The show is just ridiculous. They take forever to tell a story and it's all meandering. They know who did it very early on but they still feel the need to fill up the show with a bunch of "suspects" they know didn't do it, but to try to keep us in suspense.
Also, I literally just watched an episode where a woman had been shot inside the house and calling them for help and the cops didn't feel the need for ANY urgency. They just starting to chat outside and update other cops and take their time before even entering the house and instead of hurrying to save the life of the girl they decided to take their time to check the whole house. No common sense whatsoever. All "procedures" regardless of the real-time circumstances.
So frustrating watching this show. It's 5% of what First 48 Hours is, which is where this show got their idea from.
If could have been an amazing show but they need better editing and storytelling. The reason why the first 48 works is because the show is shot in real-time and moves forward, unlike this, which goes back and forth in time to create a LONG show. In other words, they will show interviews from weeks after the crime of people that they knew didn't do it, instead of just doing straight-up real-time narrative and let it unfold the way it actually did unfold.
Another problem is they show us the testimony of witnesses telling us what happened, and then they cut to a cop telling us again what the witness just said like we didn't hear it. This is the worst part of reality shows. They SHOW us an event and then they cut to people telling us what we just saw or heard. It's ridiculous.
Also, I literally just watched an episode where a woman had been shot inside the house and calling them for help and the cops didn't feel the need for ANY urgency. They just starting to chat outside and update other cops and take their time before even entering the house and instead of hurrying to save the life of the girl they decided to take their time to check the whole house. No common sense whatsoever. All "procedures" regardless of the real-time circumstances.
So frustrating watching this show. It's 5% of what First 48 Hours is, which is where this show got their idea from.
If could have been an amazing show but they need better editing and storytelling. The reason why the first 48 works is because the show is shot in real-time and moves forward, unlike this, which goes back and forth in time to create a LONG show. In other words, they will show interviews from weeks after the crime of people that they knew didn't do it, instead of just doing straight-up real-time narrative and let it unfold the way it actually did unfold.
Another problem is they show us the testimony of witnesses telling us what happened, and then they cut to a cop telling us again what the witness just said like we didn't hear it. This is the worst part of reality shows. They SHOW us an event and then they cut to people telling us what we just saw or heard. It's ridiculous.