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The People v. O. J. Simpson

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The People v. O. J. Simpson	comment	The People v. O. J. Simpson is the first season of the Ryan Murphy-produced true crime anthology series American Crime Story, aired by FX in 2016.Adapted from the non-fiction book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin, it covers the infamous O. J. Simpson murder trial that spanned eleven months between 1994 and 1995.Cuba Gooding Jr. stars as Simpson himself, while the cast is rounded out by Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark, Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran, Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden, John Travolta as Robert Shapiro, David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian, Selma Blair as Kris Jenner, Nathan Lane as F. Lee Bailey, and Billy Magnussen as Kato Kaelin.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_121476bd	comment	The Millstone: Shapiro's only useful contributions to The Dream Team at the beginning are turning the case into a media circus and suggesting the LAPD only targeted Simpson out of racism (and then later saying the case will never be about race). He commits blunders that compromise the defense, suggests throwing the case at one point, and gets in childish fights with Cochran and Bailey. His only comeback (coming up with the strategy of having O.J. try on the gloves) is after four straight episodes of mistakes and completely losing O.J.'s confidence.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_1439161f	comment	Cochran also sincerely tells Darden that he's a good lawyer and a man with convictions after the trial, seeking him out and noticing that Darden is in Heroic BSoD. Darden doesn't appreciate it, telling of Cochran for his self-righteousness blinding him to the reality that a rich man walked free and nothing actually changed.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_14c791fb	type	Conflicting Loyalty
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_14c791fb	comment	Conflicting Loyalty: Robert Kardashian is close friends with both O.J. and Nicole, and is initially O.J.'s staunchest supporter, but as the trial progresses, he increasingly doubts O.J.'s innocence, especially after DNA evidence is introduced. By the end of the series, Rob has ended his friendship with O.J., and according to the epilogue, they didn't speak to each other again before Rob's death in 2003.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_15070c2b	type	Timmy in a Well
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_15070c2b	comment	Timmy in a Well: Nichole's barking and bloodied Akita attracts a passing neighbor, leading him to the bodies of Nichole and Ron. The prosecution later uses a witness who overheard the dog barking around 10:15 PM to establish their timeline, believing the dog started barking because it was witnessing the murder of its owner.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: Having prepared extensively, Clark eagerly states that there's nothing Cochran can throw at her that will surprise her. Cochran immediately proves her wrong by petitioning the court to allow him to introduce a defense witness early, thus killing the prosecution's momentum. In one part of the case, Gil says to one of his political staff he'll be surprised if people are talking about this OJ Simpson case next year. When Clark hears of Simpson buying the pair of gloves with blood on them, Clark declares "those gloves are our conviction." Marcia Clark ignores all of Darden's warnings to not use Fuhrman, casting Darden's concerns as being overblown every time. Chris Darden is SURE that Simpson trying on the gloves will be a big moment for the defense. To say it backfired horribly would be an understatement. When Clark and Darden hear of the Jury having decided the verdict in 4 hours, they speculate that maybe the jury didn't need much deliberation in light of all the evidence. Chris says "What if we won?"
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_1994ba0b	type	Gone Horribly Right
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_1994ba0b	comment	Gone Horribly Right: The defense succeeds in getting hold of tapes where Furhman launches into a list of racial slurs and talk of faking evidence. However, the tapes also have Furhman bad-mouthing Ito's wife (the highest-ranking woman in the LAPD at the time) who had claimed to have no contact with him when, in fact, she reprimended him for his behavior two years earlier. Thus, this could set up a mistrial which would give the prosecution the chance to overcome their earlier mistakes and convict Simpson.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_1a8dc238	type	Underestimating Badassery
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_1a8dc238	comment	Underestimating Badassery: Clark dismisses O.J's lawyers as a bunch of egotists who will implode, not understanding they know how to play the media game a lot better than her. This is somewhat justified as before Cochran joined, the Dream Team's members did not inspire much in the way of confidence; Shapiro is more known for getting settlements than winning cases, Bailey's alcoholism had made him a laughing stock, Kardashian hadn't practiced law in years (Hodgman even states he had no idea he was a lawyer) and their hiring Alan Dershowitz, a well-known appeals expert, suggested they were convinced Simpson would be convicted. As the trial progresses, we see the folly of underestimating the Dream Team as they repeatedly run circles around the prosecution both in and outside of the courtroom. Shapiro assumes he's lead attorney all the way through and unprepared for how Cochran is able to sway O.J. into making him lead instead while Shapiro was on vacation.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_1f6983f7	comment	Ambiguous Situation: In Episode 5, Johnnie Cochran is pulled over by a cop while taking his daughters to the movies. Cochran assumes he is being racially profiled and almost gets arrested when he gets into an argument with the officer, but the way the situation plays out actually leaves it ambiguous whether the incident was racially motivated or not. Cochran disputes the cop's assertion that he forgot to signal a turn, but before the cop can properly respond Cochran immediately goes into a rant about racial injustice. If the cop was acting in good faith all along, his subsequent response to Cochran's hostility is fully warranted.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_220c23cb	type	Condescending Compassion
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_220c23cb	comment	Condescending Compassion: After the trial, Cochran congratulates Darden on how well he did in the trial. Darden is prepared to accept this and leave in peace until Cochran, who had spent the trial painting Darden as a Category Traitor, says "When the dust settles, I'll bring you back to the community." Cue the Death Glare from Darden, who asserts that he never left and tells Cochran that his victory isn't the Civil Rights milestone he thinks it is.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_230d64	type	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_230d64	comment	All the free passes O.J. gets just because he is rich and famous, even with the notoriously racist LAPD.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Marcia sees herself as the only person on the case who cares about the integrity of the trial and is upset by it becoming a media circus. Shapiro ends up becoming one for the defense. He's the only one who openly objects to bringing race into the case, and realizes they are fighting an uphill battle proving O.J.'s innocence and keeps insisting a plea bargain is their best option.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_2493b31d	comment	Fire-Forged Friends: Marcia and Darden become this over the course of the trial.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_259d5879	type	Anachronism Stew
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_259d5879	comment	Anachronism Stew: Almost every shot of B-Roll and outdoor scenes in Downtown Los Angeles depict landmarks that were built after the trialnote Including but not limited to: the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (2002), red brick crosswalks (2002-03), The elevated tracks of the Metro Gold Line (2003), L.A. Live (2007), Grand Park (2012), the First Street Federal Courthouse (2016), and Wilshire Grand (2016). The last of these actually replaced the Intercontinental Hotel, where the jury was sequestered.. In the shot at the end of the first episode where the Bronco is weaving through traffic, all of the in-focus cars are period-correct, but the out-of-focus cars going the other direction are frequently much later models than they should be.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_2740531a	type	She Cleans Up Nicely
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_2740531a	comment	She Cleans Up Nicely: Subverted with Marcia Clark. After she's constantly criticized in the media for her "dowdy" appearance, she goes to a stylist and gets a new haircut. But it doesn't look any better, and the mockery continues.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_28c1d543	type	Defrosting Ice Queen
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_28c1d543	comment	Defrosting Ice Queen: In "Jury in Jail", Robert Kardashian goes to his ex-wife (and best friend of Nicole) Kris' house to pick up his kids for the weekend. Kris is icily cold to him at first (turning her back to him as soon as he enters the room), but warms considerably when he tearfully admits his doubts about OJ's innocence and says he feels trapped between abandoning his friend and supporting a murderer. By the end of the scene, she's hugging and consoling him.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_302fd82f	type	Unconventional Courtroom Tactics
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_302fd82f	comment	Unconventional Courtroom Tactics: Cochran uses a number of unorthodox tactics, including numerous petty insults to Christopher Darden, and forcing the court to hear a defense witness early to derail the prosecution's momentum. (The alleged reason is that the witness is about to leave the country imminently, but during questioning, it becomes apparent that that's just an excuse engineered by Cochran.)
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_325b3b02	type	Caption Humor
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_325b3b02	comment	Caption Humor: A brilliant fakeout by the production team, after the grueling, miserably long trial reaches its endgames and the jury deliberations begin. As the jury sits down to discuss the piles of evidence they've been presented, a caption comes on the screen reading "Day 1." Contrary to what that caption implies, the jury reaches a verdict within barely four hours, to the shock of both the prosecutors and the defense.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_32da91b8	type	Out of Focus
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_32da91b8	comment	Out of Focus: Robert Kardashian is a prominent character in the first three episodes but barely appears in the next three. He regains focus near the end of the series as it starts to dawn on him that O.J. might actually have killed Nicole. In-Universe, Ron Goldman suffers from this. His father, Fred Goldman, is enraged that the trial and the media is ignoring his murder in favor of focusing on O.J. and Nicole relationship and the racism in the LAPD.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_3322dd48	type	Hollywood Law
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_3322dd48	comment	Hollywood Law: In Episode 9, Cochran holds multiple press conferences where he publicly insults Ito, threatens to instigate rioting if he doesn't release the Furhman tapes, and accuses him of being corrupt and racist when he decides to let the jurors listen to only two sentences of the tapes. Realistically, this should have gotten him charged with contempt of court and removed from the proceedings, but he suffers no consequences.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_340575a7	comment	Girl on Girl Is Hot: Discussed. Cochran predicts Faye Resnick's book about Nicole will be forgotten in a week. Shapiro simply rebuts him by saying "Lesbian sex, [page] 197."
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_38d02d44	comment	Batman Gambit: Bailey and Cochran play Christopher Darden like a fiddle, baiting him into demanding that O.J. try on the gloves.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_39cee4cc	type	Team Power Walk
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_39cee4cc	comment	Team Power Walk: The Dream Team perform a version of this when they first walk into the courtroom for OJ's trial, led by Johnny Cochran, and set to Above the Law's "Black Superman".
