Mean Girl Murders

It's hard to even call this a true crime show in my view, since it is told more from the perspective of very myopic minded witnesses for the most part, and the narration adds little else. There's overall very little in terms of undisputed facts, or really very little following of the actual crimes in any kind of typical investigative way. It's basically like a soap opera type of true crime show. Personally, I often enjoy a good true crime investigative program, but this one is not really something that interests me much at all. Most of the newer true crime shows in recent history, have generally slipped in quality in my estimation compared to previous decades. Far too many have become more like common trash TV nowadays, rather than good or interesting stories that are well told.

3.5/10.

Is it me or is the prosecutor from S2E7 Toby from "This is US"? Chris Sullivan. I mean, great actor. Love him but I really think it's him and if it's not him they certainly look alike and omg!!! BTW this episode is very interesting and I honestly did not expect that plot twist. Makes me dislike popular HS trends even more than when I was in HS . I feel for the parents of the kids, not just on this episode but on all. Things can definitely change dramatically from one minute to the next. I like that this show includes actual footage which I know can be triggering for some but it makes the show more interesting.

I could barely stomach one episode of this. I realize there's a bit of morbid voyeurism involved with watching just about anything to do with true crime, and that could even be said about watching the news at times.

However, watching this show felt more like watching an episode of VH1's "I Love The 80s" or something similar. The levity involved is disturbing. It's a show about someone's daughter being murdered, but some of the people being interviewed make it sound more like the latest gossip that we as the viewer now get to be privy to.

Mainly it's the "experts" they interview, if that's what they even are, who seem to be smirking throughout and saying pointless things that everyone already knows like, "mean girls are known for singling out and ostracizing other girls."

This is what was reminiscent of I Love The 80s. These people reminded me of the comedians and actors they bring in to add humourous commentary to what would otherwise be a boring segment about the Rubik's Cube. Except this isn't a Rubik's Cube. This was someone's life. This was someone's baby girl, no matter how mean they ended up being as a teen.

I found it disgusting that not only could the showrunners not treat this subject with at least some gravity, but they go as far as seemingly making light of it in that we all now get to be entertained by what happened. It's horrendous in my opinion, and I wish Max would stop recommending this show to me. I've been trying to forget it exists.

With the title of the show being Mean Girl Murders I was expecting a show about high school cliques getting into fights ending in murder. That is why I didn't watch the first season of the show. Then I saw a preview for an episode from season two which had a comment about how they planned this cold blooded murder for months. So I thought maybe there was more to the show than just disputes between high schoolers. In some cases it does, but when the woman is closer to middle age than high school age I'm not sure it's appropriate to call them a "mean girl" I think there are other terms that would be more appropriate. There is even one episode where the murder isn't a girl. There are some where they do not seem to be mean girls. The plus side to the show is unlike most true crime murder docu-series it does not focus on the graphic details of the murder but focuses more on the people involved and why it happened.

I watch this and I can't get over how much this girl Sara Patterson overacted the whole time and is putting on a show. Every other person seemed sincere and were just doing normal interviews and telling what they heard and saw. Then there is Sara Patterson. Overacting, trying to use big words and sound smart, crocodile tears, it was hard to watch.

Then I thought about how all these other mean girls in the show being interviewed get to watch the final production and see Sara Patterson overacting and they all just want to roll their eyes at here and become even bigger mean girls. She made me a mean girl.