Meet, Marry, Murder Hosted by Michelle Trachtenberg

Interesting new show and somewhat different then most true life crime shows. Michelle Trachtenberg who host this show in many ways is like Elvira Mistress of the Dark, Michelle, commentary on the case being viewed is very much same as Elvira's remarks during the movie she is doing, Both women are very Goth in the manner of dress and make up! While all the cases that Michelle does in season 1 are ones I have already seen on other true life crime shows. That said Michelle color commentary is unique to this show.

While I love shows like this one and have most of them on my queue this one has grabbed my attention for several reasons. The layout is a bit more fun, the approach to material that has already appeared on every other true crime show is a little more fresh and Michelle Trachtenburg, who I've loved since Harriet the Spy and then her time on Buffy as Dawn. Unfortunately that's where my admiration for MT has recently stopped. It's painfully obvious that she's got either a substance abuse issue or alcoholism has stepped in. Watching her desperately trying to get through each narrative is painful. The slurred speech, glazed over eyes and constant straining to read one sentence clearly just hurts to observe. She looks painfully thin and just moments from collapse. I love her work and hope she gets this all worked out before it's too late.

As true crime goes it's fine, interesting enough to watch if there's nothing else on. But the host? Oh dear. What were they thinking? What was she thinking?

As far as true crime goes, this is pretty middling, but what makes it incredibly strange is the host herself.

Michelle Trachtenberg's performance is incredibly distracting, the way she reads her lines is truly bizarre. She seems a bit spaced out, her facial expressions and body language are odd, and she appears to be struggling to form basic sentences. The copy she has to read is also atrociously written, for example "She then popped out two more kids" is a line spoken about a dead woman.

I'm not sure if Michelle is just uncomfortable, heavily medicated, or was directed to be like this, but its kind of more fascinating than the actual cases in the show.

I love this show. However, the older white gentleman needs to be replaced. He talks with his mouth full of spit. That is Disgusting which can decrease your viewers. I had to turn the channel. Please get another person. We all have issues but on TV it should be better organized. The show has interesting cases daily. All the other narrators are great. I'm merely making a strong suggestion. If you need more characteristics then find the older guy. He has gray hair. Only those who truly watch the show will understand. I'm sure someone else thought the same thing. It's on TV as we speak but unfortunately I can't get through it.