When They See Us
Part One
TV Flash files “Part One” as a desk essential hour — When They See Us (2019) on Netflix, season 1, episode 1, aired 2019-05-31, 64 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 4 in the When They See Us guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2019-05-31 (64 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Part Two” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Part One”. Part One opens DuVernay's four-act case: interrogation rooms as the state's craft, Central Park refusing rubbernecking.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In the spring of 1989, five boys of color are arrested, interrogated and coerced into confessing to the vicious attack of a woman in Central Park.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Part One sit in the When They See Us guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 4 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did When They See Us S01E01 air?
Part One aired 2019-05-31 and is listed at 64 minutes.
Is this a documentary?
Dramatized limited series from DuVernay, not a talking-head doc. Interrogation rooms and prison years are staged as indictment; the case is real.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Ava DuVernay's four-act indictment of the Central Park Five case refuses rubbernecking: interrogation rooms, prison years, and families left holding the state's wreckage. Jharrel Jerome's Korey Wise is the ache you do not shake. Justice drama that still feels unfinished because the country is.
May 2019, four acts, no twist clock. Ava DuVernay's Netflix limited series tracks five Black and Latino teens wrongfully convicted in the 1989 Central Park case across interrogation, prison, and exoneration's incomplete mercy. Jharrel Jerome's Korey Wise won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series. Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Niecy Nash carry families left holding the state's wreckage. True crime without rubbernecking. Empathy as structure. **This is not a binge puzzle,…
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- Marsha Stephanie Blake as Linda McCray
Marsha Stephanie Blake held the wreckage as Linda McCray on When They See Us — Ava DuVernay’s four-act indictment of the Central Park Five case, interrogation rooms, prison years, families left holding the state’s wreckage. Jharrel…
- Niecy Nash as Delores Wise
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