I don’t-I recorded it last night but haven’t yet watched it and am not sure if I will because I’m afraid I’ll blow a gasket
I thought it was well done, from the perspective of the Dulos kids. It was imbued throughout with beautiful photos of Jennifer with her children, quotes from her blogs expressing her love and commitment to them, and her friend CLs commentary on how much JD adored them and what a wonderful person she was.
When something terrible like this happens and it's all over the news, this is material that the children will have to live with for the rest of their lives.
I am thankful that CL did such a good job presumably negotiating how this was going to be put together in terms of the kids' perspective. It comes across as a beautiful tribute to JD and the tragic way in which LE slowly unravelled the case that could lead to only one shocking and nauseating conclusion, that the father of the 5 children had murdered their mother with the coverup and help of his skanky paramour.
This theme contrasted starkly with the insistent, shallow and all too eager chorus from MTs sisters, which lacked any substance whatsoever. When EM says, "hey, you know, sometimes women do unexpected things for men they love," the sisters are like, "other women yes, but not her." Why not? "because how we were brought up". Oh, you mean you weren't brought up to be murderers, like all those other women who do stuff like this? Is this the "good family" defense? The MT is special defense, not like other women who coverup for their boyfriends?
And then RDK too, with her insistence that FD just wasn't the kind of guy to do it; ignoring the trash bags, bloody Tacoma seat, carwash, etc. As if chopping vegetables and making tomato sauce together in the 4JC kitchen is supposed to suggest that FD wasn't capable of doing the same to his wife?
Other tidbits I noted were that in some of the shots, from a particular angle JS seems to be trying to grow a nascent ponytail like NP (or maybe he hadn't been able to get to the barber due to COVID restrictions?), and apparently the MT sister squad reads our posts here, because they mentioned some of the scathing things that have been said of MT in our WS forums. I mean, for a woman whose defense is sex in the shower and sex against the employee's bloodstained truck (and leaning out of the truck to wipe her sticky fingers on the sidewalk), I have no idea why people might suggest that she's a sleazy homewrecker. We should really be more sympathetic, right?
While MTs "I didn't do it" interrogation clip gets some play, it is true, I noted that in insisting that she has no idea where JD is in the police interview, she refers to Detective K. as "John" which struck me as odd and staged, like she's trying to level the power with her inquisitor and put herself on his plane, when it's very clear that he's suggesting she's a conspirator in a murder. As in, "look John, I'm telling you I just don't know where she is". Wanna get a coffee at Starbucks afterwards? wink wink, flap flap.
Finally, as others have noted, it also ends with a PSA on the part of Colangelo, all but offering up that if anyone has information that leads to the location of JD's body, well there's a deal for you waiting at the table. EM said it not him, but it cuts to a clip of RC saying "absolutely" implying that he's open for business on the deal front in return for the body.
Everyone clearly had some skin in this game, and if I were keeping score I'd award the winning points to CL (for her stoic yet honorable tribute to JD on behalf of the children) and LE (who comes across as professional and dedicated, a strong foil to JS's characterization of LE as in it for the [taxpayer's] $).
Without a doubt, the losers were MT and her blowout sister chorus, as well as JS who lost points for his questionable grooming and his poor taste in office wallpaper, not to mention putting his foot in his mouth when he proclaims MT was "left holding the bag" (which of course leads to the conclusion that must be why her DNA was on it...).
MOO.
