Ex Ore Infantium

Now running her own detective agency, Sara is tasked with finding a kidnapped baby.

### Writer

Caleb Carr (based on the book by)
 Stuart Carolan (teleplay by)

### Director

David Caffrey

**Ex Ore Infantium** is the first episode of ‘Angel of Darkness.’ It premiered on Sunday, July 19, 2020, at 9 p.m. ET/PT across TNT platforms.

## Synopsis

*New York City. 1897. Sara Howard (Dakota Fanning) has opened a pioneering private detective agency. She reunites with formidable alienist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler (Daniel Brühl) and New York Times journalist John Moore (Luke Evans) to find the kidnapped infant daughter of a Spanish dignitary. Their investigation leads them into a sinister path of corruption and deceit, towards a dangerous and elusive killer.*

## Cast

* Luke Evans as John Moore
* Dakota Fanning as Sara Howard
* Robert Wisdom as Cyrus Montrose (credit only)
* Douglas Smith as Marcus Isaacson
* Matthew Shear as Lucius Isaacson
* Rosy McEwen as Libby Hatch (credit only)
* Melanie Field as Bitsy Sussman

Guest Starring* Matt Letscher as William Randolph Hearst
* Michael McElhatton as Dr. James Markoe
* Alice Krige as Elizabeth Cady Stanton
* Heather Goldenhersh as The Matron
* Emily Barber as Violet Hayward
* Bruna Cusí as Isabella Linares
* Martin McCreadie as Captain Doyle
* Brittany Marie Batchelder as Joanna Crawford
* Georgia Lowe as Milly
* Diego Martín as Narciso Linares
* Demetri Goritsas as Bernie Peterson
* Hebe Beardstall as Martha Napp
* Ted Levine as Thomas Byrnes
* Dominic Herman-Day as Stevie Taggert
* Charlotte Hamblin as Maude McGill
* Maurice Byrne as Monckton
* James Groom as Maurice
* Wendy Albiston as Mrs. Schermerhorn
* Ray MacAllan as Deputy Warden Marsh
* Stephen Greif as Judge
* Daniel Easton as Prison Officer Hawkins
* Peter Schueller as Dickie Davis
* Peta Cornish as Governess
* Emma Balla as Young Girl
* Mark Field as Shopkeeper
* Classidy Little as Veteran
* Richard Pettyfer as Warden
* Mercè Rovira as Eva

## Memorable Quotes

**Deputy Warden**: “*In my book, butchering your own child is a crime against God and man.*”
**Dr. Kreizler**: “*Despite your polished shoes and shiny buttons, Deputy Warden, I do not believe your uniform gives you the right to pass sentence.*”

**Dr. Kreizler**: “*You are not a monster, Martha. It is the world that is monstrous.*”

**John**: “*You dissemble with admirable ease, Miss Howard.*”
**Sara**: “*I have found that being able to tell a small white lie on occasion is a most useful skill, Mr. Moore.*”

**Sara**: “*A little rebellion now and then is a good thing, Mr. Byrnes.*”
**Byrnes**: “*The words of anarchists and agitators.*”
**Sara**: “*They're the words of Thomas Jefferson, Mr. Byrnes.*”

**Sara**: “*I could have shot you.*”
**Dr. Kreizler**: “*You'd been doing me a service.*”

**Violet**: “*I fear that if I spoke with you for any length, you would know the deep recesses of my mind.*”
**Dr. Kreizler**: “*Or the shimmering shadows.*”
**John**: “*Laszlo! Sometimes you go too far.*”
**Dr. Kreizler**: “*Every mind is like the ocean. There's surface and depth in all of us.*”

**Sara**: “*This is a real case. None of our previous endeavors made a difference but this one does. It's life and death, girls.*”

**Sara**: “*Does it not take a woman to know that a woman who has lost a child is neither hysterical nor irrational and that she has cause to be as she is? That she must be heard? I see your pain. I see your suffering. And I care. I care deeply.*”

## Gallery

* Episode Stills
* Evidences

 *Photo by Kata Vermes. [Courtesy of TNT Pressroom]*

## Videos

The Alienist Angel of Darkness - You Need a Detective CLIP TNT
## Trivia

* “Ex ore infantium” (Latin: "Out of the mouths of infants") is a verse from Matthew 21, 16. In the limited series, it refers to the babies kidnapped by the mysterious abductor.
* This is the second time an episode is titled in Latin. The first one was “Psychopathia Sexualis”.
* Martha Napp was held prisoner and executed at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York.
* Dr. Kreizler mentioned Galvanism and the theories expressed by Mary Shelley in *Frankenstein* whilst discussing Napp's execution with Sara.

## Notes

* The story starts out on Monday, May 24, 1897 as shown by the newspaper read by Sara Howard.

## References

1. ↑ Netflix Official Synopses - Retrieved October 22, 2020.
2. ↑  The Alienist: Angel of Darkness #201 - The Futon Critic.com