罪夜之奔

第八集观看完毕，结局就像你预料的那样，检方撤诉，naz释放——似乎命运对年轻人开了个玩笑，将他从原本的生活轨迹里拽出来，待一切结束，他还能回到原本的生活轨迹里吗？

生活像一个无底洞拽着人往下，你所能做的唯有挣扎

The night of成为了一个高级冷笑话，关乎选择：
孤家寡人的瘪三律师忍受着过敏症，与猫同居
女律师选择了“坏小子的爱情”，永远丢了工作
母亲选择了“看见的真相”，失去了她的好儿子
女检察官选择了程序的正义，杀人案得有人接锅，不是你，就是他
探长选择推翻重来，回到岗位重拾尊严

偏偏naz，偏偏无视了周围还有关心着他的人，任由生活拽着他向下。一开始，他聪明，他打工挣学费，他打架还击校园种族歧视，他在庭上说not guilty不愿意接受斡旋来的15年有期徒刑——他下意识地在挣扎，而现在他聪明，选择了吸毒和成为gangster。

只是，在他吸毒的时候他也会回忆起那一夜的河边，他和安德里亚，那是他逝去的青春

因为是刚看了第一集（20160716），就只根据自己的观感写几点观影提示
看惯了权利的游戏，纸牌屋，绝命毒师等精彩绝伦的美剧，也许大家刚看的时候都会吐槽剧情的发展速度（但是人格保证HBO出品必属精品），所以入坑第一个需要知道的就是
本剧根据英剧《司法正义》改编，第一集78分钟，剧情进展的缓慢均是为了主题——揭示美国司法系统的漏洞和种族歧视问题——服务的，所以观剧时带着这两个大方向去看，去品，不仅不会觉得进展慢，还会觉得制作方对细节的处理恰到好处，细节里展示的信息量也比较大。
美国是一个典型的程序正义国家，对程序的规定很细致，执行要求也很高。假使不按程序获得了证据而且这种不按程序达到了不能容忍的地步，这个证据就会成为毒树之果，即使没有其他证据能够证明嫌疑人的犯罪行为，审判也不能按照这个证据将嫌疑人入罪，最终结果很有可能就是无罪释放。经典案例可参考世纪大案辛普森案。这样看来已经是对人权的充足保护了吧，宁可放过一万，不可错杀一个，但是，本剧要说的就是，各种证据全部指向嫌疑人，相关人员也完全按照程序办事了，最终还是会有冤假错案的可能性。这个漏洞，怎么补？
所以就进入下一步，审判比赛中的一方——律师登场。律师的存在，就是为了作为嫌疑人的代理人，最大化代理人的利益。而最重要的真相，就在审判比赛中的两方对手（检察官和嫌疑人律师）的辩论战争和法官的维持秩序的过程中不断逼近。也就是说，真相只有一个，但是，审判比赛中的各方都有自己所理解的真相——因为立场不同，角度不同，挖出的细节不同，对真相的理解千差万别。
剧中故意营造各种看似无关的人物登场，各种精确到分钟，秒的细节，就是为了交代清楚整个事件，但偏偏最重要的真相不告诉你了，就是为了后面可以层层拨开迷雾，给观众展现一个精彩绝伦的故事。
所以，第一集觉得拖沓看不下去的，我建议，忍住，否则就错过了一道好菜。

豆瓣潜了很久，头一次发言。抛砖引玉。
关于这部剧，看了一些长评和短评。有很多帖子说，这个细节或那个细节，和案情没有关系，是浪费，或者很迷惑人。其实不然。如果我们听一个故事，或者讲一个故事，只是关心最中心的线索而罔顾其他，那恐怕很多故事一句话就交代完了。我们毕竟不是在看新闻，而是看一个故事。这里面有各种人物。 他们的细节越多，人物刻画就越生动，观众付诸于人物身上的感情就越多， 剧就越吸引人。

