I thought it seemed as if it was going to be a really descent. A story that people could follow. A family with a mother with political aspirations with the support of her family, until their youngest child disappears and is presumed dead and the case gets "solved" by an ambition officer who railroads a neighbor. Then after 10 years, he returns. Also thought that it would be interesting because it would show the hardships, struggles and obstacles they will face to return as close to the family they were.
It did not give a time-line as to when the mother because mayor so it is possible that she did not run for any office but decided to in lieu of her son's disappearance or it could have been the motivation behind her wanting to be in a position where she can actually help. The double standard is alive and well because if it had been the father who was in office and not the mother, she would not be considered, how did the husband put it? A "machine" and I might add that he is a selfish Pr*ck because his son is not the way he remembers him to be. The father is rather useless and very self serving.
A couple of things did strike me as odd. For instance, the boy was rather calm and did not seem to display any symptoms of PTSD which is something he would have had a least bit of given that it is suggested that he endured years of abuse, physical, sexual and probably psychological to a very big degree. He seemed to adjust to life with his family very quickly.
Another one is that the mother, who is now the mayor of the city, wants to run for governor even though her son and her entire family are going to have a very hard, lengthy healing period. That also strikes me as being very odd to say the least.
Then you have the brother and sister both engulfed in their coping skills one by religion and the other by self medicating. The father, well, no one knows about him because he just seems like a character they put there because they needed a male parental unit.
Now, I think this has to be the biggest, craziest, ridicules and in my view the most unnecessary part of the show: The arresting officer who "solved" the case is in the interrogating room when the father comes in and suddenly they get all twisted around with each other and decide they will have sex in the interrogating room, why? just because. Never mind that the police station does not close and anyone could walk into the interrogation room and get an eye full. But, we also see that she has a bottle of alcohol (guessing again here) in their with her and is gulping it down. I do not even think alcohol is allowed on the premises of a police station except for special occasions where one of them gets a bottle of wine as a gift. I am also pretty sure that she would not be allowed to take it into the interrogation room and start drinking because we do not know if she is on duty or off. If someone knows differently, then please share. I guess they both needed to cope.
Then, it has been suggested that the kid is lying and might be playing some game or is doing something for some unknown person for reasons I cannot imagine, or for kicks and giggles. Of course we also have the ex girlfriend or friend with benefit who is either wanting to be this great investigative journalist who wants to get to the truth of the matter or works at some sleazy rag like TMZ and has to get her jollies from finding out dirt she can use to print in her sad excuse of a paper or magazine or whatever it is.
So, now I do not know if this is worth seeing because of the things I mentioned or if it is worth finding out more. I will rate it, but really, I do not feel I should because I am undecided.
It did not give a time-line as to when the mother because mayor so it is possible that she did not run for any office but decided to in lieu of her son's disappearance or it could have been the motivation behind her wanting to be in a position where she can actually help. The double standard is alive and well because if it had been the father who was in office and not the mother, she would not be considered, how did the husband put it? A "machine" and I might add that he is a selfish Pr*ck because his son is not the way he remembers him to be. The father is rather useless and very self serving.
A couple of things did strike me as odd. For instance, the boy was rather calm and did not seem to display any symptoms of PTSD which is something he would have had a least bit of given that it is suggested that he endured years of abuse, physical, sexual and probably psychological to a very big degree. He seemed to adjust to life with his family very quickly.
Another one is that the mother, who is now the mayor of the city, wants to run for governor even though her son and her entire family are going to have a very hard, lengthy healing period. That also strikes me as being very odd to say the least.
Then you have the brother and sister both engulfed in their coping skills one by religion and the other by self medicating. The father, well, no one knows about him because he just seems like a character they put there because they needed a male parental unit.
Now, I think this has to be the biggest, craziest, ridicules and in my view the most unnecessary part of the show: The arresting officer who "solved" the case is in the interrogating room when the father comes in and suddenly they get all twisted around with each other and decide they will have sex in the interrogating room, why? just because. Never mind that the police station does not close and anyone could walk into the interrogation room and get an eye full. But, we also see that she has a bottle of alcohol (guessing again here) in their with her and is gulping it down. I do not even think alcohol is allowed on the premises of a police station except for special occasions where one of them gets a bottle of wine as a gift. I am also pretty sure that she would not be allowed to take it into the interrogation room and start drinking because we do not know if she is on duty or off. If someone knows differently, then please share. I guess they both needed to cope.
Then, it has been suggested that the kid is lying and might be playing some game or is doing something for some unknown person for reasons I cannot imagine, or for kicks and giggles. Of course we also have the ex girlfriend or friend with benefit who is either wanting to be this great investigative journalist who wants to get to the truth of the matter or works at some sleazy rag like TMZ and has to get her jollies from finding out dirt she can use to print in her sad excuse of a paper or magazine or whatever it is.
So, now I do not know if this is worth seeing because of the things I mentioned or if it is worth finding out more. I will rate it, but really, I do not feel I should because I am undecided.