People v OJ series: They know too much to argue or to judge

I'll continue in the chorus of praise for the Fx series The People v OJ Simpson - smart and engaging from start to finish, a great story about the justice system, about race, about celebrity, about the media - very contemporary in some ways and, in others, showing how far we've come since the 1990s - when it was a big deal to see this story unfold live, way before social media made everything live - and how little we've traveled: the same issues of police brutality and racism haunting us today. The cast was excellent throughout, with special nod to Davis Schwimmer as Rob Kardashian, OJ's best pal who lived in anguish throughout the trial, in doubt about his friend's innocence, and to John Travolta as the insider-lawyer Bob Shapiro, another OJ pal who could never quite stomach Cochran's theatrics. Each script -- 10 episode -- was smart and succinct and, as noted in earlier post, even if you think you remember the trial I can almost guarantee this series will bring you new information and new insight. Though at the end we can be furious with the jury for it's almost instant decision to acquit, we also understand their perception and their distrust of all evidence presented by the LAPD and the DA - the team behind the series leaving it up to us to figure right from wrong: they know too much to argue or to judge.