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_39eba631	comment	The Slacker: Kato Kaelin.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_3bc88a7f	type	Foregone Conclusion
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_3bc88a7f	comment	Foregone Conclusion: Anybody watching this show is probably aware of how the trial ended in real life — Simpson was found not guilty.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_3cb6468e	type	Bad Liar
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_3cb6468e	comment	Bad Liar: O.J. seems one for sure, at least before Cochran builds his confidence up after visiting him in prison. Of particular note is O.J.'s initial recorded interview with the police in the immediate aftermath of the murders (lines taken from the actual real-life recording). O.J. doesn't just pick one answer and stick with it, but fumbles around desperately between different statements without making any coherent explanation. Even after Cochran's coaching, the defense later decides they can't possibly put O.J. on the stand in his own defense, because in a mock cross-examination when he is directly asked about the confirmed incidents in which he beat his wife to a pulp, he very poorly tries to wave them aside as harmless bickering. Shapiro can't hide that he believes O.J. to be guilty, no matter how many times he says otherwise.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_3e084baf	type	Only Bad Guys Call Their Lawyers
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_3e084baf	comment	Only Bad Guys Call Their Lawyers: When OJ returns home to the scene of the crime, Robert Kardashian tells him he shouldn't talk to the police without a lawyer, but OJ goes along for an interview on the basis that it will make him look guilty if he brings a lawyer.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_3e99593b	comment	Freakier Than Fiction: In "The Dream Team", Cochran received a prank call from someone claiming to be O.J.; this was based on an event that took place during the chase, in which a Howard Stern fan prank called Peter Jennings. The scene where Cochran is pulled over by a police bike and handcuffed when he was driving his daughters to dinner is inspired by a real incident when Cochran was pulled over by three police cars, held at gunpoint, and had his car aggressively searched, when he was driving his son and one daughter to buy toys. Dominick Dunne sums it all up when Ito says he has to let another judge determine if he'll stay on the trial after his wife is mentioned in Furhman's tapes.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_407d3e6d	comment	Morton's Fork: When Fuhrman's history of racism is exposed and he is recalled to the stand, he refuses to answer any question asked of him, each time citing his fifth amendment rights. Before excusing him, Cochran simply asks him if he manufactured any evidence in the Simpson murder investigation. Either way he's screwed: if he answers that he didn't, he opens himself to more scrutiny. If he continues to cite the fifth, it makes it look like he did. Fuhrman chooses the latter.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: For all parties involved: Although he is acquitted of the murders, O.J. ends up being shunned by the Brentwood neighborhood and his golfing buddies, and in the latter case, he is no longer welcome at the Riviera Country Club. His party was attended by people he's never seen before, who just came for the novelty that the televised trial created around him. He also loses Robert Kardashian as a friend. The final shot of the final episode has him sadly looking at the statue of himself, reminiscing about his Glory Days as a football player, and realizing that he's all alone. And, of course, there's the knowledge that O.J. later did ultimately wind up in jail and sentenced to 33 years in prison for a different crime exactly 13 years later to the day he was acquitted. F. Lee Bailey was later disbarred for attorney misconduct in Florida and Massachusetts, with Robert Shapiro testifying against him. Marcia Clark and Chris Darden are both crucified by the press and public for losing the case and became disillusioned with working as prosecutors, each resigning soon after. However, they also signed lucrative book deals and found well-paying, low-stress jobs. The families of Nicole and Ron thoroughly believe O.J. was guilty and received no justice for the murder of their loved ones (though in the latter case, the Goldmans are seen thinking about pursuing additional criminal action, a nod to the eventual civil trial that would take place later in which O.J. got the pants sued off of him by the Goldmans and owed $33.5 million but only got less than $500,000). Johnnie Cochran goes all in on the O.J. case in an attempt to demonstrate his societal worldview to a public audience. In this, he succeeds, not just in getting O.J. to be found not guilty, but (as the ending suggests) starting a fundamentally important conversation about America's failures on race. This is pretty sweet, but the bitter part comes beforehand, when Chris criticizes Johnnie after the verdict for attaching undue importance to the verdict while less fortunate black Americans will continue to suffer. Chris basically ends up being proven right in retrospect. Mark Furhman retired from the LAPD, was charged with perjury, received three years’ probation, and ordered to pay a $200 fine. Averted with Judge Ito, who retired in 2015, after the trial made him a household name.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_43b785f9	comment	Nothing but Hits: The many hits from 1994/1995 heard during the series include Above The Law's "Black Superman," Michael Bolton's "Said I Loved You... But I Lied," The Beastie Boys' "Sabotage," Ice Cube's "Bop Gun (One Nation)," Folk Implosion's "Natural One," Seal's "Kiss from a Rose," Portishead's "Sour Times" and Coolio's "Fantastic Voyage." A flashback to O.J. during happier times a couple years earlier is set to "Everybody Dance Now."
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_443b78cd	comment	Darden gathers his things and wordlessly storms out of the courtroom before Fuhrman takes the stand a second time, surprising everyone.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_443f9d8a	comment	Ask a Stupid Question...: During the (in)famous White Bronco chase scene.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_4604fd4d	comment	Worthy Opponent: By the end of "Jury in Jail," Marcia and Cochran seem to recognize each other as this. Cochran sincerely sees Darden as this. He goes out of his way to praise him after the trial. Darden responds with a Death Glare and "The Reason You Suck" Speech.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_469e3e2f	type	In-Universe
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_469e3e2f	comment	In-Universe, Ron Goldman suffers from this. His father, Fred Goldman, is enraged that the trial and the media is ignoring his murder in favor of focusing on O.J. and Nicole relationship and the racism in the LAPD.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_47b21ca6	type	Stress Vomit
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_47b21ca6	comment	Stress Vomit: Robert Kardashian, already massively weighed down by a guilty conscience as he becomes more and more convinced O.J. really is guilty, completely loses it and pukes in a sink after the not-guilty verdict is read.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_48ca7c29	comment	Broken Ace: Great NFL career and successful Hollywood acting gigs made O.J. a respectable celebrity, until he wasn't.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_4b17763f	type	Technology Marches On
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_4b17763f	comment	Technology Marches On: Invoked, as it is a Period Piece. The trial was still within relatively recent memory, occurring a little over 20 years before the TV series - two decades which saw incredibly fast advances in everyday technology, so the contrast can be jarring. Cast and crew have frequently remarked on how different the O.J. Simpson trial would have been in the present day: As in real life, a motorist happened to notice the white Bronco next to him on the highway during the Bronco chase, and had to pull over to use an emergency phone box to report it in - widespread cellphone ownership was still half a decade off. The White Bronco does have an early car-phone, but that's because O.J. and A.C. are well-to-do - it was still unusual for regular cars to have them (the actual police officer who called O.J. on the car phone has often remarked on how weird it was when he realized he could simply make a phone call to the Bronco in the middle of the chase - this had never happened before). A major plot point is that DNA evidence was still a very new technology for criminal cases at the time, and both the prosecution and defense see this trial as a template for how such cases will be handled in the future, in which they know DNA evidence will play a major role. Indeed, the televised O.J. trial is widely cited as the first time that DNA evidence entered the public consciousness - during the trial itself, several jurors and attorneys have a hard time even understanding what DNA is. In fact, many jurors confused it for blood-type because blood matching OJ's type was found at the crime scene, which they reasoned "Well lots of people have the same blood-type..." Dershowitz is watching the trial live on TV while he's teaching a class at Harvard (making observations about it to his lawyers-in-training). When he suddenly gets an idea that Cochran should use, you can practically see the lightbulb go off over his head when he realizes that their room has a fax machine - he makes a simple three word note ("Columbian neck tie") and seconds later, he sees Cochran pulling it out of the fax machine and using his suggestion to supreme effect. When the trial occurred, faxing him a live note like this was a nifty new idea. When the TV series aired in 2016, he'd have just sent Cochran a text message on his iPhone.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_4dce8058	comment	All Periods Are PMS: When Marcia buys tampons in a shop, the cashier jokes: “Guess the defense is in for one hell of a week, huh?” Marcia isn't amused.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_4e7f703c	type	Wham Shot
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_4e7f703c	comment	Wham Shot: In "The Race Card", Fuhrman says he collects World War II memorabilia, mostly medals. The final shots of the episode show him standing before his display cabinet which contains a Nazi medal. The famous scene of O.J. trying on the gloves, and holding up his hands to show they don't fit. Downplayed as anyone familiar with the real case knows it's coming, but it still fits in-universe as drastically shifting the tone of the trial.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_4fb23aa8	comment	I Have This Friend: Robert Kardashian does a version of this in "A Jury in Jail". After the presentation of the DNA evidence, he seriously starts doubting O.J.'s innocence. When O.J. complains that his friends don't visit him anymore, Kardashian says that it might be because of the DNA:
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_50b05d30	type	Disproportionate Retribution
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_50b05d30	comment	O.J. himself. From threatening suicide when he faces prison without bail to jumping on the Bronco and getting enraged in public when Darden sits on a bench in O.J.'s garden, just as his lawyers are trying to convince the jurors that he is a model citizen, are just some of the instances where he nearly destroys his case by himself.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_50b9b3d0	comment	Crazy Jealous Guy: This is how the prosecution tries to paint O.J. using his history of domestic abuse towards Nicole.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_50ca4422	type	Unresolved Sexual Tension
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_50ca4422	comment	Unresolved Sexual Tension: Between Marcia and Chris. They almost hook up in "Conspiracy Theories", but eventually seem to decide that they are Better as Friends.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_50f17484	comment	Fake-Out Opening: The first episode opens with a video of the infamous Rodney King beating by four LAPD officers, and the protests and eventually, the riots in Los Angeles that resulted from the officers' acquittal in their trial.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_50f66629	comment	Crazy-Prepared: In an uncomfortable way, news stations were already preparing OJ's obituary during the car chase. It's actually common practice, waiting until confirmation of someone's death only shortens the timeline needed to develop tributes with accompanying graphics.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_51a3ba7	comment	We Used to Be Friends: All over the place. Robert Kardashian becomes convinced of O.J.'s guilt throughout the course of the trial and can no longer stand to be in the same room as him by the last episode. Bob Shapiro and F. Lee Bailey go from long-time friends and colleagues to sniping at each other in the press and bickering face-to-face. And Johnnie Cochran and Chris Darden's friendliness and mutual respect disappears as the trial devolves into a referendum on race relations.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_53224e46	type	Bookends
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_53224e46	comment	Bookends: The series begins with Chris Darden planning to resign due to underlying racism and double standards within the justice system, and only stays on because Cochran and Clark convince him to stay. At the end of the season, he confides in Clark that he's finally had it and is planning to resign from the department. The series begins and ends with a shot of O.J.'s statue in his house. As for the chase, O.J. flees in a white Ford Bronco and is cheered on by the Brentwood neighborhood. After his acquittal, O.J. is escorted back to his Rockingham mansion in a white Ford Aerostar, and is shunned by the Brentwood neighborhood, who now see him as a murderer.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_5400efba	type	Futureshadowing
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_5400efba	comment	Future Shadowing: In "The Verdict", Darden coldly tells Cochran how the Dream Team did little to instill any social change. It can be read that he's predicting the start of the #BlackLivesMatter movement 20 years later.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_5501256b	type	Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_5501256b	comment	Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: When O.J. runs away after threatening to kill himself, Kardashian, for some reason, breaks to his family that he probably died. After much crying, they learn this wasn't the case. The TV stations also prepared specials during the chase that look like they are mourning his death (one even ending with the legend O.J. Simpson: 1947-1994).
