Murdaugh Murders: Deadly Dynasty

Everything and I mean everything in this is based off the hard uncredited work of Mandy Matney, the uncredited "local" reporter. Note local as this is meant to be a slam on to discredit her, all the while they took all of her work to make this documentary work. It is amazing that people who are not from the area and really don't know the area and people come in and instead of working with the local reporter who broke the story to start with, they think they know better. They are smarter and are superior to the "local" reporter. Way to take all of her hard work and profit from it. It is sad to say the least.

This is so drawn out, filled with pointless familial tidbits, nonsense, and weird accusations and diagnoses from people with no business casting aspersions on others without looking seriously within themselves.

Most annoying is the kids in this- no longer children but certainly trying to look as innocent as possible- so much of this is dumb teen behavior (drinking to excess, behaving badly) and while they're all in the same group of friends and all behaving incredibly poorly, somehow it's all Paul and his issues and the rest are all innocent victims of Paul's behavior? I'm quite certain Paul wasn't forcing anyone to imbibe, board the boat/get in the vehicle/participate in stupid behavior, but none of these people were able to say no and walk away. Why? We don't know because nobody will acknowledge the obvious, and money apparently causes you to overlook irresponsible behavior, stupidity and insane amounts of alcohol.

Regardless of Paul's inability to hear the word 'no', absolutely no one forced any of these people to indulge time after time after time, and they were certainly capable of turning around, walking away, and cutting ties to someone with zero ability to be accountable to anyone else. Had no one gotten into the boat and stayed at the bars (which they were obviously far too young to be in) I'm quite sure a parent would have come to their rescue. But again, money makes these people overlook the most obnoxious behavior, throw all caution aside, and 'ALL ABOARD!!', we're subjected to listening to a lot of insufferable excuses for pretending these people weren't responsible for their poor choices and the death of a friend.

Make no mistake that the Murdoch family is a reprehensible amalgamation of privilege and abhorrent behavior gone unchecked, but people don't get to that position in life without many others looking away, making excuses, and going along for the ride because as long as they're on the right side, it's a fun ride!

Stop making this nonsense, we've had enough of every single one of these people standing there with a hand out to profit off their poor life choices.

This barely scratched the surface of the Murdaugh story in 3 episodes. Are there more episodes to be dropped later? Because the third episode ended like it was hinting more was coming: Alex on the phone from jail asking Buster if there was a Netflix taping. It felt cliffhanger-esque but from what I find there's nothing more. This Netflix series didn't tell us anything we didn't already know, and did not go into the depth of the other murders like HBO did. The HBO documentary is SO much more in depth. There were a couple of interesting tidbits here that weren't in the HBO version, but nothing earth shattering. It's like Netflix was late to the game. Overall a dud for those who were already following the story.

Interesting and worthwhile documentary. You can tell which reviewers didn't watch because they're complaining about how to pronounce "Alex." He clearly states he goes by "Alec." Maybe pay attention to what you're reviewing. Just a thought.

It'll be interesting to see where this case goes. I'm assuming there will be further episodes as events play out. But even if this is all we get, the news has been all over this story. I'm sure it will only get more interesting.

It will also be interesting to see what happens to Mallory's friends. It's heartbreaking to watch as they recount their stories, but you can't help but admire them for their courage. Their parents can be proud of them.

The negative: I knew nothing of these murders and would like to know how the story ends. (Do documentaries have season two's?)

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The positive: Producers did a good job of interviews with interesting townspeople as well as selecting pertinent research information to tuck in between.

And the eyewitnesses sold it for me. They are the ones who saw the family collapsing and who know the local culture and tone from years past.

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Not sure why people would give this only one star.

It's a true crime doc, well taped and edited. Nothing more or less.

The situation itself is too broad to pick one "plot" line. This serves as an overview and introduction.

A watchable presentation, overall.