It's a slow burn, but very good.
Well-acted by everyone involved ... and the cinematography is top-notch.
The creator of the show also did one of my other fave miniseries from last decade, The Night Of.
Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian[1] (born January 30, 1953) is an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He won an
Academy Award, a
Golden Globe Award and a
BAFTA Award for his screenplay
Schindler's List (1993) and has earned Oscar nominations for the films
Awakenings,
Gangs of New York,
Moneyball and
The Irishman. He was presented with the Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 2009
Austin Film Festival and the
Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the
Writers Guild of America in 2011. Zaillian is the founder of Film Rites, a film production company.
He also created, wrote and directed the limited series
The Night Of (2016) and
Ripley (2024).
The Night Of is a 2016 American eight-part
crime drama miniseries based on the first season of
Criminal Justice, a 2008 British series.
[2] The miniseries was written by
Richard Price and
Steven Zaillian (based on the original
Criminal Justice plot by
Peter Moffat), and directed by Zaillian and
James Marsh.
[3] Broadcast on
HBO,
The Night Of premiered on July 10, 2016 to critical acclaim.
[4][5] The first episode premiered on June 24, 2016, via
HBO's on-demand services.
[6] The Night Of received 13 Emmy nominations, winning five, including
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for
Riz Ahmed.