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License – History: While mostly praising Sarah Paulson's performance, Marcia Clark has said that, contrary to what the series shows, at no point did she ever suggest the death penalty for Simpson. While the show has many other minor departures and alterations from its source material, The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin, one of the more major ones may very well be the portrayal of Robert Kardashian. The show depicts him as a well-meaning, slightly naive and morally conflicted loyal friend of Simpson's, while Toobin in his book views Kardashian as a frantic, obsessive sycophant clinging to media attention out of envy for his ex-wife Kris Jenner's success in the media. Of course, others have also taken issue with Toobin's book and argued that many of the details in his book are flat out wrong (including members of the prosecution team). The basics of Kardashian's character arc, coming to doubt Simpson's innocence during the trial and their friendship dissolving afterwards, are undoubtedly true. So this is one instance where the TV adaptation may actually be more true to real life than the source material was. Similarly, the portrayals of Clark and Christopher Darden are more sympathetic than in Toobin's book, as he paints the prosecutors as arrogant (Clark) and incompetent (Darden), whereas the show opts for a much more nuanced characterization of both. Cochran's comment about Faye Resnick's tell-all book being trash was made by Lou Brown, Nicole's father, who dismissed the book as "T-R-A-S-H". In "The Race Card", when the jury visits Simpson's house, some members are shown in his trophy room awing at his accomplishments out loud. In reality the jury was specifically instructed not to speak at all and the trophy room was off limits for the tour. In the same episode, William Hodgman collapses in court of an apparent heart attack. In reality, Hodgman had complained of chest pains in a strategy session before the court appearance and was sent to the hospital as a precaution, where it was discovered it was actually a panic attack. At the end of "The Race Card", Mark Fuhrman is seen polishing Nazi medals and paraphernalia, backed to the Richard Wagner composition "Die Meistersinger" (which was frequently played in Nazi propaganda during World War II). In real life, although there were allegations made about Fuhrman owning Nazi medals, it was never proven in court and was dismissed as hearsay. Tracey Hampton is portrayed as faking a nervous breakdown in order to get out of jury duty. In reality, her repeated requests to be sent home were eventually granted by Judge Ito. However, she did have a nervous breakdown shortly after being released due to the media's harassment. Ito is shown facepalming when he sees a TV parody of him. In real life, Ito actually found the parodies of him very flatteringnote In a post-trial interview, a horrified Kardashian recalled an incident where Ito actually made the jury wait an extra ten minutes in the courtroom while he was in chambers showing the attorneys Jay Leno's latest "Dancing Itos" skit. This may be shorthand for Ito's post-trial reluctance to engage with the media; to this day, he regularly refuses interviews and is one of the few major figures in the Simpson case not to write a book or memoir about it. The scene where Clark and Darden snap at Ito and the defense for turning the trial into a media circus actually did happen, but it occurred much earlier during testimony from a different detective. Also, Darden's outburst occurred during a sidebar discussion with Ito and Cochran rather than while he was actually questioning the witness. That said, the show exaggerates the behind-the-scenes tensions between the two legal teams for Rule of Drama. There was real heat between Cochran and Darden (who, naturally, didn't appreciate the former's race-baiting), but Clark says that she mostly got along well with Cochran and the other defense attorneys even though she deplored their heavy-handed courtroom tactics. By Clark's account, she and Darden were far angrier with Ito for not reining in the defense, blaming him in large part for the trial's outcome. Cochran's famous line "If the glove don't fit, you must acquit" was actually written by Gerald Uelmen, another Simpson attorney who is not depicted in the miniseries. Although "The Verdict" makes it seem as if the jury's four-hour deliberation happened in just one day (forcing the legal teams to cancel plans that they were en route to), it wasn't as fast in real life. The jury was dismissed after closing arguments on September 29, and were allowed to spend the weekend in their hotel. The jury started deliberations at 9 AM on October 2, and reached a verdict at 3 PM (four hours not counting re-listening to some testimony); Ito then announced that the verdict would be read the following morning. So while the decision was, in fact, abnormally fast, it wasn't quite the dramatic turn-around fiasco that happened in the series. While Clark was raped, in real life it happened while she was in Israel rather than in Italy like in the show. The Bill Clinton speech on race relations watched by Cochran and his law firm was actually given a year after the trial had finished and had nothing to do with the verdict. O.J.'s speech about him searching for the real killers was written by him, but read by his son as part of a press conference. O.J never delivered the speech himself. Contrary to what Darden in the show says, Clark had to put Fuhrman on the stand. While Fuhrman may not have been the one who entered the glove into evidence, he was the one who found it at the crime scene. If the prosecution didn't call him to testify, the defense would have. Kris Jenner was pregnant with her daughter Kendall Jenner when Nicole Brown was murdered.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_57de4e72	comment	Beauty Inversion: Sarah Paulson's Marcia Clark is styled very frumpily, despite the former's obvious good looks. (Not that the real Marcia Clark was particularly hideous; it's only by Hollywood Beauty Standards that she would be considered ugly.)
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_5901c295	comment	24-Hour Party People: Heavily implied in the resolution. O. J. has a "not guilty" party thrown at his house and he gradually noticed that, other than a select few like his immediate family, he didn't actually know anyone there.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_590eb583	type	Domestic Abuse
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_590eb583	comment	Domestic Abuse: O.J. did this to Nicole. Cochran's first wife accused him of this. One of the jurors was a victim of this and was dismissed for lying about it.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_59938d30	comment	Better than Sex: Marcia references this trope by name in "The Dream Team", when her co-workers jokingly accuse her of being a "trial junkie".
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_599f943f	type	Karma Houdini Warranty
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_599f943f	comment	Karma Houdini Warranty: Cochran successfully defends O.J. and walks away with a heightened reputation. Then he lapses into Stunned Silence when Darden points out he didn't actually achieve any civil rights goals; instead, he proved a rich black man would walk free. O.J. himself too. He gets acquitted of murder, but is Convicted by Public Opinion and all of his friends abandon him afterward, including his best friend Robert. The title cards before the credits mention his civil trial with the Goldmans (which left him bankrupt), and his robbery/kidnapping trial in 2007 after that (which actually got him 33 years in prison but only served nine years, being paroled in 2017).
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_5c2aea32	type	Hot Pursuit
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_5c2aea32	comment	Hot Pursuit: The infamous car chase that preceded the trial itself is dramatized in the second episode. This also counts as an arguable inversion, given that O.J. is a fugitive from an arrest order for double murder, yet the LAPD is afraid of doing anything beyond driving at a prudential distance, from a car that isn't even going that fast - understandably, because Simpson has a gun to his head and is threatening suicide if they get too close.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_60194b82	type	Spanner in the Works
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_60194b82	comment	Spanner in the Works: In "100 Percent Not Guilty", Faye Resnick, one of Nicole Brown Simpson's ditzier friends, decides to cash in on her friend's murder by publishing a racy "tell-all", much to the horror of both the defense and the prosecution teams. In "The Race Card", Shapiro forgets to tell the prosecution about 12 of the defense's witnesses. It is an easily solvable mistake, but Cochran decides to let it stand as a way to put pressure on the prosecution, and this infuriates Hodgman so much that it ends causing him a heart attack in the courtroom. O.J. himself. From threatening suicide when he faces prison without bail to jumping on the Bronco and getting enraged in public when Darden sits on a bench in O.J.'s garden, just as his lawyers are trying to convince the jurors that he is a model citizen, are just some of the instances where he nearly destroys his case by himself. In "A Jury in Jail", one of the jurors, Tracy Hampton, accuses the deputies of racism in hopes of being excused for jury duty. With the jury pool already dwindling, Judge Ito promises to swap out the deputies if Tracy agrees to stay on... which ends up pissing off the other jurors, because the replacement deputies turn out to be less accommodating, and suddenly the court has a minor revolt on its hands. Realizing that everyone will hate her when they find out the role she played, Tracy fakes a complete nervous breakdown so that she'll be excused. Both Cochran and Clark try to stack the deck by disqualifying jurors who they believe are more, or less, likely to convict. The sequester is so long and brutal, however, that the jurors start showing up wearing all black in protest. Each side realizes that their jury strategy is now completely blown, as this show of solidarity upends all of their assumptions about how individual jurors will vote. In "Manna from Heaven", a failed screenwriter in North Carolina reveals that she has tapes that prove that not only did Mark Fuhrman conceal his history of racism from the court, but he also has a grudge against his captain... who, it turns out, is Judge Ito's wife, creating the prospect of a mistrial.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_627264e0	comment	Cochran sincerely sees Darden as this. He goes out of his way to praise him after the trial. Darden responds with a Death Glare and "The Reason You Suck" Speech.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6293c185	comment	Sequel Hook: After the verdict is read and O.J. is acquitted, Fred Goldman and his family walk back to their car and listen to the radio for a few moments. After Kim shuts off the radio in anger, they sit silently for a few moments and she then asks her father (who is silently angry) "What are we going to do now?", hinting at the civil trial that would eventually take place a few months later in Santa Monica.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_64e975cf	comment	Manly Tears: Cochran begins to cry at the post-verdict victory party, when he sees a live broadcast of Bill Clinton talking about the case and discussing how black and white citizens need to understand each other better.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6a42ef	type	Cynicism Catalyst
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6a42ef	comment	Cynicism Catalyst: The verdict becomes this for both Clark and Darden, who both intend on resigning by the season's end. Made especially clear in Clark's case, as she specifically took the case because she was fighting for victims' rights, due to a traumatic rape when she was younger and a resulting trial that ended with the assailant walking free. The "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue makes it clear that both resigned from the L.A. District Attorney's Office soon after the end of the case.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: The prosecution basically acknowledges the defense is right about Mark Fuhrman being a racist and representative of racial problems within the LAPD, while still trying to inform the jury that Fuhrman being a racist does not mean he planted evidence to frame O.J. or that O.J. isn't guilty. While Shapiro seems mostly concerned with his image and political connections in Los Angeles, his concerns that the trial (and Cochran's focus on race in particular) might spark riots or other violence are very well-founded just a few years after Rodney King and the LA Riots.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6b11ff57	type	Soapbox Sadie
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6b11ff57	comment	Soapbox Sadie: Johnnie Cochran is not above feigning outrage, but his anger over the LAPD's systemic racism is completely genuine. He is so busy proselytizing over police brutality and racial profiling that it arguably distracts him from the actual case, and he has to be reminded more than once that his job is not to prosecute the LAPD, it's to defend O.J. Simpson.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Mark Fuhrman, secret racist and collector of World War II "memorabilia". Führer is a German word meaning "leader," strongly associated with Adolf Hitler. It was invoked at one point by Clark, who points out that Fuhrman's initials are "MF".
