Fascinating immersion into a troubled family and the disappearance of their youngest member. Small details are pitch perfect, extremely well done.
It's difficult to write a fulsome review without spoilers. I highly recommend it - it has a Mare of Easttown feel, but it really happened.
Stephen Pandos, no matter the failings of his parents, is such a decent, strong man. His dad gave me the full-on heebs. He seems to be always banking down a dark, unsettling menace while trying to appear as a righteous straight shooter.
But Stephen's mother has, obviously, done something right because her son is quietly remarkable.
Gotta say too, the private investigator seemed a waste of money. The filmmakers appear to be the real sleuths who moved this case along.
Also, Wendi Reed, an investigating officer, is straight out of the Fargo series.
The mother though, she will drive you nuts...her actions, comments never help her, why? You'll be mentally Rubik's-cubing this for a long time afterward. Highly recommend.
