Cinemax' "The Knick" Season 1 ended with a traumatic cliffhanger and waiting for the next Season felt like getting over a depression. Fortunately, the long-wait was over when "The Knick" Season 2 debuted in October.

During the premier season's finale, the titular "Knick" hospital faces grave financial dilemma and its fate was uncertain, leaving fans wondering if it will even materialize in Season 2.

According to the new season's synopsis, an idea was raised to the board to move the hospital uptown, in a lucrative location. However, central character Dr. John Thackery, played by recent Emmy nominee Steve Owen, insists the Knickerbox Hospital  is meant to serve average New Yorkers down town, reports WIRED.

It looks like The Knick is soon relocating while Thackery is still away for treatment after a worsening cocaine addiction.

Alongside a new location, the hospital may also welcome a new leadership.

While Thackery is unable to sit on his chair as chief of surgery, Dr. Algernon Edwards (Andre Hollland) emerges as the only decent surgeon left to fill in for Thackery.  Edwards, dubbed as a medical magician,  has been gaining Thakery's confidence while he rises through the ranks of the hospital's personnel.

Nonetheless, Dr. Everette Gallinger (Eric  Johnson), who was earlier promised the Assistant Chief Surgeon position by Thackery, is unhappy that Edwards has taken the position instead. He, alongside a group of doctors, doesn't want an African-American like Edwards to rise to the Chief Surgeon position. 

Meanwhile, Herman Borrow (Jeremy Boob), went against Thackery's recommendation and continued hiring opium den owner Ping Wu (Perry Yung) to kill New York mobster Bunky Collier (Danny Hook) after the earlier was unable to pay the huge debt he incurred to finance the hoispital. 

It seems that Borrow will regrets his decision after Wu began cashing on the favor, requesting medical examinations for his prostitutes. 

Amidst all the financial, political, and criminal issues, Thackery is kept away to struggle against his addiction, which may only worsen as the treatment facility he checked-in was practicing unorthodox methods, including using heroin to treat Thackery's disease, reports International Business Times.