gandalf26
10-19-18, 07:15 PM
Just finished binge watching the whole thing.
WARNING SPOILERS
The season takes us on 2 intertwined journeys. 1) Brendan Dassey's journey through appeals from 2016 to present. 2) Kathleen Zellner's re examination of the case and her attempts to uncover new evidence.
Not as good as Season 1 from an entertainment perspective but I think that comes from the fact that a lot of what has happened since 2015/16 has been well publicised, especially on the Brendan Dassey side and its a recap of what we know about his appeal process.
The star and white knight of this season is undoubtedly Kathleen Zellner. I had no idea what to expect but found her to be quite an exceptional person, early on she makes it clear that she is interested in what actually happened, and says to Steven if you are guilty then watch out I will bury you. She really comes across as fair and honest and quite sharp.
Some thoughts;
-Strang and Buting at times get a rough ride from KZ. Unfairly imo and quite surprising.
-Steven aces an advanced lie detector/brain scanning test used by FBI/CIA.
-Judges at war with each other over Dassey's false confession. One judge said of Wiegart and Fassbender that the interview made her skin crawl.
-Manitowoc County and Wisconsin DA's office contain some really deplorable people.
Some of the "bombshells" imo
-Star witness Bobby Dassey's computer contained really sick material which was withheld from the defence. Like repeated child porn searches, mutilated/decapitated women, animal porn, "knife going into flesh", really really bad stuff. For those that may have forgotten Bobby D got on the stand and said he "didn't" see TH leave the property despite telling his brother that he did see her leave. Seems really clear that a deal was made with Bobby that if you testify against SA we will let slide all the child porn and wont come after you for the TH murder. Fassbender is filmed having a chat with Bobby outside the Avery 2007 trial. Bobby sits down with Kathleen Zellner's investigator (off camera) during MaM2 and becomes quite distressed when he learns that Kathleen and her team have his hard drive, seems more interested in finding out what they know or are up to than answering questions.
-Ryan Hilleagas (ex boyfriend) in possession of Teresa's day diary that almost certainly came from her car.
- Remember the part in 1 where Sgt Colburn is accused of finding the car and calling in the plates? Here we have a truck driver that has come forward to KZ saying that he observed a car by the side of the road not far from the Avery yard on 03/11 (2 days before discovery on Avery lot), the car looks like a green Rav4, he thinks nothing of it until he stops at a garage nearby where he sees a poster with TH/car on it and makes the connection. Luckily there is a Sheriffs deputy in the garage so he has no reason to call it in and reports the find to the deputy. The truck driver thinks nothing of it until 10 years later when he watches MaM and thinks back to this incident, and do you wanna take one guess at who he recognizes to be the deputy that he reported the car to?? Colburn, who he recognizes from the documentary. No report was ever made by Colburn of what the trucker told him.
-The coroner was barred from entering the crime scene on the Avery property even though that is the normal procedure in any murder. When she complained she was threatened with arrest by Sheriff Peterson in person. The judge in the original case deemed this irrelevant and her evidence dismissed. She resigned 6 months later after 15 years as Coroner.
WARNING SPOILERS
The season takes us on 2 intertwined journeys. 1) Brendan Dassey's journey through appeals from 2016 to present. 2) Kathleen Zellner's re examination of the case and her attempts to uncover new evidence.
Not as good as Season 1 from an entertainment perspective but I think that comes from the fact that a lot of what has happened since 2015/16 has been well publicised, especially on the Brendan Dassey side and its a recap of what we know about his appeal process.
The star and white knight of this season is undoubtedly Kathleen Zellner. I had no idea what to expect but found her to be quite an exceptional person, early on she makes it clear that she is interested in what actually happened, and says to Steven if you are guilty then watch out I will bury you. She really comes across as fair and honest and quite sharp.
Some thoughts;
-Strang and Buting at times get a rough ride from KZ. Unfairly imo and quite surprising.
-Steven aces an advanced lie detector/brain scanning test used by FBI/CIA.
-Judges at war with each other over Dassey's false confession. One judge said of Wiegart and Fassbender that the interview made her skin crawl.
-Manitowoc County and Wisconsin DA's office contain some really deplorable people.
Some of the "bombshells" imo
-Star witness Bobby Dassey's computer contained really sick material which was withheld from the defence. Like repeated child porn searches, mutilated/decapitated women, animal porn, "knife going into flesh", really really bad stuff. For those that may have forgotten Bobby D got on the stand and said he "didn't" see TH leave the property despite telling his brother that he did see her leave. Seems really clear that a deal was made with Bobby that if you testify against SA we will let slide all the child porn and wont come after you for the TH murder. Fassbender is filmed having a chat with Bobby outside the Avery 2007 trial. Bobby sits down with Kathleen Zellner's investigator (off camera) during MaM2 and becomes quite distressed when he learns that Kathleen and her team have his hard drive, seems more interested in finding out what they know or are up to than answering questions.
-Ryan Hilleagas (ex boyfriend) in possession of Teresa's day diary that almost certainly came from her car.
- Remember the part in 1 where Sgt Colburn is accused of finding the car and calling in the plates? Here we have a truck driver that has come forward to KZ saying that he observed a car by the side of the road not far from the Avery yard on 03/11 (2 days before discovery on Avery lot), the car looks like a green Rav4, he thinks nothing of it until he stops at a garage nearby where he sees a poster with TH/car on it and makes the connection. Luckily there is a Sheriffs deputy in the garage so he has no reason to call it in and reports the find to the deputy. The truck driver thinks nothing of it until 10 years later when he watches MaM and thinks back to this incident, and do you wanna take one guess at who he recognizes to be the deputy that he reported the car to?? Colburn, who he recognizes from the documentary. No report was ever made by Colburn of what the trucker told him.
-The coroner was barred from entering the crime scene on the Avery property even though that is the normal procedure in any murder. When she complained she was threatened with arrest by Sheriff Peterson in person. The judge in the original case deemed this irrelevant and her evidence dismissed. She resigned 6 months later after 15 years as Coroner.