Reviews

I will just comment on the Mans family. That seem very shady and typical of people adopting kids just to get state funding and make money while - as another reviewer put it - hiding behind Jesus I feel they're pushing so hard in the direction of the civil lawsuits and the compensation that will come with it. We see it clear as day in that weird bishop dictating to the poor child how angry she should be when she meets Micheal, what attacks she should do, what words to use, what to accept and what not to accept, reinforcing certain ideas in her mind, and then trying to antagonize Michael to get him to lose his temper on camera. The saddest thing is that everyone in this child's life was and is taking advantage of her.

Ugh the usual. A corrupt district attorney who doesn't care the slightest about the crime or the victim or arresting the real criminals as long as he gets a conviction n labels it a win n move on to frame more innocent people. And he has the audacity to keep claiming he did nothing wrong when it is as clear as daylight sun that these two morons implicated themselves while trying to escape the stupid lie that old crone mad to frame her boyfriend. Everyone knows. But he thinks he can ride into the twilight as an innocent honest lawman. Luckily he's exposed and is just embarrassing himself more n more by sticking to the story of the two morons. Making him the biggest moron of them all. He should be in prison. Coz he knew what he was doing n hoped it'll be swept under the rug after 30 years of acting like a decent man. He's an embarrassment to himself n tolaw enforcement everywhere.

U get both sides in this well made docu. But it's designed to convince u of one side. Everyone knows the second part usually becomes more convincing. The fact of the matter is yes he was depressed and suicidal. And she took advantage of that for her own sick gain. Yes she was sick in her mind as well. But he thought his way out was to commit suicide. And she encouraged him. Coz her way out was to become popular n that would make her happy. She didn't kill herself did she? No she just got him to do it. And you can see how all along she was already manipulating the narrative to get to her goal. Be popular and get attention. The defense used his depression to cover for her. And the defense hired psychiatrist that was paid to help with that narrative, wouldn't be hired again if he didn't help the defense. Often my gfs accuse me of always taking the side of the woman against the man. That am biased towards believing that men are As*holes and women are abused. But in this scenario it's clear as day whos being manipulative and for what reason and towards what purpose. I haven't seen the outcome yet but from how the series is arranged they just wanted to shock and make money while not being accused of taking sides. Since one side is already gone. So I can guess where this is going. While blatantly trying to show that the prosecution had ulterior motives lol what could that be? So let's look at who's gaining what from either outcome and guess who's getting paid to prove one point and who's just doing their job. The fact of the matter is she rewarded him with love messages when he assured her he's gonna commit suicide, and her replies to his hesitation were cold "ok" short messages. She made him feel loved if he does it. And when he backs off she pushed him real hard to not back down. U will get the truth and reality from the prosecution- whom I very rarely believe in most scenarios - and you will get the paid for version from her lawyers and HER psychiatrist. Where is the prosecution psychiatrist? The best proof of all. She does not have the slightest of emotions throughout the whole story of "the love of her life" death, she only shows emotions that are of selfishness, she gets emotional during the verdict. Self preservation. That tells you what she really is. And what her goal was. And how she only felt sad when her goal was threatened. Her popularity. Her freedom to have admiration for her loss n bravery afterwards and all her work to help the community heal. The community will heal when she's behind bars. She's a danger both to herself and the community. She didn't kill one person. She ruined the life of his family. Her family. Scarred her colleagues - I don't call them her friends coz they knew better than to befriend a selfish self centered drama Queen out there for herself. She worked diligently and with every intention to gain the attention and drama that her idol got after her bf died on her favorite lame tv show.

