In Cochran’s office, the investigator fills in the team about the Fuhrman tapes. In short; they’re really messy. Cochran Is thrilled. He says “God brought us these tapes… this is manna from heaven.” So God is looking out for OJ? Um. Ok.
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The People v. OJ Simpson E5: The Race Card
Johnnie Cochran is driving his two daughters who are maybe 8 and 6, to dinner at Hamburger Hamlet. The girls have learned well from their father. They’re negotiating who gets to ride in the front seat. Suddenly, a police siren goes off. Cochran is being pulled over for failure to signal while changing lanes aka Driving A Benz While Black. Cochran says it’s the third time that week he’s been pulled over for no reason.
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The People v OJ Simpson, E2: The Juice is Loose
OJ’s attorney and best friend Rob Kardashian is in the bathroom praying hard for OJ Simpson, who is on the run. Not literally. He’s in the backseat of the white Bronco that AC Cowlings is driving erratically across the LA highways. Kardashian fears the worst. “He’s in pain and he knows not what he’s doing,” he prays
In another room in the Kardashian home, Shapiro is calling “Gil Garcetti"(Bruce Greenwood) at the DA’s office to explain that he’s not responsible for OJ fleeing. Garcetti ain’t trying to hear all that. He just wants OJ to turn himself in. When Shapiro gets off the phone, Kardashian comes in with the suicide note, signed, oddly, with a happy face
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The People v. OJ Simpson: "Did You Do It?"
The People v OJ Simpson opens with footage from the Rodney King beating, and the LA Uprising. It gives viewers a sense of the racial climate in LA and across the US at the time OJ Simpson was charged with the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Fast forward two years and a chauffer is waiting for his client in front of a stretch white limo. Cuba Gooding Jr, as Orenthal James Simpson comes out of the house carrying a ton bags. He’s late, says he overslept and had to take a shower. OJ hopes he can still make his flight. He’s headed to the airport to make it to Chicago. On the ride, the driver, a young white guy, makes nervous chat and apologizes for flipping out when OJ walked out. He’s never driven a celebrity before. As if anyone watching this didn’t know OJ was a big deal, it’s now been conveyed.
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