I started watching Snapped in S26 cuz that's how it came up on Peacock. I enjoyed it to an extent. The stories are engaging but the retelling here is so drawn out and one-sided. The slow, repetitive narration is extremely trying, but S1-18 w/Martin narrating is unbearable - sarcastic, bullying, like a drunk trying to sound interesting at a book reading. Most the episodes are very one-sided, like being led to feel sorry for the mother who murdered a man in cold blood because she suspected he molested her daughter. A lot of commentary was how amazing she was to 'defend' her child. Well, try not leaving your child alone with a man you barely know while you go out for a drug run - that's what protection looks like. Another one was an arranged marriage where the new wife murders her husband and claims she was being obedient according to Indian law. The jury actually gave her a light sentence. For me, that episode (S14, E14) really underscores everything wrong with the way this series is done. It's a 45 min show yet 30 of those minutes are just rehashing the same words and phrases. They continue to say "but is it really what it seems, did Shriya kill her new husband or is there an explanation?" Finally, after much ado we get to hear the big explanation, which turns out to be that in India obeying your husband even if it means killing him is legal, apparently. This big explanation that she was so obedient she helped him kill himself is ludicrous because in the US it doesn't matter your reasoning. But furthermore, he CLEARLY did not kill himself or ask for her help to do so. She understood American law enough to ask for an attorney before speaking. That means she also understood it enough to set up her alibi by telling a taxi driver some bs story about wanting to go to the police but needing to obey her husband. A "shy" Indian woman would never confide such a thing to a stranger. I've studied Muslim culture and these women are not stupid. They aren't cows that fall off cliffs because you demand them to. She not only knew what she was doing but he was not involved, otherwise why kick down the door if you're waiting to die? This is the ultimate betrayal and yet this Snapped episode tries to steer the viewer to feel compassion for this "strange obedience" that we can't possibly understand. Bull. You can not come to America and then try to use your country's laws as an excuse for breaking our laws. And Shriya fully knew that.
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