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6cce8078	type	Recognition Failure
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6cce8078	comment	Recognition Failure: In a defining moment from the first episode, Clark is the only character that does not immediately recognize O.J. Simpson's name.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6ce0245d	type	Promoted to Scapegoat
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6ce0245d	comment	Promoted to Scapegoat: In "The Race Card", Cochran orders Douglas to claim a procedural mistake of Shapiro as his own, just to throw a curveball at the prosecution team. It causes Hodgman to have a heart attack.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6d332aea	comment	O.J. bails out once he learns that he's going to be charged with Nicole's murder, and threatens to shoot himself just before doing so.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6ec4232f	type	Casting Gag
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_6ec4232f	comment	Casting Gag: Christian Clemenson is probably most well known to audiences for playing a lawyer on Boston Legal. However, his character on that show was a Bunny-Ears Lawyer with Asperger's syndrome who was usually a comical character. Here, he plays the coolheaded Deadpan Snarker Bill Hodgman.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_701243b8	type	Comical Overreacting
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_701243b8	comment	Comical Overreacting/Faux Horrific: Played for Drama in "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia", when both the media and other characters treat Marcia getting a slightly unflattering hair cut as a borderline crime against humanity.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_71e8a5c5	type	Trauma Conga Line
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_71e8a5c5	comment	Trauma Conga Line: Marcia herself gets this in the sixth episode, aptly titled "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia." The brief moment of happiness the prosecution has questioning and later disproving Rosa Lopes' testimony is squandered by the fact that Marcia is fighting a battle with her ex-husband over control of their children, and when she attempts to liven up her appearance (by going to a hairdresser and getting a perm), she's disparaged by Ito, learns that everyone is insulting her appearance, and then discovers that her first ex-husband has leaked nude photographs of her to the tabloids. It gets so bad that she ends up crying on the floor of her office.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_72e0023f	type	Invoked Trope
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_72e0023f	comment	Invoked, and then defied, when Bill Hodgman points that they don't have a single white guy in the jury (the most likely demographic to find O.J. guilty):
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7426582d	type	Token Minority
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7426582d	comment	Token Minority: In-universe, the fear of appearing to be a white prosecution team out to convict a black man results in the DA's office inviting Christopher Darden to join them. The episode ends with O.J. wondering aloud "When did they get a black guy?". Then it's deconstructed when Darden confides in Marcia that being accused of this implies that he has no ability as an attorney himself, and that he "stole" the spot from a worthier person, just like how he was treated 20 years before when his classmates assumed he only got into college thanks to affirmative action. Later, after a (thoroughly avoidable) disaster for the prosecution, Darden explodes at Marcia for treating him like a token and not listening to him. Invoked, and then defied, when Bill Hodgman points that they don't have a single white guy in the jury (the most likely demographic to find O.J. guilty):
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_744e3311	type	Police Brutality
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_744e3311	comment	Johnnie Cochran achieves his goal of exposing the racism that is rampant in the LAPD and bringing the topic of race relations to the public view, but, as Chris Darden points out, he did so by getting a man who most likely committed murder acquitted and that the court decision will do absolutely nothing to actually stop the Police Brutality or help African-Americans who don't have the benefit of being rich celebrities.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7583ecbf	type	Morality Kitchen Sink
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7583ecbf	comment	Morality Kitchen Sink: The characters consist of: Honest prosectors wanting to put who they believe to be a murderer behind bars, but who drop the ball due to a combination of arrogance and idealism. A police force that wants to put who they believe to be a murderer in jail, but is staffed with racist and corrupt cops. A defense team that, while not above race-baiting and manipulating the public, are doing their jobs of giving their client a good defense. Johnnie Cochran, despite being one of the quintessential sleazy lawyers, is motivated by his experiences with discrimination. The accused murderer himself is a genuinely genial guy who does have moments of sympathy, especially when he finds himself a pariah despite his "victory" in the court.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_779009b5	type	Beware the Quiet Ones
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_779009b5	comment	Beware the Quiet Ones: In "100 % Not Guilty", Robert Shapiro tries to convince F. Lee Bailey to defend O.J. pro bono. Bailey responds by conspiring with Johnnie Cochran to let Cochran take over. In "Jury in Jail", the Dream Team is shown to be mortally terrified of one of the alternate jurors - a little old white lady who has spent the whole trial quietly sitting and taking very thorough notes. They've even nicknamed her "The Demon". At the end of the trial, she indeed turns out to be one of only two jurors to initially vote "guilty" - though it's not because she is white or a woman (at least officially). She tells the other jurors that she voted "guilty" specifically because she took thorough notes - and thus focused on the facts instead of the defense's appeals to emotion, which she feels couldn't easily explain away the mountain of evidence against Simpson.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7815ba15	type	N-Word Privileges
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7815ba15	comment	N-Word Privileges: Johnnie Cochran has them. And he uses them in the most hilariously derisive way possible. Bailey invokes the trope during "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" while having drinks with Cochran and his associates. While discussing how to handle Fuhrman, he deliberately drops the word, evoking an uncomfortable reaction from the others (with Carl E. Douglas looking particularly angered by it). He then immediately reassures them of his reasoning for it, pointing out how it's the most powerful word in the English language, and how it's the perfect way to make Fuhrman look prejudiced against black people.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_796bffea	type	Mistaken for Racist
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_796bffea	comment	Mistaken for Racist: The photographers of TIME Magazine decide to portray O.J. in shadow to depict him as a figure of tragedy, trying to evoke Film Noir. Unfortunately, most people interpret this as them deliberately darkening his skin out of the belief that a darker-skinned person is more likely to be guilty, feeding into the defense's plan to claim that the police framed O.J. because he was black. The prosecution team invites Christopher Darden in because they fear this happening to them.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7a2d9301	type	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7a2d9301	comment	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure: Marcia Clark has never heard of O.J. Simpson.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7c14d0f2	type	Rejected Apology
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7c14d0f2	comment	Rejected Apology: Darden treats Cochran talking to him after the trial as this. Cochran sincerely tells Darden he did a good job and he was determined to perform his duty, expressing sympathy over the stress Darden suffered, albeit with some Condescending Compassion. Darden responds with a "The Reason You Suck" Speech about how nothing was ever changed.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: In "Manna from Heaven", Darden delivers a furious speech to Cochran after the latter gleefully uses the threat of more riots to pressure Ito into releasing the Fuhrman tapes. Darden gives a blistering one to Marcia Clark, who ignored his pleas to not put Fuhrman on the stand. Cochran gives an equally intense one in "The Race Card" where he calls Darden out for insulting the jury by claiming they cannot handle hearing racial epithets uttered in court. After Ito rules the vast majority of the tapes inadmissible as evidence, Cochran holds a press conference and calls him out on suppressing vitally important evidence to the case. After Simpson is found not guilty, Cochran tries to comfort Darden by talking of it being a great thing for black people. Darden rips into him that he has done nothing to help their race but in fact hurt it. The verdict did nothing to actually change the system or prevent future mistreatment of low-income black people. All Cochran really did was help a rich man get away with murder. History indeed proved Cochran was wrong.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7eb49b31	type	Almost Kiss
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7eb49b31	comment	Almost Kiss: Marcia Clark and Darden look on the verge of hooking up after a night of drinking in Episode 7. Darden pulls away before anything happens, and their interactions are tense in the office afterwards.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7efd2e30	type	Expository Hairstyle Change
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7efd2e30	comment	Expository Hairstyle Change: Marcia Clark has very curly hair for the first half of the series, but media scrutiny started to get to her as various people considered her look to be cold, and as issues in her personal life started stressing her out she got a perm. This had a side effect of everyone mocking her for it in the courtroom the next day. After another episode she had it straightened out.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7f8fd503	comment	Lonely at the Top: After the verdict, O.J. is a free man again, but his neighbors hate him, it's implied that his family are probably going to go back to their own lives soon, and Bobby, one of his few real friends, wants nothing more to do with him. As the finale wears on, he looks increasingly less jubilant.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Darden pushes over and over for Simpson to try on the gloves over Clark's constant objections, demands in court that Simpson do so... and they don't fit. Clark has her own moment of this not long after, when it hits home for her just how disastrous it was to have insisted that Fuhrman testify. Darden calls her on it afterward, and they both apologize to each other for their respective failures.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_80251be3	type	How We Got Here
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_80251be3	comment	How We Got Here: Episode 8 starts with the jury's deputies being rotated out, then shows us how 8 months of chaos and jurors constantly getting thrown out thanks to aggressive Rules Lawyering from both the prosecution and defense led up to that.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_80a7d3e2	type	Convicted by Public Opinion
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_80a7d3e2	comment	O.J. himself too. He gets acquitted of murder, but is Convicted by Public Opinion and all of his friends abandon him afterward, including his best friend Robert. The title cards before the credits mention his civil trial with the Goldmans (which left him bankrupt), and his robbery/kidnapping trial in 2007 after that (which actually got him 33 years in prison but only served nine years, being paroled in 2017).
