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Series Details & Credits
| Netflix | Release Date: December 18, 2015 |
Summary:
Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi's 10-part documentary focuses on the case of Steven Avery, a man convicted of sexual assault, before being exonerated by DNA evidence 18 years later. A few years later, he is convicted in the disappearance and murder of another woman.
Genre(s):
Drama, Documentary
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S2:E10. Trust No One
Air Date: October 19, 2018
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Air Date: October 19, 2018
Positive:
27
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
Dec 18, 2015
Dec 15, 2015
Dec 23, 2015
Season 1 Review:
As far as longform journalism goes, it’s something of a masterstroke. Ricciardi and Demos deliver a decade’s worth of assembled surveillance footage, interviews, press conferences, police interrogations, courtroom testimonies and more, so much information in fact that the series feels like it’s racing to deliver it all even with a 10-hour-plus runtime (Making a Murderer feels like it could have gone on for hours more).
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RogerEbert.com
Dec 16, 2015
Season 1 Review:
It is so determinedly not flashy that it may be too dry for some viewers—it’s ten hours of one case, in the end--but Making a Murderer illuminates so many issues with violations of authority, failures in our legal system and, ultimately, what could be genuine evil, that it should be required viewing for anyone considering entering any aspect of the legal profession.
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Dec 18, 2015
Season 1 Review:
Clearly, Ricciardi and Demos are on the side of justice, attempting to shed light on the dangers of imperfect police work and the very real potential for conspiracy. But when they showcase the awful thrill with which some members of the media reacted to the "great story" of Avery's second arrest, it's tough not to see a double standard. It is a great story, which is why they and Netflix chose to tell it.
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Dec 16, 2015
Season 1 Review:
Although the story moves slowly and much of the content consists of recorded phone calls, we want to know if Steven Avery was set up, if Brendan Dassey was involved in Teresa Halbach’s murder. We may think we know the answers, but by the end of the fourth episode, we’ve also witnessed enough out of nowhere surprises to accept that real life doesn’t follow a script.
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Dec 13, 2018
Season 2 Review:
The docuseries is so hindered by its own blind spots that by the end of the season, it seems to be chasing its own tail, lost in a world where it only sees what it deems relevant, permissible, or just. It would be worthwhile for this series to encounter, and try to interpret, its own warped reflection.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 2
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Season 2 Overview
Air Date: October 19, 2018
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S2:E10. Trust No One
Air Date: October 19, 2018
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S2:E9. Friday Nite
Air Date: October 19, 2018
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S2:E8. Special Care
Air Date: October 19, 2018
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S2:E7. Item FL
Air Date: October 19, 2018
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S2:E6. Everything Takes Time
Air Date: October 19, 2018
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S2:E5. What + Why = Who
Air Date: October 19, 2018
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S2:E4. Welcome to Wisconsin
Air Date: October 19, 2018
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S2:E3. A Legal Miracle
Air Date: October 19, 2018
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S2:E2. Words and Words Only
Air Date: October 19, 2018
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S2:E1. Number 18
Air Date: October 19, 2018
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Season 2 Overview
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: December 18, 2015
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Season 1 Overview