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I still remember when the docs shows were the new best thing. It's been many years since then, countless docushows, countless attempts to become the next best thing. "The Curious Case" isn't even trying: it's a hotglue mess that never stays on the topic for too long, never makes a point, and never makes sense. The attempts to make Beth Karas the expert on everything are as successful as my trying to join the gym; it was cute during the Natalia era, now it's getting annoying and fake. If anything, this is cringy documentation of random online people thinking they are self-important and having something to say, when the opposite is true.

Make a documentary about a bear in the woods. I will gladly watch that. "The Curious Case" is something you will thank yourself for not watching.

I have no idea who made the "creative" decision to even put this episode together, Michelle had a scheduling conflict or something? What's the purpose of it? To introduce the cliffhanger? Why not have both episodes the same week? Splitting hairs like this just makes the momentum go out if the window.

Absolutely nothing happens here, except for the mini challenge which should have been the main challenge and everyone would have been happy. What's usually makes the season finale (sans the actual finale) is stretched so thin here that there's barely anything.

The crew dropped a ball on this, big time.

You could argue whether what value, if any, the reality TV stars bring to the entertainment industry - here, the criticism this documentary draws comes from criticism of the real housewives themselves, and that's not really fair, if you think about it.

So you begin watching, and quickly, it falls upon you, the documentary itself isn't really trying much. I knew very little of Shah's case, and the now I know not much more. The negligible informative aspect of the movie is one thing, taking sides (in an then-ongoing case) is another - towards the end of the movie, you can physically feel the mood shifting: from the sensationalist blaming to pretty much defending Shah, picturing her as a warrior, with a survivor heroic background music.

Ultimately, none of it matters if the Jen Shahs of the world are tried or sentenced. The people sitting for the interviews make it pretty clear: "I'm still gonna watch".

America is watching. Hide your wallets.