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Evil Lives Here: My Son's Prisoner (2018)
Sickening
I've seen shows about how bad parenting contributed to heinous crimes but this takes the cake. Ms Leitz was too lazy or apathetic to get her son help at multiple points in his life. Would it have saved Maisie's life? No one will ever know because intervention was never pursued. Derek broke Maisie like the truck, like the video game system, like everything else he was given the freedom to destroy with no consequences.
It's horrifying to think Ms Leitz is raising another child after failing so completely at raising her son.
Wallander (2008)
Brilliant
Wallander never tries to be a brilliant police procedural drama. Kurt Wallander is no Sherlock Holmes. Most of the time Wallander stumbles about and trips over a clue or avenue of investigation - often appearing as surprised as we are he found the right dots to connect. You can see it on his face.
What Wallander has that is so riveting is the most unique crimes I've ever seen in any police show. A cast that seems like real people. And the cinematography is gorgeous. Beautiful, endless fields and flowers, beaches and water fronts. Homes that look lived in. People dressed for comfort, not fashion.
Kurt Wallander is a brilliant look at depression in real life. Most people with depression have the painful choice of giving their limited energy to either work or home. Wallander chooses work, at the cost of his marriage and tense relationship with his daughter and father.
Very few of us can split it equally in real life and neither can Wallander. How he moves, looks, talks mirrors alot of us trying to get thru a day at work while in the grip of unmedicated depression. It hurts to look at him.
I've watched this series many times and I just love more each time.
Evil Lives Here (2016)
Riveting and binge-worthy
A few episodes into season 1 made me rethink the wisdom of not locking my doors and windows at my rural home. And I have a pit bull mix who weighs in at 68 lbs of muscle. This series will snap anyone out of a false sense of security.
The recurring theme thru-out is family & friends who didn't see the impending doom headed their way. Some did, but were paralysed by fear. Either way you'll understand the answer to the question "Why didn't anyone do anything?" In quite a few episodes family spent years trying to get psychological help for their family member. Others repeatedly turn to law enforcement for help. Then there's the people who rationalized the evilness so that they didn't have to deal with it. Those are infuriating.
This series is compelling, the 1st person interviews heart-breaking, the actor reenactments well done, the occasional update at the end is fascinating.
I recommend binge-watching this...
during the day and with locked doors.