说回这部剧大家讨论的比较多的几个细节。（注意，有剧透！）
1. 烂脚律师的病：首先这个人物身上一个非常显著的标志。第一集里所有的人都会问他的脚怎么样了。看到后面我们才知道他的脚有皮肤病，严重到无法穿鞋。这种颠倒顺序的手法当然是一个调动观众的小把戏。但是这个细节，连带其他细节反应了烂脚的很多重要的特点，而且是和主要剧情有关的。 第一，他的不入流。在纽约他所在的那个区的律政圈子里，他只不过是一个很底层的律师，甚至没有在trial里辩护的能力。别人问他脚的事情，很多有嘲弄的意味。第二，他的这个病真的是他的一大烦恼，他自卑的一大来源。

再多解读一点，烂脚的这个病和烂脚心中的乐观，或者对这个案情的希望，有紧密联系。你也可以理解为烂脚心理的一个线索。从开始到中期，烂脚的病一直比较严重，naz的案子也越来越没有希望。后来一切步入正轨，烂脚有了一个女律师伙伴，一起为naz而努力。 这一点上， 这两个人还是比较志同道合，至少没有钱或者其他的利益纠葛 （钱一开始就谈好了）。 他们同时发现了其他一些有可能杀害女孩子的嫌疑人，感觉案子有了希望。这时候烂脚的病被中医给看好了（他以为好了）。 到了第八集，女律师坚持让naz上庭，结果导致非常糟糕的后果。烂脚和女律师还因此闹翻。到最后因为女律师kiss naz的录像被发现（是freddie给烂脚的，freddie想要帮naz），导致烂脚被迫要做最后陈词 （本来他是没有资格的）。 紧张加上没有希望，烂脚panic attack, allergy 或者是皮肤病蔓延到全身。 这真的是案子的低谷。最后最后，烂脚回归西药，接受了自己得这个病的现实，而且也为naz做了非常精彩的最后陈词。

2. 再说说猫。毫无疑问，冒着自己哮喘病犯的危险也要就这只猫，说明烂脚本质上是一个很善良的人。 尤其是看到他为猫准备吃的，买玩具，真的觉得他其实是一个很温暖的人。
我们看到他一开始向naz父母要钱的时候觉得他很贪婪，可是最后发现，他付出的远比他得到的那点钱多多了（注意最后他的钱还是得从女律师的事务所分得的，远没有他一开始要的多）。从他对这只猫的表现，我们也不会惊讶于他对naz案子的努力。

其实概括烂脚一个词就够了，他就是一个cynic，knows the rules and follows the rules。这一点在他不顾及女律师的前途告发她和naz有不正当的关系（kiss的录像）就可以看出来。 但是到了关键时刻，他又无法放下心中对弱者的同情，对naz做了最大程度的努力。

烂脚反复的养猫与退猫之间，和他心情起伏也有关系。最后一集在他最没有希望，最挫败的时候，他把猫给退了。前一集猫害他犯哮喘他都没有这么做，反而在最后那一集做了，可见他心情真的是很挫败，灰心。不过要赞一句，第八集最后一幕，烂脚出门接下一个案子，我们看到那只猫悄悄的走过客厅，真的是很温暖。烂脚不但把猫又领回来了，而且不在把它关起来。

就说这么两个细节吧。其实这部剧很出人意料。一开始以为的比较阴暗的角色，比如说检方的女律师和box警察，结果都不是真正意义上的坏人。女律师在做最后陈词的时候的犹犹豫豫(那时候box已经告诉她另外一个人更可疑）。最后她放弃了继续起诉naz，反而雇了box去追查真正的凶手。box同样是心中有底线有保留最后正义的警察。 这部剧整体基调背景都很阴暗，有很多讽刺和黑暗的情节。但是最后陪审团六比六的判决，还有检方律师和警察的最后表现，再加上烂脚，都让人看到了人性阳光的一面。这个调调和 True Detective的第一季很像。

