marcelajonkisz

There were moments when I was thinking about no longer watching but not because I was bored or uninterested but because I got used to most of the movies being not being too close to reality and this series was actually too real for me sometimes. I usually find it difficult to watch anything that shows the real casual sex, after watching so many fairy tales as a woman. Sometimes I skipped a few minutes so that I didn't have to see the way people really behave in some of the situations. But in the end I kept watching because of this series being so close to people's real behavior when they are at their worst and I binge-watched in a couple of sittings.

I have to say one thing that may not be that relevant to this series and even sound bad but it made the whole experience more important. I absolutely adore and enormously respect Patricia (as Tilly) for loving herself enough to keep her natural, even though slightly crooked teeth throughout her whole career! I haven't seen her for a while and it was so refreshing to see that she still hasn't become one of the most actresses who continue to have their already good looks changed and their completely normal teeth "fixed" into this horrible, whiter-than-white and straighter-than-straight thing that can actually look not so great to common people. It's not just about the teeth, it shows what kind of a person and an amazing actress she is!

It is my opinion that this series is really good. And I'd like to add that I share my opinion after watching at least a few episodes of any series before I feel like my comment has any relevance. If you spend a similar amount of time on logging into IMDB and writing a review that you spent on watching part of the first episode, then I'm sorry to say this but that's not a review that anybody should consider at all. You haven't seen the series so spare everybody your thoughts about the lack of emotions you felt during the whole first 20 minutes after which you got bored because there was drama/action!

I watched the documentary and as I am studying social psychology, I was thinking about the extreme denial of the husband's family and realising that accepting the fact that he was capable of murdering his wife but most of all their innocent unborn grandson/nephew/half-brother was something they would never allow for because they probably feel that this means they failed themselves. Failed as parents (which is not always true because psychopaths can often come from loving families) or failed themselves because they don't want to think they didn't see through his lies and his act - even though this kind of people can get everyone fooled.

It's actually not new, I know a son whose father set fire to his mother and all his 6 children, including the son who managed to be saved by fire fighters as the only one. Nobody caught the father with the lighter in his hand but absolutely every part of his life and this day was a clear proof and the jury also didn't have any doubt. And yet, the son that the father tried to kill has been fighting the whole world for years to defend his father, still standing by the side of a toxic, narcissistic psychopath that wanted to kill him and it's so sad and unbelievable to watch.

As for this case, I can see that it gets as far as the family members actually posting comments here pretending to be different people knowing that the husband is innocent and I mean, it could look believable that a couple of the comments might be about that but it's just so disturbing to see that they are trying to convince everyone that half the people familiar with the case are thinking that the husband is innocent. That shows how much they are trying to convince themselves this is what others will think once they read what they have to say. But if you do some basic research, you will see that there have never been and still aren't any people (apart from the family) who are sure everything is just a lie and the husband was wrongly accused. Also, some of the comments are straight up lies, e.g. The famous Innocence Project fighting his case. The real Innocence Project does NOT believe the husband is innocent and it's easy to check online.

Anyway, I found it difficult to listen to the almost unbelievable level of denial shown by the family, so the comments here made it even more difficult and me feeling less sympathetic towards the family. I'm so sorry Laci had to meet him. And maybe you do need to look at yourself, family, some narcissists are actually brought up to be this way and will not get better with encouragement.

I'm not American and I've never lived in the US but I remember Jerry Springer being popular on TV in my European country back in the 90's when I was just a teenager. And I remember a lot of teenagers watching it then because it was so shocking and unbelievable, especially compared to what the people were like in my country at that time.

Anyway, most of us watched it then and yet, most of us thought it was incredibly stupid and not relatable at all. We watched it only because we were teenagers in the 90's and the media looked so much different. However, I have never thought that this "talk show" had any influence on me, neither have I ever heard that anybody I knew would even remember what happened there without reminding them about Jerry Springer.

Make no mistake - I do agree that it was trash TV and that it had barely any value at all. Although it did show me that I had a very naive view of the world and i knew nothing about what people were really capable of and what some of them were doing. Now you don't need the Jerry Springer because this information is so widely available due to the Internet.

However, I think it is ridiculous to blame the murder that happened after so many other things had gone down between the deranged and abusive sicko and the love-seeking poor woman. I am very supportive of any abused women but really, this was such a reach and looking for another well-paid sensation that I'm surprised this was repeated in this documentary.

I agree with parts of the film but in the end it's actually doing what the media were doing back then - looking for a cheap sensation that they could cash in on. I'm glad to see others have noticed that, too.