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Ok so I mixed on this definitely not 1 star but it's definitely not 10 stars

It's a good documentary as far as the investigation goes but where this show really struggles is the horrible acting by the cops I mean they really HAM it up for the camera to the point that it's actually gag worthy

I mean if they cut out the fake scripted acting it would actually be a great show to give you the example in one of the cases one of the victims are found deceased then a few episodes later they refer to it and the cop is basically sitting there talking about how she blames herself and she can't go on working is considering transferring because of the guilt and her boss says haven't you heard from the corona he was already dead days before we got there you're not to blame there's nothing you could have done and then the cops starts having this giant bout of relief.. and decides to stay on I mean like for the love of god it was so corny then there's clips of her in church hoping for strength from the lord above there's another cop who's at home watching the report about the missing girl with her daughter and she has a heart to heart with her daughter who's the same age as the victim who's missing it's so corny again none of these are spoil alerts but it's just so you can understand the show and what it's like.. I mean the show is good it's not bad it's good but the drama the corny overacting they add to it really affects the show take it out it's a great show it's still worth a watch but you'll probably be sick.. nauseous even when it comes to the overacting and hamming it up for the camera

But overall it is a good show as far as the investigations go but the horribly scripted over dramatic drama they add to it to make it binge worthy really ruins it as someone who likes a full-on investigative crime show this is more like a horrible law and order SVU episode.. rather than a traditional investigative show

But still it's worth a watch.

For this???? I'm not gonna go so far as to say it's staged, but it seems very reenactment heavy. Multiple camera angles for mundane conversations and nobody questions the presence of a camera crew. I watched one episode and about 15 minutes of it is detectives walking down a hall in slow motion filmed from behind. And why do the female detectives seem scared of their own shadows? This is kind of a waste of time and somewhat insulting to the viewer. Apparently there's a minimum required amount of characters for these reviews, so I'm just going to add that Mindhunters was a great show and I miss it.

I don't know if this show is 100% documentary or somewhat or entirely scripted. I wasn't there. The question is, did I like it? Yes.

I am a huge fan of Dateline and 20/20. I've been watching those shows for years, primarily for the one reason I keep tuning in: I don't know "whodunnit" until the end. I get to figure out the crime along with the experts. This show works the same way - will they be found alive or dead? I can take the journey with the officials in order to find out.

Whether these cases are scripted or not, the theme remains the same: people can go missing at the drop of a hat, and it takes some very skilled and experienced people to try to find them. If that interests you, then this show will probably appeal to you.

Roughly midway thru the first episode. I wasn't sure if what I was watching was a true crime documentary, or a drama meant to look like a documentary. To find out, a little checking on google confirms that these are actual cops, and actual missing persons, and suspects. All that just made it worse tbh, because now I *know* they're staging most of it.

The format of the show is modeled after 'The First 48.' They borrowed a lot from it, right down to the timer. I know that show scripts certain things also, it'd have to in order to exist, but they're obviously so much better at it, I hardly notice. I still like that show, knowing as much. It's that they use some discretion with it, they don't insult the viewer.

The is super staged... Around every turn they get perfect footage captured, the timing of "running into" possible key people at just the right time, or right when possible evidence goes "missing".... Ridiculous! The Son... Just trying to get past the way he speaks is a full time job in itself. Sometimes you can hear the scripted part of these detectives talking to one another, bad acting.

This is not worth watching. Even worse than Making a Murderer, just garbage, don't bother...

Just stick to real crime documentaries or shows that are truly dedicated to solving crimes, this is not that show.