The Night Of (TV Mini Series) Samson and Delilah (2016) User Reviews

Naz continues to spiral, and affects everyone around him.

[jedly · 8/10 · 1 September 2016]

THE NIGHT OF, Episode 6, SAMSON AND DELILAH (2016) we learn that Naz has lied again. He's not such a good kid. The post 9/11 world has been so kind to Naz, who was bullied in school. In high school, in what seems to have been unprovoked, Naz pushes a classmate down the stairs. Shortly after the incident, he transfers to another school. In the process of trying to retrace Naz's steps, Chandra learns that Andrea and Naz had a short encounter with a hearse driver, Mr Day, whose demeanor spooks her. Naz parents, in an effort to make some money, take retail jobs, as he trial begins.

I'm really not sure where to begin on this one. The character interactions really do make the show. The editing, cinematography, score and acting remain top notch, but the plot, well, not so much. It doesn't strike me as being different than LAW & ORDER, SVU, or BROADCHURCH, and that's fine. It's not an original show, and certain aspects aren't realistic. I've read that the criminal proceedings are almost all wrong, and that an accused murder would be in a jail cell.

In this episode, these aspects aren't abrasive. Both Naz's lawyers, Stone and Chandra are very realistic, and both, especially, Stone remain the stand out characters. Also, we're finally seeing possible motives and even some creepy behavior from other characters.

The hearse driver, Mr. Day, creeps Chandra out, and is now on her radar as another suspect, and Stone learns that now that Andrea is dead, her step father, Don Taylor, would be the sole claimant of Andrea's mother's hefty inheritance.

I have feeling I know how it'll end, given how things have unfolded thus far. All in all, the episode was better, with more suspects to focus on. It's hard to edge the passage of time between the first episode and the sixth, but I wish they would have given us some more suspects a little earlier on. Maybe the series would have benefited from ten or twelve episodes instead of just eight.

It's not a terrible show, please don't get me wrong, it's a good show. I just don't feel like it's a great show, but that's just my opinion.

The Mortician, the Stepfather, and the "Grey Ladies"

[lavatch · 9/10 · 2 July 2017]

In this episode, Chandra becomes curious about the video footage of a brief encounter of the driver of a hearse and Andrea Cornish when the taxi cab was in the gas station. She gets the license plate of the hearse and tracks down "Mr. Grey" at his funeral home. The conversation with Mr. Grey is disturbing when he clearly suggests that Miss Cornish got what she deserved. Mr. Day gives Chandra a biblical passage, which turns out to be the Old Testament story of Samson and Delilah in Judges 16. Hence, the title of this week's episode.

A new revelation is uncovered by Detective Box, as it turns out that young Naz was expelled from his high school for violence, pushing a fellow student down the stairs. When confronted by Stone and Chandra, Naz explains that in the days after 9/11, he has being harassed. In his assault on the student, it was pure reflex. But even Naz's mother, who is now working as a charwoman to pay her son's legal expenses, could never understand his explanation.

The trial now begins with the case for the prosecution calling witnesses. At the outset, the case is smoothly presented by the prosecuting attorney, who uses video footage to trace the movements of Naz and Andrea on the evening of October 24. Back at the prison, the sage Freddie believes that Chandra is too young and inexperienced to serve as an effective defense attorney for Naz.

Stone is suspicious about how the unemployed Miss Cornish could have owned such an expensive property on West 87th Street. His feelings are confirmed when he visits the financial adviser, who turns out to the man who was confronted at the funeral by Andrea's stepfather. It turns out that the stepfather was demanding half of his wife's fortune, and Andrea was unwilling to share the estate with him. We learn that the stepfather had a tendency to violence and was a kind of gigolo with the "grey ladies." Indeed, Stone observes Don Taylor flirting with an elderly female client at a fitness center.

Slow and lazy writing

[seshasai-tris · 6/10 · 17 August 2016]

The screenwriters have lingered long enough!

The character building is over , setting up the environment is over. Yet , there is no progress made. There is absolutely no tension in the show. the writers / directors are not able to make us (audience ) root for any character. The riveting factor is nothing .

We have seen several minutes of footage of a leg with eczema or whatever , but they're not satisfied . They keep is giving more of it diluting the essence of the show .

Last episode ending had a great lead on the trial which wasn't even used or brought up in this one ..

Very bad !