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The Night Of - new crime limited series - HBO Sundays - 90 on Metacritic

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Saty

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The show's agenda is too strong for it's own good. Trying way too hard to tell the 'look how broken and twisted the system can be' with shooting an arrow and then painting the target. In the same manner it tries to show the glaring gaps the police doesn't cover or ignore so does the show fault in not addressing those same things.

While you can try to argue that's the point from the prosecution's side, Chandra and Stone not bringing all those gaps themselves just makes them and the show look stupid. There's an elephant in the (court)room. Like, they DA present the knife as the murder weapon but they don't show Chandra or Stone bringing their own specialist casting doubt if the stab wounds match this knife or if the cut in Nazir's hand was made by that knife or all the deal with where his supposedly bloody clothes disappear and so on.

Was the Hearse guy scene set out to be written as 'let's make him sound as the potential killer as much as we can'? What was this nonsense?
And of course the stepdad is going to be playing a bigger role. He's a known actor. Why pretend otherwise? Start working that line earlier.
 
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ZackieChan

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Saty said:
The show's agenda is too strong for it's own good. Trying way too hard to tell the 'look how broken and twisted the system can be' with shooting an arrow and then painting the target. In the same manner it tries to show the glaring gaps the police doesn't cover or ignore so does the show fault in not addressing those same things.

While you can try to argue that's the point from the prosecution's side, Chandra and Stone not bringing all those gaps themselves just makes them and the show look stupid. There's an elephant in the (court)room. Like, they DA present the knife as the murder weapon but they don't show Chandra or Stone bringing their own specialist casting doubt if the stab wounds match this knife or if the cut in Nazir's hand was made by that knife or all the deal with where his supposedly bloody clothes disappear and so on.

Was the Hearse guy scene set out to be written as 'let's make him sound as the potential killer as much as we can'? What was this nonsense?
And of course the stepdad is going to be playing a bigger role. He's a known actor. Why pretend otherwise? Start working that line earlier.
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Expert witnesses are expensive. The parents have no money. This ain't the OJ trial...
 
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Saty

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ZackieChan said:
Expert witnesses are expensive. The parents have no money. This ain't the OJ trial...
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Yeah, but that's another place where the bigger picture community stuff could play in. I'm sure in a situation like this some Pakistani\Hindi\Muslim ME would offer his professional view for free or a reduced cost.
Or Chandra could have pushed the prosecutor's expert hard so he would have to backtrack his comment or rephrase it so it doesn't sound like 100% fact. Or she could have pushed him asking if Nasir supposedly stabbed the victim XX times in a fit of rage then how come there's only a single cut?
Or bring the lack of blood issue.

I mean, didn't the only time they show Chandra cross-examine was about the 'is she dead' comment and the policeman said something funny about a rapist and Chandra made an expression 'well then' and then they cut from the scene?

It's like Chandra and Stone are oblivious to the facts and the gaps of this case and where they could cast doubt and where they could make this case unravel. It's like we are watching a show where the viewers have more knowledge and info than the characters - which is totally not the situation here.
The Night Of is already straining in showing the prosecution turn a blind eye or glossing over big and small details alike but having the defense doing the same and portraying them as clueless in doing their job? That's just inconceivable and makes for a worse show, even if its to serve some agenda or a message that the creators are trying to pound on the audience.
 
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RustyNails

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Saty said:
The show's agenda is too strong for it's own good. Trying way too hard to tell the 'look how broken and twisted the system can be' with shooting an arrow and then painting the target. In the same manner it tries to show the glaring gaps the police doesn't cover or ignore so does the show fault in not addressing those same things.

While you can try to argue that's the point from the prosecution's side, Chandra and Stone not bringing all those gaps themselves just makes them and the show look stupid. There's an elephant in the (court)room. Like, they DA present the knife as the murder weapon but they don't show Chandra or Stone bringing their own specialist casting doubt if the stab wounds match this knife or if the cut in Nazir's hand was made by that knife or all the deal with where his supposedly bloody clothes disappear and so on.

Was the Hearse guy scene set out to be written as 'let's make him sound as the potential killer as much as we can'? What was this nonsense?
And of course the stepdad is going to be playing a bigger role. He's a known actor. Why pretend otherwise? Start working that line earlier.
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Jocund

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RatskyWatsky said:
Ugh, I wish they weren't airing the final two episodes back to back. There are already too many other shows airing on Sunday, on top of the ones that are premiering tomorrow. I don't have 2 1/2 hours to spend on just one show -__-

I don't think HBO has any new Sunday shows premiering until early October either, so this makes even less sense.
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They aren't airing the final two episodes back to back. The 7th airs tomorrow, as expected, and the 8th the following Sunday.

Anyway, sounds good, but I reckon we're in for some kind of cliffhanger tomorrow night, which is not so great.
 
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RatskyWatsky

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Jocund said:
They aren't airing the final two episodes back to back. The 7th airs tomorrow, as expected, and the 8th the following Sunday.

Anyway, sounds good, but I reckon we're in for some kind of cliffhanger tomorrow night, which is not so great.
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lmao I thought it read "This Sunday, HBO airs the 7th and 8th episodes of The Night Of,"

thanks god!
 
Ghost_Messiah

Ghost_Messiah

Member
What time is this airing tonight? I just checked HBO's schedule and it's listed as midnight ET. That can't be right. I thought the show aired at 9:00pm? Help here would be appreciated!
 
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Cornballer

Member
Ghost_Messiah said:
What time is this airing tonight? I just checked HBO's schedule and it's listed as midnight ET. That can't be right. I thought the show aired at 9:00pm? Help here would be appreciated!
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Should be on at the usual time tonight.

"#TheNightOf S1E7 ("Ordinary Death") airs Sun. Aug. 21 at 9PM" according to HBO PR and the online listing.
 
Ghost_Messiah

Ghost_Messiah

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Just wanted to add that I love this show. I was hooked from the very first episode and this show has got me addicted hard. It's fantastically made and really well produced.

Excited for the new episode tonight!
 
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Jrmint

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The financial advisor guy from the end of the episode 6. Where do I know him from?

Was he the weed smoking genius in Road Trip?
 
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Sanjuro

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Beatofficer

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Oh man, what a brutal episode. I'm excited for next week. As much as I believe he's innocent, he's becoming incredibly unlikable for me.
 
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thoseAREmySHOES

Member
They've got a LOT to cover in one finale. Any word on if it will be longer than 60 minutes?

Also, it's not pertinent to the main plot, but can someone explain Naz's dad's cab buyout situation? I get that he split the medallion with those other two guys, but does it really cost $250k for a medallion? What exactly was that $75k offer they were discussing?
 
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Elwood Blues

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Am I wrong in thinking that the highschool teacher would not have be allowed to testify about what Naz did in high school? How is that not a prior bad act?
 
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uncblue

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I guess the producers left an opening for a second season. If they chose to convict Nas, wouldn't his new lawyers argue inappropriate relations between his defense and himself for an appeal.
 
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