Meet Marry Murder

Commenting here only to warn those who have been in any form of abusive relationships.

Unfortunately, of the two episodes I watched, there was significant ignorance in the professionals interviewed in their understanding of abusive relationships. In particular, why the victims stay. They appear to be looking for logical reasons rather than understanding the manipulation and the extremely damaging effects it can cause.

This series appears to be for titillation rather than education or to better the poor situations so many find themselves in, through no fault of their own. Go ahead and watch but please don't use this as an example of how victims should be spoken of.

I prefer this "Meet, Marry, Murder" series over the other series of the same title with Michelle Trachtenberg. I do like that there's a combination of US and UK cases, many of which I have not previously heard about.

Many of the cases are interesting...HOWEVER, a few of the "experts" are overly dramatic and unnecessary. Why, why, why is Carolyn Canville, the journalist not speaking to the audience, but looking off sideways? It's beyond distracting and quite annoying. Also, Brian Harris, the former police officer constantly repeats himself, again very annoying. These "experts" add nothing to the show when the actual narrator is able to explain the cases in a much more reasonable tone and manner.

Why they've decided to ham up the amateur dramatics I have no idea, it's absolutely ruined the watchability this series had. As others have said it's always been a bit dry due to the constant repetition, waxing lyrical with minimal info and acting like they know the fine details of what went on, plus that each episode has max 2 photos they re-use every 5 minutes. However I used to be able to enjoy watching it before they made it so dramatic and got people to act. Hoping this is a one off and they go back to the normal format next season, as it's pretty painful watching and really not enjoyable.

I love true crime shows, so I was excited to start this series. I do like how they make awareness of domestic abuse for both men and women. The stories themselves are pretty interesting and intriguing. The narrator has a good voice and there's a good mix of British and American stories. The thing is, all of the "experts" are annoying. The editing job makes them look bad. They repeat themselves over and over again. Why do we need to hear from a criminologist and journalist talk about the same thing over and over again? It also doesn't help that the same experts are in every episode and they talk like they know the people intimately when in reality they're probably just reading cue cards.

It's a long series, some episodes are worth watching, some aren't. Sometimes there's a little too much glee put into the delivery, you have to remember that these are real people.

I've worked my way through the series, and there are definitely some interesting cases, as someone who's lived a very safe, sheltered, typical 9 to 5 life, it's something of an eye opener to see the lives some people have.

The most shocking episode, by far, the story of Manling Tsang Williams, honestly, the embodiment of evil.

Killings both in The UK and USA, we see both male and female killers. One issue I have the whole way though, the bias in how killers of both sexes are treated, the men are always, quite rightly vilified, each one of them is made out to be monstrous, no arguments.....the female killers however are not given the same vitriol, one so called expert in particular is hugely guilty of such bias.

There's a lot of Police bashing throughout, you won't here any positives about the many dedicated and honest Police who strive to keep us safe, any excuse to twist the knife, in it goes.

7/10.