Jury aside. I'll never believe Naz did it unless they explain why no blood on him. Maybe the luminol infommercial in last episode is foreshadowing the discussion of blood and cleaning the crime scene to come. There's got to be a reason they chose a luminol commercial.
This show was pretty good about showing the boring procedural elements (arraignment etc) of criminal cases in manhattan - then they had the one scene at the bar (Old town? it looked liek) where what's his name was talking about the importance of jury selection, and they showed hte sleeping jurors watching the horrible jury video --- and then they skipped the jury selection part of it and went right to opening arguments. If that's the most important thing - why did they skip it? Procedure may not seem to make for riveting TV but this show has made a lot more with a lot less, then it just skipped pretrial stuff, voir dire, and went straight to standard issue TV-style courtroom drama with what appears to be absolutely zero preparation by the defense team. Thumbs down for that.
I like this show, but it's pretty frustrating. We basically know he didn't commit the murder, and yet we've rarely seen anyone in the show actually question some of the evidence...like where did all the blood go. I feel like there is a lot of loose ends to wrap up in two more episodes. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up getting off for the murder charge, but ends up getting either killed in prison or does something in prison that keeps him there. Very unlikely there will be a happy ending.
Im starting to dislike this show because this issue has still not been addressed. We are 6 episodes in...and this should have been the #1 issue raised, discussed, investigated, etc... It's just not believable anymore and the show is losing it's credibility with me.
I think you are spot on....I kept thinking I'd seen her elsewhere but she just really looks like Dawson....
Perhaps that is one of the flaws of the criminal justice system that the show may be pointing out. As posters have mentioned before, many individuals in the system would rather tie the evidence to a perp if it tallys another solved murder for their district, rather than look for the real criminal which would almost undoubtably leave the case unsolved. The Wire did a fantastic job of drawing out this issue on their show.
That's not the point. The point is the show is completely making this a non-issue. It has no role...cover-up, twisting the facts or otherwise. Whether the role should be the DA saying they have to prepare against the defense bringing up the lack of blood, or even Box mentioning to other investigators at the crime scene there is no blood on the perp, so find evidence of a cleanup, or whatever. The DA has mentioned the cut being from the door (and she wants it about slipping while stabbing) The DA has mentioned the cocktail of drugs possibly making someone black out (weakening their case) The DA and team have charted all possible defense strategies, no mention of lack of blood It's not that the DA and Box are not being honest to the truth as a flaw in the justice system. It is that there is absolutely no mention of it like all the other evidence and lack thereof.
That was actually the first thing I thought of when they were questioning him in episode 2, I believe. How was he so clean? There was blood all over the bed, splatters on the wall, on the decor. Forensics are capable of checking for blood in clean areas, if there was no blood in the shower, then that clearly indicates that he didn't do it. I'm hoping they bring this up in the upcoming episodes.
I've enjoyed the series, but I've become somewhat disappointed. Maybe my expectations were too high. There were some things about this episode that just didn't ring true. The courtroom scenes seemed made for TV, not realistic. The young female lawyer who I have really liked up to this point, did some things that made her look stupid and unprofessional. Everything going on in the jailhouse is rather boring in my opinion. I really wanted the show to be more about the investigation of the crime. Turturro is fantastic and I wish the show was mainly about his character. We'll see how this is concluded next week I guess. I wish they would return next year and focus on Turturro.
This episode was a very anticlimactic. I kept on waiting for something shocking to pop up or happen, but it never did. About halfway through the episode, I came to the realization that I had set my expectations for the show too high. I'm still interested in the outcome, but I feel kind of let down I guess you would say.
This seemed like episode 4 of a 10 episode season not the penultimate episode of the entire series. The show is interesting but they've been extremely slow on getting anywhere. I don't expect much out of the finale and that's probably what we'll get.
I think the first episode plus the 95% ratings on rotten tomatoes led me to believe this could be one of the greatest shows ever. I realized that wasn't going to be the case by about the middle of episode 3. It's good enough to keep me tuning in (mainly just cause I want to see who the F committed the crime), but it's probably the most frustrating show I've ever watched. I really cannot explain any of the characters' actions.
I'm having a tough time remembering a more out of place and contrived scene in television than that kiss. This show had a lot of potential for greatness, but the writing has squandered it.
