Miniseries · HBO
The Night Of
What happened
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Riz Ahmed
Nasir 'Naz' Khan
8 eps
John Turturro
John Stone
8 eps
Bill Camp
Dennis Box
8 eps
Payman Maadi
Salim Khan
8 eps
Jeannie Berlin
Helen Weiss
8 eps
Poorna Jagannathan
Safar Khan
8 eps
Amara Karan
Chandra
14 eps
Racquel Palmer
Ciara
2 eps
Mohammad Bakri
Tariq
3 eps
Chris Perfetti
Lawyer
2 eps
Syam M. Lafi
Hasan Khan
6 eps
Paul Sparks
Don Taylor
6 eps
Michael Kenneth Williams
Freddy Knight
6 eps
Glenne Headly
Alison Crowe
3 eps
Paulo Costanzo
Ray Halle
4 eps
Afton Williamson
Officer Cass Wiggins
4 eps
Victor Verhaeghe
CSI Turley
3 eps
Joshua Bitton
Officer Robert Maldonado
4 eps
Nabil Elouahabi
Yusuf
4 eps
Mustafa Shakir
Victor
4 eps
Esau Pritchett
Mr. Day
4 eps
J.D. Williams
Trevor Williams
4 eps
Aaron Moten
Petey
4 eps
Frank Wood
Medical Examiner
4 eps
Lord Jamar
Tino
4 eps
Ariya Ghahramani
Amir Farik
3 eps
Jeff Wincott
Detective Lucas
4 eps
Sticky Fingaz
Rikers Inmate
2 eps
Chris McKinney
Rikers Head CO
4 eps
Glenn Fleshler
Judge Roth
3 eps
Don Harvey
Detective Tomalikis
3 eps
Ben Shenkman
Sergeant Klein
3 eps
Garrett Basch
Ivan
3 eps
Steve Cirbus
Police Patrolman
3 eps
Charlie Hudson III
Duane Reade
3 eps
Steven Randazzo
Andrea's Neighbor
2 eps
Mike Figueroa
Officer Frank Hernandez
2 eps
Eddie Cooper
Mardon
2 eps
Donté Bonner
Bell
3 eps
Frank De Julio
Pauline
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Night Of actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Night Of reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Part 1: The Beach
What starts as a perfect night for Pakistani-American student Nasir “Naz” Khan becomes a nightmare when he’s arrested for murder.
- Directed by Steven Zaillian
S01E07
Part 7: Ordinary Death
The trial of The State v. Nasir Khan moves to the defense phase.
- Directed by Steven Zaillian
S01E08
Part 8: The Call of the Wild
A controversy surrounding the defense puts Stone in the spotlight as Naz’s trial reaches its climax.
- Directed by Steven Zaillian
S01E02
Part 2: Subtle Beast
As attorney John Stone counsels Naz, lead detective Dennis Box investigates the crime.
- Directed by Steven Zaillian
S01E05
Part 5: The Season of the Witch
Box reconstructs Naz’s whereabouts on “the night of.”
- Directed by Steven Zaillian
S01E04
Part 4: The Art of War
Stone works to uncover information about the crime.
- Directed by James Marsh
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Scott FergusonProducer
- Richard PriceExecutive Producer
- Steven ZaillianExecutive Producer
- Mark A. BakerProducer
- James GandolfiniExecutive Producer
- Jane TranterExecutive Producer
Direction
- Steven ZaillianDirector
- James MarshDirector
Cinematography
- Frederick ElmesDirector of Photography
- Igor MartinovićDirector of Photography
- Robert ElswitDirector of Photography
Music
- Jeff RussoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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