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Gillian Anderson is great in this series and a perfect example of how one improves with age. She is stunning. I especially like how this series shows the misogyny of all men and how dangerous it is for law enforcement to be dominated by white men. I think the supporting staff is a little weak, but Anderson pulls them along. I especially appreciate that finally a woman character is written as most women tend to be in reality. She is calm, centered, hardworking, and extremely good at her job. She does not apologize for who she is and she does not try to fit male expectations. How on earth did this make it for 3 seasons! These type of shows are typically killed off after the first season so as to not damage the male psyche. Production is in Ireland where divorce was not legal until 1996...wrap your head around that for a moment. This seems incredibly bold to be filmed in Ireland.

This documentary is like a mad tea party. A completely one sided performance (the editor had an affair with the murderer, yuk) by a 2 time murdering narcissist and children that are lost and desperate for his attention. One son is a bomb making felon, the other seems to have the emotional intelligence of a 12 year old. Although, the documentary leaves this out. The adopted girls are riddled with anxiety. Throughout the documentary we watch Peterson revel in it being all about him, more importantly, about him being the victim. Key motive of being in significant debt and Peterson having life insurance on his wife is conveniently left out of the documentary. Then we see the unbelievable incompetence of the Justice System in North Carolina. People hired to perform blood splatter analysis with no education or training to perform such important work. Idiots who then train other idiots and it goes on for years. Mishandling of evidence. A prosecutor channeling Phyllish Schlafly raging against bisexuality like only those in the bible belt can do. A side note about this prosecutor. Sadly and tragically, she ends up working at a dry cleaners possibly due to her alcoholism and finally succumbs to it. The high powered, very expensive Defense Team doing everything it can to create reasonable doubt. Despite all of it, the 1st verdict is correct and justice is partially served. The murderer gets 8 years in prison and loses his wealth. The daughter of the victim wins a $25 million dollar lawsuit and the victims family fights hard for their sister/mother while the murderer and his lawyer make fun of their grief.

I am struggling to find the words to describe the disdain I felt for adding a bunch of people, with clearly too much time on their hands, throwing out baseless claims on incomplete or wrong information. I imagine it's what happens at a QAnon meeting. I was horrified. Once I fast forwarded through the internet conspiracy theories which were long and repetitive, I found a decent story. I think there is value in adding some of this conspiracy theory nonsense to shine a spotlight on a culture of people devoid of facts/data with a propensity to believe anything, then carelessly spreading their odd conclusions on the internet causing harm along the way. With quality editing this could be a compelling story. Honestly, I can't imagine any tourists staying at that hotel beyond opening the door to their room, the thought made my skin crawl. How could anyone stay in such a filthy place surrounded by so much danger and despair.

I'm not sure why a self absorbed grifter merits a docuseries. I guess HBO thought this story had enough eccentric components to make it interesting. I was horrified by the life of a narcissistic psychopath and the destruction of all those he touched. I feel incredibly sorry for the young girl turned suffering wife who escapes an abusive family to run off with a grifter moving from place to place and running from the law. Children forced to live an unstable life without an opportunity to go to school or get an education, often in poverty. I have no idea whether this individual is actually trans. I would expect a narcissistic psychopath to find this a perfect opportunity to hide in plain sight and continue to be a grifter. I think the docuseries was not well balanced and neglected to really focus on the wreckage this individual fraught. Sadly, the similarity to Trump is striking. Claiming brilliance and embellishing and lying constantly.

Season 1 was ok. Season 2 is terrible. Kevin Bacon is always good, but the rest of the cast is weak, especially Aldis Hodge. Usually a diverse cast delivers quality, but not this one. Maybe its because the writing appears to only provide a white male viewpoint which is just stale, old, and boring. Is there any diversity among the writers? Or do white men still think they can write for people of color and women.

Fantastic! I just want to watch movies with strong women characters. Its 2021 and it seems we will never get there. This helps.

Great show with a quality actor and good supporting cast. Keep producing series with strong women casts...that's what I am interested in watching.

Fantastic! Good actors with delicious material becoming great actors. If you are partial to dark comedy as I am, it's a must watch.

Love Natasha Lyonne and it starts out really amusing, but gets repetitive and boring. Also, the guy called John seems really out of place in this show, as does Mike.

I was born and raised in Baltimore (Dundalk) and saw this on Netflix as I was looking for something to watch. Being from Dundalk, I've seen my fair share of reality. I was also raised Catholic and went to The Catholic University of America in DC. I started watching the 1st Episode and could not stop watching. I realize it came out in 2017 and I am just watching in 2020. This was a really well made Documentary. Powerful, Terrible, Inspiring, Stunning. First, the courage of these women is breathtaking. I have nothing but admiration for their ability to not break and eventually find the ability to find some peace and thrive. We are once again introduced to a system that is propped up by corrupt and incompetent men and the few women who enable them. The men are immoral and stomach turning, and those that turn away and do nothing are unbelievably weak. The very Justice System that should protect these women continue to violate them and the Politicians are too weak to demand change. And of course, the curtain is once again pulled back on the Catholic Church and how it will do anything to protect itself, no matter how many bodies it has to walk over. Needless to say, I am no longer a Catholic and have not been for many years.