American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson debuted last night on FX to good reviews: On the AV Club, Pilot Viruet says she was more than "wary" of the series and is no fan of producer Ryan Murphy, but ended up "completely enthralled by it." Lily Sparks at TV.com calls it "genuinely great." USA Today deems the series "guilty of 'stunning' performances." And though Danielle Henderson at the New York Times notes that the characters "all look like Bizarro World versions of their celebrity selves instead of actors who closely resemble the real people they’re portraying," she ultimately found the premiere suspenseful and deems herself "impressed." More coverage to check out:
- There's a scene in the pilot in which Simpson, played by Cuba Gooding Jr., holds a gun to his head while in the bedroom a young Kim Kardashian stayed in while visiting father Robert Kardashian, played by David Schwimmer. Vanity Fair reports that, yes, this actually happened, and looks back at interviews in which Robert Kardashian and Kris Jenner talked about the incident.