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I don't get the rave reviews. It's an ok show to watch while doing something else. However I watched it with full undivided attention. Honestly it's a tad boring. At the end I was like ok that's it? Ok so we are done now? Ok cool.

This is based on a true story but it's a story that's been told a thousand times. I kept waiting for some twist or turn or excitement but nope. Just your regular run of the mill crime. I wouldn't even expect this to be a main plot point in a soap opera. This doesn't bring any intrigue or thrills. Honestly a mediocre true crime podcast is better than this movie.

PROS it's watchable and the acting is good and everyone seemed like real people. This is a breath of fresh air from Hollywood where everyone is great looking and is overly dramatic. CONS you find out pretty early on that the widow is a lying trash person. And soon after you find out everything else. The rest is just watching cops do their job. And it's not thrilling. It's just like ok welp i hope they wrap this up soon cuz I've got bed.

EXTREMELY forgettable, but a decent background movie to have on that doesn't require a lot of attention. Honestly a regular Law and Order SVU episode is leaps and bounds better than this movie. Actually they've showed this plot on THAT show a hundred times but only better.

I was entertained and it kept my attention but the way this was filmed and the acting and soap operaish storylines felt like a corny Tyler Perry series. It's worth a watch but you'll forget about this as soon as it's over. It's worth watching while cooking and cleaning.

They added two whole other storylines that has absolutely nothing to do with the main story line. I'm sure the director will probably see it as all being connected but it definitely felt like a soap opera that had a more interesting storyline and two other ones that it cut away to so that the actors with the main story can take a break to negotiate their acting contracts - instead of a good mini series where everything works together.

I always love Aziz Ansari and was exited to watch this show. This show is very much like Atlanta without the surrealness. Lots of social commentary but done in an entertaining way. Feels very independent but in a good way. I really liked the first two seasons but then season three was a totally different show. I don't just only mean the vibe I mean they actually focused on completely different cast.

The first two seasons focused on Dev who is an Indian American actor and showcases his life. It was funny and also showed what many Asian Americans have to go thru in the industry. It also focused on his relationships with friends and family and has a really good take and approach to these situations. I'm glad Asian Americans are getting the representation they deserve. You really feel like you're peeking into real peoples lives. So it's filled with humor and drama and dealing with good times and bad. You really care about the characters HOWEVER the show is really abo it Dev..... until the 3rd season. Imagine if the last season of Seinfeld was no longer a comedy but just a drama was about Newman and his new wife and then only about his new wife with no Newman And Jerry only made a couple of serious, unfunny cameos. That's how it felt.

The entire 3rd season is titled "Moments in love" parts 1,2,3,4,5 and focused solely on Dev's friend Denise and her life. And then from Denise to Denise's love interest and just HER life. As others have stated, this should have been a spin off mini series or something. Heck even if they only focused on them at LEAST still keep it as a comedy. They did not. The acting was still really good and all but it basically became a character study. Some scenes just seemed to drag on and on. Example we see this character at the laundromat waiting for laundry. That scene of her just sitting there waiting was a few minutes long. No dialogue. Just her sitting in a chair waiting for laundry. And I get it. It was to show the mundaneness of her life but it didn't have to be so dang long.

So it felt like a bait and switch. Imagine if the last season of Atlanta was whole series of anthology episodes of a totally different cast and story line. We have come so far with Dev that I would have rather focused on him the last season. And I wanted to finish watching the show i started. A nice comedy that really showed true life. Not a straight up sad, dramatic character study about a young woman we don't even know. Again... very well done, but should have been a spin off.

And just to be clear, I'm an African American woman with lesbian mothers so I can appreciate season 3 storyline of a Lesbian couple go thru IVF more than most.... BUT THAT WASN'T THE SHOW I SIGNED UP TO WATCH!! It's like watching getting ready to watch the last season of Living Single and then the last season is Roots. But are good shows but they are different. And I wasn't ready for Roots. I wanted to laugh!!