The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer

This is one of the better History Channels Investigative shows although it drags at various parts with too many flashbacks and reviews. It seems to connect cases across jurisdictions that apparently had not been done before. The "solving" of the Z360 code looks interesting but is not accepted by other experts so far. Whether anything they raise truly takes a step towards solving the killings will only be proved if a case is ever brought or something fully conclusive.

This entire series could have been easily condensed into an hour and a half long documentary, but the editing makes it so they have so much "filler time" riddled with people repeating themselves over and and over again, rehashing the same information, with all the stereotypical tropes of dramatic reveals with instrument hits in the most basic "discoveries". lt started out interesting, and l watched to the end out of curiosity, but the end was so extremely dis-satisfying. Many scenes also feel dramatized or setup because of the way they shot everything, and there just HAPPENS to always be a camera recording for breakthroughs. lt's super maddening and makes the series feel so artificial. ln the end, this documentary was okay, but such a HUGE waste of time.

They repeat what little content they have at least a dozen times, and have nothing new to present. Every tiny piece of circumstantial evidence known from before is presented like they found a smoking gun on a grassy knoll. Their "super computer" is somehow not in the cloud and also makes the same spin up sound as a hard disk from the 90s. The camera cannot stop moving, cutting and zooming to pointless dramatic sound effects. The 5 episodes could have been presented in about 10 minutes

Dragged on for way too long didnt need to be 220 minutes I just barely managed to finish the 2nd episode and i can't go on had to quit because I was falling asleep at how boring this is they don't shut up about the code trying to decipher it heres a clue you morons if it hasnt been deciphered since the 60s its more than likely bs

Over edited, over dramatized history channel pap. These guys take themselves super seriously and the music is sooo dramatic, yet they never reveal anything new.

Oh and the Z340 code was cracked in december 2020 and I'm pretty sure one of the guys who actually cracked the code is in this show, yet he never gets any screen time lol.