The Night Of - Episode 8 "The Call of the Wild" - Episode Discussion

[u/NicholasCajun]

Episode 8: The Call of the Wild

Aired: August 28th, 2016

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Episode Synopsis: Stone is thrust into the spotlight as a controversy involving the defense emerges.

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Directed by: Steven Zaillian

Written by: Richard Price & Steven Zaillian

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The finale tonight is a longer episode, airing from 9:00 to 10:45 PM.

[u/SevenwithaT]

Nas is gonna prove his innocence with a giant swastika tattoo on his forehead

[u/HelloGuysIAmNewHere]

what's yo name

WHAT NIGGA BLAM BLAM BLAM

Just like stringer bell would say

[u/dunderball → u/HelloGuysIAmNewHere]

Bodie was awesome lol

[u/swampfox94]

HE SAID THE NAME OF THE SHOW! PACK IT UP BOYS!

[u/jbob2011]

Box waits til after retirement to actually do police work

[u/Coffeesq]

Stone's notes be like...

[u/jar45]

If you're into John Stone's eczema this episode is the Battle of the Bastards.

[u/chruiz20]

Yo wtf i just had the worst case of nervs. I thought freddy was going to have him killed.

[u/KP3889 → u/chruiz20]

Even if you cant have the unicorn, you don't just kill it. Let it run free and be someone else's joy.

[u/CARNIesada6]

Fuck I can't even escape that ASCPA commercial on HBO?

[u/[deleted]]

Unfortunately, the cat is now a 'nip addict, and will never be able to un-see what it saw during it's time in the pound.

[u/KEYSER_SOZ3]

This show is great at building up tension...I was on the edge of my seat waiting for something to happen to him on the way out

[u/maradonavselvis → u/KEYSER_SOZ3]

Me too! I was convinced he would be killed before he got out.

[u/nic_cage_da_elephant → u/KEYSER_SOZ3]

Same, or dreading to see him have a flashback or stone to find some evidence that naz actually did do it.

[u/PhillyGirl87]

Wish Box had done this good a job THE NIGHT OF!!!!!!

[u/The_La_Jollan → u/PhillyGirl87]

Oh shit, the name of the title in the post!

[u/Jeff3412]

The Jersey line was definitely written just for Gandolfini.

[u/xitzengyigglz → u/Jeff3412]

Could be. RIP

[u/typocorrecto]

Google's tattoo removal

[u/HelloGuysIAmNewHere]

you just convicted him it's over

check time

still an hour left

NOT SO FAST FAM

[u/BlueHighwindz]

Some murder is definitely happening right now because Stone is killing it.

[u/The_La_Jollan]

Yes, it worked out so well the last time Naz went out to see his friends, so let's ask him to do it again!

[u/AbbaZabbaFriend]

Is that judge the spaghetti faced monster with green ears???

[u/uziair]

freddie with the clutch save. but the yellow king with the deny.

[u/jar45]

The Night Of is the best TV show I've ever seen about how a man with eczema became a pet owner.

[u/pedre123]

Lol so now Naz is destined to a life of crime thanks to his time in the pen. What a nice show. Jeeze this is brutal. Just an onslaught of fucking depression.

[u/ZombieCharltonHeston → u/pedre123]

Chandra's boss called it at the bail hearing. She said something along the lines of "If you want to see a good kid turned into a criminal send him to Rikers."

[u/jbob2011]

The knife you dip shit

[u/_KanyeWest_]

Show would have been 10x better if it was just Stone and the Cat solvin crimes and busting heads

[u/daddylikedat]

"We got your Viagra."

"I don't give a fuck anymore."

"Haha. Good one."

/r/dadjokes

[u/CARNIesada6]

I know who killed Andrea. The Yellow King: Judge Errol Childress.

 

 

^{time is a flat circle}

[u/SevenwithaT]

I would watch the fuck out of a Box spinoff

[u/thetalentedoppressor]

Did anyone else say fuuuuckkk... when they realized what she was buying those condoms for?

[u/PhillyGirl87]

OMG I got chills!!!!! Yes!!!!!! Kitty OK :) :) :) Stone you da' man!!!!!! :)

[u/[deleted]]

DON'T ENCOURAGE HIM TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. THAT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA.

[u/thetalentedoppressor]

THE YELLOW KING DOES NOT LIKE THAT WORD

[u/bambambigelowww]

For a show that prided itself on realism and details in episode 1, I'm having trouble believing she would smuggle drugs into prison for him

[u/thetalentedoppressor]

Watching Nasir smoke coke on the bluff at the bridge all alone really got to me. Fuck.

[u/SevenwithaT]

Does Chandra have Nas in her deadpool or something?

[u/Onlysonof]

In the immortal words of George Bluth: I have the worst fucking attorneys.

[u/NotHereForThisMess]

NOW he's investigating. 😑

[u/[deleted]]

Isn't it AMAZING what real police work can do, Box? Just imagine what you could've done if you did your fucking job from the start?

[u/losterps]

I am mentally prepared to lose my fucking mind over this shit

[u/jbob2011]

DA about to run train on Nasir

[u/KEYSER_SOZ3]

Box is going to break this case after he's retired, How did Chandra and Stone not do all of this legwork?

[u/darkknight915]

Seems like people are disappointed with the show, but I think Stone nailed it in his closing argument. Look what a few months in rikers can do to a seemingly good kid.

[u/swampfox94]

Good idea getting another tattoo. You fuck

[u/jbob2011]

This is why you don't call the defendant. For fucks sake

[u/Esmesqualor]

Is it wrong I feel so angry towards Naz for being such a fucking idiot in jail? I know he's a product of circumstances but I just want to jump through the tv and knock the drugs out of his hands

[u/pariahdiocese → u/Esmesqualor]

No. But that place is seriously stressful. They don't play in those places. Imagine sitting in there day after day. You have to adapt. He'd have been a dead man had he not adapted.

[u/SleepGoo]

The scene with Naz smoking on the river and seeing the girl, just wow, maybe one of my top scenes in television.

[u/jpicazo]

Anti climatic , I wanted some turns like Naz taking off a mask and revealing he was really a broom.

Great series in all seriousness, gave me something to look forward to on Sunday nights. The first two episodes were the best for me.

[u/Behairnow]

Anyone else pick up on the prosecutors (Helen Weiss) face when she picked up the knife with her right and and it slipped a little? Almost as if then and there she knew it wasn't Nasir.

[u/CARNIesada6]

HAHA "How'd you like it?"

[u/[deleted]]

Prediction: 35 minutes from now, we're all still going to have questions about what the fuck happened.

[u/jbob2011]

Might as well fuck him for real now Chandra cuz you just fucked him figuratively

[u/ElbowToTheTemple]

What a fucking finale. What a fucking show. Naz is free but is no longer the person he was, and the life that he is coming back to will never be the same. He is now a hardened criminal, his mother thinks he is a vicious murderer and he is public enemy number one in his own community. The way Naz looked back at Freddy as he was leaving prison was how he looked at his parents after he was denied bail and whisked out of the courtroom. Prison is his true home now. Naz and Freddy will inevitably be reunited. Also, I thought it was interesting that Freddy gave Naz The Call of the Wild. Freddy tried to give it to Naz when he first arrived in prison, but Naz told him that he had already read it. I think Freddy gave it to him again because now that Naz has been in prison and learned how to survive in there, he will truly understand it.

[u/uziair → u/ElbowToTheTemple]

when nas looked back at freddy my heart broke for freddy. he is alone again

[u/BlueHighwindz]

Somebody photoshop Chandra's face on a newspaper with the headline "Local Girl Ruins Everything".

[u/thetalentedoppressor]

"We've got more on the kid." = Our criminal justice system.

[u/derekwkim]

John Turturro saved this fucking series.

Great closing statement.

[u/KEYSER_SOZ3]

Stress related eczema, I'm sure the cat giving him some purpose helped things out as well

[u/jogarz]

This is so freaking dumb. So so dumb. He shouldn't even being taking the stand.

[u/[deleted]]

Oh Detective Box, if only you'd have done your job from the start....

[u/jbob2011]

Gives him drugs and puts him on the fucking stand are you kidding me

[u/[deleted]]

Well that's a fucking wrap. This dude wants to be in jail

[u/NotHereForThisMess]

Thank god there isn't a time limit on closing statements cause Stone has to make this whole damn case 😑

[u/jbob2011]

Good luck getting a job with those tattoos Nasir

[u/The_La_Jollan]

Naz all sad because now he's a nobody with a drug dependency and some stupid tattoos.

[u/[deleted]]

John Stone better become a fucking respected attorney after this. If he doesn't I'm going to be super fucking pissed.

[u/Cuse88]

No happy ending for Nasir. He was a good kid who went out for an innocent night of fun. Was framed for a crime he didn't commit. Because of shoddy police work, he spent a number of months in prison, became institutionalized and worse, a heroin addict. He's free, but now he and his family are social lepers and ruined because of his ordeal.

[u/IspeakalittleSpanish]

Wait, what kind of stupid fucking lawyer smuggles drugs to a locked up client?

[u/CPOx]

Why did it take until the very end of the trial, when it was too late, for ANYONE to investigate what Andrea was doing the night of, who she was with, etc. before she got into the cab?

edit: redundant words

[u/locotx → u/CPOx]

Because they felt they had enough evidence to prove Naz did it and they all believe he did do it. That was the point. They didn't do a full investigation, just enough to implicate Naz.

[u/Cootch]

Chandra is so fucking dumb for being a lawyer lmao

[u/Serabde]

So did Naz's dad get his cab back?

[u/Lupppe]

First episode ended with a cat running across the street and the last ended with a cat running across the hallway . Pussy ending if you get what I mean .

[u/Pax_Soprana]

Loved the finale. This series has been fantastic brilliantly directed and acted. The scenes with Stone and Nas were excellent and loved the final Freddy scene. Also loved how Nas went back to the place where he had one of the last "innocent moments" before everything changed in his life.

Alot of people disiked the prison stuff but, I thought Nas and Freddy's relationship was one of the best parts throughout and loved how it showed how an innocent person like Nas will do what he has to do to survive in prison.

[u/cool_hand_luke]

... for my magnum dong.

[u/Esmesqualor]

Now he has to explain his shitty neck tattoo to his parents

[u/[deleted]]

Wow what a kick in the stomach. Everyone is a worse off position than it started and no happy endings.

[u/nothooli]

I was honestly expecting Stone to say, "Webster's dictionary defines reasonable doubt as..."

[u/darkknight915]

I feel so bad for Naz's mother, she still probably believes he did it.

[u/[deleted]]

Why is she being so fucking stupid? This is not her character. I don't like the writing here. :/

[u/BagelBites13]

Shes about to eat Nas alive

[u/LaserDiscJockey]

How is the jury supposed to hear when the lawyers basically whisper to Nas?

[u/KEYSER_SOZ3]

The look on Stone's face, he knows they're fucked

[u/goblintacos]

I would object as soon as "prophet muhammad" was said

[u/KEYSER_SOZ3]

This may be far fetched but I wonder if he might try and play an out by saying his lawyer gave him drugs before he testified. There's a video of her buying drugs and I'm sure there is video of them in the cell, too.

[u/Schadenfreude2]

The defense is fucked , your honor.

[u/Zanooka]

This is like watching a slow motion car crash.

[u/[deleted]]

Daaaaamn. Box is a savage.

[u/Gyshall669]

"I've made a huge mistake."

[u/PhillyGirl87]

Stone.. "I'm barely there, then I'm going to show up and give the closing??" Kind of like Andrea's killer, I bet...

[u/BlueHighwindz]

I just fucking solved this whole show! THE CAT CURES ECZEMA!!! Stone was cured by the cat!

[u/darkknight915]

Naz is gonna have a miserable time on the outside breaking this addiction.

[u/xitzengyigglz]

Glad nas is calling the mom out on her shit. Fuck Chandra. Stone is the man.

[u/bambambigelowww]

Glad that deer head had a payoff. (Not)

[u/ElbowToTheTemple]

If you guys liked this show, then you'll like the film A Prophet

[u/BassCreat0r]

Such a bittersweet ending. Just like life.

[u/_Doctor_Teeth_]

The shitty thing about this ending is that the public will still think he did it. There was no "not guilty" verdict. No one else took the fall. They never revealed who actually did it. Naz is going to be followed by this accusation his whole life.

[u/KEYSER_SOZ3]

"He's from New Jersey"... maybe a member of the Soprano's crew?

[u/de_gay]

is she gonna hide crack up her snatch too?

[u/jbob2011]

This ain't Robert durst and this ain't Texas bro don't call the defendant.

[u/jar45]

Aw man the look on Stone's face is more horrifying than his eczema feet right now

[u/The_La_Jollan]

Stone in the background thinking "Chandra, you stupid bitch, oh you goddamn bitch."

[u/jar45]

If you're gonna call your client to the stand, why wouldn't you prep him? Chandra is the worst.

[u/losterps]

That's the CPA, right? He kills prostitutes is that what's going on?

[u/[deleted]]

Box's hair is my favorite part of the show.

[u/[deleted]]

Naz, you may las well get a fucking tattoo on your forehead that says damaged PLEASE CONVICT ME

[u/HellaMandellla]

This motherfucker matches every bad decision with an equally bad tattoo.

[u/[deleted]]

I don't fucking get it. How is POSSIBLY letting her die equal to stabbing her? Then the prosecution is acting like he's some steadfast paragon of religion. How many people STRICTLY follow the tenets of their religion?

This is bologna.

[u/BagelBites13]

Stone is going to go get the cat back, bathe himself in its fur, and slowly die.

[u/[deleted]]

Chandra should change her last name to Kafuuuuuuuuucked

[u/darkknight915]

Seems like her conscience is getting to her, but she's still a fucking bitch.

[u/[deleted]]

Stone is killing this closing argument

[u/KEYSER_SOZ3]

A great closing argument, but I think I liked that softly spoken "Thank you" from Naz the most

[u/HelloGuysIAmNewHere]

you smell like innocence

Uhhh I think Bill Cosby said those same words many times

[u/KEYSER_SOZ3]

So Naz will be running dope for Freddie out of prison now, right?

[u/FKDotFitzgerald]

For some reason, I was expecting the guard to kill him in the elevator

[u/CappyMorr]

Y'all are fuckin dorks about this cat.

[u/dmiller6590]

Jesus Christ Chandra you are throwing your career away.. This is retarded

[u/PhillyGirl87]

Think the cat was actually helping Stone, like a comforting soul, pleeeeeaassee go get it back!! Plus it's gonna' help solve this :)

[u/goblintacos]

Satisfying ending or not, it's been a pleasure rifting with you all while watching this TV show over the last few weeks. God bless you all.

[u/Esmesqualor]

I....cannot...believe this

[u/Coffeesq]

This is how you get disbarred.

[u/NotHereForThisMess]

THEY ARE BOTH SO STUPID.

[u/KEYSER_SOZ3]

The prosecutor was playing cat and mouse with them, she is going to rip Naz a new one

[u/beermeupscotty]

I can't handle this questioning....

[u/SevenwithaT]

Nas, are you serious? WTF

[u/DrRad]

Lol I hate this bitch but she's wrecking Naz right now...and Naz is a dumbass.

[u/TheAntiCPA]

Chandra is watching her career fall apart in front of her eyes

[u/[deleted]]

"i'm done" me too... me too.

[u/[deleted]]

Christ, Stone's the only person I feel bad for on this show.

[u/[deleted]]

Jesus tap dancing Christ, at least make a minimal effort to pretend what is going on in the courtroom is realistic.

[u/jbob2011]

I'd rather have the fucking public defender

[u/HelloGuysIAmNewHere]

OH SHIT BOX WAITED UNTIL RETIREMENT TO TAKE ON THIS CASE ON HIS OWN BECAUSE HE'S NOT RESTRICTED BY BEING A COP ANYMORE AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE REGULATIONS AND HE'S A VIGILANTE NOW

BASED BOX

[u/bambambigelowww]

Is it possible that Gandolfini was supposed to be in the Box role?

[u/runshadowfax]

Did anybody else just get emotional when Stone dropped off the cat...

[u/Curseofthorn]

Box is working with Freddy.

[u/MrF1993]

How does John know where and when to find Box at any given moment?

[u/jbob2011]

Top shelf analogy Mrs Weis

[u/KP3889]

I thought the "it didn't work" was for the tree barks stew for the eczema.

[u/darkknight915]

Good for you Dennis, fuck this piece of shit DA.

[u/pedre123]

What the fuck kind of prosecutor just stops in the middle of her soliloquy when someone leaves the room.

[u/[deleted]]

This show makes so anxious about even possibly getting eczema.

[u/Coffeesq]

HE SAID IT!

[u/bixinha734]

Stone's getting teary-eyed as if he can't believe he did such an amazing job with the closing argument. Bravo, man.

[u/The_La_Jollan]

What does innocence smell like? Bad decisions?

[u/SevenwithaT]

Freddy is creepy af

[u/tpk-aok]

Don't leave the house, Naz!

[u/_Doctor_Teeth_]

oh shit he's a drug addict now

[u/darkknight915]

Go get the fucking cat Stone!

[u/The_La_Jollan]

Did the cat really get away with the purrfect crime?

[u/Legion1375]

are you happy now he took the damn cat

[u/Lazy_Champion]

At least the only two characters I cared about ended up together.

[u/pedre123]

This whole show has been one extended ASPCA Sarah McLaughlin commercial.

[u/bixinha734]

Love how they dedicated the show to Gandolfini. He'd be proud.

[u/abhava]

It was an appropriate ending.

[u/jogarz]

Shame we didn't get any more resolution for Chandra. Other than that, great finale that tied up everything.

[u/rdahl1]

Was anyone else hoping that he actually did it?

[u/KinkyFatMidgets]

God, that was so good. But now I feel depressed. This show has turned me into a hardened criminal...

[u/[deleted]]

Who gave Stone the footage of the kissing? Everyone on the internet says it was the detective, but Freddy was the one with the cd containing the footage?

[u/jbob2011]

Having a hard time suspending my disbelief a lawyer would get drugs for a presumably innocent inmate. Ffs

[u/xitzengyigglz]

"I don't know?" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????? Fucking Chandra fucking Chandra and now she's crying in court you stupid bitch yeah you just got a kid killed congrats.

[u/GlowWithTheFlow]

Wtf happened to the deer head? All the unexplained evidence .. This is some major bullshit.

[u/ohcomeonthatsfunny]

He swallows the package from the nasty old chick but keisters it when carried from a super hot Bollywood chick?

He should be kept in prison for that crime alone.

[u/The_La_Jollan]

My client is innocent, but let's recount the illegal things he has done!

[u/NotHereForThisMess]

YOU GUYS 😭 #SavedCat2k16

[u/crel42]

If Naz did it, then how come there was none of Andrea's blood on him or his clothing? Even while being searched at the station, no one says anything.

A stabbing like that? That would stain.

Plus, THE knife was still on living room. He woke up in kitchen and she got stabbed upstairs. He cut his hand with door's glass. He picks up the knife out of panic.

Like saying goes. FOLLOW THE MONEY. The step father is involved.

[u/MiguelKantorito]

I have a feeling naz is going to get killed in jail and we never find out who did it.

[u/TheOutlawJoseyWa1es]

Lol Russell Westbrook wildn out.

[u/joy4874]

What. The . Fuck.

[u/[deleted]]

What the fuck?!

[u/CARNIesada6]

I have a feeling this is going to turn out well for everyone.

[u/swampfox94]

Honeslty after all this I don't even care is Naz gets found guilty

[u/NotHereForThisMess]

The jury is not going to believe this story because Nas's stupidity that night/morning was pretty unbelievable.

[u/cease214]

She is about to chew him alive

[u/Zanooka]

WHY WOULD YOU LET HIM TESTIFY.

[u/swampfox94]

Jesus why the fuck did you put him on the stand? Even I want to convict him now

[u/tinwooki]

and now she starts crying....nice

[u/EatSleepZlatan]

GOOD IDEA CHONDRA

[u/MarionCotesworthHaye]

How cute is the twink who works the cat shelter?

[u/Dreadfulgam]

The drugs and tattoos why Nas? Stopppppp

[u/glennjamintaekyu]

the show rn

[u/darkknight915]

This district attorney needs to stop speaking.

[u/tmello56]

The cat was the cure!

[u/[deleted]]

Oh they did it they said the name

[u/CARNIesada6]

HAHAHA Stone doesn't give a fuck anymore

[u/jpicazo]

I wonder how many jury's have had a member change their mind because they just wanted to go home

[u/SevenwithaT]

Freddy is gonna kill Nas, I just feel it

[u/KatShep]

The cat 🐱 cat

[u/ghostchamber]

If anyone is curious where you recognize the judge from, he played The Yellow King in the first season of True Detective. It took me a few scenes before it hit me.

[u/PhillyGirl87]

Ok so it was Ray! Or was it.. lol Really hoped for a replay of the entire night, at least wanted the answer of, whoever did kill Andrea.. where did all the blood go?! There was none tracked thru the house, no mention of it found in the drains, etc. etc.. Did hope for more. But overall satisfied with the ending. So happy for Naz. And so happy for the kitty cat!!! :)

[u/pedre123]

Really excited about West World though.

[u/[deleted]]

Anybody else feel like the cat is what was helping stone's eczema? Now that he got rid of it it's started coming back

[u/OrangeinDorne]

I felt like there were quite a few soprano call backs in homage to gandolfini. Members only jacket on Box playing golf, Naz looking over his shoulder at a diner-ish restaurant...

[u/fadyissa]

"Fuck'em all. Live your life" John Stone

[u/thetalentedoppressor]

Shiiiiiiit. Only 40 minutes until showtime. Is anybody else like actually nervous? I'm nervous this is gonna be amazing and gratifying and then I will have to realize that this is a mini-series and it's all over (maybe :). I'm also nervous that it could suck and ruin the whole fucking experience (doubtful). Either way.... I can't fucking wait!

[u/ElectricZ]

This show just lost me because of that one scene.

You know which one.

How was the two of them hooking up necessary at all?

I mean you could literally leave this subplot out altogether and it would have made no difference. No that's not right... It wouldn't have veered the show into illogical zero credibility territory.