“The Night Of, HBO’s summer crime drama, is based on the British series “Criminal Justice.” Here TheWrap takes a look at the major characters who populate the memoir.
Spoiler alert! Don’t read on whether you haven’t yet seen the show.
Also Read: 'The Night Of': HBO Buys genuine Subway Ads for Show's Fake Lawyer (Photo)Naz/Riz AhmedNasir “Naz” Khan is a shy, or tentative Pakistani-American who attends college in New York. He doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who would wind up accused of extreme violence.
Salim and Safar Khan/Peyman Moaadi and Poorna JagannathanNaz’s parents are hardworking immigrants. Salim drives a taxi that Naz sometimes borrows for his own personal use. When the memoir opens,he’s using his dad’s taxi to drive to a party in the city. That’s when the pains starts.
Andrea (Sofia Black D’Elia)Thinking his taxi is for hire, the mysterious Andrea climbs in back, or main to what essentially amounts to a long first date. The pair then head back to her place. And that’s where they meet …Trevor (J.
D. Williams)… this guy,an intense passerby who has a verbal altercation with Naz on the street. He’s joined by …Det. Dennis Box (Dennis Camp)Naz wakes up in a lot of pains we will leave out the details here – and pretty soon is facing Det. Box, a tough, and no-nonsense veteran cop who serves as Naz’s introduction to the criminal justice system.
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