Season 1 – Happy Face

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Zachariah S I’ve watched the first 6 episodes so far and I don’t think it’s bad, but sort of a missed opportunity. The main plot line is based off of a To Kill A Mockingbird sort of story that from what I gather is completely fictional. It’s interesting enough, but I’ve read that he had up to around 160 murders beyond the confirm ones. To me an interesting story would be how his claims vs truth around such claims compare as the main plot line if the writers wanted to get into a speculative sort of plot. Again, it’s not bad, but the fictional story they followed is a lot less interesting to me personally compared to what I’ve read about that took place in real life. The couple that confessed to one of his murders in real life comes to mind as something more interesting than the direction the writers went. Oh well, it’s not bad just doesn’t seem as good as I think it could have been. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/19/25 Full Review Sarah P The story, the cast, the intensity, the music - Happy Face is so good! If you are looking for a typical true crime show that follows the killer or murder victims directly, this is not it. It does not follow the "real" serial killer story or glorify his crimes against women. This show is much more about the long-term rippling effects of violence and incarceration on those left behind, like the daughter and son of the serial killer and their children, family members, friends, even neighbors. This show grapples with how we (society) want to know and expose the gross details of what happens to other people via true crime, but how quickly we lose empathy for anyone associated with the killer and crimes, like Melissa or her little elementary school-aged son, whose friend said he had "bad blood." It's more about the experience of being involved or impacted by the violence, the way the media puts you through the ringer, the way some people support you and others abandon you when the truth comes to light, the way that shame permeates (and in a way, incriminates) families over generations because one person committed egregious, unforgivable acts of violence. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/18/25 Full Review Upper C I I like the first episode I thought it was well done. Dennis Quaid as usual is fantastic. I think I should have played more with me granddaughter angle. I turned the show off at episode 2 when they introduced the 9th victim and that whole story. No thanks. Been there done that. quite sad because that's not even part of the actual story but something of course the writers have to shoe horn in.Hollywood just want to stop. Shame. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/16/25 Full Review Matt S Fresh and engaging take whose emotional impact sneaks up on you. Keeps getting better. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/15/25 Full Review the adventure f Unfortunately, the most interesting character in this series is the serial killer. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/08/25 Full Review William N My initial thoughts on this series is that it is just down right boring. The characters are mostly one dimensional and dull. The titular character, Melissa, is annoying as she sulks in her self pitty. Her supervisor who is her side kick is pretty dull and doesn't add anything to this series. Dennis Quaid's character is the main draw but is simply mediocre but I can't really blame him he's given weak material to go off of. There is an element of family drama that is really annoying and the flash back scenes are so redundant. The worst thing about this series is that although this is supposed to be based off of true events the producers completely overhaul this series with fictitous plot lines; not exactly a true crime drama. One of the plot lines involves a man on death row who was wrongly convicted of the happy face killer's ninth victim. The problem is it is a completely fictious plot line. It appears to have been added to give the daughter more of a heiroines character arc but it is just down right decietful and seems to be a vessel to give the audience left leaning messaging. Pretentious, insufferable, garbage. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/07/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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