The Night Of

This show has received mixed reviews. Some have loved it. Some have hated it. I don't often leave reviews however I do often read reviews when deciding whether to watch something. I decided to write this review based on the poor reviews because I felt very strongly about this that I just had to put my opinion across. This show is amazing. It's draws you in, puts you in the main characters position and never lets go. The acting is fantastic, the mood, the music the visuals are also great. I watch a lot of shows, most of them are entertaining enough but not very often do I come across a show like this that gets you completely enthralled and then has you screaming at the screen as the end credits role because you cant stand the thought of having to wait 7 days for the next episode. Like I said at the beginning. Some people are slamming this show for being "unoriginal" "boring" "stupid". My reply to these are as follows: Unoriginal? OK, so the premise is nothing new, its not earth shattering but trust me, you've never seen it told like this before! Boring? Absolutely not, this person must have the attention span of a 3 year old because I couldn't get enough of the suspense and drama. I just could not wait to find out what happens next and you genuinely care about the characters! And finally stupid? I'm sorry but this is very narrow minded. This is a naive young man who makes some pretty silly decisions under the influence of alcohol and drugs. We've all been there. Which is what makes this show so great. It resonates with us all. It's very real. In closing I would just like to say. Watch the first episode. I think you will absolutely love it.

I watched the first episode of "The Night Of" and although the series promises an interesting story and has a high production quality, I found it extremely annoying how blatantly stupid and irrational the protagonist, Nazir is made. After Nazir wakes up and finds the girl he spent the night with murdered in cold blood, his first reaction is not to call the cops but flee. I guess this is an acceptable reaction if you're in shock, but it doesn't end here. Once outside the girls house he realizes he forgot his jacket inside and breaks back into the apartment. By now it should be obvious that he can't avoid involving cops to the situation, but no... He drives away, still high on the drugs he took with the girl, and gets caught by a patrolling police car unit. Even while being accused for DUI, with a bloody knife in his breast pocket does he say nothing. He doesn't say anything even when the police unit that caught him stops at the crime scene with the dead girl. Not even on the police station, while having his body being searched, does he mention that he is carrying a bloody knife. When the cops find the knife in his breast pocket he tries to flee from the police station although he's surrounded by several cops. He isn't even able to cooperate during the police interrogation. Like... come on. The stupidity that the protagonist shows is enough on its own to not make me watch more of this series.