American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez

This show isn't as bad as some reviews state. As a football fan it's fun enough to see a lot of familiar characters and programs reenacted the way this show does. Each episode does just enough to entertain the typical murder mystery fans. Character dialogue is pretty grounded and realistic. The actors all do a good job.

Some of the bads would be the unimaginative camera work that comes off cheap and soapy. The pace of the show is a little slow. It's also possible that people familiar with the events that took place in real life will find that this Aaron Hernandez story isn't all that interesting.

Watch it with your wife, watch it with your girlfriend, they'll probably like the show and you can tell them a little about how college and professional teams work this way, and when you shout out the cameos they finally be interested in your knowledge of football.

After having seen the entire season, Josh's performance was, to say the very least, both remarkable and outstanding. No amount of training or acting classes makes this happen. This is raw talent. Gene Hackman's portrayal as Sam Cayhall in The Chamber was always my number one most favorite performance. Josh's performance is on par which is a tough call as Josh was unknown to me prior to his performance in American Sports Story. To say that I would recommend this series to anyone goes without saying. His extraordinary ability to "become" Aaron is truly brilliant. Josh portrays the torture, the pain and the ecstasy exquisitely. A true artist in every sense of the word. I have a feeling we are going to see a great deal more of Josh and that he will be an inspiration to others.

Do yourself a favor, watch this series. You'll be glad you did. I think Aaron would be too.

Hats off to you Josh. It's very rare we are lucky enough to be exposed to your level of genius.

Everyone knows that producer Ryan Murphy always does the best work and keeps it real with his series with real life things. And this is another winner for "FX", as the first season of his "American Sports Story" which focuses on the rise and fall of New England Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez. The episodes follow his life as a teen and upbringing in Bristol, CT to the University of Florida as a gator to his drafting into the NFL as a Patriot. The time frame focused on is mid 2000's to 2010's as the series feels real as it relies on interviews, transcripts, and documents, with calls and reporting by the Boston Globe even as Murphy makes it real showing Aaron's drug use, possible bi sexual life, and painful CTE. And actor Josh Rivera really gets into the mind of the character as it was interesting seeing a sports figure challenged battling personal and private demons.

This is wonderfully done TV show about the Aaron Hernandez story. We've seen the plot written and discussed many times many ways, but not like this. This show goes deeper into the family, deeper into what made Aaron Aaron. Some of it may be embellished, but what fiction isn't? It's not considered a biography so there is room to be creative. The cast is great too. From seeing some of my All Rise folks, to the main stars, they execute in a way that even Bill Bellichick (spelling) could appreciate. So far episode 8 is the best of them all, but each one builds on each other. I can't wait to finish the season out .

I was pleasantly surprised I didn't think that this would be as good as it was. My heart bleeds for Aaron after watching this he was a terribly tortured soul. Prior to this I thought that he was just an arrogant jerk. Being molested as a kid really set his tragic life on the path that it went down. Not to say that he was totally innocent and as a man he had choices but choose the wrong paths. It is so sad that such a talented guy ended up like he did. Family was definitely dysfunctional and his dad was crazy. His poor brother was full of envy I just hope that he found his self obviously it was not a football career.