I powered through episodes 1-5 this week and I am surprised that people here don't like it. I had no problem at all with the pacing but maybe it's better if you don't have to wait a week between episodes. I love Turturro's character and while I found Naz's being a hard-ass in prison a bit far fetched, I think after this episode it's pretty clear that they are showing us that the assumptions we made about him in the early episodes may have been incorrect.
This is pretty spot on for me. The acting in the show is great. I don't hate watching it. I think overall it's pretty dull though and that isn't at all what I was expecting after the pilot.The Naz being stupid stuff seems so ridiculous because of how short the show is. The commentary of how everything is stacked against him, someone we're pretty sure is innocent, and how prison can make criminals out of normal people
It's a really interesting and frustrating look at the system. Naz is so dumb that it's frustrating and his lawyers going all PI and chase people down dark hallways shit can be a bit much and is when it really feels like a wire-esque show. It's trying to deliver its message while remain entertaining enough to get viewership and it's a tough place to be I guess. It's still the second best show I've seen this year though.
I think an issue with the following episodes for some people has to be that the first one was so damn good and tense. It felt like a movie and felt like it was diving into whodunit territory and then went right after the system instead. Reminds me a bit of the situation in Serial, only now with a retarded suspect
guy that plays Naz is also a rapper, here is his latest
Is there really only 1 episode left? How's that going to work out?
Didn't you see a girl was murdered same as Andrea at the start of last nights episode? Then the rest of the episode seems to show Box just brooding. My guess is Box tells the DA Nas is not the killer as the person that did kill him is on the loose and killing still
I took that to mean that no one gave a shit because she was black and it happened in a bad neighborhood. Not necessarily there was a stabby serial killer loose