Making a Murderer (TV Series) The Great Burden (2015) User Reviews

The Closing Statements

[Hitchcoc · 10/10 · 5 January 2016]

This is the episode where the lawyers present their closing statements. They do a nice job of flipping back and forth to see point/counterpoint. The emphasis in the Avery case has to do with a lack of forensic evidence. In Brendan Dassey's case, we are shown how the evidence as obtained and how vulnerable he was. We also see that a young girl who said Brendan had told her details about the crime said she had made it all up. Brendan takes the stand and also says that he made things up because they made promises to him. We ultimately get the verdict in the Avery case. I'm sure this series is going to stir up a lot of people. Let's face it. We have a myth at work in this country that because you are a law officer, you get special treatment when you make mistakes. I am very supportive of upstanding law officers, but feel they should be held to the highest standard.

The Great Burden

[Michael_Elliott · 14 January 2016]

Making a Murderer: The Great Burden (2015)

Episode number eight has us hearing the closing arguments as Steven Avery's attorney tries to convince the jury that he didn't commit the murder. After a few days of deliberations the jury comes back with their verdict, which is of course damaging to Steven but it might leave a bit of hope for his nephew whose trial is about to start.

Well, I guess it comes to no shock that Steven was convicted of the crime, although the charge he was found Not Guilty on was a little confusing. This episode is perhaps the weakest of the series up to this point but I guess it's because there really wasn't much suspense. Of course, there's a lot of questions that went unanswered but there are two more episodes so we will have to see how it plays out.

Episode: A-