Medical drama set in the 1900s charts the exploits of the staff and patients at a New York hospital, where they try to maintain their reputation for quality care while struggling to keep the doors open.

Last year Steven Soderbergh and actor Clive Owen teamed up for The Knick, a riveting period drama about New York's Knickerbocker Hospital in the early 1900s. The show aired on Cinemax, so at the time I ended up seeing just the smattering of episodes that HBO ran in order to promote its sister network, but I was taken by the show: its horrifically clinical treatment of the subject matter; Owen's committed performance as a brilliant surgeon-slash-junkie; and its visual style, which could only be described as Soderberghian.

The entirety of that first season is now available on HBO Go, but I'm thinking about springing for a Cinemax subscription this time around because this new trailer seems to show off everything that made the first season so compelling — and more. (I'm not kidding on that last part; just scroll to 1:14 and see what I mean.) The new season of The Knick premieres on October 16th.