The Jinx: New HBO True Crime Show (1 Viewer)

[Ilov80s]

It sounds like a TV version of Serial. It starts tonight at 8:00 and is a docu-drama about a man that has been linked to numerous homicides, but has never been convicted.

The reviews have been great so far.

Without knowing how the full six-episode series will arc, I can only say that "The Jinx" is positioned to emerge as the best new show of the year thus far and that includes everything that I've seen from the next few months as well.

http://www.hitfix.com/the-fien-print/review-hbos-the-jinx-is-a-top-notch-true-crime-drama

The Trailer

 

[krista4]

By the same documentarian who did Capturing the Friedmans, which was a great movie...

 

[Ray Barboni]

IN

Looks great already.

 

[The General]

Looks great. Too much good stuff on the tube tonight.

 

[KarmaPolice]

So IN

 

[Ilov80s]

Real interesting episode. Hard to believe this guy isn't in jail. Pretty funny though- serious black humor.

 

[Timmypg]

Only 1 episode in but how is he not in jail? Very interesting show.

 

[fochs13]

I was hoping for more, but I'll stick with it for now.

 

[(HULK)]

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[On The Rocks]

Good opening. But I have to watch it again. I was midway through it before I remembered this story in the news.

 

[Jack White]

I saw the Kirsten Dunst movie when it came out but didn't remember it was about Durst.

First episode was good, will keep watching.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

By the same documentarian who did Capturing the Friedmans, which was a great movie...

So far this has been pretty solid.

 

[Wingnut]

 

[Daywalker]

By the same documentarian who did Capturing the Friedmans, which was a great movie...

Remember reading they started doing a documentary on clowns. Which one of the Friedman son's was. Then they stumbled into this intense/troubling family saga which became the focus of the doc.

Capturing the Friedmans one of the best docs I've ever seen. Many of the visuals and audio have stuck with me.

The evolution of the doc and the ensuing story would make a great book from the perspective of the filmmakers. Perhaps their is one. Don't know.

 

[Limp Ditka]

I could know nothing about this guy and still be creeped out by him. Just empty, soulless eyes.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

 

[strykerpks]

It is kinda slow but it's kept my interest

 

[The General]

Watched the first 2. Very good so far.

 

[KarmaPolice]

It is kinda slow but it's kept my interest

thought #2 was a tad slow, but really liked episode 3.

 

[Jack White]

It is kinda slow but it's kept my interest

thought #2 was a tad slow, but really liked episode 3.

Yeah, 3 was great. Looking forward to the rest.

 

[Jack White]

Episode 4 . . . absolutely riveting.

No doubt in my mind Durst got away with murder. He is a creepy, evil character.

One thing that stood out: the lead homicide detective actually said this: "As homicide detectives, we do the work of God."

That, too, is creepy.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Episode 4 . . . absolutely riveting.

No doubt in my mind Durst got away with murder. He is a creepy, evil character.

One thing that stood out: the lead homicide detective actually said this: "As homicide detectives, we do the work of God."

That, too, is creepy.

I bet you are having trouble with the "enemies of freedom" trying to bring a serial killer to justice. Must be a tough watch for someone like you.

 

[Jack White]

Episode 4 . . . absolutely riveting.

No doubt in my mind Durst got away with murder. He is a creepy, evil character.

One thing that stood out: the lead homicide detective actually said this: "As homicide detectives, we do the work of God."

That, too, is creepy.

I bet you are having trouble with the "enemies of freedom" trying to bring a serial killer to justice. Must be a tough watch for someone like you.

Tough watch? I've done nothing but give the show kudos, including calling tonight's episode "riveting."

As an aside, however, I will say it's cute the way you follow me around like you're a little puppy dog.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Sounds to me like the Durst family played a role in covering up the missing wife, or at the very least, knew about it. His brother body-guarding up after the Texas murder, and the younger brother shoeing the wife's family away, seem telling. I guess people with $900 million tend to stick together to make sure they retain that fortune.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Episode 4 . . . absolutely riveting.

No doubt in my mind Durst got away with murder. He is a creepy, evil character.

One thing that stood out: the lead homicide detective actually said this: "As homicide detectives, we do the work of God."

That, too, is creepy.

I bet you are having trouble with the "enemies of freedom" trying to bring a serial killer to justice. Must be a tough watch for someone like you.

Tough watch? I've done nothing but give the show kudos, including calling tonight's episode "riveting."

As an aside, however, I will say it's cute the way you follow me around like you're a little puppy dog.

Also you misquoted the detective.

Quote was: "As a homicide investigator, you work for God. Because the victim isn't there to tell his story. You're there to represent the victim, you're there to tell his story, you're doing that for God."

Way to misrepresent the detectives working on the case, ####bird.

 

[fruity pebbles]

His wife is as disturbing as he is

 

[On The Rocks]

Pretty interesting to watch the way this guy speaks. His voice, and speech pattern is unique in some way that I can't put my finger on. He speaks so matter of factually, without any stutter or stammer, seldom looks away from the interviewer and shows little emotion in his tone. I think that's a sign of sociopath isn't it?

 

[peaces]

Pretty interesting to watch the way this guy speaks. His voice, and speech pattern is unique in some way that I can't put my finger on. He speaks so matter of factually, without any stutter or stammer, seldom looks away from the interviewer and shows little emotion in his tone. I think that's a sign of sociopath isn't it?

Blinks a lot

 

[Jack White]

Episode 4 . . . absolutely riveting.

No doubt in my mind Durst got away with murder. He is a creepy, evil character.

One thing that stood out: the lead homicide detective actually said this: "As homicide detectives, we do the work of God."

That, too, is creepy.

I bet you are having trouble with the "enemies of freedom" trying to bring a serial killer to justice. Must be a tough watch for someone like you.

Tough watch? I've done nothing but give the show kudos, including calling tonight's episode "riveting."

As an aside, however, I will say it's cute the way you follow me around like you're a little puppy dog.

Also you misquoted the detective.

Quote was: "As a homicide investigator, you work for God. Because the victim isn't there to tell his story. You're there to represent the victim, you're there to tell his story, you're doing that for God."

Way to misrepresent the detectives working on the case, ####bird.

There you go with the name-calling again.

I apologize for not getting the quote exactly right, or not putting in the entire quote.

But it doesn't change the fact that representatives of the state often see themselves as god-like beings, which I find repulsive. They don't "work for God."

 

[Jack White]

Pretty interesting to watch the way this guy speaks. His voice, and speech pattern is unique in some way that I can't put my finger on. He speaks so matter of factually, without any stutter or stammer, seldom looks away from the interviewer and shows little emotion in his tone. I think that's a sign of sociopath isn't it?

Blinks a lot

My theory (just a hunch, really) is that every time he lies, he immediately (involuntarily?) starts blinking in an odd and unnatural way.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Episode 4 . . . absolutely riveting.

No doubt in my mind Durst got away with murder. He is a creepy, evil character.

One thing that stood out: the lead homicide detective actually said this: "As homicide detectives, we do the work of God."

That, too, is creepy.

I bet you are having trouble with the "enemies of freedom" trying to bring a serial killer to justice. Must be a tough watch for someone like you.

Tough watch? I've done nothing but give the show kudos, including calling tonight's episode "riveting."

As an aside, however, I will say it's cute the way you follow me around like you're a little puppy dog.

Also you misquoted the detective.

Quote was: "As a homicide investigator, you work for God. Because the victim isn't there to tell his story. You're there to represent the victim, you're there to tell his story, you're doing that for God."

Way to misrepresent the detectives working on the case, ####bird.

There you go with the name-calling again.

I apologize for not getting the quote exactly right, or not putting in the entire quote.

But it doesn't change the fact that representatives of the state often see themselves as god-like beings, which I find repulsive. They don't "work for God."

