# Unbelievable (Netflix mini series)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievable-netflix-mini-series/843506>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** netflix\
**Created:** [November 15, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievable-netflix-mini-series/843506 "2019-11-15T20:36:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievable-netflix-mini-series/843506/1 "2019-11-15T20:36:45Z")

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Anyone watching this? I generally don’t like true crime shows, but this one is more of a dramatization, and an extremely powerful story.

It follows the story of the victim of a serial rapist, and the two female detectives who are on his track. The victim we follow is accused of lying - hence the title.

The worst part, of course, is that this is based on a true story. That our society treats rape victims like that is just… well, unbelievable. Or at least, it should be.

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**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievable-netflix-mini-series/843506/2 "2019-11-15T22:22:51Z")

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Watched it, my wife and I both loved it. The final episode… man, lot of catharsis. Many tears shed. Probably the best mini-series I’ve ever seen.

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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievable-netflix-mini-series/843506/3 "2019-11-15T22:38:57Z")

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We are about halfway through, and it’s definitely intense so far…

It’s really hard to explain how brilliant this show is, but here’s one example.

the way they contrast the two victim testimonies in episodes 1 and 2 is brilliant. Episode 1 is extremely uncomfortable to watch. Episode 2 still portrays a terrible situation (a detective interviewing a rape victim the next morning) but the difference between the two… Wow.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievable-netflix-mini-series/843506/4 "2019-11-15T23:20:44Z")

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I wasn’t terribly interested in it and only watched because I really like each of the three leads. And Kaitlyn Dever, Merritt Wever and Toni Collette are all absolutely superb in what turned out to be one of the best things I have watched for a while.

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievable-netflix-mini-series/843506/5 "2019-11-15T23:37:06Z")

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I haven’t watched the show, but I listened to the episode of This American Life. It really is a shocking and sad story.