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_820133fd	type	Tragic Hero
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_820133fd	comment	Tragic Hero: Robert Kardashian, full stop. He lets a singular flaw (his love of O.J.) define his actions and cloud his judgement, despite the protests of those close to him, all while doing what he believes is the right thing. He realizes the truth too late for the outcome to change, and has to spend the rest of his life knowing he essentially let a likely murderer walk free, dies an early death, and his family name turns into a global laughingstock as his wife and children profit off of fame he never wanted.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_8263ed2a	type	The Whitest Black Guy
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_8263ed2a	comment	The Whitest Black Guy: O.J. was often accused of cutting himself off from the black community and had very little interest in African American culture. This is best exemplified in "A Jury In Jail" where the juror vote between watching Seinfeld and Martin with all the black jurors voting for Martin. The scene then cuts to O.J. telling his friends about his favorite episode of Seinfeld and how he thinks Kramer should have his own spinoff. Cochran deliberately works to avert this trope by 'blacking up' O.J.'s home with Afro-American photos and art, giving Norman Rockwell's painting of Ruby Bridges a place of honor in O.J.'s den.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_82fc5bdf	type	Bratty Half-Pint
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_82fc5bdf	comment	Bratty Half-Pint: The Kardashian Kids (with the elder girls fulfilling some Bratty Teenage Daughter) serve this role, being noisy and obnoxious, glorying in the perks coming with their father being a member of OJ's legal team; all in contrast to OJ's and Nicole's kids.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_83cef301	type	Right for the Wrong Reasons
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_83cef301	comment	Right for the Wrong Reasons: Darden doesn't want the n-word to be uttered during the trial, as he knew Fuhrman had allegedly said it in the past. He says that it will taint the jury away from rational thought and make the trial about race and a potential frame up conspiracy. He is shamed by Johnny Cochran for alleging blacks can't hear the word and be rational. However, later on, Fuhrman perjures himself about having used the word in the past. When that lie is revealed, he goes on the stand again and takes the 5th on every question asked. This spreads a lot of doubt to the jurors about O.J's guilt, and makes the trial about race. Darden's fears come true, but it was more because of Fuhrman lying than the n-word itself. The show makes it clear that the white population of the U.S. was significantly more likely to believe O.J. was guilty than blacks, both for legitimate reasons and because of racism.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast: When Shapiro attempts to convince F. Lee Bailey that he should take the case pro bono in order to "reintroduce [him]self to the public," Bailey gives a beautiful response:
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_86bbf6b5	type	Newscaster Cameo
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_86bbf6b5	comment	Newscaster Cameo: Larry King plays himself in the "Larry King Live" scenes.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_889cfd0c	type	Make the Dog Testify
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_889cfd0c	comment	Make the Dog Testify: Parodied by Kardashian when he jokes that the Akita that found the blood is the prosecution's main witness.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_895ec17	type	Only in It for the Money
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_895ec17	comment	Only in It for the Money: Robert Shapiro and F. Lee Bailey. While Kardashian is on the defense team out of loyalty to OJ and Cochran is there to fight for civil rights, Shapiro and Bailey are there for fame and fortune and barely hide the fact that they think OJ is guilty.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_8d0785d5	type	Didn't Think This Through
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_8d0785d5	comment	Didn't Think This Through: The jurors were desperate to get put on the case, some even lying on their questionnaire to do so, believing they would get fame and a free vacation out of it. The reality of being on a sequestered jury in a high profile case hits them hard - having very limited and monitored entertainment and social interaction, forced to stay months longer than originally told and being dismissed if they're believed to be planning to write a book or go to the media. Clark and Cochran dig deep into the jurors histories and activities, finding things to get those they don't like dismissed and replaced with ones more likely to vote in their favor. Eventually they lose so many jurors that a mistrial (an unattractive outcome for both sides) starts becoming a real possibility. Shapiro comes up with the theory that O.J. has been framed by racist members of the LAPD. However, this is only two years after the L.A. race riots which were triggered by the acquittal of the police officers who were caught beating a black man on camera. As Cochran and Bailey continue to fan the flames of racial tensions by milking the racist police conspiracy theory, Shapiro becomes increasingly terrified that the trial's outcome will result in another race riot that he will be blamed for.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_8f612013	type	Token Good Teammate
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_8f612013	comment	Token Good Teammate: Robert Kardashian ends up being the only Dream Team lawyer who is focused exclusively on both the well-being of OJ and trying to find the truth, not just find a way to get OJ acquitted. Shapiro, Cochran and Bailey spend most of the trial infighting, challenging each other and otherwise try to put themselves into a more notable and prestigious position due to the high profile nature of the case. It was reported in real life that Robert was personally overwhelmed by the DNA evidence.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_913f683a	type	Discussed
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_913f683a	comment	Discussed in-universe. Kato Kaelin tells his friend about his newfound fame and fortune while they're out jogging, and in the span of a few moments, he gets flashed by a group of wild teens and spat on by a pair of angry joggers. Kato then tells his friend that he still isn't sure what to make of it.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_94e4b975	type	Vomit Indiscretion Shot
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_94e4b975	comment	Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Robert Kardashian vomited in the men's room after the verdict was read.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_958a7bef	type	Layman's Terms
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_958a7bef	comment	Layman's Terms: The DNA expert on Dershowitz's team has difficulty explaining the DNA analysis like this, so instead the defense focuses on the probabilities of the test being correct.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_9843be73	type	As You Know
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_9843be73	comment	As You Know: Conversations during the preparation of the case involve retreading of terms and explicit explanations that a seasoned lawman would not require, for the expository benefit of the audience.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_98f5de00	type	Let Me Get This Straight...
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_98f5de00	comment	Let Me Get This Straight...: Shapiro gets one near the start of the series, just as he's becoming aware of the details of the case. Later, in "A Jury in Jail", it becomes apparent that one of the jurors omitted to tell the court that she had previously made an accusation against her husband after being physically abused. Clark and Cochran get into an argument, with Clark saying that she should be dismissed for lying during the trial, and Cochran stating she should be kept because of it being a misunderstanding. This prompts Judge Ito's response:
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_9b57f005	type	AcCENT upon the Wrong SylLABle
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_9b57f005	comment	Accent Upon The Wrong Syllable: Chris Darden sometimes pronounces the word "defendant" as "defend-ANT". This is based on the real life Darden.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_9d3b4703	type	This Is Reality
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_9d3b4703	comment	This Is Reality: Darden tells Cochran this. Cochran may think he got O.J. off for being black, but all he did was help a wealthy celebrity escape justice. There isn't going to be any change. The police will still beat up and kill black people.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_9e9203e1	type	Dramatically Missing the Point
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_9e9203e1	comment	Dramatically Missing the Point: Clark starts the case seeing it as domestic abuse gone wrong, determined to pin OJ for his actions. It isn't until the media circus starts going that she finally realizes how famous OJ is and how the case is viewed in a racial lens.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_a0797fb3	type	Stunned Silence
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_a0797fb3	comment	Cochran briefly goes into Stunned Silence when Darden tells him he didn't achieve any civil rights goals. Instead, he proved that a black man could walk free if he had enough money. He only shrugs it off later.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: In "Jury in Jail", Robert Kardashian finally starts doubting O.J.'s claims of innocence. Unfortunately for him, by that point, they're several months into the trial, and there's no way for him to duck out without completely destroying his career and making (or so he feels) it certain that O.J. will be convicted. He finally loses it in the finale, "The Verdict", and vomits in an empty washroom at the courthouse after the verdict is read. Soon afterwards, he dissolves his friendship with O.J. before leaving. Robert Shapiro, in some ways. He is the one that specifically comes up with the idea to play the "race card", that Simpson was framed just for being a successful black celebrity, and also directly injected the story into the mass media. Later, Shapiro is bluntly criticized that because of this, if they lose the trial, there's going to be another large-scale race riot which might dwarf the Rodney King riots, many people will die, and it will all be on his head. Shapiro becomes genuinely horrified, then desperately pulls a 180 turn, denying he ever suggested the trial was about race, wearing a police solidarity pin, etc. Of course, he's not so much horrified that people might die as he's frightened that people will accurately think it's his fault, and his career will be ruined. Cochran briefly goes into Stunned Silence when Darden tells him he didn't achieve any civil rights goals. Instead, he proved that a black man could walk free if he had enough money. He only shrugs it off later.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Christopher Darden gives a devastating "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Johnnie Cochran about the hollowness of his victory, telling him that he's done absolutely nothing to combat racism in the police force and only proven Cochran's ability to twist the system. Smash cut to: Johnnie walking into a wild victory party at his office. The episode that starts with a scene of O.J. and Kardashian partying it up in a thumping nightclub, dancing, drinking, and dining on oysters—that cuts right to O.J. sitting alone in his dingy jail cell, staring down a tray of prison cafeteria slop.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_a5f0752f	type	Rule of Drama
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_a5f0752f	comment	That said, the show exaggerates the behind-the-scenes tensions between the two legal teams for Rule of Drama. There was real heat between Cochran and Darden (who, naturally, didn't appreciate the former's race-baiting), but Clark says that she mostly got along well with Cochran and the other defense attorneys even though she deplored their heavy-handed courtroom tactics. By Clark's account, she and Darden were far angrier with Ito for not reining in the defense, blaming him in large part for the trial's outcome.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_a7e47a11	type	Your Approval Fills Me with Shame
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_a7e47a11	comment	Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: After the "not guilty" verdict, OJ and his team are celebrating and as the jury leaves the box one black juror, Lionel Cryernote Who, in real life, was a former Black Panther, looks at OJ and raises his hand in a "Black Power" salute. OJ is unsettled; this is the first sign that he was acquitted for being a black celebrity and that his problems are just starting.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_a99f4468	type	Bigot with a Badge
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_a99f4468	comment	Bigot with a Badge: The Los Angeles Police Department's history of racism is weaponized by Simpson's defense team who put forth the theory that he was framed by police officers. Arguably the biggest blow to the prosecution's case is the revelation that the arresting officer, Mark Fuhrman, had a history of racist behavior, uttering racist epithets and admitting on tape to beating black suspects and planting evidence.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_aa368af0	type	Two Scenes, One Dialogue
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_aa368af0	comment	Two Scenes, One Dialogue: "The Race Card" juxtaposes the prosecution and defense teams as they discuss their strategy for the upcoming trial. Specifically, the prosecution decides to focus on physical evidence and motive, whereas the defense decides to focus on crafting a convincing narrative to the jurors.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_aabe2fb	type	Deliberate Values Dissonance
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_aabe2fb	comment	Deliberate Values Dissonance: Domestic abuse, while seen as a troubling, isn't taken as seriously as it is today, even by nice characters like Robert. Part of the plot centers around how no one seriously questioned O.J.'s mistreatment of Nicole, and Bailey brings up how spousal rape technically wasn't a crime back in 1988. The racism in American society is also front and center. Johnnie Cochran's defense of O.J. is driven by his own sordid experiences with it.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_aba8065b	type	Fatal Flaw
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_aba8065b	comment	Fatal Flaw: Marcia Clarke's inability to understand how pervasive racism still was in the early '90s and its potency in a case regarding a famous and beloved black athlete allegedly murdering his wife makes her unable to see Cochran's attempt to turn the trial into an indictment on systemic racism until it is far too late. Darden tries to explain it to her several times throughout the series, but she dismisses him and consequently loses the case.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Occurs at numerous points. When Clark and her aide watching a focus group watching the arraignment, every black person thinks Simpson is innocent. Both prosecution and defense are joined in disbelief and anger when Faye Resnick's book is released, as each side knows it can affect jury selection in bad ways and bring up a poor view of the victims. Robert Kardashian's reaction to Shapiro pointing out that if O.J. Simpson is convicted then Kardashian may be liable as an accessory to murder for infamously being given O.J.'s bag. Clark and Darden's expressions when the gloves (which Clark thought would be the slam-dunk) don't fit Simpson in court. In "Jury in Jail", the entire jury wear black to protest their treatment and the deputies being swapped. Both the prosecution and the defense panic at this, as this show of solidarity and empathy for law enforcement throws out whatever idea they had about who would vote guilty or not guilty.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ad9fbc1e	type	Pyrrhic Victory
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ad9fbc1e	comment	Pyrrhic Victory: While O.J. is acquitted, the finale makes it clear that he has become a pariah in the eyes of many, with Robert Kardashian, arguably his biggest supporter at the start of the case, breaking off all ties with him following the verdict. Johnnie Cochran achieves his goal of exposing the racism that is rampant in the LAPD and bringing the topic of race relations to the public view, but, as Chris Darden points out, he did so by getting a man who most likely committed murder acquitted and that the court decision will do absolutely nothing to actually stop the Police Brutality or help African-Americans who don't have the benefit of being rich celebrities. Even though OJ is acquitted, let's not forget he was held "liable" for hefty (punitive and compensatory) damages in a civil lawsuit brought by Nicole Brown's and Ron Goldman's families. Hefty damages which led him to bankruptcynote he however has never gone to court on this because he's "judgment-proof", i.e. the assets he has cannot be garnished to pay off the debt, and, besides, even if they did they would cover a microscopic part of that debt and of which the victims' families saw very little so far (and almost certainly that's all they'll see). Goldman's family, however, have launched lawsuits to charge that debt every time a new thing that can be used to pay for the debt shows up (like they did with the book If I Did It, the copyright of which is now theirs) so OJ never forgets about the son he murdered. (Nicole's family, meanwhile, don't care as much about the lawsuit as Goldman's, with one of them actually auctioning off their compensation rights on eBay.)
