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Episode 5: Aloha

Summary

Jay and Fauna search for a way to make it to Hawaii so Fauna can find her mother, and for Jay to see if she holds the answers to the Hodel case that destroyed his career

Review

1960s Los Angeles has been dark for most of this drama – lots of scenes taking place in Edward Hopper-like night-time bars, as journalist Jay and teenager Fauna follow their own paths to the truth. This week the scenery changes, as the pair head to Hawaii in search of Fauna’s birth mother, Tamar Hodel. But as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. For Fauna, what she hears is almost beyond comprehension.

As for Jay, the stakes are getting higher in his obsessive determination to solve the case that destroyed his career. I Am the Night is undoubtedly powerful, but it’s not exactly uplifting, and it’s not helped by the inclusion of some grisly photographs of the real-life Black Dahlia murder from the 1940s. It’s been a while since I’ve watched a series that’s left me feeling this grubby.

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Languages
English
Formats
Colour

Credits

Cast

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Jay SingletaryChris Pine
Fauna HodelIndia Eisley
PatIndia Eisley
George HodelJefferson Mays
Peter SullivanLeland Orser
BillisYul Vazquez
SeppDylan Smith
Jimmy LeeGolden Brooks
Corinna HodelConnie Nielsen
Tamar HodelJamie Anne Allman
Macho SailorBrent Chase

Crew

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DirectorCarl Franklin
WriterSam Sheridan
WriterFauna Hodel
WriterMonica Beletsky
ProducerWayne Carmona
ComposerDavid Lang
EditorDody Dorn
Production designerJulie Berghoff

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  • Summary

    Jay and Fauna search for a way to make it to Hawaii so Fauna can find her mother, and for Jay to see if she holds the answers to the Hodel case that destroyed his career

    Review

    1960s Los Angeles has been dark for most of this drama – lots of scenes taking place in Edward Hopper-like night-time bars, as journalist Jay and teenager Fauna follow their own paths to the truth. This week the scenery changes, as the pair head to Hawaii in search of Fauna’s birth mother, Tamar Hodel. But as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. For Fauna, what she hears is almost beyond comprehension.

    As for Jay, the stakes are getting higher in his obsessive determination to solve the case that destroyed his career. I Am the Night is undoubtedly powerful, but it’s not exactly uplifting, and it’s not helped by the inclusion of some grisly photographs of the real-life Black Dahlia murder from the 1940s. It’s been a while since I’ve watched a series that’s left me feeling this grubby.

    Details

    Languages
    English
    Formats
    Colour

    Credits

    Cast

    rolename
    Jay SingletaryChris Pine
    Fauna HodelIndia Eisley
    PatIndia Eisley
    George HodelJefferson Mays
    Peter SullivanLeland Orser
    BillisYul Vazquez
    SeppDylan Smith
    Jimmy LeeGolden Brooks
    Corinna HodelConnie Nielsen
    Tamar HodelJamie Anne Allman
    Macho SailorBrent Chase

    Crew

    rolename
    DirectorCarl Franklin
    WriterSam Sheridan
    WriterFauna Hodel
    WriterMonica Beletsky
    ProducerWayne Carmona
    ComposerDavid Lang
    EditorDody Dorn
    Production designerJulie Berghoff
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