B+Season 1The Night Of offers an often unsatisfying finale... probably on purpose?Alasdair Wilkins8/29/16 12:25amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe Night Of never quite decided what it wanted to be. There’s the part of this show that aimed for verisimilitude,…
A-Season 1There’s plenty of reasonable doubt on The Night Of , lost amid the bullshitAlasdair Wilkins8/21/16 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere’s a whole lot of reasonable doubt to be found in tonight’s episode, but my goodness do you to have to wade…
BSeason 1A solid The Night Of pauses to reflectAlasdair Wilkins8/14/16 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkTonight’s “Samson And Delilah” ends with a perfect reversal of last week’s conclusion. The previous episode found Stone…
ASeason 1The Night Of searches for the real killers, but have they been found already?Alasdair Wilkins8/07/16 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“The Season Of The Witch” might be the best episode of The Night Of to date. It also might be completely pointless. The…
A-Season 1On The Night Of, demanding respect is the ultimate act of self-destructionAlasdair Wilkins7/31/16 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhat makes Naz’s explanation at the plea hearing remarkable is just how straightforward it is. Naz doesn’t tell us in…
A-Season 1The Night Of makes a hellish stop at Rikers IslandAlasdair Wilkins7/24/16 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhy does Naz push back when his father tells him that a bigtime lawyer is taking on his case pro bono? Saying that he…
A-Season 1There’s no one to trust on The Night Of, and that’s the pointAlasdair Wilkins7/17/16 9:20pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“I’m not saying he’s a bad cop. On the contrary. And like all good cops, he does you over just inside the rules. That’s…
B+Season 1The Night Of offers a quiet, confident beginningAlasdair Wilkins7/10/16 10:15pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkFor almost all of its running time, “The Beach” never raises its voice. The grisly murder of Andrea Cornish happens…
A-HBO’s crime drama The Night Of is an armchair detective’s dream come trueJoshua Alston7/07/16 11:05amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkEvery bubble will eventually burst, so it stands to reason that the meticulously detailed crime saga, which was…
