HBO's "The Night Of" (Season 1)

[harryq]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

Its not that's he's "off" the case, its that you've demoted him to a supporting role, which you never do with your strongest character. I'm not buying it.



Ok, let's assume that's all true. It still doesn't explain the idiotic script writing since they could have achieved that without tossing their strongest character in a supporting role. They could have easily had the female associate be a sidekick of Turturro or some other female in the show. The point is you don't toss your strongest character back into a supporting role to achieve something you can do while keeping him up front. Its like bulldozing your house to fix your windows = overkill.

I agree, but I feel like you aren't going far enough:

• Turturro should have been from a major law firm -- he's the biggest name actor on the show, so we should make his character equally important.
• Naz should be guilty -- any loser can get a mistrial, but John Tururro can get a murderer free!
• Speaking of which, the trial shouldn't have ended in a mistrial -- it should have been an *innocent* verdict (not "not guilty", but straight up "innocent").
• Furthermore, why did this show need to be 8 episodes? Episode 1: Naz kills the girl. Episode 2: Turturro wins the case. Episode 3: Turturro receives an Emmy.