It made an impression on me how the DNA was "a 1 in 170,000,000 match", rather than the much more conclusive results to which we are now accustomed. It really was much like a blood-type test, albeit a vastly improved one, and I had to refresh my memory to see how much this science really was still in its infancy: the…

Krobert?

This was touched upon in the series: the Browns kept pushing Nicole back towards Simpson, who at some point secured a Hertz dealership for her father. Dominick Dunne could scarcely believe these stories even as he was regaling his dinner guests with them. He also mentioned that Nicole was rather young when she first…

This was longer than usual; 64' runtime without commercials, from what I can see.

Oh, come on, what does Cochran's cancer have to do with O.J. Simpson? And although Kardashian was clearly affected by the whole affair, saying that it killed him is a stretch. Shapiro wanted to be in charge, and from the looks of it had relatively little to do with the trial after a certain point; he could have left,…

The really annoying thing about this is that they did have another pair. Darden was actually holding the gloves and asking an expert witness whether they would fit just like those in evidence, before being interrupted by Cochran's mock protest about the possibility of a demonstration involving his client.

Probably not, but do we know how good a prisoner he's been? That seems to play a part.

They weren't allowed to discuss the case before the end of the trial, and I imagine the officers guarding them made sure no inappropriate conversations took place.

Many people watching this who haven't lived through the trial wouldn't necessarily have expected the jury deliberations to last so little, especially given the expectations of all the lawyers. That "Day 1" title was actually setting up a nice little twist. (Though it was obviously funny for those who knew.)

Good to know, because I was very confused when I read that in the review.

Apparently it is entirely correct. Wikipedia's article on the Fifth Amendment uses the term "privilege" throughout, in reference to a specific legal term:

I haven't forgotten about Scheck (or Cochran, or Ito, etc.); I just mentioned the crazier and more unpredictable developments (well, perhaps not so unpredictable in Bailey's case, but I'll leave that to someone who actually knows enough about the man to speak). Scheck's work is laudable, and I'm happy something good…

Either way, the tapes themselves still don't tell the whole story; here's yet another layer to peel off to uncover even more insanity. (What is in dispute is apparently not whether he exaggerated in his interviews but by how much.) I keep being amazed by the information about the trial's impact on the actors of this…

Is that really his fault? His position is elected, which means he must be part politician to occupy it. I'd like to know whose brilliant idea it was to elect officials of the legal system in the first place.

Exactly. Even if next season also makes for good television, it may be rather different in character from this one. It's an anthology, so I don't know how specific expectations we are meant to have here.

The camera turned to him several times in this episode, and he was even shown to make a statement on television. Indeed, we were treated to several reaction shots of members of the audience, the group of people who appear to have been most thoroughly ignored by the participants in the trial. That ought to be normal,…

And on himself personally, of course. This lifelong quest is important for Cochran, and he'd say (not inaccurately) that it's important for a lot of people. Just because it's been a few episodes since we were last reminded of Cochran's previous clients or his own personal experiences does not mean that they are not…

I'm not sure what exactly Bailey was going at with this line of questioning if he had no means to follow up on it. My impression was that refuting his testimony at a later point was the plan all along, and perhaps they did have less damning testimony to do it with but opted to use the tapes instead. If they didn't,…

That's what I thought as well.

I continue to learn things in these reviews. Nathan Lane, for example, seems to be amongst the few (I hope!) actors who are apparently famous in the United States but I'd never even heard of until fairly recently, courtesy of Modern Family. (Emma Stone is another example: I've never seen her in anything, yet I keep…