Pros:-
1. Acting - Brilliantly acted by the entire cast, Riz Ahmed delivered a brilliant performance as the protagonist.
2. Storytelling 3. The Directors have made an attempt to keep it as simple as possible, something a lot of the directors fail to achieve, leading to too complex a show to watch to. The Night Of directors do not make this mistake. Loved how they did not overcomplicate the trial.
Cons:- 1. Plot Hole - With the sort of stabbing, no blood stains at all on the accused, and neither the defence, nor the investigation team notice it. The prosecution could have easily used it to corroborate the truth regarding the incident.
2. Character Arcs inconsistent - Yes, the makers attempt to reflect on the fact that a falsely accused young man may not be as simple or innocent as one might think, through Naz's character, but they make him inconsistent by making him remorseful and repenting at first but then turning him into a cold and sort-of-seasoned convict inside the jail.
3. Pace- the pace at which the show moves forward is really slow. You might watch an episode and still have the feeling that you haven't really watched anything because there is just so little to learn from the episodes between the first and the last. You can also observe this from the fact that the first and last episode are 75+ minutes each, but the rest of the episodes are around the 55-minute mark.
4. Personal opinion - I did not like the love angle added by the makers between Naz and Chandra. When they kissed in the jail cell, I wanted to see where are the writers headed with this, but by the end it just felt like a way to get Stone to deliver the closing statement of the defence. Not to highlight the fact that Chandra being a straight-up smart and career-oriented woman made such a stupid error, which any prudent human understands can cost them their career too.
Special Mention - The direction, story-telling and acting of the first episode really make you, as a viewer, feel the protagonist. I absolutely felt the anxiety and nervousness like Naz would have from the moment he discovered Andrea's murder.
2. Storytelling 3. The Directors have made an attempt to keep it as simple as possible, something a lot of the directors fail to achieve, leading to too complex a show to watch to. The Night Of directors do not make this mistake. Loved how they did not overcomplicate the trial.
Cons:- 1. Plot Hole - With the sort of stabbing, no blood stains at all on the accused, and neither the defence, nor the investigation team notice it. The prosecution could have easily used it to corroborate the truth regarding the incident.
2. Character Arcs inconsistent - Yes, the makers attempt to reflect on the fact that a falsely accused young man may not be as simple or innocent as one might think, through Naz's character, but they make him inconsistent by making him remorseful and repenting at first but then turning him into a cold and sort-of-seasoned convict inside the jail.
3. Pace- the pace at which the show moves forward is really slow. You might watch an episode and still have the feeling that you haven't really watched anything because there is just so little to learn from the episodes between the first and the last. You can also observe this from the fact that the first and last episode are 75+ minutes each, but the rest of the episodes are around the 55-minute mark.
4. Personal opinion - I did not like the love angle added by the makers between Naz and Chandra. When they kissed in the jail cell, I wanted to see where are the writers headed with this, but by the end it just felt like a way to get Stone to deliver the closing statement of the defence. Not to highlight the fact that Chandra being a straight-up smart and career-oriented woman made such a stupid error, which any prudent human understands can cost them their career too.
Special Mention - The direction, story-telling and acting of the first episode really make you, as a viewer, feel the protagonist. I absolutely felt the anxiety and nervousness like Naz would have from the moment he discovered Andrea's murder.