The show started off really well. The casting the acting the story were all well planned and executed. Then after s3 it stopped making any sense. For some reason, gennaro savastano who never killed anybody that didn't betray him first, is suddenly the most evil of all gangsters and the show is trying to get the viewers to wish for his demise. N ciro the traitor who betrayed every single friend he ever had for his own gains, starting with the savastano family themselves, n killing his own wife, is suddenly the honorable hero we wish to succeed and get his revenge, they all betray each other at some point, so I cannot fathom why we should feel for ciro n support him? The show should've stopped after s3. I guess viewers liked the ciro character before his death n the creators thought to bring him back as a strong character, but they failed miserably in putting him back in the story. The show stopped being about all bad gangsters who betray n murder, and turned into a twisted tale of revenge and "right n wrong" in an all wrong and nothing right about any of it. This is the curse of the godfather trilogy. It succeeds well n they try to milk it more only to ruin the whole thing with nonsense. Same thing happens here. I am halfway thru s5 n can hardly keep watching as the narrative pushed doesn't relate to the original storyline. Can't wait for ciro to die horribly but I expect the bad ending to be for savastano n the "hero" ciro to disappear into the sunset on a white horse with long blonde luscious hair lol Will see. Still I recommend watching the show, even if u decide to stop after s3. Which is exactly what I should've done. And what the creators should've done as well. S4 is bad. S5 is just an awful awful disaster.

This was a great series. Til they decided to recast Malcolm X. Of course they couldn't keep a black Malcolm X as an intelligent intellectual calm and decent and collected. They needed an angry black man, aggressive, a street thug looking man. Then they made up some lies about his life and visit to Saudi Arabia. Like being arrested for being black lol what was the point of this made up lie? Malcolm was respected and loved all over Africa and the Middle East. He was not the arrogant angry thug this new actor embodies. I originally rated this series 10/10 even tho Muhammad Ali character wasn't that charismatic, but the rest of the cast WERE perfect for the roles. Especially forest as bumpy, conflicted between being a drug dealer killing his own people while at the same time trying to help his community and being an intellectual as well. Very very bad move recasting Malcolm. I see political propaganda in this move. It's claimed to be a timing issue for the original Malcom. Yet I don't see him working on anything else during the same time? Unless am mistaken. So disappointed. Still the first cpl of seasons are definitely worth the watch. Still watching but can hardly stand the new Malcolm. Such a betrayal to the memory of a great great man may he n ali rest in peace and may Allah forgive any transgressions they might have had. I recommend watching the series but if u donno the real story of Malcolm u have to read about it. And read about his REAL visit to Saudi Arabia. The lie is so lame, there isn't even an airport in Mecca to begin with. I guess it would've made sense for the new angry aggressive street thug Malcom to be arrested by the backward Arabs, while the real Malcolm was assassinated by the civilized fbi. I am watching s3 now I cannot stand this depiction of Malcolm. This new guy is an insult to the memory of a great great man may he rest in peace. Can't wait for this character to die now. I guess that's exactly the point of hiring him. He either hates Malcolm or hates history and all he knows about Malcolm is his pre prison era as that's all he shows. A street thug.

It's a sad story, and the saddest part of it is how I think he's telling the truth. He's been abused as a child. His mother was laughing when talking about hearing that he's murdered someone. N I personally think it's very very clear that his mother was lying about his childhood and how she "locked him in his room for short periods of time, he's a little guy - sounds like a stranger - n he needed protection". Even tho his cousin did somehow confirm the abuse. Then she sends him to a boys home, where almost definitely he was abused there too. But what can we expect from the system but to try n finish the deal as fast as possible with total disregard to MOTIVE? Mental health? This is a guy with history of losing control and getting violent in the face of abuse. We don't hear about him attacking anyone that wasn't in the process of abuse? The cops based their claim he's lying on how he embraced the man then went back to his home, which doesn't go hand in hand with the rape story, but it actually does. If read about abuse victims, the abuse comes from someone that claims the abuse is a form of affection. A form of a connection. Then when facing a homeless night on the streets and nobody else to turn to, it happens. Very often actually. The docu should've focused more on the trial. Why was the murder victim in his underwear? And when his neighbors say he's not a strong man, well he wouldn't have needed much strength against a drugged victim, would he? Usually the cops look - or claim to look - for who, how, why. Nope not in this case. Or most cases with abuse of young people, the corrupt system tries to swipe it fast under the rug. And that judge is a moron.