People V OJ Simpson episode recreates slow car chase through LA

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American Crime Story: the People V. OJ Simpson depicted the infamous White Bronco car chase it its new episode
Simpson sits in the backseat with a gun to his head as his friend Al Cowlings drives
The first place the two men stop is the cemetery where Nicole had been buried just a day before
Robert Kardashian is forced to read what he assumes is Simpson's suicide letter and then tells the football player's children their father has died

Published: 23:17 EST, 9 February 2016 | Updated: 02:41 EST, 10 February 2016

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The most famous car chase in American history took center stage in Tuesday's new episode of American Crime Story: The People V. OJ Simpson.

All the action takes place on June 17, 1994, when shortly after noon and well over an hour after he was supposed to have turned himself into police, Simpson got into his friend Al Cowlings' (played by Malcolm-Jamal Warner) white Ford Bronco (the same make and model as the one Simpson owned) and briefly went on the run.

And the first place the Bronco stops is Ascension Cemetery, where Nicole had been buried just one day before.

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Scene: American Crime Story: the People V. OJ Simpson depicted the infamous White Bronco car chase it its new episode

Terrified: Simpson sits in the backseat with a gun to his head as his friend Al Cowlings drives

Eerie: The first place the two men stop is the cemetery where Nicole had been buried just a day before

Dramatic: OJ is followed along the LA freeway by dozens of LAPD squad cars as he leads them on the infamous chase

The chase: More than two decades ago OJ Simpson held the nation transfixed as he led police on a slow chase through LA with a pointed a .357 Magnum at his head

Having written a suicide note and threatened himself with a gun, Robert Kardashian (played by David Schwimmer) assumed Simpson had taken his own life.

He and Robert Shapiro (played by John Travolta) held a press conference a few hours after Simpson disappeared with Kardashian reading an edited version of the note.

As this is airing we see the four Kardashian children gleefully watching the TV and them chanting their last name.

He then went to see Simpson's children - Jason, Arnelle, Justin and Sydney - to tell them that their father had committed suicide.

The events unfolded soon after LA was engulfed in racial tensions brought on by police brutality and the former college football superstar and actor received vocal support as he led police along the freeway

Folk hero: Banners of support for OJ were unfurled from overpasses along the route

That is when the television began to show the beginning of the low-speed Bronco chase however, with someone having tipped off police to where Simpson was after the car's description and license plate had been released by police.

Even Shapiro arrives back at his home assuming Simpson is dead, and learns from his wife Linell (played by Cheryl Ladd) that the chase is happening and on television.

Marcia Clark (Sarah Paulson) meanwhile becomes incredibly concerned thinking the Bronco is Simpson's, which they had impounded for evidence.

Difficult: Robert Kardashian is forced to read what he assumes in Simpson's suicide letter and then tells the football player's children their father has died

Press conference: Robert Kardashian (played by David Schwimmer) tells the media he believes his friend has committed suicide

The Kardashian children also make a cameo, excitedly yelling their last name when they see their dad on TV

The action then focuses on the chase, during which time Simpson sat in the backseat of Cowlings' Bronco with a gun pointed to his head.

All major networks broke away from programming to show the chase, including NBC who still kept the Game 5 of the NBA Finals in a small box on the screen.

Police meanwhile emptied the 405 Freeway during Friday rush hour trying to apprehend Simpson and not have him kill himself.

Los Angeles was still very much in a state of unrest after multiple incidents of police brutality and the LA riots, and if Simpson shot himself many were worried about what would happen in the city.

The end: OJ Simpson was eventually taken into custody eight hours after he was due to turn himself over to police

After getting a phone call and speaking to one of the officers, Simpson finally agrees to go back to his home to see if he can speak to his mother, and then arrives at his Brentwood mansion just before 8pm, eight hours after he disappeared.

Inside the car was a mustache, money and a passport, suggesting that Simpson was planning to make a run for the Mexican border.

Simpson was emotional when he arrived back at his home, breaking down as he apologized to police and then calling his mother after instructing someone to get him some orange juice.

He arrived at Parker Center just before 10pm in police custody.