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I'm heavy into the first episode - and my jaw hurts from grimacing at the music. It. Never. Stops. Everything is punctuated with music. EVERY. THING. It's very Hallmark. I am not a Hallmark person.

I personally like the step-dad. If you watch this, you'll understand why. I totally agree with him.

When you listen to Spencer, really listen, you hear how self involved and egotistical he actually is. Same with the photos. And you sadly see see how many people are fooled by him. Maybe this series will help younger people see how "they" do it.

This series is held together by the music. You can't escape it.

Jenifer is a good storyteller. The pod caster is okay. But, that damn music adds nothing. I do not appreciate being 'cued' into how I am supposed to "feel" about what's being said by being assaulted with all sorts of music.

It is too long, but sends a good message and is a good background program.

Yes, the story is a bit dragged out; however, I was encouraged to finish it. By the end, Spence makes it clear that he is incapable of understanding why his behavior is bad. Conversely, Jenifer is the embodiment of goodness. Not only betrayed by her husband, but multiple friends and acquaintances, all of whom demonstrate a lack of morality. Our society is filled with those who can't be trusted. Naive, good people are easy prey. Sadly, children must be taught they cannot trust anyone

Humans are animals and few rise above it. The reviewers giving one-star ratings obviously resonate with beasts.

I thought it was an interesting series, however the over-bearing music ruined it for me; cheesy, soppy horrible music.

Narcissist are dangerous people, and good warning to others who may become ensnared by these predators. These monsters are everywhere hiding in plain sight.

Enjoyed Dr Ramini's input, she is great on Youtube.

I thought it was an interesting series, however the over-bearing music ruined it for me; cheesy, soppy horrible music.

Narcissist are dangerous people, and good warning to others who may become ensnared by these predators. These monsters are everywhere hiding in plain sight.

Enjoyed Dr Ramini's input, she is great on Youtube.

...and my daughter knew this teacher. That made it much more personal for me. I thought the documentary was well done and interesting. This story demonstrates why you really never know anyone. People should not be so arrogant to think that they do. It is unbelievable what he was able to get away with. I feel really sad for all the victims, and surely there are many more students that we don't know about, but also particularly sad for his wife who loved him so much only to be met with such great heartbreak.

ABOUT MY REVIEWS:

I do not include a synopsis of the film/show -- you can get that anywhere and that does not constitute a meaningful review -- but rather my thoughts and feelings on the film that hopefully will be informative to you in deciding whether to invest 90-180 minutes of your life on it.

My scale: 1-5 decreasing degrees of "terrible", with 5 being "mediocre" 6- OK. Generally held my interest OR had reasonable cast and/or cinematography, might watch it again 7 - Good. My default rating for a movie I liked enough to watch again, but didn't rise to the upper echelons 8- Very good. Would watch again and recommend to others 9- Outstanding. Would watch over and over; top 10% of my ratings 10 - A classic. (Less than 2% receive this rating). For Lifetime Movies for Chicks (LMFC), drop the above scale by 3 notches. A 6 is excellent and 7 almost unattainable.

This isn't necessarily a unique story because unfortunately it happens more often than actually reported in the media. The show and it's story presentation just dragged. So much was repeated it seriously could have just been a 60 to 90 minute single episode rather than a series.

It stayed dedicated to those particular victims but for a series it should have went bigger. Include more stories of how these schools and admin protect the teachers rather than believe the students who have been victimized. How these schools wait and wait before involving the police. Schools need to monitor and insist on boundaries. Stop with the emails, texting and unsupervised social interaction off campus and after school hours.

First off just watch the third episode don't waste your time watching all 3 episodes.

Episode 1 is the wife talking about how amazing he was when they dated. I think she described as perfect like 50 times.

Episode 2 is her talking about him cheating with adult women and normalizing her obsessiveness over every detail about him cheating. She was reading his sexts out loud to her podcast producer. It was very strange to watch. Speaking of the podcast producer she just really pushes the wife to continue this obsessiveness and really overdramatizes every little thing. This episode was just soooo long. Cheating is terrible and devastating to the spouse how gets cheated on but they made it like they were talking about he murdered someone. I found myself just not caring.

Episode 3 is finally about the sexual assault that lands him in jail. This was finally interesting because the dramatic nature finally matched what they were talking about. The student that comes forward and tells her story was great to listen to. Very brave and very proud of her.

