Scène de crime: Le tueur de Times Square

Could have been a very interesting documentary if it was 2 hours long. But as usual they had to stretch into 3 episodes. Very tired of shows on Netflix that are stretched out and turn repetitious and boring.

Literally forgot I was watching about a serial killer and not a documentary on Time Square sex industry in the 70's. The whole doc could have been 1 episode or just a doc film.

If I'm being honest, I missed some of the 2nd episode because I kept falling asleep. Some of that was not having had a lot of sleep lately but the show just wasn't what it's purported to be. It's more a story about the tawdry pornography of Times Square before it got cleaned up. It focused on the sex workers as well as the peep shows and sex clubs that were so prevalent back then. The murders were almost a side story and admittedly started the series off with a bang with a double murder in a hotel near Times Square. Clearly the murders were done by a deranged man. And then another murder happens. And so the investigation began. That part of the story kept this at 5/10 stars for me. It's before DNA and surveillance cameras so it was interesting to watch what the police did with little to no evidence. But, as I said before, this is mainly a story about Times Square when it was a dangerous part of the city. It's full of pimps and XXX rated movies and former prostitutes telling their stories. Former police officers from that time period as well as that particular case were also interviewed. When it wasn't talking about the murders I did get a bit bored. Sorry. I just think it would have been better told with less about the sex trade and pornography and more about the murders. It might have made it shorter, but that would have been to the good, not the detriment of the documentary.

A wild story of the torso killing and how the atmosphere of New York in the 70s contributed to his prolific reign of terror. However, much of the introspection was on the sex worker atmosphere and not on the investigations and catching of the killer.

Much like the Cecil Hotel series from the same show this version spends way to long explaing things that are interesting, but not necessarily relevant to the story. I lost count oglf hiw many times we were told that Times Square was a sexual wasteland where whatever happened to whoever. We get it, it's relevant but not for 2/3 of your runtime. At least unlike the Cecil episode this one doesn't rely on YouTube bloggers.