Serial is being overtaken by the media spawned by Serial

I was disappointed in Episode 10. As an attorney, I was so anxious to hear about the nitty-gritty details about the formulation and execution of the defense of Adnan. We were going to get new information to take us inside the mind and strategy of Cristina Guiterrez (CG)- perhaps some notes in the file that the Innocence Project would follow up on.

Instead, we got a pretty muted rehash of what we already knew: CG did not do a great job at cross-examining Jay and did not handle the cell-phone tower data. And she was sick, got disbarred, and then died.

Check out Rabia's latest post on her Split The Moon blog. This, THIS, is what I was looking for- behind the scene details and an excellent critique of CG's courtroom presentation in the second trial.

And CG's treatment of Adnan's parents, as described by Rabia, is nothing less than shocking. (IT made my jaw drop, not that the prosecutor found Jay a pro bono lawyer who did what every single criminal defense attorney in America would tell Jay to do.) I always, with my client's permission, take the time to explain to parents/wives/girlfriends what is happening in the case and why. Sure, there are details that the client does not want me to reveal many times, and I don't, but I can still treat the family with respect. And sometimes (but not usually), they have helpful information for me.

But scene Rabia described in the elevator after the trial, where Adnan's parents were sobbing, and CG coldly demanded $50,000 for the appeal, made me throw up in my mouth. And I am disappointed with SK for not being more objectively critical of CG.

Which is a long way of saying, I got much more out of Rabia's post on Episode 10, then I got out of Episode 10. And I am reading what ever briefs I can find online from the case, so that I can get more information than apparently SK is willing to provide.

I think Serial is headed for a disappointing finish.