The Dream Team

There were a lot of moving parts to this case that I don't remember. Then again, I was also in junior high, so anything I did hear was secondhand. But just in a narrative sense, 'The Dream Team' has just the right amount of tension and bad news. Due to an unfortunate confluence of leaked info, a racist cop and a chance encounter with a writer from the New Yorker, the prosecution's case goes from bulletproof to bullet-ridden. Given the lack of guns and car chases, the show doesn't lose momentum as the Dream Team comes together. And that's taking into consideration the persistent inclusion of a future reality TV family - which clearly will keep happening.

7/10

The defense, which up till now had no case, begin to bring in heavyweights. In addition to Shapiro and Kardashian, famous lawyers, Alan Dershowitz, F. Lee Bailey, and, finally, Johnny Cochran are in the mix. Everything begins to turn when it is found out that Mark Furman, the officer who found the bloody glove and was one of the first on the scene, is an admitted racist. Shapiro is sitting in his office, trying to get inspired, when a reporter from "New Yorker" magazine comes in, wanting to talk to Shapiro about an unrelated story. He gets a scoop on the racism angle and runs with it. One of the most respected periodicals in America has an extensive story, completely orchestrated by Shapiro. Marcia Clark can't believe it. When Christopher Darden (who has stayed out out of the case until now) tells them that they could lose the case after reading the article, they now must go on big time damage control.

WHEW! Some of this dialogue is starting to get over the top for me but still, this show is quite enjoyable. The acting is good, despite some of the actors taking their roles for a walk.

There didn't feel like a lot going on this episode. We're wasting farrrrrrr too much time focusing on the Kardashian family. I feel like FX just added their unnecessary characters just grab more viewership. Besides this, solid mini-series.

The People vs. O.J. Simpson: The Dream Team (2016)

With O.J. now behind bars, Robert Shapiro (John Travolta) must try and come up with a stronger defense team so he reaches out to F. Lee Bailey (Nathan Lane) and soon the idea of a racial trial comes up, which leads to Johnny Cochran (Courtney B. Vance) being called.

This third episode once again brings in a very high entertainment factor as the drama certainly starts to mount. This episode does a very good job at showing the behind-the-scenes details as the "Dream Team" must come up with a way to get O.J. out of jail. These scenes contain some nice drama and as I said there's a great entertainment value. The episode also benefits from getting to see O.J. and his lawyers trying to work up a defense and some of Simpson's objections.

With that said, it's been happening throughout the first three episodes but the needless Kardashian children being used here to make the series "current" is rather pathetic as was a joke aimed at Bruce Jenner. Still, these are small issues that I had with the episode, which certainly pushed the limits of what profanity can be said on such a show.

Episode: A-