Sasha Reid and the Midnight Order

Such a great documentary. A testament to determination and also so very much compelling. Makes you ask yourself, "Why is this falling to a civilian?". However, most of the time you are glued to the true crime stories and the details revealed. The filmmaking is complimentary to the subject matter, enhancing, not sensationalizing. This is a story documented, Not a documentary in search of a story or subject. Adding in the seriousness of their work, and it all adds up to informative, rewarding viewing. Highly Recommend. BTW, their work cannot solely be encapsulated by one season. Please bring on Season 2...

Part of America wants to always be and remain a victim. If that is you, this show is for you.

637 markers of a serial killer? If you list 637 items, any individual is going to have hundreds of those. Your list is useless.

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I do not include a synopsis of the film/show -- you can get that anywhere and that does not constitute a meaningful review -- but rather my thoughts and feelings on the film that hopefully will be informative to you in deciding whether to invest 90-180 minutes of your life on it.

My scale: 1-5 decreasing degrees of "terrible", with 5 being "mediocre" 6- OK. Generally held my interest OR had reasonable cast and/or cinematography, might watch it again 7 - Good. My default rating for a movie I liked enough to watch again, but didn't rise to the upper echelons 8- Very good. Would watch again and recommend to others 9- Outstanding. Would watch over and over; top 10% of my ratings 10 - A classic. (Less than 2% receive this rating). For Lifetime Movies for Chicks (LMFC), drop the above scale by 3 notches. A 6 is excellent and 7 almost unattainable.

So much of the true crime media space is devoted to a kind of voyeurism around pain and suffering, but this series aims to highlight work that is truly victim-centric. It's also really refreshing to show the value of civilian expertise, and the way an outsider's perspective may broaden the scope of understanding a crime or series of crimes-- the more we highlight and talk about this, the more willing police agencies will become to accepting help they desperately need in many cases. Dr. Reid and her team are wonderful, and a great model for those who want to know what it looks like to be devoted to the truth above ego or attention.

Truly a ridiculous and quasi unethical enterprise. Pure conjecture and pseudoscience preying on victimized parties and correspondingly the community. I don't know how this got made and why Disney/Hulu or whomever financed it.

I will guarantee that the accreditations, alleged expertise, and professional designations that these people purport to have will not stand up to scrutiny by proper governing bodies. I challenge anyone to contact the RCMP or any other of the policing and professional association to question the stated merit of the "Midnight Order".

Of most concern is how predatory these ladies and backers are on the clearly vulnerable and grieving families of the all to real victims.

While I don't doubt that Dr. Reid has a PhD in psychology, her claim that she is a « scientist-specialist » in criminology is not sustained by a search for her publications in peer-reviewed journals. I found only one publication (a litterature review - Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2020 Feb 6;27(1):126-137) where her name appears as the second of four authors. This is not an impressive academic profile. Even the name of this series « Sarah Reid and the midnight order » is more suggestive of a J K Rowling novel than a a fact-based documentary. Overall, the script is tedious and verbose, and I have hardly learnt something interesting, although I must admit that I did not find the strength to go beyond the first episode.