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ae372576	type	I Warned You
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ae372576	comment	I Warned You: Darden blows up at Marcia Clark after putting Fuhrman on the stand backfires just like he predicted.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Bill Hodgman, one example is during a press conference (that is viewed on TV by him and Marcia) where Rob reads a letter written by OJ claiming that he is a "battered husband" to Marcia's open consternation with him replying:
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b034d333	type	Film Noir
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b034d333	comment	The photographers of TIME Magazine decide to portray O.J. in shadow to depict him as a figure of tragedy, trying to evoke Film Noir. Unfortunately, most people interpret this as them deliberately darkening his skin out of the belief that a darker-skinned person is more likely to be guilty, feeding into the defense's plan to claim that the police framed O.J. because he was black.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b1c8e04e	type	Marital Rape License
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b1c8e04e	comment	Marital Rape License: One of the black female jurors is excused after it comes to light that she failed to mention that she had previously accused her husband of rape. In a desperate bid to prevent her dismissal, Bailey argues that at the time her accusation was filed, a man could not be charged with rape if he was married to his accuser. Ito and Marcia don't take this well-at all (even if, strictly speaking, Bailey's point about why she didn't formally press charges against her husband at the time was entirely accurate).
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b39abd04	type	The Whole World Is Watching
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b39abd04	comment	The Whole World Is Watching: Simpson's flight from the cops in a white Bronco is watched by millions of people. This is what inspires Johnny Cochrane to become his defense attorney when Simpson is accused of murder; Cochrane rightly assumes that the murder trial will get similarly large viewership numbers, and intends to use that publicity to present evidence of the LAPD's racism to an audience that might not have seen it otherwise.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b4eff8a8	type	Epic Fail
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b4eff8a8	comment	Bailey, Cochran, and Shapiro all give each other looks that approximate this when putting O.J. through a mock cross-examination, as he completely fails to convincingly argue that he didn't beat Nicole. (Kardashian is in equal disbelief, but moreso because he's listening to his decades-old friend basically admit to abusing his wife without remorse).
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b5b3599d	type	Amoral Attorney
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b5b3599d	comment	A defense team that, while not above race-baiting and manipulating the public, are doing their jobs of giving their client a good defense. Johnnie Cochran, despite being one of the quintessential sleazy lawyers, is motivated by his experiences with discrimination.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b6cebad3	type	Double Standard
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b6cebad3	comment	Double Standard: All over the place. All the free passes O.J. gets just because he is rich and famous, even with the notoriously racist LAPD. Clark getting flack for her attitude, looks and clothing choice that no man in her position would get, just because she is a woman. Cochran is both a victim and perpetrator: He is pulled over and handcuffed by police just because he was a black man driving a nice car in a nice neighborhood. Imagine what could have happened if he wasn't carrying his ADA ID in that moment. On the other hand, he has no problems mocking Clark's child care issues for laughs in the courtroom, but as soon as his personal life is brought up publicly, he flies into a rage. Darden has worked very hard to get where he is, but he's given much less credit and attention than Simpson and Cochran. Darden also explains how difficult it was to rise to the position he has: many people looked down on him because they assumed his rise was due to affirmative action, even though he really worked his ass off to graduate from the top of his class in law school and would have earned everything he has regardless of his race.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: Shapiro standing in Ito's chambers in front of Clark and claiming he has no part in turning the trial into a media circus and has never considered "playing the race card..." After an episode and a half of him planning it all.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b77808f2	type	"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b77808f2	comment	"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: The closing of the final episode showed the fates of the key players during the trial, noting that O.J. was sent to prison in 2008 on an unrelated charge, and ends with a tribute to Nicole and Ron.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b901ef97	type	Forgotten Fallen Friend
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_b901ef97	comment	Forgotten Fallen Friend: Fred Goldman, Ronald Goldman's father, tearfully tells Clark that the media is completely focused on O.J. and Nicole, while his son "is a footnote to his own murder."
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ba0ff694	type	You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ba0ff694	comment	You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: Happens multiple times, as the case was infamously Stranger Than Fiction: When Kardashian shows Shapiro the suicide letters that O.J. gave him right before the ongoing Bronco chase, Shapiro is, shall we say, baffled, at the wildly discordant tone of its contents: When a female juror is discovered to have once been the victim of domestic abuse years before, Clark wants her dismissed. Bailey tries to argue that in 1988, when the crime took place, a husband legally couldn't be found guilty of raping his own wife. Even Ito just stares at him in utter disbelief and disgust. Ito, Darden, Cochran and Shapiro are all shown completely shocked when the jury reaches a verdict in only four hours. In the post-trial press conference, the prosecution team expressed their disappointment in losing the case and apologize to the families of Nicole and Ron. As they are dismissed, a reporter asked DA Garcetti when they will move on to find the real killer. Garcetti could only give a dumbfounded look of "Are you an idiot?"
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ba112560	type	Throwing the Fight
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ba112560	comment	Throwing the Fight: Shapiro is infamous for getting more settlements than winning cases and it is obvious (despite his claim to the contrary) that he doesn't believe O.J. is innocent. His proposal to have O.J. plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter earns him a demotion in favor of Cochran.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_bb18a227	comment	It's All About Me: When O.J. escapes, Shapiro's main concern is how it will reflect on him. Watching O.J.'s Bronco chase carried on national television, Gil Garcetti groans "I was going to run for mayor." When O.J. argues to be put on the stand, Cochran eventually believes that he might have a point while Shapiro notes that it is a terrible idea and subsequently wonders if Johnnie is just doing it to spite him. Even Shapiro's concerns about the trial sparking riots are pretty self-centered. He's afraid that he'll be blamed for them, which would ruin his reputation and career. Subverted with Cochran in general, who is presented as genuinely believing in O.J.'s innocence, and from his years defending black people in police brutality cases, genuinely holds the ideal that what they're doing in court will be a vehicle for social change. Darden, however, bitterly points out to Cochran that while he is fighting for an ideal it is terribly naïve: he didn't bring social justice to black people everywhere, just one rich and famous one.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_bbb150a8	comment	Celebrity Is Overrated: Discussed in-universe. Kato Kaelin tells his friend about his newfound fame and fortune while they're out jogging, and in the span of a few moments, he gets flashed by a group of wild teens and spat on by a pair of angry joggers. Kato then tells his friend that he still isn't sure what to make of it. In another scene, Robert Kardashian tells his children to try and be good, virtuous people rather than seeking fame wherever they can find it. It clearly doesn't get through to them. Unlike her publicity-seeking opponents, Marcia Clark is absolutely not prepared to deal with the many indignities of fame. Johnnie Cochran, meanwhile, serves as a showman in court and relishes the spotlight... until it comes out that, during his first marriage, he had a mistress and was accused of domestic abuse towards his wife. It's exacerbated when both the mistress and ex-wife do a joint interview with Geraldo Rivera as the trial is going on. His current wife calls him out on reveling in his fame without thinking about the consequences. Judge Ito enjoyed all the attention he was receiving, even being sent an autograph picture of Arsenio Hall. But he starts showing annoyance when the news media starts criticizing him and Jay Leno starts making fun of him in The Tonight Show skits.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_bbc77bb5	comment	Hard Truth Aesop: You can't fight a broken system while participating in it. Marcia Clark and Chris Darden fail to bring O.J. to justice, despite their beliefs that they could help the bereaved families, and are lambasted in the media for supposed incompetence. Retiring and becoming college professors means that they can do more good while helping students and taking care of their health.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_bbfaa837	comment	Knight Templar: Johnnie Cochran cares less about proving O.J.'s innocence and more about proving the LAPD's racism and corruption, no matter the consequences. He even calls a press conference to essentially try to instigate rioting unless the Fuhrman tapes were released. Darden tells him Cochran didn't achieve anything for the common good.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: Courtesy of Marcia Clark at the end of the third episode, upon learning that Johnnie Cochran has joined the Dream Team. In the fourth episode, when Shapiro gets angry at Bailey for repeating insults about him on TV (ostensibly to debunk them): In episode five, after thoroughly shutting down Darden's attempt to have "the n-word" banned from use during the trial, Cochran has a condescending, off-mic remark for Darden himself: In the seventh episode, Cochran finds out that somebody managed to locate his first wife and his mistress, and they've put the two of them on a show together, which causes him to scream out, "FUCK!"
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_bdffd1cf	type	Alliterative List
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_bdffd1cf	comment	Alliterative List: Johnnie Cochran is fond of this. In "Manna from Heaven", when he requests the Fuhrman tapes from a North Carolina judge, he says, also using Anaphora: "It is important, it is imperative, it is indispensable that we return them to California." The judge rebukes him for his "gratuitous alliteration".
