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HBO Series "The Night Of" (1 Viewer)

Uruk-Hai said:
Unless every single character dies and the world explodes (or space itself, to include about 2 dozen TV shows), you've been tired of every TV series ever? Where's the line? Even if one of the main character(s) die, their kids, friends, coworkers, pool boys, etc..... go on.  
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Hyperbole much?

There was a murder in episode one and the motives for half the characters have been proving/disproving who committed this murder. It's not too much to ask that there be an answer to that question. 

 
bigmarc27 said:
Hyperbole much?

There was a murder in episode one and the motives for half the characters have been proving/disproving who committed this murder. It's not too much to ask that there be an answer to that question.
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A verdict is the only resolution mandated by them doing the series.

 
El Floppo said:
it was when the lady lawyer kissed nas. 
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A bad night for me as my wife missed last weeks episode and had a ton of questions - it got to this part and I was clueless as to what was going on to be able to explain it to her. It has really lost me recently with weird moves - and why no explanation for the #### ton of blood everywhere but none on his clothes? It's like Joe Pesci school of law here.

 
bigmarc27 said:
Hyperbole much?

There was a murder in episode one and the motives for half the characters have been proving/disproving who committed this murder. It's not too much to ask that there be an answer to that question. 
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I saw your hyperbole and raised you. You're the one who said "every show", not me. Now your desire is narrowed down by orders of magnitude into something more realistic than your original, bombastic post.

All that said, I have a feeling your worst fears may come true. Or, at least, the "resolution" is going to be way messier than many people want it. Kinda like real life, if you can dig that.

The Chandra/Naz kiss was just stupid and felt like a plot device to me. I've seen people on line trying to justify it, but I'm not buying where and when it happened.

 
Todem said:
I will say it again. The first 4 episodes were outstanding. Episode 5...it started to get strange. 6 and 7 off the rails for me. But I am invested. Looking forward to the series finale and seeing what happens.
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Agree with this.  Gone a bit down hill the last couple of episodes.  Still a good show though...

 
Naz is going to kill Freddy or have somebody dime him out for a murder he didn't commit (like Freddy did) and choose to stay in jail and takeover freddys business. 

 
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Back on track this episode.

The "kiss" doesn't seem too out of place for me. The "setup" was there last week with the "good night" conversation. I felt Chandra didn't develop feelings for Nas, but more that Nas brought it out/put the moves on her. 

 
The Expert Witness nailed it right? The Prosecutor seemed to fail at all attempts to discredit him, and at the end just seemed to be flirting with him (or trying to mock him).

 
You'd think the courtroom would be a little more crowded for a seemingly high profile case. And there was a point where I don't think even the jury could hear the one-on-one conversation that the prosecutor was having with the guy on the stand, let alone the defense.

 
Charlie Harper said:
Back on track this episode.

The "kiss" doesn't seem too out of place for me. The "setup" was there last week with the "good night" conversation. I felt Chandra didn't develop feelings for Nas, but more that Nas brought it out/put the moves on her. 
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I wouldn't say that, but Chandra's emotionally entangled in the case, she relates to what he's been through, he's abandoned, alone, about to give up, his own mother just turned on him. If you think about it Chandra needed to do that to keep his head and heart in the trial. It's making more sense to me that way, that it was more a kiss of comforting and compassion than passion.

 
Thought this was a better episode than the past couple but the kiss was jarring and felt completely out of place, especially coming on the heels of Chandra finding out she had gotten played by Nas yet again. She should've recoiled from him after finding out he had lied to her about his past again. Instead she's getting all hot and bothered? Sorry, didn't buy it at all. Felt forced and completely contrived.

Also don't like the dumbing down of Stone's character. Tailing the step-father in broad daylight and into the guy's gym? Of course he was gonna be seen and caught. First he's going all super-detective and now this? 

Other than those two missteps I thought the trial stuff was very good and the overall story elements were strong. I think it helped that the prison material was kept to mostly a bare minimum and the episode focused primarily on the case and the aspects surrounding the case which is what I'm interested in. The prison drama bores me mostly because I've seen stuff like that before. 

And as others have said, I also want an actual ending so yes tell me who did it. No open-ending ambiguous bullchit. I want to know who the killer is. It's the only reason I'm still hanging with the show at this point so if the finale doesn't give me a resolution I won't be happy. 

 
So judging from this thread, I should expect the ending to go something like

Judge: Have you, the members of the jury, reached a verdict?

Jury Foreman: We have your honor

Bailiff hands judge the verdict.  Judge smiles and shakes his head

FADE TO BLACK

 
Statorama said:
So judging from this thread, I should expect the ending to go something like

Judge: Have you, the members of the jury, reached a verdict?

Jury Foreman: We have your honor

Bailiff hands judge the verdict.  Judge smiles and shakes his head

FADE TO BLACK
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So, now you're telling me Nas is going to get whacked by a guy in a members only jacket?

I did not see that coming. 

 
We'll get a verdict.

But I think the last episode will show some evidence to the viewer that doesn't or can't make it to trial that will go against the verdict. Or at least leave a lot of doubt to the viewer.

 
spoiler about if there will be a verdict based on the UK version:

The verdict should come at about the halfway point of the ep and the rest will be the fallout
 
cockroach said:
spoiler about if there will be a verdict based on the UK version:

The verdict should come at about the halfway point of the ep and the rest will be the fallout
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 that's about what i was imagining.
 
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That's a good way to do it I think.  I hope they pull off a good final episode.  I've only had a problem with one of the installments and much of it has been outstanding for me so hopefully they can keep it going.

 
Walking Boot said:
Binged the season so far all day today so I can be ready for the finale. I don't think I could have taken it week-by-week, a lot of y'all in this thread are idiots. Stopped reading after a few pages.
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Idk, I think this has been a pretty good thread by FFA TV show thread standards.

 
Yankee23Fan said:
This is painful.
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Good gosh, Nas. Yeah, he's done. If I'm a juror and even if lying, the defendant doesn't emphatically proclaim innocence when asked a yes/no are you guilty question, donezo. With all the reasonable doubt presented, right out the window.

 
Man, the series was fantastic. Really hoping they take a TD approach and continue to make more seasons out of different cases with different actors.

 
Not happy with that entire episode save Stone's closing. I get the whole real world, life moves on crap..... but that finale was a cop out.

And now that it's done, there was way way too much drama that was just for drama sake. 

 
That was a really nice good ending to a not great episode of an ok series. 

 
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