And then we came to the end.
Simpson trial had reached a verdict after four hours of deliberation.
The brevity with which they came to a decision was historically significant.
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And it also gave everyone in America, still foaming with O.J.
fever, adequate time to get in front of a TV for the next days festivities.
In the remarkable conclusion to FXsThe People v. O.J.
FX
And that fact is near the top of the episodes many smart decisions.
Like the ship sinking inTitanic, we know that Simpson is going to be found not guilty.
In this real-life clip, Clark approached the jury with an outpouring of gratitude that was a spot condescending.
If the gloves too small, easy call, he says to himself, quizzically.
If it doesnt fit, you must acquit.
And then theres that friggin demon, F. Lee Bailey says of 61-year-old white juror Anise Aschenbach.
Ive gotten that look from all my ex-wives.
Aschenbach did hate him.
She and Aschenbach are shownbasking in the success of their jurors revolt in episode 8.
One of the many pleasures ofThe People v. O.J.
Simpsons clumsy cop character Nordberg.
(This is the only video that Ive embedded twice in these ten recaps.
I used it in the one for the premiere episode to establish O.J.s Hollywood bona fides.)
Ryan Murphys propensity for tight close-ups is well established.
The verdict sequence is filled with extraordinary cinematic details.
(Might it have been Itos?
Scenes of celebration among black Americans are contrasted with the plastered-in-disbelief faces of white Americans.
And those examples in the shows montage are, of course, not anecdotal.
And much of that is achieved through he facial expressions.
Or on rare occasions, badass pride.
NEXT: Tears flow on both sides and O.J.
walks is set free into a different kind of prison.
The second half of the finale features shots of many of the central participants alone in their environments.
Robert Kardashian is seen all by himself in the courthouses public bathroom, vomiting in the sink.
When the dust settles, Id like to bring you back into the community, Cochran says.
is the first black defendant in history who got off because hes black, Darden says.
This isnt some civil rights milestone.
You havent changed anything for black people here.
Cochran says, Thatsthe victory.
Bruce Greenwood as district attorney Gil Garcetti has been a completely unsung member ofThe People v. O.J.
There were a lot of temptations to play their game, Garcetti says.
The motif of characters isolated in the world is naturally most meaningful and profound with O.J.
The show devotes it culminating ten minutes to showing O.J.
alone physically and spiritually.
And so it does.
And she also speculated that the show would depict him as thrown out of his life.
Amazingly, thoughThe People v. O.J.
Simpsonis now over, theres still a lot more of O.J.
to come.ESPNs seven-and-a-half hour documentaryO.J.
Martin Sheen willnarrate a pretty bizarre-sounding doc, which accuses Simpsons son of being the real killer.
Youve made a lot more bucks than anybody else did on this case, Dershowitz replies, rather weakly.
And once again proves Murphys acumen with music.
2at the appearance of Mark Fuhrman.
(In an opposite way from how Marcia Clark has experienced vindication thanks toThe People v. O.J.
But before the final salvos, The Verdict ends at exactly the spot where it should.
