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Watched first 4 episodes and with open mind but...

posted 7 years ago by ktm444
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the evidence is shoddy and weak and none of it would hold up in court. The old man Bill Dear seems to have some glowing hatred for Jason Simpson and nothing they've presented so far seems to indicate anything of substance.

The show is obviously scripted and scripted badly at that. The dialogue and set up of certain situations is laughable.

And neither of the three men can believable pull off any of the dialogue they are paid to say. Actors they are not.

Anyone agree or disagree?

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[–] Pmdmnym 7 years ago

Agree, especially about Bill Dear.

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[–] DrGerbil 7 years ago

I actually like Kris Mohandie, but I am not crazy about Bill Dear.

I wouldn't be surprised if Jason hid evidence for his father, but I doubt that the son committed the murders. Bill is really stretching.

I started to lose interest during the segment where they were discussing whether Jason could have left work at 9:30, and killed Nicole by 9:59. Tom Lange of the LAPD clearly stated that the photo of Nicole's watch was taken at 9:59 AM the following morning, making this entire sequence an exercise in futility.

Also, if another poster is correct, that Jason's restaurant is on Beverly DRIVE, not Beverly BOULEVARD, this is veering into Keystone Kops territory. Absolutely laughable.

[–] Terpsfan 7 years ago

Agreed - at times, it almost feels like a daytime soap. The part where they checked the sheath of the knife and the examiner says "OK we've got a hit on something here." Cue the dramatic music and closeups of Dear and his suck ups. Silly - but we're watching and they're laughing all the way to the bank.

I'm absolutely floored you can get a show on national television accusing someone of murder with practically no evidence, and no convening of a grand jury to pursue an indictment. How is that not slander? The exact same thing happened in the Jon Benet Ramsey case too. The son gets accused of the murder there too. Again, on an nationally televised show. Think of what that does to these kids' reputations. I can't believe this.

Dear says he's "staking his reputation" on this case. But...again...he was an investigator of an alien autopsy and believed Lee Harvey Oswald wasn't buried in his grave, that it was a Russian spy instead, so the body was exhumed. Does he really have much of a reputation to risk? People already know he's crazy. So what? When he's proven wrong again, like with the Oswald case, it'll just be "oops my bad." You can bet that Jason Simpson's defense counsel is trying to figure out how to sue these guys for defamation of character.

[–] DrGerbil 7 years ago

The problem is, if you sue, you open yourself up to all kinds of problems. Jason Simpson would probably be better off to just keep his head down and ignore this fool.

I am very interested in this case, and if Bill Dear can come up with something VIABLE, then great.

But all I am seeing so far is speculation and false assumptions. If Tom Lange says that the photo of Nicole's watch was taken at 9:59 AM on Monday, and the watch was still running, then that means she was NOT murdered at 9:59 PM the night before! Jeez. But Bill Dear just continues on with his idea about the watch stopping at 9:59 PM.

They interview Tom Lange and Ron Shipp, but give no credence to anything these men say. Tom Lange would be in the position to know more about this case than practically anyone. It's surprising that they don't take him at his word. We could probably learn more from listening to Tom Lange for 20 minutes than from watching six hours of this bizarre "documentary."

I actually can't believe I'm still watching. There's a trainwreck quality to it.

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[–] lulupalooza 7 years ago

Absolutely agree. Bill Dear lost any credibility with me during the first episode. Turns out that he's considered a conspiracy theory wacko.

Mr. Dear's worst offense: he's been reading the time card all wrong! And the other two guys don't call him on it. The last day shown on the timecard (Sunday the 12th - the day of murder) IS punched in and out, showing that Jason left at 10:20pm. I couldn't believe this error would even make it to television.

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EDIT: In the last episode during the last minutes, the guys finally call him on it (while Mr. Dear gets pissed). The entire show was based on a flawed premise that Jason had no alibi, but in the end they were like, "Gee, Jason's alibi is there after all". I find this highly unethical.

Boo!

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[–] detataandrea 7 years ago

It's just a bunch of weak theories that don't hold up. I still think OJ did it...

[–] SteverB 7 years ago

^^^ THIS. And I don't think anyone ever said he didn't except a few weak minds here on IMDb! 

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[–] rmontro 7 years ago

The entire show was based on a flawed premise that Jason had no alibi, but in the end they were like, "Gee, Jason's alibi is there after all". I find this highly unethical.

It's kind of comical if you think about it. The investigators are like "Gosh, there's something bothering me about that time card", then later "I knew there was something bugging me about that time card!".

But at least they addressed it, instead of ignoring it and trying to put through Dear's crazy theory.