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I like biographical pieces and watch a lot but this one truly caught me by surprise. I just loved it. An obvious labour of love by Mariska Hargitay (accomplished actress herself), it feels like a daughter's search and longing for resolution of very complicated grief. Lots of raw emotion in the interviews which are exceptionally well done. I didn't know much about Jayne Mansfield when I saw this. Kind of embarrassing to admit I just knew the stereotype: Glamour girl actress, married 'Mr Universe', the smart dumb blonde, who died so tragically. As this documentary shows there is so much more to the story. Without giving anything away the second half of the documentary was my favourite part. I highly recommend this one, it is definitely one I'm going to watch again!

Of course I loved it. I've watched the original Dexter series, all seasons, I hate it admit, more than once. I watched New Blood, found it okay. Like many other fans I thought the Freudian ending was, well, lame. This prequel so far is much better in my opinion. Maybe it's the familiar characters, love that they're all back and the show isn't trailing far from what we'd expect in that regard. Right down to Deb's gutter mouth and Masuka's trade mark laugh. No I'm not revealing spoilers to say that. If you're even reading this review you've watched the trailers several times and had this date in your calendar. To me the show picked up as it went along. Looking forward to the rest of the episodes!