I Am the Night wants to set itself up as some big expose of a real life crime. They took inspiration from the story of Fauna Hodel.
They then invent the character of Jay Singletary for dramatic and narrative purposes. You think, OK I can let that go. This is a faction, an amalgamation of fact and fiction.
However an incident happens in this episode that did not occur to the real life person which is hard to ignore. It makes you question just what the series creators want to achieve. If they wanted to make a case against George Hodel, they are doing it in a cack handed way by creating fictitious incidents.
Jay persuades his editor to whisk Fauna away to Hawaii so she can tell him his story. There is a reason why he picked Hawaii, he can introduce Fauna to her mother. Unfortunately Tamar Hodel is a touch wacky and spaced out but she reveals the circumstances of her pregnancy. At least Fauna comes to appreciate the love she has been shown by Jimmy Lee, the mother who did raise her and she rings Jimmy Lee to tell her this.
A disappointing episode and given it was directed by Carl Franklin, doubly disappointing.
