The Jury: 14 And On Trial For Murder; Turning Point: Generation 9/11; Furious

“Narrator Indra Ove explained anyone over the age of ten can be held responsible for criminal actions, though one obvious point was omitted: while children under 18 will usually face trial in a juvenile court, murder cases are treated differently. These have to be heard in an adult court. Condensing several days or weeks of evidence and cross-examinations into a couple of hours inevitably means much is left out. But what remained was gripping, and the twists in the story were well-paced. At the midway point, it’s clear that Fitzroy, a hard drinker with convictions for battering his wife, is no loss to humanity. But can that excuse what amounted to butchery?”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail

“The 90-minute documentary begins with the sights, sounds and some of the stories of that day, none of which have lost any of their power to shock or to harrow the soul. The beautiful, clear blue sky filling with smoke and fire. The 911 calls from people trapped in the burning buildings. “The only thing they can really say is, ‘Hang on – we’re coming for you,’” says the oral historian and curator of the museum that now houses those recordings. The photos of some of the people who tried and who died in the attempt. The memories of some who survived: “I heard ‘pop, pop, pop’. It was the sound of the floors pancaking.” Calls from those about to die to their families: “Mostly I just want to say I love you.” Recollections of the bereaved. “She worked on the 96th floor but I was hoping for the best.” “We talked about the happiness we shared during our lives together. He kept saying ‘I love you’. Then I heard a crack and a sound like an avalanche.” The depth of the tragedy inescapably established, the film then moves on to the breadth of it, positing that the decisions made in the aftermath have inexorably shaped the US and helped to lead it into its current state of Trumpian chaos and division. The gamechanger, according to the film-makers with whom I suspect a lot of us will agree, was the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed by Congress a few days after the attack. It was ostensibly to allow the US to use all necessary force against anything or anyone linked to 9/11, but has since been used to justify just about any strike against any perceived threat anywhere since, especially in the Middle East.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

“Some viewers might assume a show written by a woman featuring a female killer and all-male victims could be misandrist. Furious is feminist, yes, but not in a hectoring way. It remains subversive, entertaining and even funny during its bleakest moments, with prestige acting and cliché-free dialogue that breathes new life into the tired old police procedural. Running concurrently to Catherine’s killings is the abrasive friendship between NYPD-detective-turned-new-FBI-agent Alice, played by a mesmerising Emmy Rossum, and her spunky boss, Nora (Quincy Tyler Bernstine), who has some of the best lines in the genre.”
Eleanor Hall, Telegraph