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Also, I thought the actor that played the judge looked familiar. It was the killer from season 1 of True Detective. He also played a lawyer on Billions. |
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I enjoyed the conclusion a great deal, a great great deal more than I expected to a week ago.
The eczema storyline was excellent, despite the concerns and squeamishness in situ. It was a great way to demonstrate in a novel and affecting way the insecurities and stresses of having the fate of a client in your hands. When you are passionate and determined, your shortcomings are going to find a way out. There's a reason attorneys deal with alcoholism and depression and seek out illicit conduct in their off time, beyond big motors and outsized egos. I may have related this before, but the very first trial I second-chaired, I didn't have a lot of input on. I was a month out of passing the bar and was there to observe mostly, and it was a loser of a case with one of the weaker attorneys at the firm [as will bear itself out shortly]. It was an MVA civil claim, and the parties had haggled at great length over aspects not to be introduced [in limine]. The attorney I was 2nd chairing sat through the plaintiff's opening statement, then promptly stood up and in the second sentence out of his mouth mentioned something barred in limine by the judge not an hour earlier. Opposing counsel immediately moved for, and got a mistrial. More importantly, he had a heart attack right then and there. Emergency Services summoned and taken out on a gurney. Needless to say, that experience has stuck with me. There are plenty of technical aspects to critique in the story, but overall I think the show did a great job of highlighting some of the lesser dramatized, but truly crucial aspects of the litigation process. The split-second gut decisions, the gravity of a glance, the tactics and insinuations used to drive doubt or certainty, the shortcuts and messiness, the overall drain on humanity. It can be depressing, it can be exhilarating. It almost always emotional, even if the professionals pretend it's not. That's the part they nailed.
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There was so much to love about this ending. Agree with BabyLee, I didn't expect to even like it leading up to it. Instead of a conventional save, they laid bare the edges of justice, the consequences of a system that more often than not doesn't know if it is right. I loved the performance of the actor playing the prosecutor right after the detective walked out during her argument. I loved the moment Freddy calms him before the verdict. I loved the reaction shots of both legal teams as the judge understands he can't force the jury to go back again. That was a strong jury. I was on a jury where the judge kept making us go back over and over. I still believe two people changed their vote just to go home.
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I enjoyed the ending much more than I thought I would. I kept expecting Nas to get shanked on his long march out of the prison, with all of the guards that were in Freddy's pocket. Pretty brutal how they showed Nas pretty much crushed by the ordeal by his mom and community. The scene where his buddy from the beginning sees him and just walked away was strong, and it made you feel for Nas and what he was facing in his "new life". I smiled when Weiss was talking to Box and she told him they were going after Amanda's boyfriend.
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I meant to ask, did the prosecutor's performance remind anyone of this?
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Oh, and I forgot to add
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This was a really great series..
Highly recommend.. it, just finished it. 4 out of 5 boners If you are on the fence, get the 1st couple and watch it. Im sad its over
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Great series. I'm glad it ended when it did because you could see the writing becoming redundant in portions of the later episodes. The only television I can remember that drew me in more than the first episode of 'The Night of' was 'The Sopranos' opener with TNO being the clear winner.
All the episodes ranged from good to outstanding but that first one with the deliberate pace, artsy camera work, and downright palpable tension was the best introduction to a series I've ever seen. Bravo! Since we received no resolution on the deer head I'm going to have to go with it being a subtle homage to 'Twin Peaks'. |
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08-30-2016, 09:32 PM | #162 | |
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I loved everything about the show. I was thinking Naz would get convicted in the end to leave a shitty taste in our mouths. I was so happy that didn't happen. Any ideas on why Chandra walked out never to be seen again?
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I thought a hopelessly deadlocked jury in conjunction with Box implanting doubt into the prosecutor which led to dropped charges was a great and inventive conclusion to the trial. I read Chandra's leaving as just a sign that her career was over so might as well get the **** out. She probably was also pretty angry at Naz/Stone for dropping the dime on her to try to get the mistrial (although she was at fault partially for the kiss). |
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plus I think she came out of her spell, and was like WTF did I just do.
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