NoChillJones
Banned
So who yall think did it?
HBO's Limited Series "The Night Of" Official Thread
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afterlife2009
Superstar
Nas about to be food up in rikers 
Recca Gatsby
LWO
Watching episode 2 now.
Had to pause it really quick, yo.....how the fukk did blood get on the deer head mantle??
Had to pause it really quick, yo.....how the fukk did blood get on the deer head mantle??
The way shorty was looking at him in the rear view mirror was.
She was certain death from the jump.
Eye fukking ain't never been more real.
GRIMEStheMENACE
Rookie
It's late, I'm thinking about adding this in the rotation with DBS, Mr. Robot, Vice Principals, is it worth it?
If the first episode was a fairy tale, drawn with darker and darker shades, until the last moment, this episode is almost all realism, a bleak, critical, perilous look at the spiraling, inefficient, brutal system our criminal justice system has become. As well as themes of the weariness of the working class and the sheer amount of labor, sweat, that goes into the darkly comedic process of criminal justice, the clerks, the judges, the police, the transcribers, the bailiffs, the lawyers, all just pieces of a flawed machine whose gears dismember, disconnect those who end up twisted in it's insides.
I've been through the system, so in knowing half laughter, and disgust I watched the scenes in the holding cells, and the junkie getting beaten, and remember all that shyt I saw when I was in.....and how everyone how has been in has a story like that, and much worse. It's a system that encourages primal behavior, and it's do or die. I remember sleeping on toilet paper rolls and watching dudes catch those kicks to the ribs, and wanting to do it myself, anger and rage, just cruelty seething inside.
The ending scenes were particularly grim in their constant themed shots of doors closing, opportunity, freedom, success, family, sex, romance, heavy imperialist doors of the machine closing down all around you. I remember those bus sides, shackled, and cuffed, two to three men, those last glances of the rest of the world, you never thought to miss, or appreciate. A sidewalk, and a passing sun. The ominous music and direction as he enters Rikers and ending with the prisoners entering a literal blackness, one apart from the world around them was powerful.
It's a process of dehumanization, on the inside. And a wrenching process on the outside, as the parents deal with the brunt of the law, even guys who aren't awful or evil, like Box. 'The Night Of' is doing an impressive work walking through this process, step, step by step. It's a quiet show in it's best moments, marching towards ever grimmer and darker days, I suspect.
I've been through the system, so in knowing half laughter, and disgust I watched the scenes in the holding cells, and the junkie getting beaten, and remember all that shyt I saw when I was in.....and how everyone how has been in has a story like that, and much worse. It's a system that encourages primal behavior, and it's do or die. I remember sleeping on toilet paper rolls and watching dudes catch those kicks to the ribs, and wanting to do it myself, anger and rage, just cruelty seething inside.
The ending scenes were particularly grim in their constant themed shots of doors closing, opportunity, freedom, success, family, sex, romance, heavy imperialist doors of the machine closing down all around you. I remember those bus sides, shackled, and cuffed, two to three men, those last glances of the rest of the world, you never thought to miss, or appreciate. A sidewalk, and a passing sun. The ominous music and direction as he enters Rikers and ending with the prisoners entering a literal blackness, one apart from the world around them was powerful.
It's a process of dehumanization, on the inside. And a wrenching process on the outside, as the parents deal with the brunt of the law, even guys who aren't awful or evil, like Box. 'The Night Of' is doing an impressive work walking through this process, step, step by step. It's a quiet show in it's best moments, marching towards ever grimmer and darker days, I suspect.
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TheNatureBoy
Veteran
8 episodes limited series.
TheNatureBoy
Veteran
Not sure
. Episode 2 didn't really offer any other possible suspects.Only new character we really met was the stepfather, who didn't see too broken up about the murder and obviously didn't have a good relationship with the girl.
I thought Nas' mother was a bit naive trying to bring him that home cooking
, but she was smart enough to go through his things and make sure he didn't have another bloody knife on deck 
They doing school reports on Jamie Foxx now
Detective trying to be slick with that Harvard TV shirt he gave Nas
DeVanteSwing
Flop Champion
Anyone else notice the bruises on the step father's chest and the scrapes on his hand
he prolly rides a bike
the step father did it. The way he looke dat the pics you could tell he was obsessed with her. plus he just looks like whoever was on that bike that pulled up beside nas escobar at the light. I wonder if bodie will re appear and tell the cops something about the step dad
Canada Goose
Pooping on your head :umad:
The Step Dad didn't seem to have no remorse when he saw the photos of his step daughter's body
I don't think he did it though... whoever is probably someone straight out of Left Field that no one saw coming
When I saw the Lawyer's baby mama it so reminded me of TLR and the term bedwench
I don't think he did it though... whoever is probably someone straight out of Left Field that no one saw coming
When I saw the Lawyer's baby mama it so reminded me of TLR and the term bedwench
only reason i suspect the stepfather is because the actor is "known." he's a veteran HBO actor and i feel like the "killer" would be someone kinda recognizable. other than that, that was the first character i felt they went out of their way to make look like a suspect. everyone in the pilot was just reddit detectives grasping for straws and i think the writers knew what they were doing.
ultimately i don't think this is a "whodunnit" i think it's about how this pakastani kid is going to be processed through the criminal justice system. i also think there's like a 80% chance he did it. yeah, i know, he wasn't covered in blood, but he took drugs for the first time and that gives them an out to say anything could have happened. maybe school stress got the best of him and he gutted her without even realizing it.
ultimately i don't think this is a "whodunnit" i think it's about how this pakastani kid is going to be processed through the criminal justice system. i also think there's like a 80% chance he did it. yeah, i know, he wasn't covered in blood, but he took drugs for the first time and that gives them an out to say anything could have happened. maybe school stress got the best of him and he gutted her without even realizing it.