He got that way by doing what he does well.
He rolls up his sleeves, delegates nothing, takes all things personally.
Im not saying hes a bad cop.
On the contrary, hes very good.
And like all good cops, he does you over just inside the rules.
Hes a talented oppressor.
When he tells Naz that Box is a subtle beast, its both a warning and a revelation.
Is Stone also slipping Naz a description of himself?
Or, even deeper, is Stone thinking aloud about his client?
Naz, however, is a passive figure in this episode.
He doesnt even know how to answer properly when the arraignment judge asks for his plea.
Stone: Im sure you do.
Box: I do.
I let him talk to his distraught parents.
Box: This is a little out of your league, isnt it, John?
Stone: [gesturing towards the vending machine] Bloomberg would have been appalled by the snacks here.
Box: Youre not gonna get rich off of it, if thats what youre thinking.
Its gonna be the shortest trial in history.
Is that why you havent charged him?
He doesnt feel right for it, does he?
Something in your gut isnt liking him for this and you cant bring yourself to pull the switch.
The Bloomberg line is a Richard Price-ism if there ever was one.
you might picture the writer ofClockersandLush Lifelooking pretty smiley when he wrote it.
But in any case, Box is having trouble fully convincing himself of what to think about Naz.
It looks like he takes this page out of a binder labeled NYPD and places it into a folder.
Could mean nothing; could mean something.
Couldnt you have at least done Denzel?
(Turturro, interestingly, has costarred with Denzel Washington in three movies; with Foxx, zero.)
Two new characters are introduced in this episode, both of whom we only see briefly.
If she is a lifer, she likely has a long history with both Box and Stone.
Watch the scene where Box sits in her office and explains the case for charging Naz with murder.
You blinked, she tells him.
Dennis, honey, you did.
Her career is something of a fascination in Hollywood.
(Elaine May, meanwhile, stars in Woody Allens new Amazon show.)
He helps Box, though, and us, by filling in some backstory from Andreas past.
The apartment belonged to her deceased mother, for example.
In anEW poll after the premiere episode, 78 percent of readers believe Naz is innocent of murdering Andrea.
And we havent talked about this dude, who was driving a hearse ahearse!
and stubbed out a cigarette on Andreas car window at the gas station in episode 1.
Two final points about Ahmed and Turturro and the familiar terrain in which they find themselves onThe Night Of:
