Maybe there's a season 2 (or s3 - see spoiler), then. I guess it's not quite zero to do with the crimes in this show...but in the interest of those people ITT that don't know the story...

They've already said S2 will have nothing to do with the Simpson case.

"The second installment will center on Hurricane Katrina and its devastating aftermath."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...-season-851993

So we just get the criminal trial and not "The Saga of OJ"

Really corny so far but I'll watch it all.

it would be an awesome troll if they change the ending and make OJ innocent (like for reals- they find the "real killers")

Colombian coke dealers? Marcus Allen?

They could have left out the chase or the suicide/confession note, I mean that's what his defense team would have done.

...but I like what you did there.

Again, Marcia Clark is the only competent-looking character so far. If you didn't know the story, I imagine you'd be shocked to learn how badly she botched this case.

Has Katrina even been indicted? Makes no sense given the name of the show.

Yeah my biggest takeaway so far is in retrospect how big of an impact that crime, case and coverage impacted our culture going forward.

Yea she was pretty bad. Ignoring what could have been key witnesses and not standing up for the LAPD (her witnesses) was a massive failure.

so, Robert Kardashian was the most caring friend in the history of the earth, huh?

Just in case we're spoiling well-known American history:

The biggest fail was Gil garcetti moving the trial from the jurisdiction it should have been in (west LA county) to downtown so they could have cameras in the courtroom etc. as above poster said, changed the jury pool immensely.

That and Ito killed off any small chance the defense had by allowing all kinds of race cards to get played

From LA times:

Garcetti defended his decision in a recent interview, contending that the case would have been moved Downtown even if he had filed it in Santa Monica.

"We always knew this case was going to be tried Downtown," Garcetti said. "We knew it couldn't be tried in Santa Monica. . . . It was a given . . . based on our experience and the history of big cases."

Although a number of current and former judges disagree, Garcetti cited several reasons: The Santa Monica courthouse suffered tremendous damage during the Northridge earthquake, the facility is too small, its court calendar was "grossly overcrowded" and it did not have adequate security to handle a long-term, high-profile trial. He added that the county had spent more than $1 million renovating courtrooms on the ninth floor of the Criminal Courts Building for high-profile cases such as Simpson.

"We took the position that it was automatic" that the case would be moved Downtown, Garcetti said.

From same article:

Before the trial began, according to sources, Garcetti had said privately that he was concerned that a conviction handed down by a mostly white Westside jury would "lack credibility." He also said that the "perception of justice" was very important in this case. At the time, sources said, Garcetti was convinced that prosecutors had overwhelming evidence against Simpson and did not think a Downtown jury would be a handicap.

yeah Clark talked about that in an article linked earlier itt

i believe this is the clip of FLB arguing that point

You really have to view the oj trial in relation to the Rodney King verdict and aftermath. They are very related, and episode 1 showed that well

And curses to the guy who pointed out that the fictional Kardashian is 3x the size of the fictional OJ.

Loved the 2nd ep as much as the first. Also love the youtubes of what actually happened posted itt! I was born in 1987. I can remember all the trial stuff being a thing and my parents thinking he was guilty, but none of the minutiae. For me, and other ppl my age prolly, this is very fun.

Schwimmer is really bringing it. That was an intense episode. I cant believe how nicely OJ was treated by the police & the people.

FYP

For you guys who are in a tizzy about how nicely OK was treated by the authorities - you do realize he was jailed for nearly a year and a half without being convicted of crime, right?

Keep trying

Not at this point in the story though.

That's certainly how I remember it. I was bummed to hear of his death a few years ago, and there are very few characters in this story I would mourn. I was delighted to learn that Schwimmer was cast in the role.

Loved Schwimmer looking baffled by the polygraph results.

Marcia Clark thinks Trayvon Martin was shot by the police?