?

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/5/2014

Edwards forces Thackery’s hand during surgery, angering Eleanor. In recovery, Abigail regrets her past choices involving Thackery. Cleary and Sister Harriet strike one deal, then another. Bertie’s father, Dr. Bertram Chickering, Sr., scolds him for his career choices. Lucy learns of Thackery’s secret life.

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The Golden Lotus
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7.72
1135 votes

#10 - The Golden Lotus

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/10/2014

A late-night crime sheds unfavorable light on the Knick, forcing Robertson to come up with hush money. Lucy goes to extremes to get drugs for an increasingly desperate Thackery, whose plea for an advance from a seller of patent medicines falls on deaf ears. Gallinger despairs as Eleanor’s behavior becomes more erratic. Cornelia and Edwards proffer different solutions to a shared dilemma.

Writer: Steven Katz
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