Surprisingly great series that gets to the heart of the OJ case

Like many others, we have been blown away by the quality and drama of American Crime Story: The People v O.J. Simpson; who would have thought Fx could rise to such quality (it definitely helps to be watching this on DVD rather than w/ commercial interruptions, of which there would be many) or that we could re-engage with this dramatic case. I thought I pretty much knew the whole story  - it wasn't all that long ago that the case dominated news for weeks - but to see it play out from the inside, with all of the conflicting forces and psychological complexity - race, money, big-time sports, politics, legal wrangling - just translates so well to the form of an episodic drama: we see the troubled mind of OJS up close, the conflict brewing between the DA's office (Marcia Clark) and the ridiculously high-priced defense team. Great use of occasional documentary footage, and some really fine acting, Cuba Gooding Jr obviously as a tormented (and deranged) OJ, David Schwimmer as his sycophant best friend Kardashian, and in particular Jon Travolta as OJ's first lawyer, the suave insider, Robert Shapiro. Will keep watching this series for sure.