THE NIGHT OF on HBO. (S01E02) Did you watch last night's episode called, "Subtle Beast?." It aired on Sunday evening at 9 p.m. The two main characters are, Jack Stone (John Tuturro) and Naz (Riz Ahmed).
"Naz" is charged with the murder of Andrea after detective Box couldn't get a confession. Box is called the "subtle beast" because of his tactics as a nice detective who turns your words against you. He has no clear evidence to charge "Naz" even when the district attorney doesn't believe Box is absolutely sure. "Naz" goes to prison until his murder trial and it looks like he goes down to the darkness of "Hell."
Did you see the small clues? Andrea's step-father wasn't sure she was his daughter at first and then claimed it was. He also claimed that Andrea's mom, his wife, died of cancer. He acted kind-of guilty. The forensic team also swabbed the "eye" of the stuffed dear head where there is blood. Why is blood way up there? In the first episode, the camera lingered on a black male who watched Andrea guide "Naz" into her home. It was like he knew her because she had a lot of boyfriends before "Naz."
Lawyer, Jack Stone certainly was "in the right place, at the right time." Everyone see's him as an ambulance chaser who instantly grabs the possible homicide case of "Naz." He doesn't want to know the truth, but only cares about his defense of "Naz." It is like this is his last chance to be a top lawyer on a huge murder case. The scene between him and detective Box crackles with intensity and struggle because of the homicide. It is life and death with both of their already long careers.
(The cinematography is very good while capturing darkness, death and prison in New York City. Riz Ahmed is perfectly cast as "Naz" who is a wide-eyed, innocent, college kid whose life takes a turn for the worst. Maybe he shouldn't have let Andrea get into his father's taxi-cab. She lead him straight into a horrendous nightmare.)
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