Not much that we didn't already know in last night's penultimate The Night Of episode 7 on HBO, but it was a very satisfying episode, anyway, mainly because of the kiss between Naz and Chandra.I don't know realistic that was - a lawyer kissing her client like that in a jail-cell visit - but it felt right and told us something important: Chandra believes in Naz's innocence. In fact, her statement of that is what leads to the kiss. Not many other people share that belief. Naz's mother apparently does not. Even Jack has made it clear, many times, that this is not about Naz's guilt or innocence, but about giving him a fair hearing.
Though it's not clear if Jack's thoughts have changed on this, especially given what he's been uncovering about the retiring Dt. Sgt. Box. And Jack doesn't know the half of it, at this point. What was it that we saw at the very beginning of last night's episode, and we saw nothing more of in the hour? Wasn't that Box on the scene of another murder, with a knife-riven body cut up a lot like Andrea's? And when exactly did that take place - before or after Andrea's murder?
Meanwhile, as The Night Of has been doing in almost every episode, we get another little shot against Naz - he committed not one but two violent acts while in school. But you know what? I have confidence in Chandra, and her kissing Naz has now 100% convinced me of his innocence. I think she's a good judge of human nature. And there's that intelligent testimony that that Michael Baden-like coroner Dr. Katz gave on Naz's behalf on the stand.
But that, then, leaves us with who else? I went over the three prime, non-Naz suspects last week. I guess I'm hoping that it's Duane Reade, not because he seems more guilty than the others, but because it would be great to see Richard Price's little joke made even more memorable by Reade being the killer. Price must have thinking, when he came up with this little gambit, that, hey, how many times, like in The Usual Suspects, do we see someone under questioning come up with a name that was on a nearby coffee cup or sign, so why not make it the suspect's or whoever's real name after all? I have nothing at all against the drug store chain, but it would be cool if Duane Reade were the killer, after all.
Looking forward to finding our more about that next week.
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