Between screenplay writer and director Steven Zaillian and co-writer and creator Richard Price, both of them geniuses in my opinion, this may be the best limited series I've ever seen on cable television. (A much longer run of The Sopranos makes it inappropriate to try to compare them.)
Speaking of The Sopranos, James Gandolfini died before he could help make this miniseries, and Robert De Niro also dropped out before starting production. John Turturro eventually took over the low-rent attorney lead role opposite Riz Ahmed as the accused perpetrator. And Bill Camp gives a bravura performance as a frustrated police investigator near retirement.
I won't give away spoilers, but the insights this show has into the whole criminal-justice system are almost mind-boggling in depth and breadth. Stick with this, even when its pace seems too glacial; you'll reap the rewards you've sowed'
Speaking of The Sopranos, James Gandolfini died before he could help make this miniseries, and Robert De Niro also dropped out before starting production. John Turturro eventually took over the low-rent attorney lead role opposite Riz Ahmed as the accused perpetrator. And Bill Camp gives a bravura performance as a frustrated police investigator near retirement.
I won't give away spoilers, but the insights this show has into the whole criminal-justice system are almost mind-boggling in depth and breadth. Stick with this, even when its pace seems too glacial; you'll reap the rewards you've sowed'