Poor Marcia: The People V. OJ Simpson, Ep. 6 Recap

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Now that hearings are underway, it’s starting to become very obvious that there is absolutely no love lost between the prosecution and defense teams. Last night (Mar. 8) we got an episode of The People V. OJ Simpson that not only humanized the ice-cold robot known as Marcia Clark, but also gave us cause to sympathize with the emotionally vulnerable mother/lawyer.

She was both getting hit with snarky remarks from Cochran about her motherly duties and throwing shots at F. Lee Bailey’s hand sizes like she was on a Republican debate stage. The latest episode of the FX crime story revealed that during the OJ Simpson trial, Marcia Clark was a woman on the brink who was beginning to feel real froggy.

Hit the flip to get glimpse of what was going on behind the scenes and in in the courtroom during the trial of the century.

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Marcia Clark was entrenched in a bitter custody battle with her ex-husband on the same days she was trying OJ Simpson.

Marcia Clark’s overall style was getting the harshest of slander from the media. She’s lucky this happened 22 years before social media because the woman was so sensitive at the time she probably would’ve…

Johnnie Cochran continues to do everything he can to earn his checks. From spinning stories out of simple statements to extracting information from unsuspecting police officers, Cochran was proving to be worth every penny. Shapiro on the other hand, not so much.

Detective Tom Lange admitted that he took OJs shoes to his house in Simi Valley, home to the same cops who beat Rodney King.

The budding romance between Marcia Clark and Chris Darden has begun to manifest itself as they shared a few office drinks and danced to Isley Brothers “Who’s That Lady.” The fever was so strong that had Queen Latifah been there she would’ve given them the darkest of shade.

When a radio station was taking a poll as to whether Marcia Clark was a “b*tch or a babe,” Chris Darden phoned in and voted for “Babe.” The fever! It makes you see things. No shots.

Rosa Lopez crumbled under Marcia Clark’s cross examination. At least she didn’t go the Sammy Sosa “No hablo ingles” route. Still though, it was bad.

The LA Times caught wind of Johnnie Cochran’s history of domestic violence. To keep his ex-wife from talking to the press he offered her the profits of the sale of their apartment building.

Marcia Clark’s ex-husband Gordon Clark put her on blast about being an unfit mother.

OJ was ready to kill the dream team after Rosa Lopez’s epic fail on the stand.

Marcia Clark got a much-needed makeover. Unfortunately it was the birth of Marcia “The Burnt Perm” Clark. The press hated it, Chris Darden loved it, and journalist, Dennis Schatzman asked “who turned her into Rick James?”