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| Netflix | Season Premiere Date: May 5, 2021 |
Summary:
Joshua Zeman directs the documentary series narrated by Paul Giamatti that looks into Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz and journalist Maury Terry's theory that a cult was actually involved in the killings.
Genre(s):
Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary
Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E4. Episode 04
Air Date: May 5, 2021
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S1:E3. Episode 03
Air Date: May 5, 2021
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S1:E2. Episode 02
Air Date: May 5, 2021
The Daily Beast
May 5, 2021
The Sons of Sam presents Terry’s suppositions in exhaustive detail, in order to both highlight their validity and reveal their flaws. Over the course of four well-constructed episodes, it’s the latter that eventually become too legion to easily dismiss. ... An illuminating—and sad—portrait of calamitous obsession.
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May 5, 2021
By the time “The Sons of Sam” reaches its conclusion, we’re left with more questions than answers about whether Berkowitz acted alone — and we’re left shaken by another tragedy: the troubled life and sad death of one Maury Terry, an outsider journalist who became obsessed with the Berkowitz case.
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May 5, 2021
May 5, 2021
“Sons” has a grimy aesthetic that never feels too flashy or overproduced; this alone helps it stand apart from most true crime entertainment. But Zeman makes the mistake of accompanying Terry down his rabbit hole and thereby giving his ideas the veneer of truth. ... It vouches for him by focusing on his words, without telling us very much about him. That’s an occasionally interesting story, full of chilling possibility. But it also misses the dark forest for the trees.
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May 5, 2021
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: May 5, 2021
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S1:E4. Episode 04
Air Date: May 5, 2021
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S1:E3. Episode 03
Air Date: May 5, 2021
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S1:E2. Episode 02
Air Date: May 5, 2021
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S1:E1. Episode 101
Air Date: May 5, 2021
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Season 1 Overview