HBOs The Night Of The Main Characters Ranked By Likability
HBO’s The Night Of: The Main Characters Ranked By Likability
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The things that the characters of The Night Of go through really show the best and worst of them. Who are the least and most likable of the bunch?
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The best shows feature complex characters who are portrayed through powerful performances. This is a big strength of the HBO miniseries The Night Of as Riz Ahmed, John Turturro, Michael K. Williams, and the rest of the talented cast brought a variety of nuanced characters to life.
When Nasir “Naz” Khan is accused, imprisoned, and put on trial for crimes he didn’t commit, all the characters have their limits tested, with many reaching a breaking point. Some characters rise to the occasion and prove themselves to be likable people while navigating Naz’s complex case and its far-reaching impacts, while others prove to be more unlikable.
10 Alison Crowe
Alison Crowe only took on Naz’s case for publicity. She didn’t care about him, the cultural ramifications of the case, or whether he was actually guilty or innocent. She tried to pressure Naz into admitting he was guilty and taking a deal that would have kept him in prison for years.
Alison was also unlikeable for the way she treated her employee Chandra Kapoor. She treated Chandra as an inferior, disposable employee and only enlisted her help in the first place because her ethnicity was “close enough” to the Pakistani-American Khan family. In all these ways and more, Alison was an unlikeable character.
9 Calvin Hart
Calvin Hart pretended to befriend Naz and show him the ropes of how to survive as an inmate in Rikers Island. This was all an act, though. He got close to Naz and eventually threw scalding hot water at him.
Calvin did this because he saw Naz as no different than the man who sexually assaulted and brutally murdered his niece. The audience could feel bad for Calvin because of what happened to his niece, but that doesn’t change the fact that he manipulated Naz’s trust just so he could hurt him.
8 Dennis Box
With the ability to pick up on small and seemingly insignificant details and see how they fit into the larger scheme of things, Detective Dennis Box was excellent at his job. When it came to Naz’s case, though, he was too eager to close the case and prove Naz was guilty, even though certain details didn’t add up.
Box redeemed himself by pursuing the real story behind Andrea Cornish’s death, even after he officially retired. Box figured out who the actual killer was and provided invaluable information to John Stone, information that helped Naz’s case.
7 Helen Weiss
Helen Weiss was just doing her job as the prosecutor in Naz’s case, but that didn’t make it any easier to like her. Doing her job well threatened Naz’s chances of being proven innocent and becoming a free man again. She was a shrewd individual and a formidable opponent to face in the courtroom.
She didn’t just care about doing her job well, though. When Detective Box learned who actually killed Andrea Cornish, Weiss was eager to track down the real killer and bring him to justice.
6 Freddy Knight
Freddy Knight had it made in prison. He didn’t need to stick out his neck for Naz and protect him, but he did. Freddy taught Naz how to survive and thrive in prison. Without him, Naz probably wouldn’t have lived to the end of his trial. Freddy could see that Naz was one of the only prisoners who were actually innocent and he wanted to help him.
While Freddy was generous and an invaluable ally, his help did not come freely. Naz had to do certain favors for Freddy, such as smuggling drugs into prison for him. If Naz had been caught, it would’ve destroyed any chance he had of winning his freedom back and getting out of prison.
5 Safar Khan
Safar Khan loved her son very much and wanted to stand by him, even when losing her job because of the charges against Naz. She definitely came off as an endearing character when she brought a home-cooked meal wrapped in tinfoil to the police station, hoping to give the food to her son.
As time passed on, though, she grew less and less comfortable with her son and the person he was becoming. She became more distant and didn’t even pick up the phone when he called her from within Rikers Island. She did her best in an incredibly challenging situation, but it was still disappointing to see her becoming less comfortable with Naz and his identity.
4 Salim Khan
Naz stole his father’s cab the night of Andrea Cornish’s murder. He upended his father’s livelihood and the livelihood of Salim Khan’s business partners. They pressured Salim to do anything to get the cab back, even if it meant filing charges against his own son.
Regardless of the damage Naz inflicted on his father’s life, Salim continued to stand by his son. He refused to throw Naz under the bus to appease his business partners. While Naz was imprisoned and on trial, Salim continued communicating with Naz more consistently than Safar did and he never gave up on his son.
3 Chandra Kapoor
Chandra Kapoor fought with everything she had to defend Naz and prove his innocence. Her boss set her up for failure and she faced insurmountable odds, yet Chandra refused to give up and never lost faith in Naz. She worked tirelessly, thoroughly examined every angle of the case, and proved herself to be an attorney to be reckoned with in the courtroom.
Chandra’s determination, heart, and cleverness made her a likable character, though her admirable underdog story was tainted by her actions in the final episodes. Her feelings for Naz got in the way of her better judgment. She kissed him and smuggled drugs into prison for him so he would agree to testify on the stand. These were foolish and frustrating decisions that could’ve jeopardized the case and that did cause her to lose her job and her reputation.
2 Nasir “Naz” Khan
Naz made many poor decisions the night of Andrea Cornish’s death, but he certainly didn’t deserve all the suffering and hardship that followed. He was a young man accused of murder and sexual assault–neither of which he did–and had to fight for his survival while on trial and as a prisoner in Rikers Island. The audience couldn’t help but empathize with him and the struggles he faced.
Naz became a less empathetic character as he transformed himself into a colder, hardened individual who made some unethical choices in order to survive. Despite this, Naz was the ultimate underdog to root for, an individual who’d been wronged by the failings of the criminal justice system and who’d been deemed guilty before he even had a chance to prove his innocence.
1 John Stone
The Night Of was not only Naz’s underdog story, but it was also the underdog story of John Stone. The empathetic, quirky, pragmatic, and perceptive John Stone had been overlooked and dismissed for much of his life.
He was an endearing character and it was admirable to do everything in his power to help Naz. He understood the system and how to navigate it, but more importantly, he understood Naz and was willing to fight for him even when everyone else had given up.
Link Source : https://screenrant.com/hbo-the-night-of-main-characters-ranked-by-likability/
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