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The series is a look at the professional and personal lives of Dr. John W. Thackery and the staff at New York's Knickerbocker Hospital, where they try to maintain their reputation for quality care while struggling to keep the doors open.
It's a satisfying second episode that plays off the premiere's set-up quite well, while also demonstrating where the series' storytelling strengths are. Unsurprisingly, the majority of those strengths are evident through Soderbergh's meticulous eye.
If it all feels a little clunky in how the writers are setting everything up, there's no doubt these are the pins that are going to be knocked down throughout the season's run.
Thackery's statement comes a little more than halfway through the terrific second episode of Cinemax and Steven Soderbergh's period hospital drama, The Knick.
The flood lamps are turned on the players, exposing soft underbellies, torn seams, and frayed edges, as standout conflicts slowly emerge and present themselves as full-on personal battles.
Viewed from a distance of 114 years, all those interactions feel downright deplorable, fictional though they are... we are given a stark look at race relations, which might have been otherwise ignored on another show.
The list of ways "Mr. Paris Shoes" diverges from the average antihero drama begins in that opening scene, which cross-cuts between Cornelia and Dr. Edwards preparing for the day.