Heightening the stakes

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This compilation of a series of clips is from the extremely well written and performed THE NIGHT OF (HBO). We follow the main character Naz in the final moments up to the life-altering moment where he has to decide whether to plead guilty or not, to the murder he is charged for. We have seen the pressure on Naz mounting through this episode (4). Everybody says he should make the plea deal. He is risking a very hard verdict if he would choose to have a trial, in a hope of being freed. But we also know he has very strong feelings against committing he is the murderer.
In these clips, we see the two sides of his inner dilemma represented by other characters. The pressure is mounting for the dramatic moment when he will decide.
And the screenwriters force the audience into this dilemma by putting the focus on the core of the arguments, both for and against accepting the plea, until the final moment in the court where he has to tell the prosecutor. What will he decide? Is he really capable of the devastating sell out of his soul, to plead guilty?