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| HBO | Release Date: March 10, 2019 |
Summary:
The four-part documentary series directed by Amy Berg takes another look at the case that was central to the Serial podcast with new interviews with people connected to the case and possible new discoveries.
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary
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Recent Episodes
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S1:E3. Part 3: 'Justice Is Arbitrary'
Air Date: March 10, 2019
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S1:E2. Part 2: In Between the Truth
Air Date: March 17, 2019
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S1:E1. Part 1: Forbidden Love
Air Date: March 10, 2019
Positive:
10
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
The Telegraph
Jan 3, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Interviews with old school friends, remembering a young woman frozen in time, were supplemented with animations of Lee. This was a potentially exploitative flourish that somehow landed the right side of mawkish. ... [Amy Berg] took a person who had been defined only by a terrible evil done to her – and the media carnival that followed with Serial – and restored her right to be remembered as a human being.
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Mar 7, 2019
Mar 8, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Although it starts a little bit rocky and unfocused, The Case Against Adnan Syed eventually does an admirable job of focusing--doubters might say shaping--the various stories into something plausible. It seems silly to hope for a huge revelation in its final hour, but with such a fascinating case, it would be even sillier to doubt that another unexpected twist might arise.
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Mar 8, 2019
Season 1 Review:
While Serial kept listeners on tenterhooks from week to week, The Case Against Adnan Syed is a more granular and less wholly absorbing experience. Berg’s series is most riveting, and sad, when she puts the specifics of the case aside to focus on the people whose lives have been irrevocably damaged by Lee’s murder and its aftermath.
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The Guardian
Dec 5, 2019
Mar 6, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The Case Against Adnan Syed, at least in the first three hours, isn't a groundbreaking docuseries nor will it lead to another frenzy of obsessives. It's mostly just a well-done addendum to a well-known story: a few extra notes, a new theory here or there, an interesting visit or phone call that quickly gets dropped.
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Mar 5, 2019
Season 1 Review:
A broadcast that breaks no ground, that succeeds in re-airing exculpatory information about Syed but falls short as a documentary and as television. The Case Against Adnan Syed is a misbegotten rehash of a person whose renown belies that his story can’t sustain multiple retellings.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: March 10, 2019
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S1:E3. Part 3: 'Justice Is Arbitrary'
Air Date: March 10, 2019
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S1:E2. Part 2: In Between the Truth
Air Date: March 17, 2019
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S1:E1. Part 1: Forbidden Love
Air Date: March 10, 2019
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Season 1 Overview