OK, I guess I'll start. I'm still not sure what to think of the finale. I guess I'm glad Naz is free, but the way it happened was kind of unsatisfying. And a hung jury won't have the same effects for him as if he had been found Not Guilty, so there will always be people assuming he did it and got off on a technicality. I think that was reflected in the way all the people in the restaurant were looking at him.
It's also tragic that a few months in Rikers and Naz has basically become the criminal that he was wrongly accused of being. Drug addict, drug smuggler, accessory to murder, neck tattoo, etc. His life will be forever altered because of that night.
I thought Turturro was fantastic as Stone throughout the whole show, but especially in this finale. His closing argument was very effective, made all the more so by how pathetic he looked with his blotchy skin and gloves.
It's too bad they decided to publicize Chandra's unprofessional conduct. It didn't end up making any difference in the trial*, but it likely ruined her career.
*It made a difference in that it forced Stone to give the closing arguments, which may be part of the reason the jury ended up deadlocked, but that's not a given. They may have been deadlocked anyway based on the evidence or Chandra could have been just as effective during her closing.
I was glad to see Box was dedicated enough, and bothered enough by the circumstances, to keep pursuing the case. There should have been more than enough evidence to convict Naz, and it would have been perfectly understandable for a detective not to pursue anyone else in that situation. But it never sat right with him and I was glad to see that he basically figured it out and it put enough doubt in Helen Weiss' mind that she declined to re-try Naz.
It's a little unbelievable that the step-dad would have such an obvious motive and file to receive her trust the very first possible second that he could, just 48 hours after Andrea's death. I'm a little perturbed that turned out to be a red herring. It would have been more satisfying if we found out that he and the financial manager were somehow in on it together.
What did ya'll think?
It's also tragic that a few months in Rikers and Naz has basically become the criminal that he was wrongly accused of being. Drug addict, drug smuggler, accessory to murder, neck tattoo, etc. His life will be forever altered because of that night.
I thought Turturro was fantastic as Stone throughout the whole show, but especially in this finale. His closing argument was very effective, made all the more so by how pathetic he looked with his blotchy skin and gloves.
It's too bad they decided to publicize Chandra's unprofessional conduct. It didn't end up making any difference in the trial*, but it likely ruined her career.
*It made a difference in that it forced Stone to give the closing arguments, which may be part of the reason the jury ended up deadlocked, but that's not a given. They may have been deadlocked anyway based on the evidence or Chandra could have been just as effective during her closing.
I was glad to see Box was dedicated enough, and bothered enough by the circumstances, to keep pursuing the case. There should have been more than enough evidence to convict Naz, and it would have been perfectly understandable for a detective not to pursue anyone else in that situation. But it never sat right with him and I was glad to see that he basically figured it out and it put enough doubt in Helen Weiss' mind that she declined to re-try Naz.
It's a little unbelievable that the step-dad would have such an obvious motive and file to receive her trust the very first possible second that he could, just 48 hours after Andrea's death. I'm a little perturbed that turned out to be a red herring. It would have been more satisfying if we found out that he and the financial manager were somehow in on it together.
What did ya'll think?
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