I've been going through the episodes a second time and I have been listening to them with the mindset that Adnan killed Hae, but that the police theory and timeline is bogus.

How is it compelling? How is it any less fanciful than the idea that Jay and Adnan were gay lovers?

I thought the bigoted statements were pretrial during a bail hearing: i.e. Pakistani men are killing women and escaping to Pakistan.

Depends on your definition of abusive. If you believe certain people who suggest that Adnan was very possessive of Hae, that could be an early indicator of abuse… the same way Hae's death by strangulation could be an indicator of intimate partner violence because statistically choking is usually one of the first acts…

The only way Adnan couldn't have made the Nisha call is if you believe Adnan that he did not see Jay from the point Jay dropped him back off at school around lunchtime until Jay picked him up from track practice which didn't commence until 4PM.

No! Because you have reasonable doubt doesn't mean that the jury didn't reasonably convict him of his murder.

You can't really cite Jay's pattern of abuse and talk about Adnan's lack of one. Adnan has been incarcerated for 15 years whereas Jay was free to commit more crimes. Jay's subsequent record might be probative of how he treats women, but it cannot be used to separate Adnan from Jay.

Exactly, everyone talking about reasonable doubt isn't thinking about things in terms of the case that was presented to the jury. Was it a solid case? Not really - the timeline was fucked. Did Gutierrez provide an adequate defense? Legally… probably unless Adnan really did ask for discussion of a plea agreement and…

"I just don't know why Adnan would agree to spend hours on the phone with Koenig if he was guilty. "

A couple of responses:
1. Adnan has nothing to lose from the DNA testing. It is his next appeal, and he just wants to keep going with it.
2. Adnan is highly intelligent and is aware of the legal ramifications of everything he says and does. He might know that the difficulty of getting any results from the DNA testing,…

Quantifying lost revenue from the movie isn't that easy. 1. How many people are going to see it? Either because of the controversy or because they wanted to see it in the first place. 2. How many people aren't going to see it because they are afraid of being targeted. How much money did The Dark Knight Returns lose…

I disagree with the decision to pull the movie from a moral standpoint, but I cannot say that I wouldn't make the same decision from a business standpoint.

Charlie wore bowties… it was just a personal connection to him.

Indeed. Forgot about Marcia Gay Harden and Hope Davis who had larger arcs, and even some smaller parts like David Krumholtz.

I never implied that it was a negative, I was just observing that it was a feminist critique and that it was in her review.

Studio 60 was an okay show that failed to find an audience. When it was determined that it wouldn't get a second season Sorkin turned it into a bad show by rushing all of the romantic plots forward as quickly as possible.

Typically, the great journalism is in the long form pieces that get shown occassionally on the networks. Any time they can spend 1/2 hour to 2 hours on a topic it is usually followed by in depth journalism.

During Will's broadcast at the end Neal is seen interacting with various people. He might hand a piece of paper to Maggie. But, it is possible scheduling was an issue.

For a number of shows, including this one, the AV Club writers are given screeners in advance of the episode airing. So using immediacy as an excuse doesn't really work here.

Huh?