re: The Night Of - New HBO Limited Series

I think the show writers and runners have made a fatal flaw in the narrative of the show. The first episode is superb, some of the best tv I've seen in years. But the past two episodes have not focused on what people want to see...the murder case!

Making a murderer was a success and captivating because they largely always brought it back to the details of the murder and trying to find out what actually happened. You were constantly changing your mind if he actually did it or not. It was always present in your thoughts.

The Night Of has drifted further and further away from the actual case (by far the most compelling aspect of the show) and into criminal justice system's tedious procedurals mixed with a prison show. This is not what people want to see. I think, like most times now a days, the left wing writers are more interested in saying "See how screwed up the system is" instead of trying to make the show as captivating as it can be.

I'm still holding out hope that it gets back to more of a mystery/thriller, but I'm very, very skeptical at this point.

As for what happened tonight, I think the Gloria Allred fame whore lawyer has swindled the family and it will end up screwing them, then they'll go begging back to Turturro. Yes, I agree the excema thing is weird and unnecessarily focused upon. It's like they didn't have enough story for eight episodes so they had to throw all that in there to fill time. Who knows it could end up being some kind of huge plot point but I don't know.

Naz will get protection from Omar or be transferred to a safer prison. The cat means something, it's a big clue. The stuffed deer also is something, maybe a camera behind the eye or something. They've shown a closeup of those eyes three or four times, it's important.