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The Jinx – Part Two would have made a solid two or three episodes, but feels the need to take the sprawling approach. Like Durst, it doesn’t always know when it’s time to stop talking.
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A diversion for TV completists. .... Those put off by the questionable edits and creative license taken in the first six installments will find ample material to take issue with this time around as well. The media critic side of me wants to chastise Jarecki for prioritizing entertainment value over strictly ordered journalism. But the murder mystery addict in me appreciates the simple thrills offered in this continuation.
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As a piece of entertainment, the new series works almost as well as its predecessor: Jarecki and his team pace the new interviews nicely with a visual blend of mute re-enactment and close-up shots of voice recorders, ensuring every episode ends with a compelling prompt to keep watching. But their packaging and tonal decisions sometimes strike a bum note.
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While Part One of “The Jinx” was experimental and self-assured (if a little soapy), the sequel at points feels more reactionary and self-important than exploratory — and more than a little bit inert.
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With the primary objective of getting Durst behind bars already achieved, The Jinx Part Two is even more at pains than the first to stretch its length to six episodes, and now that it’s no longer a story about a nutty eccentric who might be a killer but a man we’re convinced is a serial murderer, the diversions into amusing side material feel even more like filler.
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While they’re not without interesting moments and characters, they struggle on the whole to justify their existence as anything but a reminder of a show that people really loved a long time ago.