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c2c4893a	comment	Almost every shot of B-Roll and outdoor scenes in Downtown Los Angeles depict landmarks that were built after the trialnote Including but not limited to: the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (2002), red brick crosswalks (2002-03), The elevated tracks of the Metro Gold Line (2003), L.A. Live (2007), Grand Park (2012), the First Street Federal Courthouse (2016), and Wilshire Grand (2016). The last of these actually replaced the Intercontinental Hotel, where the jury was sequestered..
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c2cedc1c	type	Big "NO!"
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c2cedc1c	comment	Big "NO!": In "A Jury in Jail", Cochran unleashes one when another one of the jurors (a black woman, therefore someone who was likely on the side of voting O.J. "not guilty") is about to be dismissed due to omitting that she had accused her spouse of physical abuse in the past.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c32ff031	type	Xanatos Gambit
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c32ff031	comment	Xanatos Gambit: Bailey's specialty seems to be setting up scenarios where either outcome benefits the defense. He sets up one when he tells Darden he has "all the balls of a stud field mouse" if he won't make O.J. try on the gloves. If Darden takes the bait, wonderful, the gloves are too small and the prosecution has just destroyed one of their biggest pieces of evidence. If he doesn't, the defense can make O.J. try on the gloves and get the same result. When he's cross-examining Fuhrman, he point-blank asks him if he uses, or has ever used, the n-word to refer to Black people, which immediately gets everyone's attention. If Fuhrman admits that he has ever said it, he destroys his credibility in a highly racially-charged case; if he denies it, the jury won't believe him anyways. They end up getting both outcomes when he denies it and they find evidence that he committed perjury under oath.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c335b9ec	type	Irony
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c335b9ec	comment	Irony: O.J. was infamous for moving to a wealthy neighborhood and surrounding himself with a predominantly white entourage and was often accused of abandoning the black community. After he was accused of murder, however, it was the black community who rallied around his innocence while most of the white community believed him to be guilty. After he was exonerated, O.J. came home to find himself friendless and hated by his neighbors.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c5249b29	type	Nice Guy
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c5249b29	comment	Nice Guy: Robert Kardashian joins the Dream Team because he sincerely wants to help his friend.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: In "A Jury in Jail", the sequestered jury can't watch outside TV, so they're limited to renting movies and television that came out before the trial started. Moreover, they can only choose one thing at a time which they watch as a group, so they have to vote on what to rent. This leads to a heated argument, as all of the black jurors want to watch Martin, but all of the white jurors want to watch Seinfeld. The black jurors can't stand Seinfeld, however, causing the tall one to shout, "Seinfeld ain't about nothing!" Seinfeld is commonly described nowadays as "a show about nothing." In the same scene, Lionel responds to a white juror's comment with "What do you mean "you people?"".
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c819533b	type	Rage Breaking Point
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c819533b	comment	Rage-Breaking Point: When the question on whether or not to release the Fuhrman tapes to the public comes up, Darden finally snaps, calling out the defense for turning the trial into a media circus, even almost assaulting them, and Ito for allowing them to do it. Clark backs him up and they both dare Ito to charge them with contempt. Luckily, Darden calms down enough to offer an apology.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c83751cb	type	Description Cut
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_c83751cb	comment	Description Cut: After Johnnie Cochran dismisses Faye Resnick's trashy tell-all book and says it'll be forgotten in a week, it immediately cuts to Larry King proclaiming that the book has become a number one seller.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_cbd2bfa3	type	Glory Days
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_cbd2bfa3	comment	Although he is acquitted of the murders, O.J. ends up being shunned by the Brentwood neighborhood and his golfing buddies, and in the latter case, he is no longer welcome at the Riviera Country Club. His party was attended by people he's never seen before, who just came for the novelty that the televised trial created around him. He also loses Robert Kardashian as a friend. The final shot of the final episode has him sadly looking at the statue of himself, reminiscing about his Glory Days as a football player, and realizing that he's all alone. And, of course, there's the knowledge that O.J. later did ultimately wind up in jail and sentenced to 33 years in prison for a different crime exactly 13 years later to the day he was acquitted.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_cd33644f	type	Incriminating Indifference
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_cd33644f	comment	Incriminating Indifference: OJ is repeatedly making choices and saying things that are inappropriate to the severity of the situation. He made a number of apology letters that were interpreted as a suicide note, one of which he signed and included a smiley face inside the "O." In various deliberation meetings with his attorneys he would get Sidetracked by the Analogy and Metaphorgotten, especially with football terms.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ce10b025	comment	Versus Title: The People v. O.J. Simpson.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_cf92fea8	type	Cassandra Truth
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_cf92fea8	comment	Cassandra Truth: Darden senses instinctively that Fuhrman is going to cause irreparable damage their case, but he's not able to convince his colleagues to not put him on the stand.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d1e7f24a	type	Big "SHUT UP!"
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d1e7f24a	comment	Big "SHUT UP!": Judge Ito gives one to Clark and Cochran during an argument they begin having, having grown exhausted with their various attempts to get members of the jury dismissed.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d24c24ed	type	Backfire on the Witness Stand
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d24c24ed	comment	Backfire on the Witness Stand: Episode six features the testimony of defense witness Rosa Lopez, a housekeeper for Simpson's neighbor who claims to have seen Simpson's white Bronco at his Rockingham home when Nicole and Ron's murders occurred. Since Lopez has threatened to leave the country due to being hounded by the press, Simpson's defense team moves to have her give her testimony at an earlier date. However, when Marcia cross-examines Lopez, she points out that not only are there no records of Lopez booking a flight out of the US, but she has also filed for unemployment. Worse, Lopez is unable to recall at what time she actually saw the Bronco; in her first statement, she claimed she saw it at 10 PM but said in later testimony it was at 10:15. Simpson makes it very clear to his lawyers how displeased he is by this turn of events. Chris Darden desperately tries to convince Marcia Clark not to put Simpson's arresting officer Mark Fuhrman on the stand, as it would allow the defense to question Fuhrman about both his history and the LAPD's procedures, for which Furhman would almost certainly plead the Fifth in order to avoid potentially incriminating himself or his fellow officers, creating the appearance of a cover-up. Clark doesn't listen to Darden and puts Fuhrman on the stand; sure enough, Fuhrman pleads the Fifth, playing right into the defense's hands.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d2cf1dce	type	Hyper-Awareness
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d2cf1dce	comment	Hyper-Awareness: It's practically Christopher Darden's superpower.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: In "The Dream Team", Kris calls Robert out on supporting O.J., and tells him that the latter is obviously guilty.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d45c0b86	type	Refuge in Audacity
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d45c0b86	comment	Refuge in Audacity: "Conspiracy Theories" focuses on this as the defense try to bring up theories on the killers like Colombian drug dealers. When Clark scoffs at how outrageous they are, Darden tells her the jury will listen as it sounds far more exciting than a simple domestic dispute gone wrong. When a black man at a bar says he thinks O.J. was framed, Clark points out the ridiculously complicated lengths the cops would have gone to to frame him, risking their careers on framing when they didn't even know who the victims were yet or if OJ had an alibi, and asks the man if that's really plausible. The man's reply: "Maybe." They laugh about it.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d4f5426	type	Absence of Evidence
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d4f5426	comment	Absence of Evidence: In Episode 7, Robert Kardashian reveals to AC Cowlings that he's run over the case again and again in his head, reminiscing about Nicole and finding what he could about Goldman. With all the information and media coverage about the case, it's deeply troubling to him that NO other credible suspect or theory has popped up in regard to who killed Ron and Nicole.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d52d28b6	type	Hypocrite
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d52d28b6	comment	Hypocrite: Cochran dropping the N word on Darden after two scenes discussing the evil of using it.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d6042336	type	Lower-Deck Episode
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d6042336	comment	Lower-Deck Episode: "A Jury In Jail" looks at the trial from the perspective of the jury and how they're affected by the trial dragging on for months, unable to watch TV or read newspapers, see their families only once a week and the pressure of putting up with this circus.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d62dd556	type	The Chessmaster
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d62dd556	comment	The Chessmaster: F. Lee Bailey is a master of manipulating everyone around him to get his intended results. The camera even hovers over a glass chess set in the scene where F. Lee Bailey makes his first move of convincing Johnnie Cochran to become Lead Attorney over Robert Shapiro.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d97a0fb1	type	Mystery Box
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d97a0fb1	comment	Mystery Box: Shapiro suggests that the garment bag OJ gave Kardashian before the Bronco chase may have contained the murder weapon. Cut to Kardashian and Al Cowlings looking at the bag very nervously before opening it to discover it only contains clean clothes.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: O.J. bails out once he learns that he's going to be charged with Nicole's murder, and threatens to shoot himself just before doing so. Darden gathers his things and wordlessly storms out of the courtroom before Fuhrman takes the stand a second time, surprising everyone.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_dbc93276	comment	This Is Going to Be Huge: Marcia's "the gloves will give us our conviction." Not quite.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_dca70c44	type	Reasonable Authority Figure
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_dca70c44	comment	Reasonable Authority Figure: In "Jury in Jail", Deputy Adam is portrayed as going way out of his way to accommodate the jurors, even as they squabble with each other. Armanda also says that he let her use the phone after curfew to talk to her family. When he's rotated out in favor of some less friendly deputies, even the jurors who've been shown to dislike him protest it.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_dcb9c541	type	Ship Tease
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_dcb9c541	comment	Ship Tease: With Marcia and Chris Darden in "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia". This continues in "Conspiracy Theories", where Marcia and Chris go away on a trip and very nearly sleep together while drunk.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_dce640ce	type	Real-Person Epilogue
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_dce640ce	comment	Real-Person Epilogue: Ends with a montage of photos of the real-life players in the OJ Simpson case and their fates after the trial.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_de4b5865	type	Makeover Fail
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_de4b5865	comment	Makeover Fail: Marcia's new haircut does not go over like she hoped it would.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_de6bd03e	type	Trashy True Crime
