of the night the best thing since Narcos and Fargo, it's even got a little cat in it :)
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of the night the best thing since Narcos and Fargo, it's even got a little cat in it :)
^Indeed. An excellent series!
Yeah I've never known Turturro to disappoint.
If I could make just one small criticism... I got rather bored of his feet.
Other than that very well done, especially the writing and casting.
Just watched the last one, yeah the feet went on a bit that's true, but other than that TV at it's best.
I just finished it as well. Really first-rate, but the feet were a bit distracting. Kind of a Ratso Rizzo dude.
Nobody else found the ending a little anti-climatic?
*SPOILER ALERT*...
After all that the DA just unilaterally decides on the spot not to go ahead with a retrial?!
I know it fits the story but it wasn't accurate or realistic. Meh, minor gripe over details I suppose. It was a superb series.
Ending was not catastrophic :)
Costs a ton of $$$$$$ to try a murder case. With a jury deadlocked 6-6, chances of a conviction the 2nd time around are very slim. She quite correctly cut her losses.Quote:
Originally Posted by AntRobertson
Yeah sure, I more meant that it wouldn't be an on-the-spot decision like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
Anyways it's nitpicking really because it was one of the best series I have seen for a long time.
Got high hopes for this one too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JctIuZfSsa4
True. The on-the-spot call was a bit strange, but if she was the actual DA I guess it's one she could make. Probably just tightened up the process for TV. I agree that it was the best TV since Fargo - hated to see it end.
^ I thought they set up the story very well to carry on. Maybe next year we get more.
^Hope so, but doubt it.
I kinda hope they do and they don't. As much as I'd love to watch another series how would/could they top that and where to go with the story?
Not that I put them in the same league but it's like that show 'Prison Break'.
The first series was pretty good but then it just went down hill rapidly - there are only so many times they could be locked-up in a prison planning an escape before you're thinking 'just don't get locked-up again you fucking idiots!'
Blog comments tend to agree it should end with season 1. Several comments mention True Detective, which should have ended after season 1. I agree.
Dunno if i could watch that lawyer scratching his scabs with a chopstick anymore. He looked like the Singing Detective near the end.
Did you see James Gandolfini's name in the credits? He was gonna have that part, so too was De Niro who was too busy shooting shite comedies.
There may be a second season though;
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_OfQuote:
In July 2016, Steven Zaillian commented about the possibility of a second season: "We're thinking about it and if we come up with something we all feel is worthy of doing, we'll do it. This was designed as a stand-alone piece. That being said, there are ways of certainly kind of taking what it feels like and what it's about and doing another season on another subject.
In my opinion this should be a one season deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by AntRobertson
'The Affair' should have been too.
As for where to go with the story, I suppose it could be either Turturro taking another defendant, or all the characters except the retired detective and the suspects being cut out of the story, with the retired detective investigating the suspects.
The latter seems rather unlikely.
The way it tends to go these days I'd say it's unlikely this will be just a one season deal, and we'll see Turturro back with another case.
The British one (from which they copied almost verbatim the first episode and the whole story idea) had a completely different ending. It turned out the old detective eventually discovered that a known criminal had followed her all night but he'd kept it quiet to protect other investigations.
So the kid was found guilty then it was overturned.
Ah, that was actually what I was expecting would happen. That he'd be found guilty but the retired cop would find the real killer and the decision would be overturned.
On the evidence presented it just seemed the jury had to return a 'guilty' verdict.
Also, the ending would have been better if Turturro's character hadn't just watched an ad. for the SPCA.
I think the point was that his nasty rash was down to the cat, which crossed the room after he left, even though he was last seen dumping it at the pound.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyrille
Points to character M'lud.
He had the skin disease before he found the stray cat.
I think the whole cat thing was a metaphor for his taking pity on the innocent despite being world-weary, cynical and jaded no? Or is that too obvious?
Dunno, I'm usually a bit shit at picking these things.
Yeah, just felt the spca ad. was heavy handed when subtlety (the cat walking across the closing shot) would have made the point alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracudaI think the point was that his nasty rash was down to the cat, which crossed the room after he left, even though he was last seen dumping it at the pound.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyrille
Points to character M'lud.
But we'd previoulsly been shown that his cat allergy worsened his condition.Quote:
Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
Not all over his body.Quote:
Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
OK. Cats are filthy, disgusting creatures in any case, so it's on him for touching one of the diseased vermin.