The Race Card

Episode aired Mar 1, 2016
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53m

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Cuba Gooding Jr. and Sterling K. Brown in American Crime Story (2016)

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As the trial begins, Christopher Darden and Johnnie Cochran go head to head in court and the jury visits the crime scene.As the trial begins, Christopher Darden and Johnnie Cochran go head to head in court and the jury visits the crime scene.As the trial begins, Christopher Darden and Johnnie Cochran go head to head in court and the jury visits the crime scene.

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The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie.

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Only Cochran's car and a few other vehicles in the 1982 scene were available in the 1980s. Many models from the late 90s/early 2000s are visible in the background.

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Judge Lance Ito: Mr. Dunne, I've read some of your past coverage of murder trials in Vanity Fair magazine.
Dominick Dunne: I'm lucky I write for a magazine that allows me to take a stand, Your Honor.
Judge Lance Ito: Well, there's no mistaking how you feel.
Dominick Dunne: No, that's something I'm proud about.
Judge Lance Ito: I am assigning you a permanent seat in the front row. You'll be next to the Goldmans. And that seat is yours for the length of the trial.
Dominick Dunne: Thank you, Your Honor.
Judge Lance Ito: Without, uh, being too forward, I sense that you'll be able to sympathize with them in a way that the rest of us cannot, that you'll know how to deal with them, not intrude or ask inappropriate questions.
Dominick Dunne: Because of my daughter's murder?
Judge Lance Ito: Yes. Well, I apologize for dredging up what I imagine is a deeply painful memory, but I felt it was important that you know why.
Dominick Dunne: I'm sure the Goldmans will appreciate the gesture, Your Honor. I know I do. The trial of Dominique's killer was torture enough. But then the way he got off with a slap on the wrist...
[beat]
Dominick Dunne: Let's hope this one goes better.

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Featured in The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (2016)

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Get Down on It
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Written by Claydes Smith, James 'JT' Taylor, Ronald Bell, George 'Funky' Brown, Eumir Deodato, Robert 'Spike' Mickens and Robert 'Kool' Bell
Performed by Kool & The Gang

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Setting the Race Card

The People vs. O.J. Simpson: The Race Card (2016)

Tempers begin to rise as the start of the trial is set to begin and both sides start to deal with the race card. Christopher Darden (Sterling K. Brown) begins to question why he was asked to be a part of the trial while Johnnie Cochran (Courtney B. Vance) must explain to O.J. (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) why certain members of his race might not like who he really is.

This fifth episode isn't nearly as wonderful as the previous one but you can tell that this here was just a wild card to set up everything that is going to follow. That's not to say this episode isn't a very good one because it is but there's just no question that this one is meant to plant the seeds that are going to explode on down the line. Once again what really impressed me were the performances with Vance easily stealing the series up to this point. Another very good thing are some of the behind-the-scene arguments that we're seeing. Whether it's the defense versus the defense or the D.A. office going up against one another.

Episode: A-