I will begin off saying
“Unbelievable” has been my very best show in 2019!
It has been better than “Treadstone”, “Stumptown”, “Emergence”, “Jack Ryan”, “Warrior”, “Mayans MC” or even “Bluff City Law”
I know you’re rolling your eyes like….”are you serious?”
But yeah….I am super serious….it has even been better than “9-1-1”, “S.W.A.T”, “SEAL Team”, “The Blacklist”, “Magnum P.I”, “Empire”, “Whiskey Cavalier” and “The Rookie”, as well!
You might want to ask me why….
- This show is inspired by events that happened in real life in 2011
- Secondly, it follows investigations of sexual assault. Now, sexual assault happens to be something that touches my heart very deeply
- This show is a reality-check to us and me….on how police investigations are done and how they must be done
- Unbelievable reminds me of something very important that I have heard all my life. Victims of sexual assault are never believed; no matter how much they “report” to the authorities. This forces so many of them to stay “silent” and hence the wrong-doing continues.
- This show really shows how fucked we are; as a society and people.
- Kindness and language always gets us where we want to be.
- Never give up on what you believe in or your hunch. You will crack it; one way or the other.
- You must stay alert at all times. You cannot afford to lose any “leads” or small bits of information.
- Unbelievable reminds me to always dismantle the patriarchy….AT ALL COSTS!
- We must always believe the victims.
Detectives “Karen” and “Rasmussen” team up on this one particular “string” of a case
Where a young woman, Marie is raped by this guy
Using the same “ways”, this same guy rapes another girl, Amber and another, Doris and another, Lilly Darrow….in different states across the region!
On noticing the pattern, they discover they could be dealing with the same person
And now, they are literally “forced” to combine efforts to catch the rapist!
I so much the love the way it was all done
Respectfully within boundaries, unconditionally listening to them, covering all fronts and leads, treating every single with love and care and utmost importance….most of all, patience that the perpetrator will be caught soon enough!
Of course, not forgetting those very unsurprising statistics on domestic violence to do with the men in uniform!!!
All the detectives and law enforcement officers (not surprisingly, men) dismissed all the victims, beginning with Marie and what they said to them
Called them names and even opened up criminal cases against them
SHIT…how crazy can we be?
Imagine that?
There were certain moments I felt frustrated
Like that time when Steve that works at the Attorney General’s office persistently declined to help her with this one particular file of a cop they were investigating!
I was like….dude, what are you doing? Aren’t you seeing lives are at stake here?
Episode last of season 1 is where I got a huge smile
We finally had some justice given
Right in the court-room!
What a fight we all put up….what a war it is….what a sport it is to be a woman….what a mess we all have to be in until we change things!
~ Fucking Unbelievable ~
Adding this show to my watch list now. Thank you for suggesting it <3 That's the best thing to do in Quarantine
Aaaaahhhh…you will love it!!!!
I haven’t seen this one yet. I’ve actually never heard of it. I love Felicity Huffman, though, so I’ll have to give it a look.
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Naturally, people have different opinions on which are the best shows around. I must admit I haven’t watched Unbelievable yet, but the subject matter is certainly important and something that we should all take seriously. Too must injustice does occur for many women and at least a show like this will raise awareness of a broad problem in our society.
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I didn’t know much about this show. Will have to check it out sometime! 🙂
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Thank you for suggesting the show Unbelievable. Going to check it out when I have some free time.
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This is one show I have never watched. Toni Collette is one of the greatest actresses ever. I saw her in A Japanese Story and it has to be some of the greatest acting ever by anyone in cinema. Her acting in this film is one of the greatest performances ever by an actress. I will definitely have to check this out. Thank you for the recommendation.
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This is a great review! adding this show to my watch list!
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YES!!! it’s really cool show! I watched it! hope that real life will have less and less such bad things, but this serial is worthy to watch it, definitely!
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Good suggestion. I will watch it. In fact there has been a similar movie in India based on some true stories. Please keep on adding such good lists.
Aaaahhhh….I am glad to hear that!
from the views of it, i think im going to find this interesting. i can’t wait to experience the feels of this movie, plus the lessons ill be getting from here!
Rrrriiiggghhhtttttt….
I have never seen this show before and it sounds really interesting, will definitely add this on my watch list.
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sounds like a powerful show. i might need a tissue or two when watching this. TY.
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I have read many reviews for this show. I guess it is time to give it a chance!
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Toni Collette and Kaitlyn Dever both kill it in unbelievable, loved this show too
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