jacklynebetty

Didn't check to see if there were trigger warnings but the series does call for some.

If you're able to recognise massive issues facing one of the lead characters early on, I hope you're doing well, and not in any danger.

The writers really draw you in. You may even find yourself doubting some hints. Which speaks to the impeccable delivery by the actors.

Trying not to write any spoilers, but there's a lot in this show that needs to be broadcast to grassroots level. It's a masterclass in identifying the path to psychological, financial and physical abuse, and the tremendous and far reaching damage it causes beyond the protagonist.

The pauses. The glares. The staring into the distance.

The scores.

The dialogue.

The intimacy of each of the scene locations: A dorm.

A small(er) tea room.

A car.

An empty and dark hall in a school, with lights only focused on the 2 characters in the scene.

It's impossible to miss this move, given the grand nature of the castle scenes we've known through the series.

This episode will bring you to tears, just as it does to the depth of the grief over Princess Diana's death, as depicted on the show.

Every single shot delivered an intense draw to the abyss of a terribly accurate amalgamation of all stages of grief.

The transference.

The isolation.

The disillusionment to help offered from those who see it for what it is: Love with no place to go.

The patience of a parent, that is only superseded by their love for their child.

The support rallied around the protagonist (trying to avoid any major spoilers) was soul-wrenching.

I may have to rewatch that episode alone.

The director truly delivered.

This documentary should come with massive trigger warnings, so consider this one.

However, typing this with my telly on idle mode as I contemplate the gravity of what I have just watched, I am incredibly grateful that this message was put on a very powerful platform.

Yes, as an adult, you come to accept that systems do not always work for those it is meant to, but Maya's story is one that I will never forget.

Ever felt completely and utterly unheard? On a matter that you couldn't possibly be wrong about (your body, validated by your mother, a licensed nurse, 2 self sought specialists and a 3rd specialist)? That = Maya's and Beata's experience (You will appreciate why I've left out one key family member after you've watched the documentary.). This was aggravated particularly because she was a child when this took the worst turn, and was thoroughly dismissed in all possible directions by her JHACH doctors.

This documentary carries tremendous tragedy for the entire Kowalski family, and an incredible wounding of the soul, and I'm doing my best not to give any spoilers, but please, please, if you can, watch it.

Spread the message, sign any available petitions you can, because you'll come to find a destructive, unsubstantiated baseless pattern of 'probable' cause by one key individual. It is that pattern that needs to be evaluated, and changes made to a policy/manner of doing things that has destroyed hundreds/thousands of lives.

Maya, Kyle, I am with you <3.