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Word dragging it out entirely too long.
HBO's The Night Of
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Agreed. I'm not a huge fan of the series honestly. There were some character shifts and dialogue that threw me way off. Naz goes from sweet kid to tatted up, freebasing prison thug in two episodes? Sure, we don't know his history, but I can't help but feel like the writing was dishonest in trying to make me feel a certain way about Naz being a good kid. I feel like more time was needed for that transition. They clearly had to step things up and get to the crux of the story, but 2 or three more episodes of Stone actually figuring things out and not catching huge breaks on the hunch that Bodie lied when he told Box he was alone or with Naz actually making a gradual turn would have helped. It just feels rushed and haphazardly put together.
First episode was amazing. I think the wild shift in pace threw me off, too.
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I'm here now. Episode 5 was like the second season of true detective, the shoot out episode.. Episode 6 was like everything after that point.
kilroythedon
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Have a feeling they got us fellas. It's been fun though..
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Watched last night after only seeing the first episode. Obviously I missed a lot. WTF Jack feeding in that room?
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Once I saw that, I would've skeddadled. Homie made eye contact with Petey and continued to look. There's only one cat in that section of the prison with the duke starting 5 so no need to keep looking trying to figure it out. Plus I would've bodied homie after he put the knife to my neck. First it's this and then soon it will be something else.
You lost famb.
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Stone was chopping up that cat liter, then they immediately went to freddie chopping up that dope from nas butt lol.
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The odds of Naz's dad getting a job as a delivery boy and delivering food to the attorney defending his son, THATS BY FAR THE BIGGEST REACH IVE EVERRRRR SEEN.
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I like the show and i like that we are starting to see other possible suspects but i feel like the timeline of the prosecution kinda annoys me
also the check in's with how Naz's family are handling the situation are kind of blah... i mean its real surface level stuff. (mom and dad have to get new lower paying jobs, brother is acting out in school.) I feel like they could have gone deeper than that if they really wanted to show the impact.
Naz transition to full convict is wild tho. I think he has already accepted he isnt getting out. but I cant tell whether he has that notion because he actually killed her or if its just the likelihood he will lose in court.
I also think Naz always wanted to "be down" with black dudes from the fist episode til his whole time in prison. Seems like he wanted to be accepted by the brothas or prove something to them.
also the check in's with how Naz's family are handling the situation are kind of blah... i mean its real surface level stuff. (mom and dad have to get new lower paying jobs, brother is acting out in school.) I feel like they could have gone deeper than that if they really wanted to show the impact.
Naz transition to full convict is wild tho. I think he has already accepted he isnt getting out. but I cant tell whether he has that notion because he actually killed her or if its just the likelihood he will lose in court.
I also think Naz always wanted to "be down" with black dudes from the fist episode til his whole time in prison. Seems like he wanted to be accepted by the brothas or prove something to them.
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A super reach and so unnecessary lol.
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Ok, what kind of cat is in the room that has my man so effin afraid? Like a regular house cat?
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In regards to actually solving the case it's clear that her step-dad had by far the biggest motive of all the potential suspects we've encountered so I'm thinking ep7 is about going after him.
And I think we're supposed to have mixed feelings about Naz - people are complicated man and so we see him make a lot of dumb decisions (like the tats and the drugs).
But at the same time we see him care, show his innocent and polite side (wanting to wear what his mom picked out, calling the lawyer to say thank you).
One thing I did notice in jail was how that one dude didn't want any parts of Omar knowing he had the other dude going down on him. At least that proves Omar ain't down for the sexual abuse in prison
The show is far from perfect but I'm still very intrigued by what is going to happen the last 2 episodes - and no matter how it finishes its already shown how all the different lives and careers are affected by a case like this. The judicial system has so many unintentional consequences and I think in the end that's what the takeaway of this show is.
And I think we're supposed to have mixed feelings about Naz - people are complicated man and so we see him make a lot of dumb decisions (like the tats and the drugs).
But at the same time we see him care, show his innocent and polite side (wanting to wear what his mom picked out, calling the lawyer to say thank you).
One thing I did notice in jail was how that one dude didn't want any parts of Omar knowing he had the other dude going down on him. At least that proves Omar ain't down for the sexual abuse in prison
The show is far from perfect but I'm still very intrigued by what is going to happen the last 2 episodes - and no matter how it finishes its already shown how all the different lives and careers are affected by a case like this. The judicial system has so many unintentional consequences and I think in the end that's what the takeaway of this show is.
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he's allergic to cats and the doc told him that's one of the reason he got the funky feets
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[quote name="RavageBX"]The only one that was nitpicky was the basketball thing. I'll get back to that point later. As for attorneys and questioning witnesses, you don't know what you're talking bout homie. And this isn't Law & Order. It's HBO, I expect them to get it right.[/quote]
I don't care how it is in real life. I do know what I'm talking about cuz on tv in movies they do it all the time. She went to see a witness not a suspect.
There is no scene AT ALL where she is shown being suspicious of the driver. She only becomes suspicious after meeting him. She went to speak to him in the first place cuz even the police didn't question him.
You can not establish that Chandra thought the guy was a suspect for the murder and then went to speak with him after. She only felt he was a suspect after meeting him and all actual evidence does not point to him being a suspect so it's completely unfounded.
If there was suppose to be sexual tension there then the writers tried their hardest not to make that clear.
I don't care how it is in real life. I do know what I'm talking about cuz on tv in movies they do it all the time. She went to see a witness not a suspect.
No. She did not. Re-watch the ep.
There is no scene AT ALL where she is shown being suspicious of the driver. She only becomes suspicious after meeting him. She went to speak to him in the first place cuz even the police didn't question him.
You can not establish that Chandra thought the guy was a suspect for the murder and then went to speak with him after. She only felt he was a suspect after meeting him and all actual evidence does not point to him being a suspect so it's completely unfounded.
Then maybe you can't read a scene. What the **** do those lines have to do with sexual tension. Chandra is hitting him with the line trying to say I'm not like you, he claps back immediately but you are starting to cuz you are alone.
If there was suppose to be sexual tension there then the writers tried their hardest not to make that clear.
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After the Lawyer chased that dude in the previous episode and it ended with him with a piece of metal in his hand, how did that turn out in last nights episode ? I missed like the first 2 minutes of the show, so not sure if they made mention of it.
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I like this week's episode of this and power lol
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in gonna go back and watch the missed episodes because I didn't know what the hail was going on last night..
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No mention of it.
I assume it'll come up in the 7th or 8th ep as a surprise witness possibly or maybe Stone got Reed arrested somehow and set up some sort of deal to get him and Bodie to testify.
They way it's set up they're obviously gonna come back to it.
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Why would you skip 5 episodes and expect to know what's going on ?
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Not a damn thing.
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this could end up sucking but i think it could be epic in the end. HBO wouldn't have signed on otherwise. they've revisited nearly every plot detail from the pilot, so i expect they'll tie together nearly everything by the end. it's masterful, to me at least, that 6 episodes in we're even more uncertain about who did it than we were after episode 1. Duane, Nasir, stepdad, coffin guy, etc are being more and more heavily implicated with each episode.
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Beat me to the punch...
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I didn't skip them, I missed them as in forgot about the show. Character development was so drastic I was lost. Plus I usually catch on really quick so while I didn't expect to figure it all out I thought I would have some idea what was happeningWhy would you skip 5 episodes and expect to know what's going on ?
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