Meddling

Didn't follow the story at the time but this documentary is great. I am only a casual Olympics observer. I do not follow anything specifically unless I just happen to catch it so this did not get my attention at the time. Except for the occasional mention of unfair judges which you hear in these types of events at times. This documentary however caught my attention completely and was excellent. Quality production, well put together, and most importantly the actual athletes then and now we're highly visible. It is awesome hearing them say what they thought and thing today. Well done!

I don't remember this scandal, but the story is more than "interesting"... it's, well, scandalous!

But when will Episodes 3 and 4 be shown so we can find out the "rest of the story"? Inquiring minds want to know...

Almost didn't give this a chance-ho hum, been there, seen that, tired of the subject. I've also grown weary of sports documentaries, with their heavy-handed treatment, politically approved narrative etc. This one, however, is a breath of fresh air. In depth interviews with all the participants gives it a balance lacking in other treatments of the subject. Scott Hamilton provides a perfect perspective of the issues. Very good production values, perfect editing. Evidence is presented in a fair and balanced way, and it is up to the viewer to draw their own conclusions.

What a great retelling of the 1998 pairs event! Loved the interviews, narrative.....nice job spelling out 6.0 scale for non-familiar viewers. Love these cameos by Jay Leno today show and what not. I love the interviews with Scott Hamilton, Terry again, and very well done and loved interview with Sandra Bezic. Always wonderful to hear from her and with the other commentators. So neat to be able to get the Russian political figures in there the great interviews and narratives from the coaches this story was just so tragic and the whole role that played on on Salt Lake and really showing how the media can just take it out and an event, and Push it above all others to an extent it spoils in at the rest of the games.

Stylish and darkly funny (think if I, tonya were a documentary). The actual storytelling is pretty clearly slanted toward "Elena and Anton couldn't have possible won fairly" from the Western interviewees, and there's a case to be made that that's not unassailably true. But the corruption is very clearly presented and absolutely damning. (After all, it's possible to cheat on behalf of someone would could have won on their merits!)

Extremely relevant to the current state of FS judging, too. They instituted IJS to stop this stuff, but now judges just fudge the numbers to explain away politicking and national bias. I hope they show trailers for this before and after every FS event during the Olympics! (I think it's their last contract year of figure skating TV coverage, isn't it? Why not watch it all burn?)

DYING for episode 4!