I almost bailed out during episode one, but I realized the producer/director needed to flesh-out the characters and their oppulant lifestyles before getting to the point, and now I'm glad I put down the remote. This eight-episode series is yet another example of the really great stuff Hulu has been putting out for the last five years (think back to "The Queen's Gambit").
Excellent casting choices, first of all. These characters are so real, so believable, and so immersive that, for me anyway, there were a few uncomfortable moments where I truly left my own life and stepped into theirs, the disturbing stuff and all. The excellent acting, cinematography, and musical scoring are almost emotionally magnetic, too. The directors, Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason, make sure you feel deeply-entrenched all along the process of this case. And it's an unsettling but addictive ride.
I've done some of my own research about this case (admittedly all online, so no more than the average "armchair crime investigator"), and I admire the realistic and "assumed" script-writing with regard to accuracy. Of course liberties are taken, but let's be honest, the crimes are more interesting than the people commiting them, so there is zero chance that I'd watch this eight-hour story had the writers NOT added some spices.
Throw in some intriquging location shooting sites, really captivating scoring and Foley work, and some creative direction and lighting choices and this quickly became my latest Hulu binge.
