The Night Of | HBO Miniseries

[The Shape]

I loved Episode 1. Great set up for the series, and an excellent build-up and escalation of intensity.

Really excited to watch the mystery unfold.

 

[squeekness]

Just watched it. Holy crap, that was intense! Loved it and can't wait for more.

 

[Rowsdower!]

This show is really great. Nasir made so many dumb mistakes but I really think (or hope) he didn't do it. I think something was up with that one guy who glared at him and the girl when they went into the house. Not the smartass one (the actor from The Wire) but the one who silently stared them down. I wonder if he has some history with the girl. That would explain why she got butchered but Nasir was left alive.

 

[Kane52630]

http://variety.com/2016/tv/ratings/tv-ratings-the-night-of-premiere-hbo-1201812196/

HBO’s “The Night Of” got off to a strong start, attracting 1.3 million total viewers across three broadcasts for its premiere Sunday night, according to Nielsen live-plus-same day numbers. According to HBO, the miniseries’ first installment was also viewed by 1.5 million people on demand and on digital platforms HBO Go and HBO Now in the two weeks leading up to the television premiere.

That would bring the total number of viewers to 2.8 million across platforms. Though the long rollout gave viewers ample chance to sample the premiere, it appears to have drawn stronger interest than HBO’s other recent miniseries efforts. Last year’s “Show Me a Hero,” from executive producer David Simon, debuted its first two hours to an average 0.44 million people — though that was for only one telecast, compared to three for “The Night Of.”

Created by Steven Zaillian and Richard Price, “The Night Of” tells the story of a complex murder case in New York City over the course of eight episodes. It has enjoyed positive critical reception. In her review for Variety, Sonia Saraiya wrote, “It is difficult not be swept up in the world ‘The Night Of’ creates. Creators Steven Zaillian and Richard Price quickly trap the viewer in the show’s distinctive, immersive atmosphere — a noir mystery for the modern world.”

“The Night Of” is executive produced by Peter Moffat, James Gandolfini, Jane Tranter, Price and Zaillian.

 

[Doctor Jones]

This show is really great. Nasir made so many dumb mistakes but I really think (or hope) he didn't do it. I think something was up with that one guy who glared at him and the girl when they went into the house. Not the smartass one (the actor from The Wire) but the one who silently stared them down. I wonder if he has some history with the girl. That would explain why she got butchered but Nasir was left alive.

The one guy even said he was alone when he saw them when he wasn't. Something is up there.

 

[Kane52630]

“The Night Of” proves HBO will be just fine when “Game of Thrones” ends
http://qz.com/728644/the-night-of-proves-hbo-will-be-just-fine-when-game-of-thrones-ends/

 

[antsman41]

I'll always anticipate new HBO shows, but that headline is dumb. This show is a mini-series, and GOT has two seasons left.

It makes no sense.

 

[Pickleweasel]

The Headline makes perfect sense, it is not saying The Night Of is going to replace GoT

 

[Reek]

It doesn't prove HBO will be just fine lol... They thought that until True Detective season 2 came out

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

the Naz kid has GOT to be the dumbest, MOST stupidest **** I've ever seen... if there was ANYONE just MADE to do ALL the wrong things before being a suspect and as a murder suspect, then THIS kid is IT...

 

[Reek]

Thunderstrike is experienced with murdering random hookups and how to cover your tracks

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

Thunderstrike is experienced with murdering random hookups and how to cover your tracks

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Kaleb]

Unless the killer put the knife back in the same spot where they left it , I doubt that was the same knife that was used to kill her.

 

[Greens]

Just watched the pilot. Extremely tense. Can't wait to see the rest.

 

[Kane52630]

Sofia Black-D’Elia Is Watching ‘The Night Of’ ​Like Everyone Else

The actor who plays Andrea, “the girl in the back of the cab” in ‘The Night Of’, discusses how the series adds extra dimension to the female victim trope and why she chose to leave the mystery of her character — and the series — an unknown.

HBO: What did you think of the pilot when you first read the script?

Sofia Black-D’Elia: I couldn’t put it down. It was like reading a great crime novel. When I first read the pilot, I thought, if I get to do this, it would be the easiest job in the world. It’s so well written that, as an actor, you don’t really have much homework to do. Andrea, this girl in the back of a cab, was fully there in the script. As little as you are given about her, I felt like I knew exactly who she was in that moment. So I was pulled into her and really pulled into Naz’s story and the detail of it. This kind of storytelling that cares very much about its details and its characters, takes its time and demands your attention — that’s the type of TV I want to watch.