This was a great documentary. These other reviews are problematic and worrisome. This woman went through a lot and people are allowed to be upset by the terrible and cruddy (to put it lightly) experiences they go through. When you go through something devastating and the reality that is the foundation of your home life is upheaved, *of course* your experience is all about you. We are all the centers of our own universe, after all.

The story unfolds in three episodes and the storytelling is done well. The first episode lays out their story and really sets you up to see how blindsided this woman was. Because she was so thorough in her research you really get to see what this man kept hidden from everyone with examples from his own emails and correspondence. What's great about that is it doesn't require a ton of fake reenactments or laid over narration which I'm not the biggest fan of. So that's a huge plus side.

I really recommend this if you are held by stories with a big plot twist and good storytelling. A kind of similar story would be the Laci Peterson saga. So if that interests you, then give this a go.

I love true crime and docu series but this was awful.

So this woman was cheated on and became so obsessed with her own victimhood she made a whole podcast and docuseries? Its extremely common, but this woman is obviously still spraling and thinks her story should be told for all to see?

The real victim is the child that was taken advantage of and yet 85% of this series is about the lady that was cheated on. The majority of that being about her supposedly amazing love affair with her ex husband. 3 parts was not needed, they could of covered the love affair in 15 mins. I couldn't stop laughing about how this was supposed to be about the assaulted child, but they just threw that in at the very end. Seemed very self absorbed. What did I just watch?

This documentary could have been completed in 1 episode. I felt like I was hearing the same thing over and over again.

Ex was a creep but the wife must have been completely blind not to have noticed. Also annoyed that she kept referring to Acworth as a little town where everyone knew each other and people were talking. It is a suburb of Atlanta area with over 6 million people. Most people who live in Acworth work, shop and dine in the metro Atlanta area. The husband taught at a high school in another county. Wife is very dramatic and pretty full of herself. I usually love these type of shows but found this one boring.

Well, oddly this is deeply relatable. Although this a extreme sexual escapade of a troubled mind. Tiny little pieces that I have experienced in life. Here and there I believe that viewers can pick up. Mental illness that is prevalent in lives but this guy is extreme. She is relatable and real raw. I'm bingeing at end of episode 2. What really got to me was that she lost her home after a long successful career and moved into a basement. I was manipulated by a drug addict narcissist and lost everything. It feel's relatable. I don't feel so alone in what has happened in last four years of struggling to get my life back together. She has amazing friends.

The Gunning podcaster has the most annoying vocal fry. Nobody has heard of this podcast though they act like it's central to the story. Go to the final episode and just skip the first two it is a. Hamfisted attempt to stretch out a very simple story. Just awful production for a serious topic. You could maybe hate watch it just to be annoyed by these podcasters but really it's a waste of time. I think they decided they were going to use every single minute of video that they shot in order to make this film.. nothing was left on the editing room floor. With the abundance of true crime content out there this show is just unnecessary.

The only positive reviews here appear to be fake and produced by friends of the "victim" - attempting to bait you into giving the series a chance.

I completely agree with what other negative reviewers have posted.

She draws out what could have been a dateline length episode into a 3 hour series because she is a producer looking to monetize her "struggle". This woman actually called herself a "survivor"?!

He was cheating on her! He slept with a 17 year old student! How is SHE the victim or survivor?

She is truly a narcissist looking to paint a picture that she was his one true love - devoted a whole episode to their love story! Filled with creepy red flags she never picked up on! She's too damn old to be that damn naïve! Second episode is the cheating. Boring! No plot twist or big reveal! No shocker! Third episode briefly talks about the student he slept with - then quickly returns to victimizing the narcissist again.

It was very clear that she produced the series herself with the aim of humiliating him because and only because he cheated on her. Not because he slept with a student.

I knew as soon as she said she was a producer on Judge Judy and some Home Makeover show, that this was going to be the same type of tacky, low budget production. And she did not fail me in that regard!

And then she dropped her "great career" to move across the country and not be able to support herself? I don't think her producing career was all that great if she was willing to throw it all away and move for a relationship with a teacher?! She baited the series with a description that would make you think it's about this husband but it's not! It's about her!

