Soderbergh's The Knick - massively underappreciated

I really enjoyed this show too (I watched Seasons 1 & 2 on Blu-ray). The directing was amazing. It and the music lent so much to the overall 'feel' of the series. As gross as some of the medical procedures could be, I think it was just at the right level and not too over-the-top (at least in my opinion, anyway). All the characters and their different dynamics were very interesting.

I know Gallinger was a rather horrible person, but I did enjoy seeing Eric Johnson (who played Lana's boyfriend, Whitney, in Season 1 of Smallville) playing another unlikable character. I'd actually seen him beforehand in an episode of Supernatural and he conveyed menace very well there when playing a demon. Seems he's making quite the career out of it, playing yet another unlikable fellow in the Fifty Shades Darker movie. However, on the commentaries, he's quite amusing (as is Jeremy Bobb who played Barrow) and everyone makes it quite clear that he's nothing like his character in real life.

Also, the series introduced me to Eve Hewson, for which I am grateful (I wish Lucy and Bertie could've been a thing, but it was not to be). I really liked Juliet Rylance as Cornelia and how Thackery came to gradually 'respect' Algernon in his own way. Sister Harriet and Cleary also had an interesting relationship.

I know the series was cancelled, though I think I'd read somewhere that there was talk of it coming back with the actors playing different characters or something like that. While on the one hand I would've liked to see these actors again, if it had continued, I'm not sure it would have had the same 'feel' to it as the first two seasons (which would be a shame, as everything came together to make the series what it was - the acting, the directing, sets, costumes and music).

Definitely an underrated series which wouldve further explored the whole evolution regarding medicine.

I enjoyed it. I particularly enjoyed all the drug use and the score was brilliant.  The season finale where they show Owen's Doctor going to rehab and the cure for his crippling cocaine and opium addiction was Bayer's new miracle drug.....heroin was great.  The contented peaceful smile on Owen's face was perfect.  However, it's another one of those shows that has people smoking a few puffs of opium and then drifting off to sleep.  I've asked countless people over the years if they have or even know anyone who has smoked opium and experienced anything even close to that to no avail.

Is the opium den thing and the effects just a movie creation?  Considering much of China succumbed to opium addiction in the past, I find it hard to believe the effects a friend of mine  described after trying opium was actual opium.  What's up with that yo?