'The Alienist: Angel of Darkness' Season 2 Finale: Thomas Byrnes tortures Libby, miffed fans 'hope he dies'

Thomas Byrnes' tactics may get results but do not have the approval of the show's fanbase
PUBLISHED AUG 10, 2020
Ted Levine as Thomas Byrnes (IMDb)
Ted Levine as Thomas Byrnes (IMDb)

Libby Hatch might seem like all kinds of crazy, but she has a broken and dark past to blame for it. In 'The Alienist: Angel Of Darkness', Sara Howard (Dakota Fanning), John Moore (Luke Evans) and Laszlo Kreizler (Daniel Bruhl) track down Libby's mother, They find out that Libby was abandoned by her mother as a child and then had her baby taken away from her. As a result, Libby progressively became more deranged over the years and resorted to kidnapping other people's babies as well as turning into a child-murderer.

While the trio wonders how to close in on Libby, who has escaped from their clutches more than once, former NYPD commissioner Thomas Byrnes (Ted Levine) comes up with a rather dubious plan to coax her out of hiding. He schemes to use Libby's daughter Clara as bait, much to Sara's fury. However, they forget that Libby might be crazy, but she is 10 times smarter than they give her credit for.

This scheme sends Libby on a rampage and she sends a decoy. Oh wait, she also kills one of the cops who actually turned his back on her for a couple of seconds. Who turns their back on a psychotic serial killer? Nevertheless, fans are furious with Byrnes and are praying for him to rot in hell. In the finale, after they capture Libby, Byrnes also tries to torture Libby to reveal information, but that doesn't work either. "When is Byrnes getting what he deserves, that crooked b*****d. #TheAlienist," a fan tweeted.



 

"Byrnes is the Umbridge of this series. Admit it we want him gone more than Libby. #TheAlienist," another wrote.



 

"Seriously if Byrnes doesn’t doesn’t die this will be a waste. He’s such an a hole. #TheAlienist," a fan tweeted.



 

"I’ve always hated Byrnes. His mustache. He weird legs. His chew swallow accent. And his irritating face," a fan tweeted.



 

"Byrnes puts all this energy into being terrible, when he could just do proper detective work it's a lot less taxing. #TheAlienist," a fan wrote.



 

The Season 2 finale of 'The Alienist: Angel Of Darkness' aired on TNT.

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