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I ll Be Gone in the Dark - Season 1
McNamara has attempted to break out of the ordinary and start a new journalist precedent to reach the violent perpetrator who dubbed her 'The Golden State Killer', which terrified California in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This murderer caused great controversy as he committed 50 sexual assaults in the home and ten seemingly terrifying murders.
27 January 1969, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
3 May 1968, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
11 May 1970, Petaluma, California, USA
June 26, 2020
A mesmerizing blend of two true stories.June 26, 2020
Just shattering, this true-life story.June 25, 2020
The more procedural parts of "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" are fascinating.June 26, 2020
There's no straightforward telling of events here, no singular "aha!" moment to be found. Instead, this is a six-hour journey that illuminates the power of survival and pays proper tribute to the unmatched legacy of writer Michelle McNamara.June 26, 2020
The docuseries is also a fitting eulogy for McNamara, who didn't live to see justice served but lives on in this dueling narrative of compelling timelines.June 26, 2020
A series that keeps its human core in a way that true crime offerings often don't.June 26, 2020
But while the individual components of I'll Be Gone in the Dark can work to remarkable, devastating effect, the sprawl of this approach can find the two stories working against one another as often as they're complementary.June 26, 2020
You come away from this production thinking of McNamara not just as an author, detective, wife, mother, and friend but as a rare individual who was able to treat human experiences as a series of mirrors that she could hold up to each person she met.June 26, 2020
Just as she had predicted, the power reverts back to the victims' families and survivors, who we see forming a support group thanks to the woman who brought their dark stories into the light.June 25, 2020
Frustratingly, this docuseries feels drawn out and too long for its own good even as it skips over fascinating details from the cases it chronicles in favor of more McNamara.June 26, 2020
It doesn't have all the answers - no one does - but it asks the right questions in the right way.June 26, 2020
'll Be Gone In the Dark is an arduous watch, but ultimately a compelling one. It's impossible to watch without wondering what McNamara might have done after closing the book on the Golden State Killer.