InnerWisdom1000

Loved this drama series. It gripped the viewer from the very start with twist after twist and then yet more twists right up to the climactic end. And you guessed it - yet another twist.

Excellent acting throughout with very clever and accomplished direction. But it is the script for me that it is the standout: brilliantly written by the acclaimed thriller writer Harlen Coben. There were some red herrings in this drama series too - which Coben is famous for - but not as many as do feature in some of his other thrillers, which can be annoying.

I enjoyed the black humour in the earlier part of the series which made me laugh out loud and which was a wonderful antidote to the many thrilling twists and turns. There were also very few plotholes so this drama series more than passed the test of believability.

I really hope you enjoy this drama series as much as I did, and so many others did, from the very positive reviews.

I was aghast watching this film based on the true life depiction of corporate monstrosity and pure evil. Specifically the global conglomerate DuPont who acted throughout it's history with outrageous impunity and for which it's lawyers acted with an egregious contempt of integrity and decency. That so many died and suffered - animals and humans alike - makes my blood boil.

Rob Billott, the lawyer who first took on the case, and who tirelessly gave a large part of his life fighting for justice that took years to achieve - at a cost to his own personal health - is a human being of the very highest integrity and to which all of us should applaud and be inspired by.

It deeply pains me of the evil of many corporations who lack any integrity, decency, or honesty whatsoever. We all of us are accountable and must do all we can to shine a light on those who engage in harming of life and their covering up of same.

It further deeply angers me that for example, people of the ilk of Bezos, Musk and Zuckerberg and their not-fit-for-purpose corporations think they can act howsoever they wish. All of us must hold them accountable or they will continue to get away with their poison.

This film is called Dark Waters but we are living in a dark world that feels so difficult and so sad for many. But each of us, individually and collectively, can and must call out evil wherever we see it.

That is a fight we cannot give up on.

Now or ever...

Firstly, let me deal with the production, direction and scripting of this drama series, which was average at very best but realistically - as a number of my fellow-commenters have alluded to - erred on the side of boring. There was simply over repetition of key points and a lot of padding to make this crime series two hours of quantity but bereft of a lot of quality.

The reason I gave this series a score of six is because I am a huge fan of the psychology of human emotions. Ten percent of the world population has psychopathic tendencies but only minute fractions of that percentage go on to become fully fledged and able psychopaths who go on to kill. It is important to point out here that psychopaths are not the same as serial killers in that serial killers are so specifically designated as those who kill three or more people and have a compulsion to kill, and after their first kill they will keep on killing until stopped. Of course, psychopaths can go on to become designated as serial killers if they go on to kill three or more people but the distinction from a serial killer is important as there needs to be three very rare genes activated in the brain of a serial killer for them to become active serial killers who then go on this unquenchable lust to kill. The neurobiology of the brain is different to that of the psychopath. Thankfully, that is why the incidence of serial killers is so exceptionally rare when compared to the incidents of psychopaths who have much more control when and how they wish to kill and can have more control when to stop and lay low, as it were.

Fascinatingly, 90 percent of all serial killers are men.

Getting back to this drama series, it is intriguing to see how many women in particular are duped by psychopaths compared to men, and this is not just because women tend to be victims more than men, but so many women have huge difficulty in reconciling logic with their emotions, which can make them very vulnerable. As an aside, men in general are not as much in touch with their own emotions compared to women and this of course causes constant conflict between both sexes.

To conclude my review on this drama series, I found the usual shocking lack of insight and forensic analysis by the police and investigators following the 'fire' in the car of the first woman victim, and the usual urgency to close the case as quickly as possible. The subsequent reopening of said case years later highlighted SO MANY errors by police in the original investigation that one wonders if the police really know what they are doing at times.

All in all, this was a good watch but could have been produced far better.