Just finished season/series one after having decided to watch the show on a bit of a whim. Can't speak for what follows but the first story arc is fantastic, and would recommend it for anyone who likes psychological thrillers. You learn a little something about all the main characters, as well as a few others which was a bit of a surprise to me.
This is the first show, in my experience anyway, that depicts a realistic viewpoint from would-be victims and next of kin. There's also an entire episode dedicated to the serial kidnapper's point-of-view where we learn what his motivations are and a good amount of background. It seems as if someone on the writing team actually put in the effort to create characters based on researching real perpetrators and victims.
That however is also a mild criticism of the show. While it was interesting to see what happened with the side characters this isn't a documentary; there's a story here to tell and anything that distracts from that isn't really necessary. Out of the eight episodes in the series at least one could be taken out without effecting the plot, possibly even two.
Then there's Dylan, who was built up fairly constantly the throughout these 8 eps and all of a sudden becomes a maniacal murderer for the finale, regarding his neighbor who was nothing but friendly with him. While Dylan's obsessive need to kidnap and imprison girls is appalling and scary he was able to rationalize it in his mind, as a psychopath with OCD would. His neighbor however doesn't fit into his obsession, so killing him out of situational necessity should've made him feel at least somewhat apologetic, but instead he seemed to enjoy it which felt out of character to me.
Either way, it was a very entertaining first season and look forward to the next! Cheers.
This is the first show, in my experience anyway, that depicts a realistic viewpoint from would-be victims and next of kin. There's also an entire episode dedicated to the serial kidnapper's point-of-view where we learn what his motivations are and a good amount of background. It seems as if someone on the writing team actually put in the effort to create characters based on researching real perpetrators and victims.
That however is also a mild criticism of the show. While it was interesting to see what happened with the side characters this isn't a documentary; there's a story here to tell and anything that distracts from that isn't really necessary. Out of the eight episodes in the series at least one could be taken out without effecting the plot, possibly even two.
Then there's Dylan, who was built up fairly constantly the throughout these 8 eps and all of a sudden becomes a maniacal murderer for the finale, regarding his neighbor who was nothing but friendly with him. While Dylan's obsessive need to kidnap and imprison girls is appalling and scary he was able to rationalize it in his mind, as a psychopath with OCD would. His neighbor however doesn't fit into his obsession, so killing him out of situational necessity should've made him feel at least somewhat apologetic, but instead he seemed to enjoy it which felt out of character to me.
Either way, it was a very entertaining first season and look forward to the next! Cheers.
