Domestic violence in all its forms is kind of the subject ‘of the hour’ in my country due to a series of unbelievable court decisions regarding it and cases involving it. Maybe because of that, I had some sort of expectations about this show that weren’t totally fulfilled by what it’s really about.
It Didn't Convince Me
From what I saw, the show wasn’t very entertaining because it was too slow. Debra (Connie Britton - You can also watch her at 911 and Zero Day) was a tedious, monotonous character, and John - Eric Bana (Untamed) - wasn’t very convincing as a villain.
As I hadn’t heard of this particular case before, it was only by the end of the first episode that I knew it was based on real facts and people, but that just made the whole thing seem… even more shallow.
On Purpose?
After a couple of episodes, however, I realized that some of that vibe, of that feeling it was evoking, how fake it all seemed, might all be on purpose. T
His apparent ‘not-so-great’ ability of John for manipulation was actually a genius master scheme to show us what a truly manipulative person should look like and how even the viewer who has a pretty good idea that John was “bad news” can be surprised by how deceiving he truly is.
Reality VS. Fiction
After watching this interpretation of this fiction show, I was advised to watch the documentary, and I really liked it. It’s so sad and almost scary that such a person actually existed, but somehow, after that, the whole show started to make more sense for me.
I don’t think that it’s a great piece of entertainment, as it stands, but it is, undoubtedly, interesting to watch, especially if you pair it with the full documentary on John as well.
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