What do you mean will Dr Gallinger go unpunished?? He didn't do anything wrong both morally, ethically and legally at the time..
I don't see why he should be punished at all
While I agree that he will probably never be "punished," it is outrageous to say that he didn't do anything wrong morally or ethically. Plenty of people then were capable of understanding how wrong forced serialization for the cause of white supremacy (or for any other reason) was--we didn't all just wake up and develop consciences around 1972. Just because there was more ignorance about it then (and it may not have been illegal yet) doesn't mean there weren't plenty of people who already understood that it was wrong.
Here is what Eric Johnson (who plays Dr. Everett Gallinger) says about whether or not his character is a good person: "Just in case we're wondering how you need to feel about my character, Gallinger learns about Eugenics, takes the message to Europe--specifically TO GERMANY. So in the world of The Knick, Gallinger is somehow responsible for the Holocaust." (This is from the Season 2 DVD extras.)
It seems pretty clear to me that the people making the show intended for Gallinger to be understood as a villain.
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