What that detective said was in no way, shape, or form proclaiming himself any kind of "god-like being." I'm an atheist and generally anti-institutional in general and even to me, it was obvious what his intent was. Sometimes you need to lay your biases down and just listen to what someone is saying.

 

[Ned]

I'm 3 ep in - surprised at how much I'm enjoying this. This is really well done. It's not often that a TV show gives me the creeps, but I came away creeped out last night.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

I wondered if Jeanine Pirro was going to respond to all of this on her show. Boy, has she ever. She's spent the second half of her show fuming at Durst's Texas lawyers.

 

[Ilov80s]

It's been amazing so far. The guy is just stone cold.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Episode 4 . . . absolutely riveting.

No doubt in my mind Durst got away with murder. He is a creepy, evil character.

One thing that stood out: the lead homicide detective actually said this: "As homicide detectives, we do the work of God."

That, too, is creepy.

I bet you are having trouble with the "enemies of freedom" trying to bring a serial killer to justice. Must be a tough watch for someone like you.

Tough watch? I've done nothing but give the show kudos, including calling tonight's episode "riveting."

As an aside, however, I will say it's cute the way you follow me around like you're a little puppy dog.

Also you misquoted the detective.

Quote was: "As a homicide investigator, you work for God. Because the victim isn't there to tell his story. You're there to represent the victim, you're there to tell his story, you're doing that for God."

Way to misrepresent the detectives working on the case, ####bird.

There you go with the name-calling again.

I apologize for not getting the quote exactly right, or not putting in the entire quote.

But it doesn't change the fact that representatives of the state often see themselves as god-like beings, which I find repulsive. They don't "work for God."

What that detective said was in no way, shape, or form proclaiming himself any kind of "god-like being." I'm an atheist and generally anti-institutional in general and even to me, it was obvious what his intent was. Sometimes you need to lay your biases down and just listen to what someone is saying.

Jack White likes this

 

[peaces]

That letter handwriting seems damming

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

That letter handwriting seems damming

They were absolutely identical.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Of course I did. How do you accidentally shave your eyebrows?

 

[Limp Ditka]

Is that she-beast judge Nancy Grace?

 

[Doctor Detroit]

That letter handwriting seems damming

They were absolutely identical.

This is so ####### creepy. So he killed the neighbor, almost certainly killed his wife, wanted to kill his brother, and probably killed his best friend.

Gotta think the O/U on the murder of strangers/acquaintances has to be four or so. Seems very likely the brother knew he disappeared the wife right after it happened. This tells me he probably had an earlier body on his resume, maybe from college or something. I'm not much of a conspiarcy theorist either, but I think there is a pretty high probability he has killed more than three people.

Thoughts? Such a small, mousy guy too.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

This is so ####### creepy. So he killed the neighbor, almost certainly killed his wife, wanted to kill his brother, and probably killed his best friend.

Gotta think the O/U on the murder of strangers/acquaintances has to be four or so. Seems very likely the brother knew he disappeared the wife right after it happened. This tells me he probably had an earlier body on his resume, maybe from college or something. I'm not much of a conspiarcy theorist either, but I think there is a pretty high probability he has killed more than three people.

Thoughts? Such a small, mousy guy too.

I agree with everything you said. As far as being a small, mousy little weaselly punk, the man in Galveston had wounds all over his back, and the Berman woman was shot in the back of the head, so Durst's method of kill (allegedly) seems to be to come up from behind on his victims.

 

[On The Rocks]

Yeah....episode 5 - was by far the best.

Looking forward to the finale next week.

 

[comfortably numb]

chilling

 

[whoknew]

Yeah....episode 5 - was by far the best.

Looking forward to the finale next week.

Yea confronting him with the letter will be interesting.

Hard to see why Durst agreed to do this.

Its so annoying when people - usually cops - say that only guilty people hire lawyers or hiring a lawyer makes you look guilty. That's such horse####. Everyone that is dealing with the cops and could potentially be a suspect should hire a lawyer.