HBO: What do you think attracts Andrea to Naz?

Sofia Black-D’Elia: She has a line when they’re by the water: “I can’t be alone tonight.” I’m not sure that anything particularly attracted Andrea to Naz other than the fact that she needed someone and it happened to be him. Circumstance led her to him.

HBO: With so little detail and background on Andrea, what’s your read on who she is?

Sofia Black-D’Elia: It’s interesting because on one hand as an actor, you want to create this fully-formed character that has a history and a life and where she’s going. On the other hand, to tell this story, she couldn’t be that obvious. My job was to tell this story in the best way that I could and also not make her a trope of a manic, pixie-dream girl, because that is absolutely not what she is in my opinion. I think she is troubled; she is bizarre.

I was very conscious of the fact that as a viewer watching the first episode, you should be telling Naz every step of the way, “Let her go.” But then, of course, he doesn’t. So there has to be something about her that holds him. I don’t think she’s this malicious, “I’m going to f**k up your life” kind of chick.

HBO: Did you try to solve the mystery yourself as you read the scripts?

Sofia Black-D’Elia: This is actually a funny answer, but I did not want to know anything, so I asked [series creator] Steve [Zaillian] to tell me only what I absolutely needed to know to shoot the pilot and to shield me from the rest. So part of the fun for me is that I literally will be watching along with everybody else and finding things out as they do. I have no predictions and I’m planning to keep it that way. By my own volition, I refuse to listen to anybody try to tell me what happens.

HBO: What are your thoughts on Andrea as a “femme fatale”?

Sofia Black-D’Elia: I would say to anybody who is voicing concerns about this being a female character trope of a classic femme fatale, I think in coming weeks you’ll find that she’s not as one-dimensional or as general as you might imagine her to be. Trust the really amazing people that created this show to give you a real, fully-formed female character as the weeks come.

The characters have real inner lives on this show. No aspect of the story is taken for granted; no character is taken for granted. And that will become very obvious I think as this show delves into who this girl is and how she ended up where she did on that night.

HBO: How did you want to play that high-tension scene with the knife game?

Sofia Black-D’Elia: When you work with someone like Riz [Ahmed, who plays Naz], he does most of the work for you. He’s really, really talented. And with people like [Director of Photography] Rob Elswit, who can create the entire atmosphere of a scene without an actor saying a single line of dialogue, and [executive producers] Steve Zaillian and Richard Price, who create tension on the page, with those guys around you, if you show up, you can make it a good scene. I was just conscious of wanting to pull Naz into my world as much as possible. I felt as if I was baiting him; come into my world, come to my level, be with me on this ride.

HBO: Was it as tense filming with the knives as it is watching it on screen?

Sofia Black-D’Elia: I just remember it being very fun for me, as weird as that sounds. Riz and I are both playful actors. We take the work very seriously, but are kind of self-deprecating weirdos, so it wasn’t really that hard to have fun on set. I was just like a little kid in a candy store, trying to absorb everything I possibly could, trying to learn as much as I could. For me, it was a blast. I mean… I like playing doomed girls.

 

[Kaleb]

I would love to see the pilot that they shot with Gandolfini

 

[Golgo-13]

Great, intense pilot. As dumb as the decisions he made were, they're typical of what young socially inexperience people do; succumb to peer pressure (taking the drugs) and get mesmerized and seduced by a person they are sexually attracted to, even when their gut is telling them this person is trouble. As soon as she got in the cab you could tell by her attitude and demeanor she had issues, and was going to be trouble.

Was it just me but were the cops; the black chick and the one that stripped searched Nasir, along with the black dude from The Wire's racial comments, played out overly aggressive and rude? It seemed to me that this was done on purpose, as though later it may be revealled that alot of this might be in Nasir's head……

 

[Kane52630]

Nah that seems pretty accurate and real to me.

 

[Golgo-13]

Well, all those things occured after he took whatever pill she gave him……

 

[Kane52630]

Still, I've seen cops do that especially in NY.

 

[Golgo-13]

Didn't realise Riz Ahmed was going to be in Rogue One.

 

[Kane52630]

Solid episode, you really get to know Stone and Box and their motivations.



Preview for episode 3:

 

[Doctor Jones]

Wow, Elswit's cinematography really makes a huge difference.

But this was a rock solid episode. Not as good as the last, but I'm intrigued by Stone and Box. And just where the hell this is going.

 

[Kane52630]

#Turturro'sFeetSubplot

But really overall I really enjoyed this episode over the last one. Michael K Williams was just on fire per usual, I really wanna know what's his price for wanting to protect Naz.