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I couldn't make it past episode 1. She never says specifically what happened that was wrong with their relationship or what happened other than the positive 'grooming' things he said. 'You're really good at that, you should do more of it and could be the best' ... Compliment or Grooming?

I'm not passing judgement here, either way, ...except for on this documentary, which I didn't find persuasive or serious. It was only told from her perspective, and assigns blame to every single other person in her life, despite the fact that she continued the relationship, into her adult life, and deceived everyone around her about it.

What also soured it for me was the seemingly joking 'we're gonna get him' comments and attitudes, while snickering, toward the end, that made it feel like revenge, not a documentary to expose and learn from.

I just don't think this was laid out well, or clear, and left the viewer uncertain about the situations and wondering about motives, from all sides.

The life got sucked out of this movie by the downtrodden writing. There was just not much excitement in the movie in any way. It's supposed to be inspiring but my god, you just want to rescue this kid from his life. Awful parents, awful friends, in an awful environment that beats you over the head with bullies and despair. I watched 38 minutes in and had to give up. Just nothing to hope for here, except that prospective viewers read this and skip it. Started this on a whim and couldn't wait to turn it off.

I had to stop 3/4 thru the 1st episode. He is one of those guys that feels like he has to point out everything he can to show everyone how knowledgeable he is. Bleh. Joe's lacking the social skills all the other successful HGTV show hosts have mastered. I wanted this to be good but just couldn't get into it. The hosts have to spark joy, right?