I couldn't get through the first episode - two-thirds of the way in, and I was out. The tongue-in-cheek telling of the story of a real homicide DOES NOT WORK. Especially so when the well-known voice over narrator (Dateline NBC's Keith Morrison) tries to gives the story a gravitas that is completely contradicted by the outright comedy playing out on-screen (including when we see the body). I have no idea how this show is getting as well-reviewed as it is, partly so for it's comedic aspect - and said reviewers making the case for the story being told that way as a positive! This NBC produced six-episode limited series was inspired by a Dateline NBC chronicle of the case, told in five episodes over the course of as many years. I'll either listen to that to find out what really happened, or read an article about the crime. What genius at NBC saw fit to greenlight this trash?
Review of The Thing About Pam
