Spoiler alert. They don't even come close to solving this murder so get that completely out of your head. This is about a guy doing a documentary about his mother's murder by interviewing family and friends about it. I feel for the guy but that it doesn't deliver what you would normally expect out of a true crime documentary. There is nothing wrong with that but maybe they should warn us about this or label it differently?
I was waiting and waiting in that final episode for some kind of smoking gun but got more of the same ridiculous speculation and hearsay. There is a science to murder investigation that people enjoy insight into and certainly some kind of conclusion to those efforts. I understand 'Unsolved Mysteries' but typically you go through a rigorous process and see why it is still unsolved. Here, you are just dragged through hours of family videos/interviews and some amateur hack sleuth work. The whole thing seemed put together with duct tape with a bunch of fake Aha! Moments that kept fizzling out.
In the end, you are sitting there with nothing to show for the 4 episodes of enduring through this. The thing is, if they had waited until there was a real break in the case or even an arrest, this could have been something special and unique. Instead, it seems that they needed to get paid for years of footage so put this out. HBO should have said to come back when it is finished. If there is a season two I will first read about it to see if there is an actual resolution, otherwise no way I will put myself through this again.
I was waiting and waiting in that final episode for some kind of smoking gun but got more of the same ridiculous speculation and hearsay. There is a science to murder investigation that people enjoy insight into and certainly some kind of conclusion to those efforts. I understand 'Unsolved Mysteries' but typically you go through a rigorous process and see why it is still unsolved. Here, you are just dragged through hours of family videos/interviews and some amateur hack sleuth work. The whole thing seemed put together with duct tape with a bunch of fake Aha! Moments that kept fizzling out.
In the end, you are sitting there with nothing to show for the 4 episodes of enduring through this. The thing is, if they had waited until there was a real break in the case or even an arrest, this could have been something special and unique. Instead, it seems that they needed to get paid for years of footage so put this out. HBO should have said to come back when it is finished. If there is a season two I will first read about it to see if there is an actual resolution, otherwise no way I will put myself through this again.