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It's bit long, but it ended up being better than I expected. Unfortunately they've opened it up to a season 2 by leaving it on a cliffhanger, which feels a bit like the story is being dragged out. We'll see if they get around to a season 2. Like most streaming I'm sure we'll get it in 3 years 🙄

Decided to finally read the Sixth Extinction (been on my list since the X-Files episode) because of it. It is an interesting topic and kudos to Amazon for creating the show. I would recommend it if you're into sci-fi or extinction events. The acting is a little soap opera-y but you will see some familiar faces (GoT, Schitt's Creek).

I would have given this a higher review, but despite its length, I felt it wasn't as in-depth as it could have been. Especially with the episode amount. This felt like a cliff notes version. For me, if a documentary leaves you with more questions than answers, it's not a good documentary. But production wise this was high quality.

I knew very little about Cosby. Besides being a fan of ghost dad, I was too young for the Cosby show or his CBS show after that. To me he was unlikeable. Funny to me as a kid was the Wayans or John Candy and Steve Martin. I couldn't understand how he was supposed to be funny but he always had a serious, sinister quality to him. It turned me off. Now we know a bit more of what 5 year old me was sensing.

I recommend this as an intro. I learned more about it than what I heard in passing, but I was left with a lot of questions. As someone who needs to know everything, that's the only reason it didn't work for me.

I enjoyed this one much more than the Netflix version. I remember not liking Nick, and now we know why. If Rachel was just putting on an act in this she did a good. I came away liking her immensely and hoping for the best for her. Which is much more than I can say for her cohorts in the other doc. If someone learns and grows that's the best that can come out of a terrible situation. I don't fault them per se for what they did; the 2000's were a terrible time. I'm sure many decades have their own version of this but it was definitely a vapid time. As someone who went to a posh wealthy high school whose family wasn't as rich, I could empathize with her. The difference between me and her was I didn't care. But that didn't stop me from having a short lived designer purse phase. We can't fault people for doing anything to obtain a lifestyle that American society forces us into accepting. I'm lucky I now live in Paris because consumerism is not a thing I have to deal with anymore. Despite its reputation no one is obsessed with labels. It's a shame America is still pushing that narrative. Good for Rachel for learning that the hard way.