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| FX | Season Premiere Date: September 25, 2020 |
Summary:
The five-part documentary series directed by Marc Smerlin and based on Errol Morris' book of the same name looks into the 1970 case of Army surgeon and Green Beret Jeffrey MacDonald who claimed his family were killed by four hippies high on drugs but was convicted in 1979 of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters.
Genre(s):
Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary
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Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E5. A Wilderness of Error
Air Date: October 2, 2020
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S1:E5. A Wilderness of Error
Air Date: October 2, 2020
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S1:E4. When a Narrative Becomes Reality
Air Date: October 2, 2020
RogerEbert.com
Sep 22, 2020
IndieWire
Sep 25, 2020
“A Wilderness of Error” is a new kind of true documentary that will keep you on the edge of your seat and eager for more information. It’ll be easy to see people clambering to read Morris’ book as well as “Fatal Vision” after this. If you missed the can’t miss quality of “The Jinx,” this will fill the void.
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The Daily Beast
Sep 25, 2020
Truth, it must be said, isn’t easy to pin down in A Wilderness of Error, and that ambiguity—as well as the mounting tension between Morris’ outlook and that of director Marc Smerling (producer of Andrew Jarecki’s Capturing the Friedmans and The Jinx)—makes the docuseries a particularly involving entry in the popular subgenre.
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Sep 23, 2020
FX's five-part documentary series A Wilderness of Error is a must-watch for true crime devotees. ... The problem with A Wilderness of Error is that some viewers, and probably some critics as well, are going to approach it as a true crime documentary itself and not as a commentary on the form. In that light, it might be seen as a failure. I'd say it fully acknowledges that it's a failure, so it comes down to your appetite for ouroboros.
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Sep 23, 2020
“Wilderness” makes copious use of the kind of formally paced, meticulously art-directed recreations Morris pioneered, and viewers’ taste for them will break down along established lines. ... If you come to “A Wilderness of Error” looking for a definitive answer, or for some startling final-episode reveal that puts everything in a new light, you’ll be disappointed. This isn’t that show.
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Sep 24, 2020
Sep 16, 2020
It’s not hard to miss that Morris’s fact-gathering, at least, falls short of the usual standard of his work — even leaving aside certain standbys borrowed from Morris’s directing like scene recreation, always maddening to some viewers. ... Morris has made it his mission to convince, and as such doomed his project from its inception. What else there is, here, is thin.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: September 25, 2020
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S1:E5. A Wilderness of Error
Air Date: October 2, 2020
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S1:E5. A Wilderness of Error
Air Date: October 2, 2020
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S1:E4. When a Narrative Becomes Reality
Air Date: October 2, 2020
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S1:E4. When a Narrative Becomes Reality
Air Date: October 2, 2020
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S1:E3. Should the Jury Find...
Air Date: September 25, 2020
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S1:E3. Should the Jury Find...
Air Date: September 25, 2020
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S1:E2. A Time of Suspicion
Air Date: September 25, 2020
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S1:E2. A Time of Suspicion
Air Date: September 25, 2020
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S1:E1. Girl in a Floppy Hat
Air Date: September 25, 2020
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S1:E1. Girl in a Floppy Hat
Air Date: September 25, 2020
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Season 1 Overview