Pretty incredible situation. Definitely worth watching.
Another great example of how if it were non-fiction, no one would go along with the story saying it was too unrealistic. Like “that’s too stupid, no one would do that in real life…”
Average true crime production but the story really makes it standout.
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A high quality production of a really shocking story. I went in blind, hadn't heard about this case before, and I couldn't believe how it transpired. A very emotional watch with an outcome that could have been different if it were not, yet again, for police corruption and incompetence. I've watched some sensationalised, low-quality true crime recently and I felt that this one was empathetic and coherent in its retelling of events. The victims voices are centered from the very start and the case is detailed in a refreshingly succinct three-parter. There are some loose threads which I really wish had been answered (such as why did Muller want Andrea? who else was involved when Denise heard people come to the house?) but I am just so relieved it was resolved thanks to Det. Carauso!
A kidnapped girlfriend. An unbelievable story that the police aren’t buying. All signs point to the boyfriend until his girlfriend shows up at home a few days later with the same story.
An absolutely crazy story from the couple that reminds the police of the story of Gone Girl. They aren’t buying it. The couple’s life is destroyed with the detectives trying to paint them as perpetrators instead of victims.
Buckle up. You’re in for a ride.
One of the most shocking stories i have heard in a while..I was so angry while watching this because i understood that something is way wrong with the investigation since the beggining. 8.5/10 really worths a watch without a break because you can't take the eyes of the screen.
This was so intense that I couldn’t stop watching.
I am glad I came blind.
one of the better true crime pieces put out lately by netflix. if you feel like getting more aggravated after watching this—vallejo's police also participate in a pastime called badge bending.
Absolutely infuriating. Denise and Aaron deserved better. Law enforcement is corrupt wbd broken; their goal is not to protect anyone but to consolidate their power and reputation and that of the state’s. As soon as they get a theory, anything not fitting into it is a challenge to that power and as much a threat as any crime, if not more. That said, this also felt like a doc pulling its punches. I was struck by how this danced around race. Denise is the perfect victim- ‘blonde’, ‘attractive’. Aaron is the type of guy to believe in police, a ‘upper middle class guy’. The undercurrent of they’re normal, they’re white, and even THEY get treated like this while not outright saying it is something. There’s a kind of entitlement that the police should be protecting them, in particular, and that it’s an extra horror that they’re not.
And this is reinforced by one of the closing moments being focused on that woman cop. How they say the whole time they were looking for a hero in law enforcement and she’s their hero. There’s an undercurrent of one good cop can overcome the system, that sisterhood will save all. How many reviews here have that takeaway, of propping up this woman for doing what is ostensibly, in the eyes of the Aarons and Denises of this world, her job? The fact that no cops or agents were disinclined- indeed one was awarded- is left to text, with no comment from anyone. Even the media is let off pretty easy by the end. The doc pulls back from fully confronting how intrinsically and fully the criminal justice system is broken and its enforcers cruel and malicious to do a bit of reconstruction of the ‘good cop’, to paint this as something egregious instead of something that happens to many, many men and women, including those who aren’t the archetypal Americans like these two are. Imagine how this plays out for a black man and woman, for example. This doc won’t. It’s still a startling example of the evils of law enforcement, but its gaps say as much as what it shows.
It's a pretty crazy story and situation. Got to like how they got $2.5 million to look the other way on the shit job the cops did. Why should the police force correct the errors when they can just pay it go to away?
Great, cant stop watching, nice story
watched until -22:00 for episode1 and i truly believe American shouldn't pay a single buck of tax to the police lmao, if you started to speculate and traumatize the witness within first 18hrs how is he gonna provide any more useful information lmao, they legit just want to close the case asap, imagine how many of these have happened in the past when the boyfriend was just not middle class and not able to afford a lawyer...
I thought it was slow going and dropped in and out then it started to take shape and the last episode I was like WTF!
It's not the first time, and probably not the last, when you have to prove to the police that you are not a camel. It's good that sometimes it can be proven.
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I rate it "detective Ketchup was the real star of the show" out of ten