Why Amy J. Berg Returned to Her Adnan Syed Docuseries 6 Years Later — and Does She Believe He’s Innocent?

The director discusses all of that, as well as what happened to this new episode’s previously announced 2023 release date.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...