The BEST episodes written by Michael Begler

This Is All We Are
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8.35
977 votes

#1 - This Is All We Are

The Knick - Season 2 - Episode 10

Thackery ignores Zinberg's advice at Mt. Sinai and undertakes a risky, alternative course of action; Cornelia confronts Henry about the family business; Barrow's actions at the hospital construction site are called into question; Gallinger ponders a job opportunity; and Cleary steadfastly refuses to give up on Harriet.

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Get the Rope
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8.21
1228 votes

#2 - Get the Rope

The Knick - Season 1 - Episode 7

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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8.15
1175 votes

#3 - Crutchfield

The Knick - Season 1 - Episode 10

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
1308 votes

#4 - Start Calling Me Dad

The Knick - Season 1 - Episode 6

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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Do You Remember Moon Flower?
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8.02
905 votes

#5 - Do You Remember Moon Flower?

The Knick - Season 2 - Episode 9

Thackery and Capt. Robertson's connection and how the doctor arrived at the Knick, are revealed; the problems between Edwards and Gallinger come to a head after a medical-board hearing about Gallinger's vasectomies. Later, Cleary and Harriet engage in a joint business venture; Lucy shares memories with her father; Barrow realizes the rising costs of living well; and Cornelia and Henry face a family crisis.

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Chapter 16
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7.81
396 votes

#6 - Chapter 16

Perry Mason (2020) - Season 2 - Episode 8

As their final day in court nears, Mateo and Rafael prepare for the worst, while Perry, Della, and Paul work with an unlikely ally to sway the prosecution's hand. Then, after making his closing arguments, Perry faces the consequences of his relentless pursuit of justice.

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Method and Madness
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7.81
2173 votes

#7 - Method and Madness

The Knick - Season 1 - Episode 1

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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Working Late a Lot
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7.81
1072 votes

#8 - Working Late a Lot

The Knick - Season 1 - Episode 8

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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Ten Knots
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7.78
1111 votes

#9 - Ten Knots

The Knick - Season 2 - Episode 1

The hospital readies for its move uptown, while Dr. Edwards makes a play to be named permanent chief of surgery and Dr. Gallinger heads over to Cromartie Hospital in hopes of getting Dr. Thackery to come back to work. Bertie rebuffs Lucy's attempt to make amends. Ping Wu demands his prostitutes be given regular medical checkups. Speight tracks a new plague. Cornelia ministers to a quarantined San Francisco neighborhood.

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The Busy Flea
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7.78
1483 votes

#10 - The Busy Flea

The Knick - Season 1 - Episode 3

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
1693 votes

#11 - Mr. Paris Shoes

The Knick - Season 1 - Episode 2

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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Where's the Dignity?
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7.75
1320 votes

#12 - Where's the Dignity?

The Knick - Season 1 - Episode 4

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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You're No Rose
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7.73
983 votes

#13 - You're No Rose

The Knick - Season 2 - Episode 2

Dr. Thackery makes a move to return to The Knick, which the board frowns upon. Cornelia gets Cleary to do a dirty job, but it comes with a cost. Robertson makes a push for a new subway initiative. Barrow drives up construction costs. Lucy receives a surprise visitor from home.

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The Best with the Best to Get the Best
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7.67
1009 votes

#14 - The Best with the Best to Get the Best

The Knick - Season 2 - Episode 3

Thackery enlists Edwards to help him test a new hypothesis. After rejecting Robertson’s advances at The Knick, Lucy learns that confession isn’t always good for the soul. Young journalist Genevieve Everidge works on a story about one of Thackery’s rivals. Cornelia is dismayed by the limits of her husband’s sympathies. Barrow faces a new adversary at Tammany Hall. Gallinger is intrigued by a discussion of eugenics at a class reunion. Edwards deals with a surprise visitor.

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Lois vs. Evil
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7.61
864 votes

#15 - Lois vs. Evil

Malcolm in the Middle - Season 1 - Episode 9

After the kids blow up the store's steam cleaner, and Dewey confesses to stealing a $150 bottle of cognac, Lois's firing prompts household economizing to an extent that causes Malcolm mortifying embarrassment at school: Julie organizes a food-drive for his family. When Hal winds up in emergency with acute botulism as a result, Lois must re-think her position against apologizing to her odious boss, Mr. Pinter. Meanwhile, Francis thinks he's died and gone to heaven when he's assigned honor-guard duty at a Teenage Miss Alabama beauty pageant -- until he discovers that all the girls think he's gay.

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Chapter 11
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7.54
413 votes

#16 - Chapter 11

Perry Mason (2020) - Season 2 - Episode 3

As Rafael and Mateo face discrimination from their fellow inmates and the court, Perry continues his push for justice, while Della engages the help of wealthy socialite Camilla Nygaard. Paul chases leads in the Hooverville. Perry goes head-to-head with tycoon Lydell McCutcheon.

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Chapter 10
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7.53
417 votes

#17 - Chapter 10

Perry Mason (2020) - Season 2 - Episode 2

After a manhunt pegs brothers Rafael and Mateo Gallardo for the McCutcheon murder, Perry initially resists taking the case… until a hunch reels him in. Della goes on a date with a new flame while Paul wrestles with a shocking truth.

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Chapter 12
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7.48
380 votes

#18 - Chapter 12

Perry Mason (2020) - Season 2 - Episode 4

When Paul’s explosive discovery blows a massive hole in Rafael and Mateo’s story, Perry begins to question his clients’ innocence, while Della doubles-down on the case.

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Chapter 9
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7.39
469 votes

#19 - Chapter 9

Perry Mason (2020) - Season 2 - Episode 1

1933. In the months following the Dodson trial, an aimless Perry leans on Della to keep the law firm afloat. Paul accepts a job from an unlikely source. Corrupt oil scion Brooks McCutcheon recruits Detective Holcomb in his quest to reshape the future of Los Angeles.

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The Herm from Ipanema
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6.00
4 votes

#20 - The Herm from Ipanema

Herman's Head - Season 3 - Episode 17

Herman decides to give it all up during a tropical vacation and buy a local bar on the island.

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