I thought this was a wonderful opportunity for a victim of a heinous crime to be both honoured, and for her family to be able to tell their story. There was indeed much time devoted to her loving parents however it was marred by a 'talking head' trauma specialist who spouted a load of nonsense and in essence blamed the victim, Reeva. I do agree that the way we attach to people is rooted in how we were loved and cared for in childhood (or lack of love and care), however, this 'expert' gives his opinion on why Reeva was so loving and caring; because as a child/young person she kept her parents together, that her love for them both meant she took on a 'parent' role and acted as the glue that kept her parents together. And that's his opinion, and it's only an opinion, and seems to go against the evidence that her parents still clearly love each other and are together, despite this tragedy of their daughters murder. This opinion leads the 'expert' on the postulate that Reeva felt she could 'fix' Oscar. He then waffles on more about his opinion on Oscars 'attachment type'...and it's crass, victim blaming, and dismissive of the vile nature of this crime.
The episodes follow Reeva's father as he plans on meeting with Oscar as part of a 'victim empowerment program' and this makes for heart-breaking viewing. I feel this scheme allowed Oscar to act as a victim of himself, he even asked if he could shake Barry's (Reeva's father) hand. Oscar then got onto his knees in front of Barry as he shook his hand. This should never have happened, he deserves no chances to atone because he has never told the truth.
Most frustrating was the easy ride the prosecution team got in the documentary. It seemed they were never really pushed to give answers to glaring omissions from the trial. The bedroom door showed signs of having also been bashed in (suggesting she fled to the bedroom first, then into the bathroom). Oscars brother took one of Oscars phones from the house, deleted messages, and then 12 days later gave it to the police. There was 4 witnesses who heard a male and female having a loud argument, heard a female shouting for help, then heard gunshots. There were marks on her body showing fresh bruises and trauma that were not gunshot wounds. All these and more, were not permitted to be discussed in front of the jury.
What the hell were the prosecution doing, the whole court system stinks of corruption. This documentary, whilst well intentioned, left a very bitter taste.
