"The Night Of" HBO Series Premier and episode 2
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Episode 2 notes
James gandolfini is credited as an executive producer — what’s that back story?
The Cops who apprehended Nas are speaking to investigators
Torturro - the lawyer with flip slops and exema. John Torturro doesn’t want to know the truth.
Nas’ parents are heading to manhattan to see him in jail.
Detective guy - seems to be calling the dead girl’s father. Her Apartment has blood way up on the taxidermy mounted deer. She really got brutally stabbed blood is everywhere. “Box” is the detective guy’s name. Nas’ inhaled is still at the scene and is an exhibit of evidence.
Body is going to the morgue - The dude who plays Tom Yates on "House of Cards" is on this show. Solid cast. The dead girl is his step daughter. I’m very much dubious of him already. The way he answered the phone with disdain for her, the way he didn’t want to look at the body
Torturro’s character weird dude
The step father “ Mr Taylor” is his name. The detective guy, Box stops him for a talk/ cigarette. Girls name is Andrea — her mom is dead and her biological dad is dead. Step dad lives in Queens — i’m feeling like a motive is under the surface, i’m sure that’s what they want me to think.
Box is back and he’s gonna let Nas see his parents — he’s listening in. Nas wisely switches to Pakistani.
Box and Torturro (Name is John Stone) having a little snack machine face off - Stone feels good that Nas hasn’t been charged yet
Who’s more in over their head. Nas or the lady cop and the dude cop who puked.
Box - is laying it on pretty thick on this buddy buddy - wholesome cop stuff — brings Nas his inhaler. Really working those mind games, bringing God into it, etc — Nas stone walls him and Box decides to charge him with Murder officially
Stone takes the subway everywhere - true New Yorker. Was in a Harvard t-shirt is a little heavy handed in the paddy wagon
Being a cop who drives the paddy wagon seems about as lackluster as possible.
Dude has a cell phone up his rear end - a pretty grave picture is being painted.
Who is the kid at Torturro’s house - guessing a son - guessing he’s got an ex-wife — answer on that is yes
Cops are dusting the entire car - then go to Nas’ parents house with a court order/ search warrant.
Box is talking the DA i guess - she seems like a tough tough lady
Arraignment - Judge denies bail - Nas is in tough shape - he’s going to like real jail - Rikers Island — yikes
Scenes from the next - probably gonna get darker
Serial Podcast parallels
Episode 1 Notes
Main Character is in Jackson Height Queens — seems to be really likeable kid, really wants to fit in with his Ball buddies.
Looks like he might be taking the family “cab” - he does
Cops help hm get two stoners out of the cab
I cryptic chick jumps in the cab — clearly she’s having a bad night
Clearly he’s love struck
Surveillance cams are clearly a big deal / Hearse driver seems pretty interesting
They are chilling on the hudson river under the GW bridge - Taking pills from cryptic strange white girls, that ain’t the move homie, this girl seems pretty suicidal at first blush
Parked in front of a hydrant / dudes are making “terrorist jokes”/ he’s allergic to cats, she’s making tequila shots - he’s not a drinker — and between the promos and the eery music and doing shots — there’s a lot going on. And now we’re doing coke? Big first night in Manhattan
This girl has a death wish - we’re 24 mins in, and she’s rubbing her bloody hand from the knife on his body - poor guy needed an inhaler prior to boone time. Fade to black and he’s passed out on her kitchen counter with the frig door open - he goes back up stairs and she is brutally murdered
Locks his keys in her apt - breaks into her house to get them back - he’s got a parking ticket - neighbors watches him run away — this ain’t gonna go well, but we knew that — an the cops pull him over with a bloody knife in his car. I feel really bad for this guy. The cops literally bring him back to the scene of his transgressions. Interesting wrinkle
The guy from Veep is on this show. Michael McKeon is involved - or is it him — it’s not - jail’s just don’t look a lot of fun
the witness guy is there the kid has the knife on him,
The character actor who played Bodie on "the Wire" from earlier comes back and now HE gets picked up by the cops for questioning - perfect storm is brewing - he almost got out of there. Oh man, this is a pretty crazy first episode
very good use of minimalism - compared to a game of thrones - this poor dude
Torturro shows up - clearly a low rent attorney — and he’s on to something - ps no idea this was gonna be 90 mins long
When the dad realizes his taxi is gone / fade to black/ i’m feeling very optimist that this is going to be a very interest show