sofia_vince

I watched this with an open mind and have to say, I still have more emotion after losing my family dog years ago than Casey has over the death of her daughter.

If you're looking for answers, you're not going to get anything new out of this documentary except further frustration. I personally find it totally implausible when she tries to say she was outside the home searching for Caylee when suddenly her Dad appears, holding Caylee's tiny, wet body and proceeds to go inside the family home never to be seen by Casey again. She "wishes she knew what happened". What?!

Maybe this is far reaching, but I think if any of us saw an innocent, sweet child in that state, let alone your own daughter.. you can believe the neighbors would hear the sounds of a heart breaking and know something was wrong. Did she just hang out outside for a few hours while her Dad magically disposed of her? It just doesn't add up.

She admits she lied (we already knew that), but is adamant that she still has no idea what truly happened. She conveniently elaborates on her alleged abuse which helps paint a different scenario the viewer can take into consideration. If her allegations are true, it's terrible and disgusting and abuse certainly explains some deficiencies in emotion, but not reporting your missing child for over a month is truly unexplainable. Many of us have gone through traumas at a young age but to carry on with life like Casey did, it's ridiculous.

Too many untruths have been told for her to be believed. I think this entire family has deep rooted issues and sadly the true victim, Caylee, will never see justice.

Don't take this the wrong way, but as a lover of all things true crime, I've seen many drama series attempt to portray Dahmer but all have fallen short of capturing the horrors of this man in a realistic way. It's like everyone has been too afraid of how the audience would react. No one ever took the time for any character development so we could try to understand what happened to Dahmer, how he thought and felt... how many scenarios could have played out differently that may have changed the fate of so many lives. How he managed to lure so many innocent lives. What actually led to him to take such drastic, unforgivable actions. And so they diluted the story in so many ways that it always left me wanting more, feeling like they barely scratched the surface.

This series isn't for the faint of heart. Was I disturbed? Yes. Was I disgusted? Of course. Did I need to press pause to ask myself, do I really want to continue... yup.

I'll wrap this up by saying this.

Is it a hard watch? Absolutely. But let's be real - who presses "play" expecting to NOT be disturbed? I don't think it's fair to rate this accordingly saying "it's too hard to watch". Guys - the man was a sadistic, murdering cannibal who kept pieces, if not entire bodies for his own pleasure. If you're not familiar with the story, listen to a podcast. Watch a series from cable TV. This series goes ALL in.

Dahmer is a cinematic triumph. Ryan Murphy and Evan Peters truly outdid themselves with this series and it's exactly what I've been waiting to see for so many years. Not because I idolize him, but because I feel like this truly depicts his depravities leaving the viewers knowing exactly what happened, to whom and how.

My heart goes out to the families of those impacted. I can't imagine the press and ads they've been subjected to, but let's not take it out on the cast and producers for taking on such a heinous, once in a lifetime story and totally nailing it.