![]() ![]() ![]() A seemingly charming man, with a punchable face if there ever was one, he waves away any questions about his increasingly obsessive behavior with a "gosh" or a "for Pete's sake." This enables him to begin to gradually win over the excruciatingly oblivious Broberg family. It doesn’t let its characters off the hook or absolve them of their actions, instead creating a painful portrait of a group of deeply flawed people.Īt the heart of this is Robert "B" Berchtold ( Jake Lacy) who will be the one who abducts and abuses Jan. It is harrowing in its simplicity as the most basic of actions fail to be taken, and prevailing inaction makes an already bad situation that much worse. It examines the abuse of a child that not only carried on for multiple years but was driven by a distressing lack of urgency from those that could have protected her. It is centrally a character study that seeks to begin to, at least partly, understand a situation that initially defies our understanding. ![]() While there are certainly shocking moments, the experience is not one that sets out to be a thriller with twists and turns galore. Parental review sherlock holmes series#This is not just because of how the story is a matter of historical record but also because of how the series itself is structured. Sharing this information doesn’t rob the show of its impact. It is about how Jan Broberg was abducted by a family friend and neighbor two times in the 1970s. When setting out to write a review of a series like this, there must first be an understanding that there is really not much of this story that can be “spoiled” in any conventional sense. ![]()
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