The Night Of

[Drak]

Is anyone else watching this HBO show? A naive young American Muslim is arrested and charged with murder after hooking up with a girl he meets whilst driving his father's taxi cab. A night of partying ensues back at her place and things take a turn when he wakes up and finds her mutilated. The show does a great job of making you feel the fear and uncertainty this young man is going through, from arrest to his introduction into the prison system.

John Turturro plays his lawyer.

[To Be Quite Honest]

This was James Gandolfini's pet project before he passed away and HBO had passed on the project in 2012, but they picked it back up in honour of Gandolfini after his passing. You see his name in the credits. John Turturro is playing his role, but it was supposed to go to Robert De Niro due to scheduling conflict. Thank you "scheduling conflict". John took the role as he was a close friend of James and he wanted to play the role for his friend.

[Drak]

Season finale this Sunday. Such a good series.

[Flabbibulin]

Watched the first seven episodes over a couple days on SOD. Very good series. I just hope the finale gives us an actual conclusion. Ambiguous endings are getting old, but I am getting the feeling that is where it is headed.

[jroc]

Maybe I missed it, but I'm curious as Nas has gone through such a crazy transformation... How much time has supposedly passed from episode 1 to the end of episode 7?

[Flabbibulin]

Originally Posted by jroc

Maybe I missed it, but I'm curious as Nas has gone through such a crazy transformation... How much time has supposedly passed from episode 1 to the end of episode 7?

I believe it is only a few months. The night of was definitely in October as it is captioned at the beginning. There were some references to it being November about midway though, and then there is snow on the ground in episode 7, so still in winter months.

The transformation in Naz is definitely interesting.

Spoiler!

From what I gather, the suspects are the mortician, Duane Reade, the stepfather, and Naz himself. No follow up references yet to the guy on the motorcycle that pulled up to Naz, and stared at him, when he was in the cab. Curious to see if that comes back up. My bet is on it pointing to Naz, but then some final scene shot casts doubt and leaves it ambiguous.

[bubbsy]

finished episode 2 last night. Interesting show that has got me intrigued, but the rate at which things happen, numerous 15-30s scenes, that seem more or less meaningless, make it a bit of a chore to watch though...........

[TomLeeMC]

Watched all 7 episodes in the last couple days. Really enjoying it and am stoked for the finale. I'm also in the group who's hoping there isn't an ambiguous ending. I really like Michael Williams(Freddy) ever since The Wire and he plays a good role in this as well.

Spoiler!

I'm leaning more towards Nas being the killer as he has so much pent up rage and being the quiet type, when the chance arises he just blows up in a blind rage. If he's not he is going to do something in jail to get himself incarcerated. I think it could also be the step-father as he is a pretty horrible person and I assume it was him on the motorcycle. Undecided about Duane and the mortician is just a creepy dude and don't know why he would be implicated. Excited to see how it plays out.

[Drak]

I certainly hope there's a solid ending to this series and we find out who the killer is for certain. I'm doubting it's Naz.

[freakinsaprikin]

Originally Posted by bubbsy

finished episode 2 last night. Interesting show that has got me intrigued, but the rate at which things happen, numerous 15-30s scenes, that seem more or less meaningless, make it a bit of a chore to watch though...........

Keep going, it all starts to come together as you move along in the series.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

If the foot fungus isn't involved in the killing, I'll consider the show a massive failure. There is zero reason to give his struggle with that so much screen time. I don't get the connection, don't understand what they were going for here.

[Flabbibulin]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

If the foot fungus isn't involved in the killing, I'll consider the show a massive failure. There is zero reason to give his struggle with that so much screen time. I don't get the connection, don't understand what they were going for here.

Spoiler!

I was thinking the foot eczema, combined with allergies from the cat, is going to give Stone some dramatic revelation that will show him the way. The victim let the cat out before the murder because Naz was having allergy/asthma issues. Might be a tie in.

[Flabbibulin]

Spoiler!

hmmm, I think the producers realized that we have seen so many dramatic and unexpected cliffhangers/twists in modern tv shows, that you can create one where nothing extraordinary really happens, yet the audience will instinctively expect something crazy at every moment. Pretty clever I guess. Waiting, anticipating, and speculating on a twist is maybe more enjoyable than actually getting one. Not as upset at the ending as I normally might be.

[afc wimbledon]

Based on a British show I believe, so you could look up the end if you wanted, just saying...

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

Based on a British show I believe, so you could look up the end if you wanted, just saying...

Or just watch the finale that aired last night.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

Based on a British show I believe, so you could look up the end if you wanted, just saying...

Why would anyone want to do that?

[Displaced Flames fan]

Not sure how I feel about the ending. Clearly, Nas will be back with Freddy in no time.

[Drak]

I liked the ending. Naz is a broken young man.

[Finger Cookin]

The system breaks 'em all.

[nfotiu]

I liked the show from start to finish. Great characters, and great acting.