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_de6bd03e	comment	Trashy True Crime: Dominick Dunne, one of the godfathers of the true crime genre, is portrayed as a self-important gossip using his access to the O.J. Simpson murder trial to entertain the morbid curiosities of his rich friends.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_deecec48	comment	Brass Balls: F. Lee Bailey remarks to his colleague Robert Shapiro that the latter has metal clanking down his pants because of Shapiro's ingenious strategy to turn the O.J. Simpson trial into a racist witch hunt.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_df410b77	comment	Decoy Protagonist: The first couple of episodes focus heavily on OJ and Robert Kardashian, making it seem like they're the main characters of the series. As the trial goes on though, they get less and less screentime and significance and it becomes clear that the real protagonists are Darden, Clarke and Cochran.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_dfe57573	comment	Historical In-Joke: The journalists at Shapiro's press conference all have trouble spelling Robert Kardashian's last name. The diner staff can't spell Kardashian's surname, either - but they give his family a table with no waiting time because they recognized him from TV. Bob then tries to warn his kids that fame is fleeting, but they don't pay attention to him. You can bet they got the wrong lesson that day. Gil Garcetti says he was going to run for Mayor of Los Angeles (with the implication that this won't happen because of the Simpson case being mishandled). Gil Garcetti's son, Eric Garcetti, was elected Mayor in 2013. Cochran commits O.J. to fight for his innocence, to remember what his name means to people. Suffices to say, what "O.J. Simpson" meant to people in 1994 is a lot different from what it does in 2016. In Episode 2, F. Lee Bailey says to Bob Shapiro something to the tune of "this is going to make us [the lawyers] huge". Not only was he, along with Johnnie Cochran, the only well-known personality in OJ Simpson's defense teamnote Bailey, for instance, successfully defended Patty Hearst, and he also has a huge string of movie and TV (mainly game shows and news commentary) appearances, he would be the one to decline the hardest after the Simpson trial. He was disbarred in 2001 in Florida and in 2003 in Massachusetts after embezzling stocks from a pharmaceutical company that was supposed to be handed over to the IRS into paying for personal expenses in the criminal trial of drug dealer Claude DuBoc where he was the defense attorney, went bankrupt, and went to Maine where owned a business consulting firm, which operated above his girlfriend's nail salon. He unsuccessfully tried to enter the Maine Bar several times was the last of The Juice's defenders, continuting to argue for his innocence up until his death in 2021.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_e0040f41	comment	Start of Darkness: Minor and Played for Laughs, but it’s implied that the Kardashian children’s obsession with fame came about after their family was let into a diner free of charge because the staff recognized their father from coverage of the case on television.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_e135b3de	comment	Pass the Popcorn: Episode 2 has many people reacting like this to the Bronco chase. There's even a scene showing Pizza Hut running out of cheese from their increased orders. Lampshaded in episode 6, when NBC preempted their entire daytime schedule for the trial, after ABC did the same thing. An NBC executive even called the trial a better daytime soap opera than the ones they got.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_e16217f8	comment	Historical Villain Upgrade: The real-life Mark Fuhrman was much more complex than depicted. He indeed had a history of racism, which he himself even admitted to when he checked himself in for rehabilitation, and past acquaintances had complained that he had made racist remarks in the past. However, independent investigations discovered that, after said rehabilitation, he had a dearth of civilian complaints against him; he had successfully partnered with nonwhite cops (including a black female officer intentionally partnered with him to test to see if his racism continued) who considered him a friend and never felt uncomfortable with him; he had been called to Simpson's residence to answer a domestic disturbance call from Nicole and nevertheless did nothing to Simpson, and he had personally taken it upon himself to protect a black female witness who felt endangered (and befriended her as well; she would go on to defend his post-trial character). Even the infamous tapes were a product of him being paid to exaggerate a "police" style of speech. In the series, he's depicted as little more than a remorseless, two-faced racist who outright lied on the stand and owned Nazi memorabilia.note In real life, to qualify for perjury, the lie has to be about something material to the trial; as many lawyers did not consider the race angle of the trial to be relevant, his lie about the use of the slur was considered by many professionals to not be perjury, as he was rightly embarrassed to admit it in front of a jury with many African-Americans. Downplayed with Johnny Cochran. While much of his actions and personality are a spot-on impression, at no point did he threaten Judge Ito that he would start another race riot (with the wanton loss of life and destruction of property that inevitably entails) unless he complied with Cochran's demands.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_e3847ee8	comment	Cigarette of Anxiety: Marcia, nervous over the case and her impending divorce, is seen smoking frequently.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_e4c95972	comment	Innocent Bigot: Both Shapiro and Kardashian have a few missteps while discussing how O.J.'s innocence is perceived by Downtown black people (who will make up most of the jury). Cochran takes it graciously, but they are the straw that breaks the camel's back and makes him take over as lead attorney.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_e9505dd1	comment	Crusading Lawyer: Clark and Darden, the former in particular, take the case against O.J. very seriously and want to see him finally go down. Cochran is a darker take on this trope as his desired goal to draw attention to racism in the LAPD blinds him to O.J.'s very obvious guilt and he repeatedly uses underhanded tactics to get the jury on his team's side.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ea6f361f	comment	You Are Number 6: The jurors are only referred to by their numbers, which Tracy Hampton (AKA Juror 452) does not like.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_eab212a8	comment	Period Piece: Of The '90s, complete with approximate recreations of fashion and technology of the time.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_eba4e300	comment	Honorary Uncle: O.J. was this to the Kardashian kids. Robert refers to him as "Uncle Juice". Robert Kardashian himself was one to O.J.'s children, and gets asked in the second episode, "Uncle Bobby, is my dad going to die?"
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ec255e86	comment	Slouch of Villainy: Ito has this during his first appearance in court, including camerawork that accentuates it. Though in this case it's to show authority instead of villainy.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: Averted - Robert Shapiro and Robert Kardashian (both of whom went by the nickname "Bob" in real life) were both significant figures in the proceedings, so changing their names for the series would be out of the question. More often, Shapiro is referred to as "Bob" and Kardashian as "Bobby," with a little "Rob" thrown in for the latter as he's being introduced in the first episode. There was actually a third Robert on the defense team in real life (Robert Blasier) but he didn't get depicted in the series. There's also the young Robert Kardashian Jr., who goes by "Rob" in real life. One episode has his father referring to him as "Bobby."
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_f511ea9b	comment	Product Placement: Averted. The cheese scene happened in reality, but to Domino's Pizza. Domino's refused to be featured, and Pizza Hut took its place without paying or being paid a dime.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_f627b434	comment	Platonic Life-Partners: What Marcia Clark and Chris Darden eventually evolve into. They come close to tipping past "platonic" once or twice, but only close.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_f9375414	comment	Face Palm: Ito gives himself one when he watches the infamous "Dancing Itos" on Jay Leno and realizes he's become a national punchline. Bailey, Cochran, and Shapiro all give each other looks that approximate this when putting O.J. through a mock cross-examination, as he completely fails to convincingly argue that he didn't beat Nicole. (Kardashian is in equal disbelief, but moreso because he's listening to his decades-old friend basically admit to abusing his wife without remorse).
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: Nobody can correctly spell/pronounce the name "Kardashian". Yet.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_fab3b838	comment	Everything Is Racist: One of the major themes of the series. The first episode opens with footage of the Rodney King beating and the ensuing riots, which sets the tone for the rest of the series. Whether or not you believe O.J. was guilty, the trial clearly never would have become as huge as it was if it weren't for the systemic racism in the culture in general and within the LAPD in particular, or the feelings of injustice and frustration shared by the black community. Robert Shapiro intends to use Simpson's identity as a black man as part of his defense: Defied by the Juice himself. "The Race Card" puts it front and center as it shows the different ways Cochran invokes this trope to use as the primary defense for OJ. Culminates with Darden and Cochran going head to head about the ethics and manner of doing this. In "Jury in Jail", Tracy Hampton accuses Deputy Adam of being racist because he supposedly gives the black jurors less shopping time than their white counterparts. Cochran and Bailey travel to North Carolina to get a judge to hand over tapes of Furhman but the judge refuses Cochran's request and says he has no patience for Cochran's grandstanding talk. When Cochran angrily rants about it, Bailey points out how they're in the South, there's a statue of a Confederate soldier outside the courthouse and "I don't know if you play as well in Dixie." He then proceeds to give an incredibly lavish speech praising the great state of North Carolina to start his oral argument in the appeals court, which the panel of three judges hearing the appeal apparently accepts since he wins the motion.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_fbc54605	comment	Riches to Rags: One episode starts with a flashback montage of O.J. and Robert partying in a club and enjoying the high life, before returning to reality where he's eating terrible food in jail.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_fbd285b7	comment	Comically Missing the Point: As they watch their father read O.J.'s suicide note on the air, the Kardashian kids are more fixated on the fact that the reporters can't spell their last name than on the fact that O.J., a man they've known as their honorary uncle was planning to kill himself. Followed up when the kids fail to realize the implications of their father being recognized as the "O.J. guy" in E3. When Cochran asks O.J. if he has black friends or has ever done anything for the black community, O.J. can only mention his friendship with Al Cowlings ("and he is darker than me!") and the house he bought for his mother.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_fccd06b6	comment	Beware the Nice Ones: In "Jury in Jail", the supremely agreeable juror Armanda Cooley ends up leading a revolt among the jurors after the deputies are suddenly swapped out. Mark Fuhrman seems outwardly nice and polite, to both white and black co-workers. However, something seems slightly...off in how his responses are delivered, especially when speaking with Darden. It's enough to fool Clark and the other white members of the prosecution team, who don't believe Darden when he emphatically tries to convince them that as a black man, he can sense that Fuhrman is lying. Unfortunately, they don't believe Darden... and they learn too late that Fuhrman isn't just racist, he's what even Clark describes as one of the most vehement racists on the planet.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ff41780	comment	Young Future Famous People: Several scenes in the early episodes emphasize Robert Kardashian's family, including his ex-wife Kris and their four children, to the point that it seems like an Author Tract on the pitfalls of fame and fortune. Early on, the kids can be seen cheering for the father when he reads O.J.'s suicide note during the first press conference, clearly unaware of the gravity of the situation. In "The Dream Team", when Robert takes the kids to a local restaurant for brunch, they marvel at how the family is getting preferential treatment and approving looks from the diners despite Rob's attempt to dissuade them with a speech on how fame can be fleeting.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: In "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia." Ito, who previously disparaged Marcia after seeing her new haircut, sees her breaking down the next morning as a result of the nude photo leak and the personal problems she's facing, and decides to dismiss everyone for the rest of the afternoon. When somebody from the prosecution team collapses due to heart problems, Cochrane is the first one to yell for a doctor. Cochran also sincerely tells Darden that he's a good lawyer and a man with convictions after the trial, seeking him out and noticing that Darden is in Heroic BSoD. Darden doesn't appreciate it, telling of Cochran for his self-righteousness blinding him to the reality that a rich man walked free and nothing actually changed.
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