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I think this series is worth watching but as a whole it comes off very disjointed. The first two episodes feel like they came from a different series altogether from the third.

The first two episodes are telling the historical story of hurricane Katrina and the failures afterwards. The points made by the third episode revolve around the systemic cultural failures that occurred during the rebuilding process are very valid. But it comes off as almost a PowerPoint presentation in parts. The editing style and approach are very different from the other two episodes. It comes across as a series a jumbled narrative of interviews that kind of tell a story, but one that could have been handled better stylistically. Also felt like the dead of Katrina get left behind in the series. The identification and stories of them get ignored for the most part.

It's an interesting series. It's not the best of the genre but not the worst either. The dragging out/filling space is probably its biggest flaw. They repeat some of the same dialogue clips word for word repeatedly. They repeat parts of the tapes word for word over and over. If they had cut the series down to three episodes and tightened up the editing of the story, it would make all the difference. The story is dark enough so it stands on its own without stretching it out. They also could have cut out some of expert commentary as well. There's a little too much of that as well. The story and the interview tapes and the case's connection to pop culture cinema and horror really tell the tale.

I do think it shows a lot of footage and interview people who hadn't really come forward. Being MGM I wish they would have spent some more of the filler time delving deeper into the influence he had on Silence of the Lambs and Chainsaw Massacre.