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Old 03-30-16, 12:50 PM
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Goddamnit Uverse. My DVR shows the episode recorded in full, but when I get to about 20 minutes, the recording stops and says it's finished. Gonna have to hunt this ep down via torrents.
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Goddamnit Uverse. My DVR shows the episode recorded in full, but when I get to about 20 minutes, the recording stops and says it's finished. Gonna have to hunt this ep down via torrents.
Or just watch it On Demand?
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Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16

or you can watch it on FX's website or FX Now

http://www.fxnetworks.com/video/654518851602

It's already available.
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Any legal experts here? Why would Double Jeopardy apply if it's a mistrial?
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Incredible episode. Seems each one gets better than the last. Every actor is amazing in his role. Watching the coming attractions for next week, I was sorry to see its the finale.
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Amazing. This show is the best thing on tv right now. I really hate to see it end.
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Any legal experts here? Why would Double Jeopardy apply if it's a mistrial?
I think marsha said if it was perceived that the prosecution was pushing for a mistrial, double jeopardy would attach.
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I made it through 6 episodes but I just found it pretty boring to be honest. Marcia Clark comes across as incompetent and the race element is overplayed.
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Originally Posted by tommyp007
Amazing. This show is the best thing on tv right now. I really hate to see it end.
Me too. When this show was announced, I was annoyed that it was focusing on the OJ saga. But, the acting and writing won me over on this show and they focused on some things behind the scenes that many people may have not known.

I know a couple of people who have been DVRing so they could binge watch later on. Oddly, I didn't mind watching this show live week to week. I think knowing the outcome takes away a bit of the want to binge.
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Wow, phenomenal penultimate episode. Emmy Emmy Emmy.
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I am surprised about how good this show is.
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at everyone losing their shit listening to the Fuhrman tape.

Made him sound like a member of the KKK and slave owner. Holy shit that fucked up the prosecution's case. Plus the insult to Ito's wife

I loved how Ito censored the tapes afterwards. Johnnie seriously wanted another race riot.

Darden looked like he was going to have an aneurism in that penultimate court scene. Great acting by Sterling Brown.

Great episode.

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tremendous episode... incredible season. It's amazing how riveted we all are, even though we all know the outcome. .
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I followed the case pretty closely at the time but somehow forgot that Fuhrman took the fifth in the trial. Especially the optics of being asked did you plant evidence in this case and not answering. I believe OJ definitely killed them but I can't begrudge jurors for coming back not guilty when the officer who found the evidence was such a detriment to the prosecution.
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Originally Posted by Osiris3657
Goddamnit Uverse. My DVR shows the episode recorded in full, but when I get to about 20 minutes, the recording stops and says it's finished. Gonna have to hunt this ep down via torrents.
My Uverse did the same. I caught a later showing but missed 5-10 minutes.
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I've personally thought if not for Fuhrman, OJ would still be in jail. This show has only brought that back to the surface. Worst part of police corruption is that otherwise obviously guilty criminals (including murderers) get to walk free.

I still wonder exactly what this show is trying to put out there in regards to Cochran. In this episode they were clearly showing he wanted another race riot and really has no game other that screaming racism. The Fuhrman stuff landed in his lap and he still almost blew it. Not sure how much it really went down like that, but Darden is a saint for not giving Cochran what he was deserving in those exchanges. Contempt of court be damned.

But mostly I couldn't believe I had forgot that a TV show called A Current Affair actually used to exist. When saw that logo and hard that sound effect I was like... "oh yeah, I remember that!"
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Wow, just wow.

I watched a Ton of this trial and I forgot a ton as well.

I wish I could go back and watch some of these real scenes again.

Best show of the year, and incredible performances all around. I've even warmed up to Cuba and Travolta. But Paulson has been stellar.

Sad to see it end...

Will def tune in to the next iteration these producers have earned that from me.
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Originally Posted by Osiris3657
Goddamnit Uverse. My DVR shows the episode recorded in full, but when I get to about 20 minutes, the recording stops and says it's finished. Gonna have to hunt this ep down via torrents.
Same here. I ended up recording last night's airing after The Americans. They have the show available On Demand. I checked last night and they didn't have this episode available yet, but it may be there now.
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Best show of the year, and incredible performances all around. I've even warmed up to Cuba and Travolta.
I too think Cuba has been much better in these last few episodes. Can't say much about Travolta because I know very little about the real guy.
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So we can we just transfer into the realm of fiction and have another season with the same legal cast working on another case?? This has been the best season of TV this year...maybe in the last few years.
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From "TV Guide":

Martin Sheen (The West Wing) is getting in on the O.J. Simpson trend with a docuseries about the famous former quarterback, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Sheen is executive producing and narrating the six episode series, Hard Evidence: O.J. Is Innocent - which will attempt to prove that Simpson is innocent for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Simpson was acquitted for the famously dubbed "trial of the century" 20 years ago, but was found liable for the deaths the subsequent civil suit two years later. The question of whether O.J. actually committed the murders is still being debated.

O.J. Simpson is a hot topic in American homes for other reasons these days. The docuseries follows FX's big success with American Crime Story: The People vs O.J. Simpson and ESPN's upcoming O.J.: Made in America. The Sheen series is based on the book by William C. Dear, which promises "never before seen evidence" and a new theory as to how O.J.'s ex-wife and Goldman were killed.

The show will air on ID - Investigation Discovery - a cable network known for its murder and crime documentary dramas. The series will air in the first part of 2017.
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former quarterback?
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Same here. I ended up recording last night's airing after The Americans. They have the show available On Demand. I checked last night and they didn't have this episode available yet, but it may be there now.
Uverse are really fucking up. For whatever reason it absolutely will not record Bates Motel for me.

And this episode reminded me of my loathing for Cochran. That asshole wanted to start a race riot to free a double murderer, and Ito damn near let him do it.
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Uverse are really fucking up. For whatever reason it absolutely will not record Bates Motel for me.

And this episode reminded me of my loathing for Cochran. That asshole wanted to start a race riot to free a double murderer, and Ito damn near let him do it.
So you rather evidence of wide spread police corruption be allowed to remain hidden because it might cause a riot? You rather police go unchecked with the use of racist and illegal against american citizens because it might cause a riot?

I bet you are upset about those uppity negroes that dared to sit at the white counters or in the front of the bus. How dare they risk the status quo.

Also just because you were there and witness the murders and can speak with 100% authority that OJ did it most of the world wasn't and requires proof. Well the non racist ones at least require proof. Other people I guess are ok with cops planting evidence to get to a faster verdict.
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So you rather evidence of wide spread police corruption be allowed to remain hidden because it might cause a riot? You rather police go unchecked with the use of racist and illegal against american citizens because it might cause a riot?

I bet you are upset about those uppity negroes that dared to sit at the white counters or in the front of the bus. How dare they risk the status quo.

Also just because you were there and witness the murders and can speak with 100% authority that OJ did it most of the world wasn't and requires proof. Well the non racist ones at least require proof. Other people I guess are ok with cops planting evidence to get to a faster verdict.
But there was no evidence that Furman planted any evidence. Was Furhman a racist asshole? Of course and those tapes proved that. The tapes would have distracted the jury from facts, as that was Cochrane's intent. (despite the fact the jury had no understanding of DNA evidence and the resulting final verdict)

It truly was a circus and I can't believe that whole thing with Furhman mentioning Ito's wife in the tapes really happened, I don't remember that happening. Just wow.


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