The People vs. O.J. Simpson: The Race Card (2016)
Tempers begin to rise as the start of the trial is set to begin and both sides start to deal with the race card. Christopher Darden (Sterling K. Brown) begins to question why he was asked to be a part of the trial while Johnnie Cochran (Courtney B. Vance) must explain to O.J. (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) why certain members of his race might not like who he really is.
This fifth episode isn't nearly as wonderful as the previous one but you can tell that this here was just a wild card to set up everything that is going to follow. That's not to say this episode isn't a very good one because it is but there's just no question that this one is meant to plant the seeds that are going to explode on down the line. Once again what really impressed me were the performances with Vance easily stealing the series up to this point. Another very good thing are some of the behind-the-scene arguments that we're seeing. Whether it's the defense versus the defense or the D.A. office going up against one another.
Episode: A-
Tempers begin to rise as the start of the trial is set to begin and both sides start to deal with the race card. Christopher Darden (Sterling K. Brown) begins to question why he was asked to be a part of the trial while Johnnie Cochran (Courtney B. Vance) must explain to O.J. (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) why certain members of his race might not like who he really is.
This fifth episode isn't nearly as wonderful as the previous one but you can tell that this here was just a wild card to set up everything that is going to follow. That's not to say this episode isn't a very good one because it is but there's just no question that this one is meant to plant the seeds that are going to explode on down the line. Once again what really impressed me were the performances with Vance easily stealing the series up to this point. Another very good thing are some of the behind-the-scene arguments that we're seeing. Whether it's the defense versus the defense or the D.A. office going up against one another.
Episode: A-