The Night Of season 1 review

When we first say that the finale for HBO’s “The Night Of” was running a shocking 90-minutes plus, we did wonder if that was far too long given for any episode of TV — especially one without commercials. Yet, we have to say that this was the fastest-moving 90-plus-minutes we’ve seen in some time, and […]

The past few episodes of “The Night Of” have been intense, but they’ve also contained a few different storylines that we’ve felt were a bit bloated. For example, we are talking about the eczema of John Stone, or the amount of time spent with Freddy at the present. Tonight, we spent the vast majority of […]

On Sunday night’s new episode of “The Night Of,” we finally had a solution to one of the season’s long-simmering mysteries: We now know that John Stone’s feet are going to be okay! Of course, we’re obviously joking, but the reality is that the show has focused a tremendous amount of time on this story […]

It feels almost strange to say that Sunday night’s new episode of “The Night Of” was comedic, but there were many of moments of that in between John Stone and the cat, John Stone out on the town, or John Stone trying to get a certain prescription drug to help him out. Then, things did […]

At the end of last week’s episode of “The Night Of” on HBO, we learned something rather valuable about Naz’s new attorney Alison: She is so invested in high-profile cases that she is willing to work the case for free. However, over the course of tonight’s installment, we started to learn that she was really […]

The third episode of HBO’s “The Night Of” proved to be an exercise in politics as much as murder. While Nasir continued to struggle to get accustomed to life behind bars at Rikers Island, attorneys on the outside waged war as questions of representation started to become present. At first, John Stone did seemingly have […]

HBO’s “The Night Of” had a long road to make it to television. Originally titled “Criminal Justice,” the series was meant to star James Gandolfini prior to his death. To date, he is still listed as executive producer. The show underwent a name change, a meticulous search to find the right people, and then also a […]