TNT’s Limited Series I Am the Night to Premiere January 28th, 2019, at 9 pm.
A six-episode limited TV series, I Am the Night is based on true events. Finding out
you’ve been living a life of lies was the last straw for Fauna Hodel. Uncertain of the past or
present, Fauna (India Eisley) goes looking for a life where she’ll belong. However, she soon
comes to regret looking for the unknown.
The real Fauna Hodel recently passed away in September of 2017. This show is based on
Fauna Hodel’s biography, One Day She’ll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel.
When Fauna realizes who she really is, it’s too late. She awakens the evil that her
“mother” tried so hard to protect her from. She couldn’t have done it without the help of reporter
Jay Singletary (Chris Pine). Jay was lost and broken due to the late unsolved Black Dahlia case,
a murder that took place in Los Angeles of Elizabeth Short. Elizabeth’s case became known as
“Black Dahlia” due to the graphic nature of the crime. In an attempt to prove that Dr. George
Hodel was indeed the murderer, Jay hadn’t realized just how powerful this doctor really was.
Finding Fauna Hodel only reassured Jay that he was not crazy and that having lost everything
over that case might all be worth it now. So their journey together to find out more about the
Hodel family began, but with opposite intentions.
You’re left in the dark most of the series, as is Fauna Hodel herself. So you begin to feel
the same frustration, anger, and anticipation that Fauna feels throughout the series. I thought that
this was a very interesting show and even more interesting to know it was based on true events.
You’re certainly in for a wild plot twist towards the final episodes of this show. I thought Chris
Pine played his role very well as a ruined reporter and past war veteran suffering from PTSD.
This show not only gave insight into mental illness, but also discrimination during the 1950’s. I
must admit, this show has definitely left me curious to read more about Black Dahlia and
Fauna’s actual biography.
Rating: 4 out of 5
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