说了这么多也只是想说电视剧有很多种，有的像house of cards，game of thrones，观众不用动脑子，什么都会交代的明明白白。有的就像mad men，true detective, 还有本剧一样，有时候你觉得很晦涩。但这就是他们有魅力的地方，给我们琢磨和想象的空间，回味的余地。各有喜好吧。

If you want to see how a bunch of people brilliantly solve a mysterious case or some conspiracy and confronting, then you would be disappointed. However, after about 4 to 5 episodes another new discovery would strike you and you would experience this series in a whole different way and surprisingly find out about the smooth yet delicate structure like several silk scarves wave around each other.
It never really is about the case. It is about change. It is about several individuals' different social background, mindset, emotional life, etc - in a word, life paths - and how they are forced to change by this incident, by the change of other people involved, throughout the time of the trial. Just like how those scarves change their profiles in the wind.

There are mainly 5 characters whose development gives a very concrete and "gritty" sense: Naz, Stone, Chandra, Box and Freddy.
Riz Ahmed who played Naz presented such a fluid performance which evolves in time and showed us how a "good boy" digs up his inner darker, crueler side in order to survive against a hostile and extremely unstable environment, just like the book name: "The call of the wild". It is some abstract form of mature, only more dramatical than any experience of ourselves. It is good to see there is still a piece of softness and sympathy left in him at last.
Stone looks like any of the ordinary people: he negotiates, persuades, tries to make a living and balances out conscience and reality. There are failures in sex life, marriage and relationship with kids; there are shame from untidy appearance, Eczema skin and low social status. Let alone the case. All the pressure. Yet he managed to be stronger than most and finally find the peace within himself by acquiring the "I don't give a fuck anymore" attitude.
Chandra's defeat is more realistic and tragic compared to the other four characters. It showed how a "Young, attractive urban woman" tried to prove herself but failed at last. A new face with much less experience, try to make a way through her boss, the defense, personal life, danger in face of suspects and so on. I do resonate with the same calm desperation as my condition is no better than hers.
Box may represent the justice. In other word, "subtle beast". He is calm, reasonable, logical yet still might be mislead by his own judgement, work ethic and life status. When you are about to retire, when you are in an environment that hardly anyone cares about what the truth is but finishing your own work and get home early, when your colleague wishes you get lost asap so that he can take your chair, what should you do? There is no wrong in "get the work done" - the process is justified already. Just not so much effort, that's all. But can you live with it? Can you accept the you that live a mundane retirement life? Can you give up your career just because of the office politics? Can you get past the tense relationship with your ex-wife and finally have the gut to face the problem instead of escaping from it by all means? We got the answer in the finale.
Freddy is a much more complicated character. There are still a lot of mysteries around him that we are not so sure about after the finale, but hopefully we could get the answer in season 2. He looks like a classic, epic gangster hero, yet he is not. In fact he looks less flawed than any other people in this show: he respects knowledge, got a clear mind, knows how to run an organization and train his sidekicks, yet still keeps humanity. When he lost Naz at last I can almost see his anger and sadness through his masculine, broad back.

Other than these characters carved slowly and subtly through the 8 episodes, there are still a lot to denote, for example the most clearly showed problematic society with discrimination and lack of understanding we are in; however, the finale showed us something more: life would be as unpredictable as it is. Who is the murderer? Might be someone we never know before. What is the fate of Naz? As we think he got nothing to prove not guilty hence must be convicted, the jury reached 6-6 and the prosecutor dropped the charge. How this comes possible?
Yet it is. Just like how disappointing or satisfying life can be throughout the change of time, life could be unpredictable as much that no one knows where it would lead us. From a higher standpoint, we also don't know how big an impact such an incident at the night of Oct. 24 could have caused on the society. How much this butterfly effect would cost us can only be inferred after the following seasons. I'm already waiting in high expectations.