velandiaquijano Yes, what you hear it's true: it's a story about a murder and it has been told a million times. But NEVER like this, let me assure you. This is pure art. This show tells you the details about the story, builts up fantastic characters, and invites you to follow the story in a very slow and fulfilling pace. You know what's going to happen from the first episode, but what they have created here makes you sit down in front of your TV for 8 episodes to see HOW they get there. It's raw, it's real, it's perfectly written and directed, with a cast that blew my mind. It's a true pleasure to see HBO creating shows like this, the only pity here it's that it's a limited series, and I won't get to see any more from them.

dayana421 Loved it. So hard to find something good to watch nowadays. The night of was excellent!! Hoping for a season 2.

yvesdemaria Very captivating, great story telling, interesting characters.Love the settings and atmosphere of a very dark NY.To me same quality level of the best among the best of TV series which are Fargo and True Detective (season 1).Totally recommended!

Bene Cumb Recent years have seen me moving from watching series with crime-per- episode to (mini)series you are recommended to watch in succession, as multiple flashbacks, sidelines and altering events would otherwise hinder to understand what is really going on and why. The Night Of is another good example of them, including different venues and character changes, enabling to create witty contrasts and contradictions, e.g. between home, prison and courtroom.Indeed, the biggest value here are characters and performances, leading with John Turturro as John Stone (particularly the mix of tragic and comic) and Riz Ahmed as Nasir "Naz" Khan (particularly his transformation from a mild independent boy to a tough dependent guy); their skills and versatility are always visible, although the number of scenes with them together is not so big. On the other hand, Bill Camp as Dennis Box was just okay, nothing special - or perhaps it was the intent to create an "ordinary", rather static character; the share of clichés here was the biggest.In general, the plot is logical and versatile, but some scenes a bit "naive" to me as an experienced viewer; I would have liked to ponder on and over till the final moments whether Raz was really guilty or not, but the answer was clear to me in Episode 1 already. Another issue that amazes me - is the hierarchy in US prisons still so "open" and widespread?As I have not seen the earlier UK version called Criminal Justice, I do not intend to delve into the debate on how the original one is better because "it always is". In this case, I liked the US version a lot. As I did with The Wire, where Richard Price was a co-writer as well.