HBO: The Night Of

For those of you with an HBO subscription, I highly recommend this mini-series.  I only saw the first episode but it has a lot of promise.  Nothing but high praise from real critics (not just @ssholes like myself and Rink, hahaha).

9.1/10 on IMDB and 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.

yup, like this too, like most HBO series, great cast, top notch acting and sets.

SPOILER down below.

I am through episode 2 and the writing is top notch...

Up with the spoiler? I passed it thank god.

I passed over it too.

I am so excited to watch this. 

james gandalfini envisioned the main char to be black. though with current events, its perfect that he is a paki

Plenty of twists and turns...makes you wonder what the end result will be.

2 more episodes left???

I feel the same way.  I thought it was supposed to be 9 parts and not 8.  This show started out with so much promise.  It's still good, but I have a feeling like the conclusion may let me down.  I guess we'll see. 

John Turturro is always a good watch, even doing a turn as Columbo turned lawyer. However, although the first few episodes got my attention, the last couple ( particularly the prison inmate scenes ) have been both boring and unrealistic, in my opinion. I'm invested enough to watch to see how it ends, but I won't be sorry when it's over.

I kind of agree..

I think you capture the problem with the lack of character development better than I described my frustration in my earlier post. Okay, we get it. Turturro is a sweet guy with a soft spot for struggling hookers and stray cats. But aren't we supposed to care about the kid who got arrested for the murder ? He's nowhere to be found in the story most of the time. And when he is around, they've turned a scrawny, seemingly sweet kid into a bulked up, head-shaven prison tough guy. Ridiculous ! And the sensitive, "mind in need of nourishing" prison inmate types ? Please. I didn't know you could "jump the shark" in a show of such limited duration. Dr. Kevorkian should have intervened on this one three episodes ago.

I cant believe there is one episode left with 50 loose ends.

Thanks WSC.  I missed last night's episode. Watching it after work.  

There has to be a second part of this mini-series.  

I'm curious to hear what people thought at the end of the show.

I thought it ended appropriately.  It's hard to think how I would decide if I was a juror.  Stone's closing argument may have persuaded me, but Naz testifying was just a train wreck.  

Slobbasaurus

I completely agreed with your early rating of the show and I enjoy your write-ups. However, I have a different opinion about the middle and particularly the ending. Is it too soon to share specifics ? I don't want to do one of these "spoiler" things to ruin it for someone.

I'd give it maybe another month or so.  Don't ruin it for anyone who aren't fully caught up.  Last episode only aired last night.