'The People v. OJ Simpson': The latest episode and what's up for season 2
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
The ninth and second-to-last episode of 鈥淭he People v. OJ Simpson鈥� depicted more of the famous trial as the series continues to draw critical acclaim.
The newest installment of 鈥淪impson,鈥� which aired on March 29, centered on the involvement of Mark Fuhrman, a detective in the Los Angeles Police Department who testified during the case that he had not recently used any racial epithets but was later heard on tape making racially insensitive remarks.
The next and final episode of this season will presumably wrap up the court case which the show has been depicting. The series stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Paulson, John Travolta, and David Schwimmer.聽
鈥淪impson鈥� has been critically acclaimed throughout its run, with critics calling its discussion of justice and race in America relevant and thoughtfully depicted.聽
called the newest installment 鈥減ossibly my favorite episode of the season.鈥澛�
鈥淎ll of the legal cartwheels, questionable courtroom politics and racial tension seem to have been building in a crescendo of angry outbursts, sadness and emotional violence,鈥� Ms. Henderson wrote.
Meanwhile, looking ahead to next week鈥檚 final installment, wrote, 鈥淜nowing the outcome doesn鈥檛 make the reenactment any less thrilling.鈥�
As 鈥淪impson鈥� is close to concluding, viewers already know what topic the FX anthology series 鈥淎merican Crime鈥� will tackle next for a possible second season. Producers have announced that the next season of the show would center on Hurricane Katrina and what happened after the disaster.聽
Executive producer Ryan Murphy said of the plan in , 鈥淚 want this show to be a socially conscious, socially aware examination of different types of crime around the world.鈥澛�
wrote that after finding 鈥淪impson鈥� 鈥渟urprisingly promising," 鈥淚'm certainly intrigued by [Murphy鈥檚] planned approach鈥� to depicting Hurricane Katrina.
And wrote of the planned focus, 鈥淚t is also an incredibly necessary event for American viewers to see 鈥� I can only imagine [it] 鈥� will leave us audiences more aware, informed, and emotional than they were before watching.鈥�
