Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell

This is an interesting story to tell for sure, however they did not have to drag it out to three episodes. They put so much filler in and basically repeats themselves over and over again because the woman is just not interesting but the men around her is, they are the ones with stories to be told. They could easily have made this a 1.5 hour long interesting documentary instead of 3 hours long dragged snoozefest.

The doc definitely treated this despicable person with kid gloves, excusing her behavior because of such a "horrible upbringing" at the hands of her Israeli intelligence, media mogul, billionaire, fraudster father. Most of the things in this documentary I already knew but still worth a viewing for tidbits like footage of the Israeli funeral for her dad, he seemed to be very beloved over there. Of course NBC is the same organization that killed the weinstein story so let's keep that in mind.

Ghislaine Maxwell is a survivalist, like her father. Robert Maxwell grew up destitute during the Holocaust and was resolved to become wealthy and well-known by whatever means necessary. He was a British army officer, publisher, politician, and fraudster. He raised his children from a young age to be well-educated and cultured. As Ghislaine grew older, Robert displayed her around his parties and business meetings to impress important people. She was living the dream among the wealthy, famous, and regal, but it all came crumbling down when her father died. She no longer had that support, and her family's reputation had been ruined as a result of unwise decisions. Ghislaine needed to find another "Robert" and moved to New York, where Jeffrey became her rescue. They formed a strong collaboration because they could benefit from one other and shared similar interests. But as the cases against Jeffrey piled up, Ghislaine planned her next escape to New Hampshire. I appreciated how this documentary shed light on Ghislaine and Jeffrey's backgrounds, revealing what led to their criminal careers and the ramifications that followed. Justice is served.

Noticed that the Pea-cock network (which declined to report on Harvey Weinstein, mind) was careful to insert multiple mentions of Donnie J but none at all of Bill Clinton, who flew on Epstein's plane a couple dozen times and had Ghislaine at his daughter's wedding! Definitely some selective editing happening here.

"Epstein's Shadow" (3 eps, 1 hr, Peacock) is a short doc series on the incredibly infamous Ghislaine (the "s" is silent) Maxwell. This documentary is really only useful for those who haven't been following this sordid tale in the press and online. There are first hand victim/witnesses on the record so she will be nailed. Her trial is currently set to start in Nov 2021 but most think that'll never happen. She'll get a plea deal to spend time in a Martha Stewart styled prison for a few years and nothing but nothing will be further revealed of the Rich and Powerful predators involved because contrary to "laws apply to everyone", the Rich and Powerful are simply immune from prosecution, sad but true.