This documentary features interviews from a variety of parents who used the services of the same sperm donor without knowing it at first.
The man, Jonathan Meijer, donated sperm through a variety of clinics--signing declarations of exclusivity, but those were not enforced.
He also donated through facebook groups, freeform and without those same contractual restrictions.
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The problem comes in both that he intentionally and willfully breaches the women's trust and that the industry itself did not enforce their own standards.
By not enforcing the restrictions, a statistically unacceptable probability of children of the same donor interacting and perhaps even marrying may take place.
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After a lawsuit, the court issued a groundbreaking decree that restricted Meijer's bodily autonomy and right to donate further sperm, rather than just giving more teeth and punishments based on contract violations with the clinics.
Meijer, whose narcissism created a thousand children, is now precluded from having more.
Meanwhile, as the final title cards note, the industry itself still has the same flaws and cannot seem to accurately promise or enforce any limit on the number of children a donor has.
Since it's a huge industry, this ending left viewers with a feeling that while this one obviously extreme case is solved others (such as those mentioned in passing) are still out there.
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While the tale is cautionary and that's fine, I'd call this mini series "second screen" at most because it could have said the same thing in one segment.
The court case, while ground breaking, also doesn't solve the central issue of the industry's problem.
And as for the serial dad? He's incredibly dull as portrayed in this film. (Not to say that the film should be a hype machine, but if his solo punishment is the focus at the end, perhaps give us more insights on his background and reasoning than a few weak guesses.)
How can Netflix make this dull? Not sure, but they did. Would not recommend.
