I Am the Night: Phenomenon of Interference

February 6, 2019 8:23 PM - Season 1, Episode 2

Newly arrived in Los Angeles, Fauna attempts to track down her family, including her mysterious grandfather, George Hodel; Jay continues his pursuit of the Bloody Romeo, but can't let go of the story that ruined his career years ago.
posted by DirtyOldTown (3 comments total)

This episode is very much like the pilot: mundane writing in a tug of war with an interesting story. The scenes with Chris Line's reporter are mind numbing. (Not his fault. The storyline is just unnecessary.)
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:45 PM on February 6, 2019 [1 favorite]

This is extremely clunky, moreso than one might normally detect as it wasn't released in a "binge package". Watching these episodes in isolation leaves me profoundly underwhelmed, though the shitty writing might not be quite so apparent if it was the whole season all at once. Which sounds counter-intuitive, but here we are.
posted by turbid dahlia at 2:03 PM on February 7, 2019 [2 favorites]

I'm trying to understand why Patty Jenkins wanted to get this into production - the story is interesting but the whole Black Dahlia thing is mostly in conspiracy theory territory. I'm just trying to see the appeal and it's sort of interesting and fucked up but not TV miniseries level.

Any one read the book this is based on?
posted by fiercekitten at 6:06 PM on February 24, 2019