I agree that the show was way too short (& wasted time that should have gone to Lisa Pate's story on Rocky McGee) and rushed/left out some of the details.
However, there were some things I really liked:
- seeing the pic of the bike
- seeing the pics of the burned truck (wow! so completely burned!)
- seeing the spot near the cemetery where he placed Mickey; it didn't seem that far from the other graves & the graves had newer flowers, etc around some of them, so it obviously does get visitors. Despite the awful thing that happened there (him placing then burying her there), it looked like a beautiful, peaceful place. Maybe this is just because I love cemeteries (like going on tours of old cemeteries, etc, not like I hang out in them regularly), but this one seemed extra peaceful. I spent much of the episode reliving the fear & rage from the past summer, but a sense of peace came over me when they showed the cemetery & the small memorial for Mickey that had been set up there.
- As some of you all have already said, there was something almost magical about seeing the video of Mickey riding her bike vs. stills of Mickey on her bike. I lost my breath when I saw it. Something about seeing her in motion makes me feel like she's still in motion although not physically with us - I guess she's biking around & riding her horses in the afterlife.
- Charlie is amazing (as are her parents). I loved what she said about Mickey not wanting her to be sad even for a few minutes, that Mickey would want her to go on & live her life. I lost a dear friend as a teenager to a drunk driver. I've come recently to think of trying to live my life to the fullest, do what makes me happy, and embrace the "joie de vivre" because I owe it to my deceased to friend to live my life the best way I can. I owe it to her to do that because she cannot do this herself. I sensed that Charlie was trying to say this same thing. (I hope that makes sense; it's hard to properly word those feelings). It took me years to come to this realization & I am so happy Charlie is having it already (granted, Charlie was older/more mature than I was when my friend passed away).
THINGS I DISLIKED:
- BSL is a disgusting human being. I have never watched the confession tapes; just can't bring myself to (yet...maybe one day). He disgusts me so much I don't even want to hear him speak. Hearing him tell the cops "nah brah, I didn't ****-ing have anything to do with it, nah brah..." made me so sick. Many men in South Louisiana say "brah" (meaning bro, man, dude) etc., it's kind of a regional thing. A t-shirt company called Dirty Coast in New Orleans that makes NOLA-themed shirts even sells a shirt that says "you had me at say, brah" (
http://www.dirtycoast.com/store/detail/863/You-Had-Me-at-Say-Brah). All I can say is BSL is scum & not worthy of saying "Brah." He isn't fit to use this colloqialism that my guy friends, husband, etc use. I don't care if he grew up around it or saying it, he's lost all "brah"-ing priveleges to me. Don't even pretend to be a normal, nice Louisiana guy. I had a really visceral reaction to the fact that he talks like every other local guy in his age group. I'm sure many women were easily fooled. He presented himself as a nice, average guy to many. Sorry, rant over.
- The narrator said that BSL "had an addiciton to prostitutes" & had several women (girlfriends or hook-ups I suppose) all over that his fiance' didn't know about (I feel so badly for her). We know he was calling prostitues the night he took Mickey. But "addiction" is stronger than say, "frequented the services of prostitutes." Maybe this was just the narrator's wording, but it gave me chills. How many dead/missing women or prostitutes has he killed? Especially the prostitutes....I wonder if some were ever even reported missing or taken seriously. And if he traveled all over/had girlfriends all over....I wonder about prostitues any place he's traveled to.
ETA: I really do think Mickey did indeed solve her own case by inflicting those wounds (d@mn! she tore him up! If his gun would have jammed or something, I think she would have killed him.) I hope one day when he's finally in general population the other prisoners will remember to give him heck about a girl who he outweighed by 170 lbs or so almost did him in. And again, THANK YOU MICKEY for finally getting this guy out of the public!!! Women in Lafayette and all over are safer because of what you did!