I still can't believe this Karen called herself a survivor?!!!! And her friends compared her story to Laci Peterson??!! OMG! Seriously? She's not pregnant or murdered! How are they anything alike?

I'm just so done with her!

Please don't watch this!

It's really simple. Good writing is about a story you explain that ends up affecting the reader, appropriately. A great one -- the writers and producers address the entire human condition. Make it universal. They did that here. I was completely uninterested in the story and the characters. In the end, drawn to it and quietly cheering for the main characters success in coming to terms. If you are parents, watch it. If you are teens. Watch it. Everyone else should watch it so they know how to deal with someone who might fall into the same pothole. Important show. Congrats to the producers and the two women who brought the truth.

Is now a docuseries you'll wish you'd never wasted time on.

The narcissism is on full display from the beginning- 'oh did you ever think we'd have the number one podcast in the country?' I'm sorry, what? I listen to podcasts daily and I've never heard of this by any name, and if you have to make an announcement about it, i immediately become suspect of your motivations.

You find yourself all the way through the first episode listening to this oddly romanticized tale of a relationship that you absolutely know is going to go to hell in a hand basket but for some reason the need to wax philosophical on a toxic relationship that I'm guessing is supplanted so you supposedly feel some sort of connection to the subjects. But it feels incredibly forced, ridiculously dramatic and icky, especially once you know what this monster did. I won't give away the game but my God, why are you trying to paint him in any light other than a grotesque way?

This is the second time I've been witness to a documentary style story telling that seems to bathe in some insanely unnecessary detail that is just awfully done and needlessly dragging this story out for so many episodes that could have been done in one- has anyone watched a single episode of Dateline or 48 Hours?

It really says a lot that she's a producer for tacky TV because that's exactly how this feels. I promise, once you know what he did, you'll be so incredibly angry that this was drawn out so long in such syrupy sweet narcissism that it will induce feelings of disgust, anger and resentment. Don't waste your time, do a simple google search instead.

Interesting, well thought out series of horrendous betrayal by a sexual predator.

Imagine if you came home and your husband of seven years is charged with sexual assault of a minor! He's a teacher of the year winner, twice. Not only was his wife, his friends, his faculty members and students knew the level of his depravity. Then his wife finds his emails, messenger and phone texts of over 60 affairs with women, former students and grooming of current students.

Spencer Herron spent only 5 years in prison with 15 years to be on probation. He has shown zero remorse, no accountability for his actions and will undoubtedly do this again. He is a menace.

I feel sorry for his ex-wife, his children, and the student he sexually assaulted. She showed a lot of courage coming forward. The last episode of her speaking about child sexual abuse made me cry.

And by the way, Acworth is a small town of around 22,000, close to Marietta, GA then Atlanta.

I wish Jennifer & Rachael all the best.

I have been watching for 31 minutes, and it seriously feels like 2 hours. NOTHING of interest has happened, yet I'm expected to watch an entire season of this? Did Jerry Seinfeld secretly produce this 'documentary about nothing?'

Here's what I've gathered so far: There are 2 people being filmed recreating a podcast, and there is drone footage of a college campus and a prison. There has been no mention of conflict, crime, or suspicious behavior of any kind; only ad nauseum ( sp?) repitition of what a great guy hubby seemed like, and how magical the relationship appeared.

Maybe it gets better, but I will never know. This production is way too slow getting out of the gate, and there are so many better things for us all to do.

Betrayal: The Perfect Husband (2023) left me feeling like I'd been betrayed by the movie itself! This cinematic trainwreck attempts to depict a love story gone sour, but ends up souring the entire viewing experience. First off, it's a betrayal in itself that the film centers more on the wife of the perpetrator, Jen Faison, rather than on the actual victims of Spencer Herron's despicable actions. It's like having a crime movie and focusing on the criminal's favorite sandwich instead of the investigation.

To make matters worse, the movie takes cringe to a new level with its awkward commercial segments shamelessly plugging the "Betrayal" podcast. I mean, come on, I didn't sign up for an infomercial! And don't get me started on the absurd pop music choices that felt like they were randomly thrown in, making me question if this film knew what it was trying to be. Betrayal: The Perfect Husband is a perfect example of how not to handle such a sensitive subject matter in a movie. It's a cinematic betrayal of our time and sanity. A Perfectly Awful Mess.