The case against Adnan Syed has pretty much been never-ending, so why should The Case Against Adnan Syed be any different?

Amy J. Berg’s HBO documentary series has returned with a fifth episode a mere six years after the fourth one aired. To put that half-dozen-years break into perspective, HBO Max — which premiered episode five, “The Tree Grew,” on Thursday — didn’t even exist when the docuseries debuted as a four-parter.

Syed was arrested in 1999 for the murder of his high school ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. It was basically an open and shut case until the true-crime podcast Serial , which was really the first-ever hit podcast, reopened it. Serial , and sympathy for Syed, went viral.

The case against Adnan Syed has pretty much been never-ending, so why should The Case Ag

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