 

[Jack White]

Yeah....episode 5 - was by far the best.

Looking forward to the finale next week.

Yea confronting him with the letter will be interesting.

Hard to see why Durst agreed to do this.

Its so annoying when people - usually cops - say that only guilty people hire lawyers or hiring a lawyer makes you look guilty. That's such horse####. Everyone that is dealing with the cops and could potentially be a suspect should hire a lawyer.

Amen to that. Someone in the episode said, "Why would he hire a lawyer?"

My immediate response (the NSA can verify this) was, "Why would he NOT hire a lawyer?"

Speaking of creepy criminals, does anyone else's skin crawl every time that prosecutor Pirro comes on screen?

 

[whoknew]

Yeah....episode 5 - was by far the best.

Looking forward to the finale next week.

Yea confronting him with the letter will be interesting.

Hard to see why Durst agreed to do this.

Its so annoying when people - usually cops - say that only guilty people hire lawyers or hiring a lawyer makes you look guilty. That's such horse####. Everyone that is dealing with the cops and could potentially be a suspect should hire a lawyer.

Amen to that. Someone in the episode said, "Why would he hire a lawyer?"

My immediate response (the NSA can verify this) was, "Why would he NOT hire a lawyer?"

Speaking of creepy criminals, does anyone else's skin crawl every time that prosecutor Pirro comes on screen?

I don't know if creepy is the right word, but she strikes me as a Nancy Grace type, who would do anything to advance her career.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Yeah....episode 5 - was by far the best.

Looking forward to the finale next week.

Yea confronting him with the letter will be interesting.

Hard to see why Durst agreed to do this.

Its so annoying when people - usually cops - say that only guilty people hire lawyers or hiring a lawyer makes you look guilty. That's such horse####. Everyone that is dealing with the cops and could potentially be a suspect should hire a lawyer.

I'm afraid from the previews that Durst got hip to the letter "ambush" and bailed on the 2nd interview.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Yeah....episode 5 - was by far the best.

Looking forward to the finale next week.

Yea confronting him with the letter will be interesting.

Hard to see why Durst agreed to do this.

Its so annoying when people - usually cops - say that only guilty people hire lawyers or hiring a lawyer makes you look guilty. That's such horse####. Everyone that is dealing with the cops and could potentially be a suspect should hire a lawyer.

Amen to that. Someone in the episode said, "Why would he hire a lawyer?"

My immediate response (the NSA can verify this) was, "Why would he NOT hire a lawyer?"

Speaking of creepy criminals, does anyone else's skin crawl every time that prosecutor Pirro comes on screen?

I don't know if creepy is the right word, but she strikes me as a Nancy Grace type, who would do anything to advance her career.

I'd hit it without remorse.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Yeah....episode 5 - was by far the best.

Looking forward to the finale next week.

Yea confronting him with the letter will be interesting.

Hard to see why Durst agreed to do this.

Its so annoying when people - usually cops - say that only guilty people hire lawyers or hiring a lawyer makes you look guilty. That's such horse####. Everyone that is dealing with the cops and could potentially be a suspect should hire a lawyer.

Amen to that. Someone in the episode said, "Why would he hire a lawyer?"

My immediate response (the NSA can verify this) was, "Why would he NOT hire a lawyer?"

Speaking of creepy criminals, does anyone else's skin crawl every time that prosecutor Pirro comes on screen?

I don't know if creepy is the right word, but she strikes me as a Nancy Grace type, who would do anything to advance her career.

I'd hit it without remorse.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Amen to that. Someone in the episode said, "Why would he hire a lawyer?"

My immediate response (the NSA can verify this) was, "Why would he NOT hire a lawyer?"

Speaking of creepy criminals, does anyone else's skin crawl every time that prosecutor Pirro comes on screen?

Yeah, because NSA thinks what you're doing is even remotely interesting.